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January 2026 is expected to bring warmer-than-average and drier-than-normal conditions across much of the Southeast, according to NOAA’s latest climate outlook.

No rain in sight to end 2025 or start 2026, but plenty of cold moving across Florida, with some areas that could experience a freezing night and others with patchy frost.

During the colder months, the National Weather Service can issue a range of alerts across Florida, from Frost Advisories to Extreme Cold Warnings, to help protect people, pets, plants and property.

A cold blast will take over Florida just in time to end the year, and many will wake up to one of the coldest, if not the most frigid, air masses of the season so far. Be extra careful when handling fireworks. It's going to be dry!

A strong cold front will bring an abrupt end to the warm Christmas weather across parts of the Sunshine State, sending temperatures 20 degrees below average during the week.

The last 5 years have been warmer than average, except 2022, where temperatures were the coldest since the 1980s across some official locations. How about the weather for this year?

The winds will be constant and intense from the northeast during the first half of the week before Christmas. The rip current risk will remain hig,h and rough seas will be dangerous for boaters.

Florida’s 2025 weather was relatively subdued, with no hurricane landfalls and roughly half the usual number of severe weather reports.

Meteorological winter began on Dec. 1 while astronomical winter began on Dec. 21. Astronomical seasons are based on the Earth's position in connection with the sun.

A cold front brings welcomed showers and storms to the Panhandle and parts of the Peninsula, but it fizzles as it crosses the state. Brief changes will be felt.