Orlando weather: Warm, dry Christmas for Central Florida

A beautiful Christmas Eve, heading into Christmas Day is in store for those in Central Florida for the holidays. 

If you're hitting the roads to see family, roads won't see any delays weather wise through the rest of the evening. There may be some patchy fog late tonight. 

Be careful later on tonight, there may be some areas with dense fog. 

As Santa is making his way toward Central Florida, we're expecting a beautiful night. Mostly clear skies will allow temperatures to dip down into the mid and upper 50s for lows.

A warm Christmas Day

Merry Christmas from all of us here at FOX 35! Just like our Christmas Eve, Christmas Day will be warm and sunny. If you are looking for a white Christmas here, you may have to head to the beach! Afternoon highs will warm and be back into the upper 70s to near 80-degrees! Average highs for this time of year are in the low 70s.

From Christmas to New Year's

Here's a look at the forecast leading into the new year. Expect temperatures to begin dropping for a chilly New Year's. 

Looking ahead, the warm and dry weather lasts through the weekend with temps lingering in the upper 70s, but we will be ringing in the new year with some big changes. As we head into Monday, big changes will arrive as we track our next cold front, which will bring a surge of arctic air towards our region.

New Year's Eve could bring in temps in the 30s and 40s with highs to Start off 2026 in the upper 50s and low 60s for highs at best.

The Source: This article was written with information from the FOX 35 Storm Team.

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