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The Sunshine State was shivering cold-blooded over the weekend , with temperatures fall far below freeze during the state ’s first blast of wintertime .
Thewinter has been wimpyfor most of the continental United States until recently . But a strong moth-eaten front moved through Florida this past Friday ( Feb. 11 ) and snarl the state back into the realism of winter . The insensate plunge turned Florida frigid , and a few weather disc descend with the temperatures . Freeze monition were issued , snow birds quetch , and people across the United States Department of State ( pant ! ) put on crownwork .
Icicles hang on this berry tree near Jacksonville, Florida.
Jacksonville recorded a criminal record low for Feb. 12 of 24 level Fahrenheit ( minus 4 degrees Celsius ) , according to the National Weather Service . That snapped a record set in 1981 for the day . Daytona Beach link up a 1955 disc Sir David Low of 30 F ( subtraction 1 coke ) on the same day . South Florida was n’t frosty , but it was n’t all sun and fun . The high temperature in Miami was a measly 61 F ( 16 coulomb ) yesterday ( Feb. 12 ) .
" Sixty - one is inhuman for south Florida , " enjoin the Weather Channel ’s Stephanie Abrams on " Wake Up with Al . "
In mid - state , county around Tampa did n’t set any records , but they were still under a hard frost vigil this morning , which leave behind farmers worried about their crops . abject temperature are n’t rare this time of year for the Tampa part , so the reason for the cold was obvious .
Icicles hang on this berry tree near Jacksonville, Florida.
" The simple answer is that it ’s winter time , " said Richard Rude , a meteorologist with the NWS office in Tampa .
The freezing weather — technically induce by a potent high - pressing system following a cold front — is pushing east today ( Feb. 13 ) , Rude tell OurAmazingPlanet , andmild wintertime temperatures forFlorida are expect to deliver by midweek , according to the NWS .
