This is absolutely no where near the record cold for the day, which happened way back in 1950 at 25 degrees. Still think its unusually cold?
Maybe we need another city for an example. I'll choose a place that is colder on average in the winter, Chicago. Tonight it's supposed to get down to 12 degrees...brrr. The average for the day however is 18 degrees and the record low for the day is -10 degrees (though admittedly this one is closer at 1988).
Let's take Miami for example now then. Tonight is supposed to get down to a low of 50 degrees. The daily average low is 60 degrees...ok a bit colder than average. The record low for the day is 40 degrees, way back in 1919, still a long ways off.
I could go on and on, try it for yourself. Go to weather.com, pick a city and look at the historical data. We certainly don't seem to be reaching any sort of record colds anywhere that I have looked up yet. This is called winter time people.
edit on 6-1-2011 by Pimpish because:
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