It was a Hot One Today / myLot

Gainesville, Florida

December 28, 2025 5:07pm CST

Around lunchtime today, I was sitting on the couch watching a replay of the NHL hockey game between the Florida Panthers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, who played last night in south Florida. I didn’t get home from St.Augustine until late last night, so I missed watching it live. Anyway, as I’m sitting there on the couch, I started to feel a cool draft of air, like someone possibly turned on the ceiling fan. Yet, when I looked up, I saw that the fan was not spinning. It took me a second to realize that our central air conditioning unit had kicked on. Our A/C never runs at this time of year. Sure enough, I checked and saw that it indeed was running. A quick glance at my weather app revealed that it was very warm and muggy outside. What a bummer! We are supposed to be in winter, with cold temperatures and jackets and snow (ok, well, no snow in Florida), and yet it is baking outside. Is anyone else out there experiencing warmer than usual temperatures? And the crazy thing is that in just slightly more than 24 hours our temps are going to plunge below freezing. Winter in Florida always keeps you guessing!

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LooeyVille

@LooeyVille (30)

• United States

Yep, we hit 70 day in December and overnight it's going down to 22.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (127067)

• Marion, Ohio

We got to 60 today which is very warm for here. It's supposed to drop a lot tonight

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Amber

@AmbiePam (108871)

• United States

Thank you, Jeff, for backing me up in my annoyance of these blared hot WINTER temperatures. Yesterday it was 86 degrees and humid here in Oklahoma. It’s ridiculous. Thankfully, tomorrow it will be 39 degrees, and I will get some relief.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (11749)

• United States

We are above normal but it was 30 this morning and right now, it's 33 and dropping. My friend in Palm Springs said it was 87. Crazy weather this year.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (368123)

• Rockingham, Australia

I guess you don't really bother to put away each season's clothing.

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Marie Coyle

@MarieCoyle (52753)

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Our weather is often unpredictable here as well. Before the storms hit this afternoon, we reached the unheard of temperature of 70 degrees--in December! And it's now 32...it's supposed to be down to 20. Insane weather!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (200636)

• United States

Nope it has been pretty chilly here all day, especially when the wind blows..about 47 for a high, we might be about 60 tomorrow, but it will get cold at night and stay cold the rest of the week I think with high winds part of the time.

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (147064)

• Roseburg, Oregon

17m

It is 36F here. Nice and cool in the air.

@DaddyEvil (164302)

• United States

Yes, we started the day at 65F and hit 70F by noon. Now, at 6:40 pm, it's 28F outside and is supposed to reach 18F by 6 am tomorrow. And then be back around 30F by tomorrow afternoon.

Missouri weather is always fun.

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