Tallahassee, FL – Florida’s mild fall will end abruptly Monday night as Arctic air surges into the Panhandle and North Florida, bringing the state’s coldest temperatures since early spring. According to the NOAA Weather Prediction Center, a powerful cold front will push through the Gulf Coast on Monday, November 10, sending temperatures into the 30s by sunrise Tuesday, November 11.
Forecast lows are expected to bottom out near 31°F in Tallahassee, 33°F in Pensacola, and 35°F in Jacksonville, with inland areas of the Suwannee River Valley possibly dipping into the upper-20s. Even coastal regions from Destin to St. Augustine will fall into the mid-30s, with widespread frost likely across interior North Florida.
The National Weather Service offices in Tallahassee and Jacksonville have issued frost and freeze alerts for multiple counties, warning residents that the cold front will bring a hard freeze to parts of the Panhandle and interior north-central Florida. Northwest winds gusting up to 25 mph will drive apparent temperatures into the upper-20s overnight.
According to the Weather Prediction Center’s Day 3–7 Hazards Outlook, Florida sits at the southern edge of a vast “Frost/Freeze” corridor stretching from Mississippi to the Carolinas. Meteorologists say this could be one of the earliest November freezes for portions of North Florida in several years.
Tuesday’s highs will struggle to reach the upper-40s inland and low-50s along the coast before a gradual rebound midweek.
Residents are advised to protect pipes, plants, and pets, as frost could form on vehicles and rooftops before dawn.
