Meteorological Winter starts in 5 days - What cities in the USA have not had lows under 40 F? (sun, predict)

[PatrickMd]

This thread interests me - I've got an online friend in Miami, and a few winters ago the temp dipped to 34f where he lived.

He'd never experienced anything that cold before, and it did mess up some of the plants in his garden.

[Snowbird100]

I suspect Orlando & Melbourne FL might drop below 40F tonight according to the forecast, we'll have to wait & see !

It looks like FL is experiencing its first "cold" spell this winter

[ilovemycomputer90]

Close, but no cigar - Orlando dipped to 40 F last night. Forecast to drop down to 37 F tonight. We'll see if we can cross Orlando off the list. West Palm Beach dropped to 43 F, but it looks like they won't be going below 40 F in the near future.

[Snowbird100]

I switched to NWS from Wunderground for this thread as Wavehunter and others used NWS; Otherwise we will have conflicting data (or low) for this thread.

Just check NWS, the lowest for West Palm Beach at 49F (last month Nov 24 and yesterday Dec 21)
National Weather Service Climate

[Snowbird100]

How come Tampa was off the list !?
I just checke NWS, the lowest for Tampa (CF6): 46F (Nov 23 & 25)

The lowest for Fort Myers (not Naples) from NWS (CF6): 49F (Nov 25)

Here's my line up for South Florida (first off the list to last):
- Fort Myers (not Naples)
- Naples or West Palm Beach
- Fort Lauderdale
- Miami
- Key West

I am surprised St Pete was so warm, the lowest was 55F (Nov 25) so far. Does NWS put their temp sensor next to a heater

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by Snowbird100

I switched to NWS from Wunderground for this thread as Wavehunter and others used NWS; Otherwise we will have conflicting data (or low) for this thread.

Just check NWS, the lowest for West Palm Beach at 49F (last month Nov 24 and yesterday Dec 21)
National Weather Service Climate

Both wunderground and the NWS show that today dropped down to 43 F in WPB. Fort Myers dropped to 45 F today. I see 51 F and 43 F for St. Petersburg and Tampa, respectively, but I'll have to double check those. Tampa might drop below 40 F tonight.

History | Weather Underground

..THE WEST PALM BEACH CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 22 2012...
VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1894 TO 2012


WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
.................................................. ................
TEMPERATURE (F)
TODAY
MAXIMUM 66 343 PM 86 1951 76 -10 80
MINIMUM 43 728 AM 36 1973 59 -16 70
AVERAGE 55 67 -12

[Dean York]

I know it's not US but the Scilly Isles haven't gone below 40F yet! 42F is the coldest so far which is pretty amazing!

[dunno what to put here]

they also haven't fallen below freezing at all this year. I believe their lowest temperature this year was 34F.

[Dean York]

That's pretty amazing, they almost have a year round spring as summer isn't much warmer!

[Snowbird100]

Looks like cold air from Canada has arrived ...

All NWS numbers, Dec 22

Orlando: 34F at 10:34pm <-- What a big drop !
Tampa: 47F at 9:53pm
Fort Myers: 47F at 9:53pm
Naples: 48F at 9:53pm
St Pete: 52F at 9:53pm

SW FL:
Fort Pierce: 39F at 9:53pm
Stuart: 52F at 10:35pm
WPB: 48F at 9:53pm
Pompano Beach: 52F at 9:53pm
Ft Lauderdale: 53F at 9:53pm
Miami: 55F at 9:53pm
Key West: 60F at 9:53pm