Orlando weather: Warm temps return to Central Florida but cold front looms ahead

Orlando Weather Forecast: Jan. 24, 2024

It will be a warm end to the work week, with highs breaking into the 80s. This comes ahead of another cold front expected to impact Central Florida early next week.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Breezy conditions continue (ESE 10-20 mph) into Thursday. We are still looking for a 20% chance for a rain shower to pop up. On Friday afternoon, there is a small chance the sea-breeze fronts could collide in central Florida and produce a tad more pop-up showers. We'll see if that happens or not. Highs in the low 80s with a blend of clouds and sunshine.

Tonight's low: 65 degrees | Thursday's high: 82 degrees

BEACH FORECAST: Onshore flow continues with 4–6 footers and a high rip current risk. Winds will switch to offshore over the weekend, and beach/swimming conditions will improve drastically.

THEME PARK FORECAST: Things look good with warm conditions, a slight breeze, and no big rain chance. Pack and wear sunglasses if you hit the parks for the rest of the week; the clouds will be slowly thinning out!

LOOKING AHEAD: Saturday features a blend of sunshine and clouds still and will be the warmest day of the week. Looking at highs close to 85 degrees in inland areas, maybe 81-82 degrees or so along the immediate east coast beaches. The record high on Saturday in Orlando is 86 degrees since 1962.

The high has only hit or surpassed 84 degrees this Saturday (Jan. 27) five times in recorded history (since 1893) – 974, 2021, 1950, 1937, and 1962.

Winds will gust up to 20 mph from the SW. Sunday, a cold front approaches and may produce a tad more showers or a non-severe storm during the second half of the day. There will be more clouds on Sunday as the front arrives.

Winds switch to the NW Sunday evening after sunset and that ushers in dramatically cooler weather once again for early next week. High temperatures barely get out of the 50s on Monday, with overnight lows back into the 40s next Monday night and Tuesday night.

At this point, early-mid next week looks dry. There are consistent signs of a return to an active February pattern, but when specifically the pattern really ramps up again remains to be determined. Some models indicate decent rain chances around Feb. 3-5; others wait until after Feb. 7-8. We'll keep an eye on it for you.