Cold Weather

Cold weather shelters opened this week across the greater Tampa Bay region due to freezing or near-freezing temperatures. Here's what to know.

A cold blast will take over Florida just in time to end the year, and many people will wake up to one of the coldest air masses of the season.

A strong cold front will bring much colder air to Florida late this weekend and early next week, with lows dropping into the 20s and 30s across northern Florida.

There will be a bit of everything across Florida during the Thanksgiving holiday: heat, storms, cooler temperatures, winds, and bone-dry air!

A significant disruption of atmospheric patterns around the Arctic is expected to begin over the next few weeks, which could allow for cold air to spill into the country.

Wind chills of a brisk 23 degrees in Brooksville and 27 degrees in Lake Wales were reported this morning. Scattered power outages were also reported.

It comes as the first real cold blast of the 2025 fall season arrives Monday.

Temperatures will be about 20 degrees below average for this time of year, and the wind will make it feel even colder! How long will it last?

The big winter (and popular) topic is dusted off very early this season as frigid air plunges south for Veterans' Day. But what is the Polar Vortex, exactly?

Eight green sea turtles stunned by the cold during a rare snowfall in North Florida have been released after being treated at Loggerhead Marinelife Center.

They'll open Thursday as temperatures in the area are expected to drop into the low to mid-40s early Friday, with cool conditions expected into the weekend.

"With some cold weather a few weeks ago up in the Panhandle, they got over 1,000 turtles that stranded within just a few days," said the aquarium's Kelly McNally.