Florida State Watch Office Morning Situation Report for Sunday, February 1st, 2026

• It is a dangerously cold morning for Floridians after the coldest temperatures and wind chills have reached the state.
• Observations this morning have shown wind chills in the single digits and lower 10s across North Florida, 10s and lower 20s across Central Florida and 20s to lower 30s across South Florida.
• Even the Florida Keys have seen wind chills in the 30s.
• Extreme Cold Warnings will remain in effect across the Panhandle and Big Bend until  12:00PM -1:00PM EST/11:00AM-12:00PM CST, the Suwannee Valley and Northeast Florida until 11:00 AM EST, and across Central and portions of South Florida until 10:00 AM EST.
• The abundance of sunshine across the state will be deceiving today as temperatures will very slowly warm up throughout the day.
• Feels-like temperatures are not expected to rise above freezing until midday to the early afternoon hours across North and parts of Central Florida.
• Feels-like temperatures are expected to remain in the upper 20s to middle 30s across North and Central Florida towards the I-4 corridor in the early part of the afternoon and the upper 30s to middle 40s across the rest of the state.
• Wind Advisories remain in effect until the mid-morning hours across portions of the Panhandle and Big Bend and the Florida Keys.
• High temperatures will reach the 40s across North and North-Central Florida and lower 50s across the rest of Central and through South Florida this afternoon. The Florida Keys will see high temperatures in the middle to upper 50s.
• Wind gusts should ease up overnight but continue at 5-15 mph with the strongest gusts along the coastlines.
• Stronger wind gusts of 20-25 mph cannot be ruled out along portions of the eastern coastline overnight.
• Widespread freeze conditions can be expected again tonight, but it won’t be quite as cold as Saturday night.
• Low temperatures are expected to fall into the upper teens to middle 20s across North Florida, upper 20s to lower 30s across Central Florida and lower to upper 30s across South Florida.
• Interior portions of Central and South Florida will remain colder compared to its coastal areas.
• The Florida Keys will see low temperatures in the 40s to lower 50s.
• Freeze Warnings will go into effect again for much of the state again later this evening and continuing through much of Monday morning for dangerously cold temperatures well below freezing.
• Feels-like temperatures will plunge again tonight, but not as cold as Saturday night.
• By sunrise Monday morning, feels-like temperatures will be in the middle 10s to lowers 20s across Northeast and portions of East-Central Florida where there are the strongest winds continue. The rest of North Florida will see feels-like temperatures in the lower to middle 20s.
• West-Central and South Florida can expect to see feels-like temperatures in the middle 20s to lower 30s early Monday morning.
• Portions of the Upper Keys will see feels-like temperatures in the upper 30s.
• Widespread Cold Weather Advisories can be expected again overnight for very cold wind chills.
• An Extreme Cold Warning will go into effect tonight along East-Central Florida, and may extend northward into Northeast Florida or into South Florida for dangerous wind chills.
• Breezy northwesterly wind and dangerous ocean swells will contribute to the moderate to high risk for rip currents across beaches statewide.
• Large ocean swells will linger throughout the state today leading to wave heights of 4-8’ across the Peninsula, and High Surf Advisories remain in effect along West-Central and Southwest Florida beaches.
• Strong northwesterly winds and large ocean swells may continue to lead to instances of minor coastal flooding along the Florida Keys through the morning hours, and a Coastal Flood Statement remains in effect.

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Morning Situation Report