Great Weekend Weather: Sunny skies for Sunday's Daytona 500 race

Create: Fri, 02/18/2022 - 17:25
Author: Sera King
Photo for Headline Surfer / A screenshot of the World's Most Famous Beach via the Daytona Beach Shores beach camp at the Sunlawton Avenue ramp at 1 p.m. Friday.

SERA KING / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. --  Race fans couldn't ask for a better weather forecast than Sunday at Daytona International Speedway 2ith Sunday's running of the Daytona 500 with sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-70s, according to the National Weather Service in Melbourne.

Sunday at the World's Most Famous Beach in Daytona is another option.

Here is the weather forecast:

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. North wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

Washington's Birthday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

The start time for the Daytona 500 is 2:30 p.m. ET Sunday on FOX.

Sera King bio / Headline SurferAbout the Byline Writer: Sera King is associate publisher of Headline Surfer, the award-winning 24/7 internet news outlet in Lake Mary, FL serving greater Orlando, Sanford, and Daytona Beach via HeadlineSurfer.com since 2008. She's also a byline writer (business, community & sports features), a videographer, and a cartoonist for the media outlet. King received her bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the Metro Orlando Campus of Ana G. Mendez University in 2008. Headline Surfer is published by Henry Frederick, Central Florida's award-winning journalist.