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It was during a blizzard in 1899, over a hundred years ago, so certainly is unlikely to ever happen again.
Never say never. It will happen again. Question is, when? It almost happened last winter, it was the coldest one in Florida in decades
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Originally Posted by SophieLL
how did it got so COLD in Florida????
Oh it's possible. Florida is not as warm all the time as people think it is especially in the Panhandle. It can get quite cold in winter, and it has so even last winter when the tomato and orange crop was severely damaged.
North Florida regularly falls into the 20s every winter, even teens aren't that uncommon. I'm sure Tallahassee will come close to their record low again in our lifetimes.
Interesting question - might be Tallahassee! Does anyone know?
Found a couple, both in Texas.
Chisos Basin hit -3 on 2/2/1951 during a cold snap that pretty much ruined Texas winter agriculture for years to follow. Chisos is the main camping area of Big Bend N.P. and is a good cold air sink. It is roughly 75 miles closer to the equator than Tallahassee. Not sure what it did in 1899 because weather records don't go back that far. A disclaimer; Chisos Basin is also nearly a mile up.
A better candidate is Tarpley. About 60 miles south of Tallahassee it is only about 1400 feet above MSL. On 2/2/51 (again) it dived to -5. What it may have reached in that awful cold blast of 1899 is unknown.
There are probably other stations further south and lower in elevation yet that do have figures for 1899 and if someone is enterprising enough can probably find one or two.
Chisos Basin hit -3 on 2/2/1951 during a cold snap that pretty much ruined Texas winter agriculture for years to follow. Chisos is the main camping area of Big Bend N.P. and is a good cold air sink. It is roughly 75 miles closer to the equator than Tallahassee. Not sure what it did in 1899 because weather records don't go back that far. A disclaimer; Chisos Basin is also nearly a mile up.
A better candidate is Tarpley. About 60 miles south of Tallahassee it is only about 1400 feet above MSL. On 2/2/51 (again) it dived to -5. What it may have reached in that awful cold blast of 1899 is unknown.
There are probably other stations further south and lower in elevation yet that do have figures for 1899 and if someone is enterprising enough can probably find one or two.
North Florida regularly falls into the 20s every winter, even teens aren't that uncommon. I'm sure Tallahassee will come close to their record low again in our lifetimes.
Might not. I think it was colder across the US in the late 1800s and early 1900s than today. Looked like below 0°F were much more common in NYC years ago than now. It hasn't gone below -2°F since 1943 so perhaps extreme cold might be slightly less likely in NYC and probably across the east coast:
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