Today (Thursday) marked the coldest afternoon EVER recorded on this day in history, January 23.
RECORDS SET: Today's highs of 50° and 51° at our three main reporting sights all marked the coldest high temperatures EVER recorded on this day in history. They also marked the coldest daily highs since Christmas 2022 in Ft. Myers and Punta Gorda and since 2010 in Naples! pic.twitter.com/jyK5XybDy0
— Katie Walls, CCM, CBM (@KatieWallsTV) January 23, 2025
This maritime polar air mass is going to linger into the start of the weekend. That means these cold temperatures will stick around, even flirting with records Saturday morning.
Overnight stays overcast with low-hanging clouds and drizzle. Some fog will be possible with lows in the low to mid 40s. A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect from 10pm to 10am for Charlotte, DeSoto and Sarasota counties.
Friday will start off with misty drizzle and mostly cloudy skies before we begin seeing clearing around midday. More sunshine in the afternoon should help us warm to 60°, but those clear skies, combined with the cold air mass still in place, will set us up for an exceptionally cold Saturday morning.
Saturday morning will start off in the mid to upper 30s, the coldest morning we've felt in three years.
Though Saturday starts cold, we should see a nice warmup into the upper 60s with more sunshine. Sunday's highs head into the upper 70s, where we will stay through the early and mid parts of next week.
FOX 4 EVENING METEOROLOGIST KATIE WALLS
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