On February 19th, arctic air moved into the eastern US:
Hard freeze warnings went to Daytona Beach, freeze warnings went to near West Palm Beach, and a wind chill advisory was issued for Miami:
Numerous low temperature records were set on Feb 20th, and many by a wide margin:
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Location record record year
Marquette -26 -15 1966
Detroit -12 -8 1934
Cincinnati -12 -7 1885
Pittsburgh -10 -2 1968
NYC Central Park 2 7 1950
Washington DC 5 8 1896
Charleston 18 22 1968
Macon 18 21 1958
Jacksonville 24 28 1958
Vero Beach 30 35 1958
West Palm Beach 38 42 1958
Naples 36 39 1960
Key West 49 52 1958
The low of -10 at Pittsburgh was the lowest temperature this late in the season since records began in 1871.
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