FORT MYERS, Fla. Near-record warmth is ahead for Monday.
The high is expected to be 87, just one degree shy of the record of 88 set in 2012, meteorologist Zach Maloch said.
A few high clouds will be in the sky Sunday night as the low dips only to 65. It’ll be mostly clear by morning and mostly sunny the rest of Monday.
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