Florida sees coldest Christmas in 33 years; thousands of flight delayed,canceled

It wasn’t quite a white Christmas for Florida, but it’s definitely a chilly one.

Cold

Temperatures dropped down into the 20s early Sunday morning across northern and central Florida and a hard freeze warning is in effect until 9 a.m. Monday for the Big Bend and Panhandle area.

Christmas

It didn’t break the record for coldest Christmas, although in many areas wind chills may make it feel that way. It’s probably in the top five, behind the Christmas of 1989 and the Christmas cold wave of 1983, which still holds the record for most of the country.

Weather Forecas

Nationwide, the arctic blast has slammed the United States with dangerously cold temperatures and heavy snow, fatal car crashes, thousands of canceled flights and millions at risk for power outages. The National Weather Service on Friday said its warnings and advisories covered about 200 million people – “one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever,” forecasters said.

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