South Florida awoke from a Thanksgiving Day food stupor on Black Friday to cooler-than-expected temperatures as a cold front pushed through with more oomph than initially forecast.
The low temperatures statewide ranged from the 30s in the Panhandle to 65 degrees in normally-balmy Key West, and the upper 50s in the Gold Coast where Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach dipped to a low of 55 degrees the morning of Nov. 28.
That’s 9 degrees below normal but a more noticeable plummet of 27 degrees from the Thanksgiving Day high temperature of 82 degrees.
National Weather Service meteorologist Chuck Caracozza said the cold front that gushed through stalled in the Florida Straits, creating a tight pressure gradient over South Florida with approaching high pressure that will kick up winds and waves at the beach.
“It’s definitely not going to be good swimming conditions this weekend,” he said. “The wind is going to be strengthening through the day.”
Sustained winds of up to 20 mph with gusts to 29 are forecast in coastal South Florida. The NWS office in Miami has issued a high surf advisory beginning Nov. 29. A high risk of rip currents is also a concern from Nov. 28 through at least Nov. 30.
Temperatures are forecast to warm to near normal with highs near 75 degrees on Nov. 28. That warming will continue through the weekend with Saturday and Sunday reaching around 80 degrees and Monday closer to the mid-80s.
Although clouds may linger into the weekend, no significant rain is in the forecast. West Palm Beach picked up .40 inches of rain on Nov. 26 as a brief thunderstorm rolled through. That was the first rain measured for the month of November, leaving the area with a deficit of 2.89 inches for the month and 13.96 inches for the year.
Cooler than normal temperatures forecast for South Florida for Nov. 28, 2025.
Kimberly Miller is a journalist for The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA Today Network of Florida. She covers real estate, weather, and the environment. Subscribe to The Dirt for a weekly real estate roundup. If you have news tips, please send them to kmiller@pbpost.com. Help support our local journalism, subscribe today.
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