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"There’s going to be a lot more walkers today, even those people that haven’t planned to be one."
Summer seeped into Central Florida’s spring on Thursday with temperatures in the high 90s in many locations, and 5K runners in downtown Orlando called upon to test their fortitude.
The weather this week is about 10 degrees hotter than normal for this time of year for the region, according to the National Weather Service’s Melbourne office. The high temperature would typically be in the mid-80s.
“We stay in the lower 90s pretty much through our forecast period, which goes out the next seven days, so not really too much relief on the horizon,” meteorologist Cassie Leahy said Thursday afternoon. “As we get into next week, we do have some increasing rain chances, so that might help,” she said.
Orlando flirted with record highs — the record high for May 9, set in 1915, is 98, and many locations were near that mark. But the “official” marks at the city’s two airports, Orlando International and Orlando Executive, hit 96 and 94 respectively. The record high for May 10 in Orlando is also 98, set in 1916.
Soaring temps pushed back the start time of the SimplyIOA Corporate 5K in downtown Orlando into Thursday evening. In addition, the course was also shortened from 3.1 miles to 2.4 miles. Nearly 13,000 participants registered, but organizers said it is unknown many people actually attend because it is an untimed and unscored event.
Read more at the Orlando Sentinel
