Cold Weather Advisory Issued for Disney World Area: Wind Chills as Low as 28 Degrees

Jan 23, 2025 in "Severe Weather impacts to Walt Disney World"

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Cold Weather Advisory - January 24, 2025

Posted: Thursday January 23, 2025 1:13pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

The National Weather Service in Melbourne, FL, has issued a Cold Weather Advisory for Coastal Volusia, Orange, Seminole, and Southern Lake counties, including Walt Disney World Resort. The advisory is in effect from 3:00 am to 9:00 am EST on Friday, January 24, 2025, with wind chills expected to drop as low as 28 degrees.

Cold Weather Advisory - January 24, 2025

Advisory Details

When: 3:00 AM to 9:00 AM EST, Friday, January 24
Where: Coastal Volusia, Orange, Seminole, and Southern Lake counties
Wind Chill: As low as 28 degrees
Impact: Risk of hypothermia with prolonged outdoor exposure

How This May Affect Walt Disney World Guests

With cold temperatures, guests visiting Walt Disney World should plan for a chilly morning. Open areas, such as parking lots, walkways between attractions in EPCOT and Animal Kingdom, will feel particularly cold due to wind exposure. Disney's Blizzard Beach water park will be closed all day/

Safety Tips for Visitors

Bundle Up: Wear layers, including a warm jacket, hat, and gloves.
Plan Indoor Activities: Schedule more time in indoor attractions, restaurants, or shops during early morning hours.
Outdoor Travel: Be cautious on outdoor transportation options like ferries, which may feel colder due to wind chill.

Weather Outlook for January 24

Morning: Wind chills in the upper 20s to low 30s.
Afternoon: Temperatures expected to rise into the mid-50s, but winds will keep it feeling cooler.
Evening: A drop back into the 40s after sunset.

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wdwmagicJan 23, 2025

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HauntedPirateJan 23, 2025

Yep. And mid-to-upper 20’s windchill. 🥶 The Springs will be a ghost town again.

LAKid53Jan 23, 2025

Gonna be in the mid 30s tonight.

HauntedPirateJan 23, 2025

Crews are out covering sensitive plants at the resorts due to another Cold Weather Advisory tonight.

HauntedPirateJan 23, 2025

At least at OKW, the feature pool is closed today due to the low temps. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

Nubs70Jan 22, 2025

Hah.... Drove to my customer yesterday down I-196. At points I could see 2 feet past my windshield, mind you my hood is 5 ft long. Whomever came up with putting rumble strips on the shoulder is a genius. There was no snow accumulating on the roadway as the wind was blowing it across the ice. What is normally a 90 minute drive took 4 hours, but conditions improved on the way home as it only took 3 hours. During my trip, I passed 40-50 cars in the ditch, 1 closed highway with a 15 car pileup, and a semi facing north in the southbound ditch - he actually spun the semi and trailer 180 degrees without jackknifing - that takes skill. You just slow down, put your 4 ways on, and follow the flashing red lights in front of you.

Tha RealestJan 22, 2025

This, and 1) the local infrastructure doesn’t have the means to treat/clear the roads, and 2) the locals likely don’t have many 4WD vehicles necessary to make it through some of those conditions if/when they arise.

MothJan 22, 2025

Woke up to the snow somehow still there. Neat, but also irritating because I need to get art supplies.

AylaJan 22, 2025

In places where they don't have the equipment or wherewithal to deal with snow, everything absolutely should be closed.

Alice aJan 22, 2025

3 inches of sleet and snow in downtown Charleston, SC this AM. Wind chill was 11 this morning! Pretty much everything is closed.

AylaJan 22, 2025

I live in Wisconsin. If we stayed home anytime it was snowing, no one would ever go to work, school, or anywhere outside their house.

Fido ChuckwagonJan 22, 2025

No, there are places where it snows constantly (like upstate NY where I live). The problem arises because people in the south don’t understand how to drive in it. It doesn’t matter how heavy your car is, that it has all wheel drive, or that you have magical snow tires. The only thing that matters is that when there is snow on the road you drive very very very slowly. There’s a reason that an inch of snow shuts everything down in the south but people actively drive up where i live when we get a daily dose of 1-3 inches, and its not just because we have plows.