ORLANDO, Fla. — Very warm temperatures are expected throughout Central Florida for the week.
Here’s what you can expect:
- New high records were set on Monday at Leesburg and Sanford.
- Leesburg hit 90 degrees, smashing the 2012 record of 86 degrees.
- Sanford hit 89, surpassing the 1982 record of 87 degrees.
- Evening temps will drop to the mid-60s.
- With the west wind, the temperatures on Tuesday afternoon could reach 90 degrees in several spots.
- Expect temperatures into the mid-90s by the late week, and we’ll be watching for more broken records for heat as we go through the week.
Sanford reached 88º (so far) this breaks the previous record high of 87º (1982). https://t.co/25Jg6ZxF8o
— Irene Sans (@IreneSans) March 23, 2020
Rainfall is becoming an issue -- we need rain, but there’s very little chance of any through the next seven days and beyond.
Otherwise, the weather’s looking fairly quiet, not too windy with subtle changes in direction a predominantly light south breeze through the week.
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