Winter officially began today at 7:04 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The new season is bringing lots of cold, windy weather, as well as snow and ice to much of our nation. Here in Jacksonville, temperatures are expected to drop sharply early in the week and then we’ll see a rapid return to warmer weather by Christmas Day. Tonight’s low is 32 and tomorrow’s high is expected to be 48, with another light freeze tomorrow night.
By Christmas, the highs will be back in the upper-70’s and lows in the lower 50’s. That will be followed by a gradual cooling to more seasonally appropriate temperatures by next week.
The absolute coldest temperature ever recorded in the U.S. was at Prospect Creek, Alaska, an unbelievable 80 degrees below. Among continental U.S. cities, Bismarck, North Dakota, holds the all-time record low winter temperature at 44 below zero, followed by Great Falls, Montana, just one degree warmer.
When it comes to winter precipitation records, Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, is tops with more than 117 inches. Juneau, Alaska, is next with 96 inches.
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