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Ah, you see, FLL wasn't recording data between August 1946 and August 1998, even though it was still doing hourly observations. The other Fort Lauderdale station where the 45F high in 1989 was recorded is located at the water treatment plant near the junction of I-595 and 441. That station goes back to 1912.
The chance of "official" snow or a "official" high below 40 is very difficult because of the substantial urban heat island. But in rural/suburban areas it is perfectly possible however unlikely.
yea good point. may not be possible today with that concrete jungle...
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22F on Feb 13. Looks like it was -2F that morning.
hmm... well Miami's lowest high of 56°F during this time seems a bit too high...
and i'm not sure who was around to record these temps in Miami back in 1899. in 1900, there were only ~1,600 people in Miami, talk about a small village... and the area in general was very sparsely populated.
Tallahassee on the other hand is the capital of Florida so it always had better record keeping. not sure how much of a difference this makes but it is something i keep in mind...
If it hasn't happened in the last 100 years, why would it happen in the next 50?
That saying has backstabbed me many times... Don't ever say never or cant with weather. Since it did snow and came close at times... why not again and harder with right timing of things.
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Miami has never officially recorded snowfall
Of course not, to stick at the airport to record a trace is crazy but snow did "fall" in the air over Miami.. So just because it's not on paper at an airport, doesn't mean snow didn't fall.
Thursday marks the 35th anniversary of the first time in recorded history that snow fell in South Florida. It was January 19th, 1977. The snow fell as far south as Homestead and flakes even fell on the sandy shores of Miami Beach.
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Nope, the lowest high in Miami that month was 56F.
That's what I got too and amazing considering what was going on. Although the night of the Great Blizzard they did drop to 29°F.
On February 12, snow started falling from Fort Myers and Tampa in Florida west towards New Orleans. Blizzard conditions were reported north of Tampa along the west coast of Florida due to ocean-effect snow. The storm crossed the Florida peninsula and intensified as it rapidly moved up the Eastern United States. High Point, North Carolina, recorded 10-12" (25–30 cm) of snow, and temperatures as low as 10 °F (−12 °C) on the 11th, 5 °F (−15 °C) on the 13th, and 3 °F (−16 °C) on the 14th. It was said to be the coldest weather known to the oldest inhabitants.
The port of New Orleans was completely iced over by February 13, with ice floes reportedly floating out of the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. On February 14 the city experienced its coldest ever Mardi Gras reading of 7 °F (−14 °C). The Krewe of Rex Parade was delayed while snow was removed from the route.
Ah, you see, FLL wasn't recording data between August 1946 and August 1998, even though it was still doing hourly observations. The other Fort Lauderdale station where the 45F high in 1989 was recorded is located at the water treatment plant near the junction of I-595 and 441. That station goes back to 1912.
Oh gotcha. I've been in that area many times, I had no idea there was a weather station there....
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