Coldest daily record lows in over a century hit Miami-Dade, Palm Beach on Sunday, NWS says

Cindy Krischer Goodman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Feb 1, 2026

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Parts of South Florida awoke Sunday to record low daily temperatures, the coldest in more than a century, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

At the national weather station near Miami International Airport, a preliminary report showed the temperature at 35 degrees Fahrenheit at 6:53 a.m. That’s a degree lower than the daily record set in 1909 at 36 degrees. Similarly, at Palm Beach International Airport, the temperature recorded by the National Weather Service at 6:53 a.m. was 31 degrees, well below the daily record set in 1909 of 36 degrees.

In Fort Lauderdale, the temperature at the national weather station near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport at 6:53 a.m. was a chilly 35 degrees, just slightly above the daily record low of 33 degrees recorded in 1966.

“Overall, this was our coldest snap since 2010,” said Ana Torres-Vazquez, a spokesperson for the National Weather Service in Miami.

A strong cold front crossed South Florida overnight Saturday into Sunday, with gusty northwesterly winds that affected western portions of the metro zones in the tri-county area. Freeze warnings had been issued for much of the area, and a few far inland areas did reach the freezing mark of 32 degrees.

By 11 a.m., temperatures at the weather stations were at 40 degrees — still cold enough for South Florida residents to don winter jackets and photograph frozen iguanas in their yards.

The forecast shows another near-freezing night ahead, with temperatures dropping to the mid-30s by Monday morning. The wind chill is expected to make it feel like the 20s. Another cold front is expected next weekend.

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