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Record-cold morning across Central Florida
Multiple Central Florida cities broke temperature records with lows in the low 20s, while an Extreme Cold Warning and Freeze Warning remain in effect.
- On Sunday, the National Weather Service said all of Central Florida set new record lows for the date and most sites set monthly February records.
- A massive Arctic blast pushed in, producing rare flurries as Gulf of Mexico moisture interacted with the cold air in coastal Central Florida, meteorologists say.
- Local stations recorded Daytona Beach at 23 degrees, Orlando and Melbourne at 25, with wind chills dropping to 10 at Sanford-International Airport and 22 at Tallahassee International Airport.
- Farmworkers ran overnight irrigation at Southern Hill Farms in Clermont to protect crops, while Orlando International Airport faced thousands of delays and Outage.us reported 25,000 power outages; State Road 44, Lake County, closed due to fire and downed lines.
- An Extreme Cold Warning and Freeze Warning continue into Monday morning with another hard freeze possible Sunday night, while forecasters predict a gradual warmup throughout the week and a 60% chance of thunderstorms Wednesday night.
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