A group of runners take their traditional post-run snack break at Key Biscayne Dog Beach in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, December 24, 2022.
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It’s Christmas Day. And it’s cold. At least for South Florida.
If you’re up early unwrapping gifts, you’ve awoken to temperatures in the mid-40s, and feeling even colder with the wind chill.
By Christmas afternoon, the high won’t even break 60 degrees for the second straight day. And at night, the final candle-lighting for Hanukkah, it will be colder than usual again.
So what does that mean for your holidays? What to know:
How cold is it?
Miami registered 48 degrees, Fort Lauderdale 46 and Key West 56 at 6 a.m. Sunday. The wind chill in parts of Miami-Dade and Broward made it feel around 40.
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How warm will it get?
Sunday afternoon’s high temperature will be 55 in Miami, according to the National Weather Service.
“It’s going to be a chilly, raw kind of day,” Brandon Orr, meteorologist at WPLG-Local 10, told his viewers early Sunday. “It’s feeling like Christmas out there.”
Will it rain?
Rain chance is 20 percent, according to the weather service. No sustained storms are expected, but you may feel a burst of rain here and there. And there won’t be much sun — expect cloudy conditions for much fo the day.
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Temperature at kickoff for Dolphins-Packers game
Temperature at 1 p.m. kickoff on Christmas Day will be in the low-50s at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. That doesn’t give the Miami Dolphins much of a weather advantage over the Packers, with the usual heat and humidity sucking the energy from visiting teams. Then again, it could be worse: The Dolphins could be playing in Green Bay, where Sunday’s high will be 9 degrees.
Afternoon highs
The weather service says the afternoon high will be 55 in Miami.
Sunday night, Monday morning and beyond
Will the cold continue? The forecast calls for another cold night, with a low of 48 Sunday night into Monday morning, which is a federal holiday recognizing Christmas. But it’ll be warmer on Monday afternoon, with a high around 67, according to the National Weather Service, That gradual warming trend will continue into Monday night and early Tuesday, with a low of 58, before Tuesday afternoon temperatures rebound to the low-70s.. By Wednesday and Thursday, the afternoon highs will be near 80 once again. Orr, of Local 10, says that by next weekend, the 80s will be back. So, will we miss this cool-down then?
This story was originally published December 25, 2022 6:51 AM.
Day Editor Jeff Kleinman, born and raised in South Florida, oversees breaking, public service and trending news coverage.