Central Florida Weather Forecast: 'Cold' is the operative word for the next several days

Create: Fri, 01/16/2026 - 17:01
Author: Sera King
K9 Wrangler of Longwood, FL PD / Headline SurferTOP: Daytona Beach Shores beach cam screenshot from Dunlawton Avenue ramp at 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida.
LEFT: Pic Courtesy of Longwood Police / You can tell by the look on K9 Wrangler’s face that he is not impressed by this arctic blast! Longwood PD hopes Y'all are staying warm out there!

By SERA KING / Headline Surfer

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It's really cold out here in Central Florida with nighttime temperatures hovering just above freezing and daytime temps in the upper-50s over the past 24 hours!

Yikes!

Here is the forecast for greater Orlando-Daytona Beach from the National Weather Service in Melbourne through Tuesday:

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Calm wind.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Patchy frost after 4 am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

M.L. King Day: Patchy frost before 8 am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 57. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. North wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. North wind around 10 mph.

Sera King / byline writer / Headline SurferAbout the Byline Writer: Sera King is a contributing byline writer with Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news site in Lake Mary, FL. Headline Surfer has served greater Daytona Beach, Sanford and Orlando, along I-4 / I-95  since 2008. King received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Metro Orlando Campus of Ana G. Mendez University. Headline Surfer is owned by her husband, Henry Frederick, Central Florida's award-winning journalist: HenryFrederick.com