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Courtney Spamer Nov. 11, 2019 12:15 PM
Dozens of major cities saw record low temperatures across the eastern two-thirds of the United States. As a punishing wave of January-esque Arctic air brought dangerously cold conditions, some cities saw low-temperature records that hadn't plunged that low in more than 100 years.
On Wednesday morning, residents in cities such as Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, and Indiana woke up to see the mercury on their thermometers slip under 10 F for the first time this season.
In the Northeast, New York City set low-temperature records on back-to-back days. On Tuesday, the mercury bottomed out at 25 degrees F, breaking the previous record of 26 for Nov.12 that had stood since 1926, according to the NWS.
On Wednesday, the temperature in Central Park hit a low of 23, breaking the previous record of 24 for Nov. 13 set back in 1986. Philadelphia also broke a record low for the day when the mercury dropped to 23, breaking the previous record of 24.
A similar trend occurred across the middle of the country as well, only more punishing. Iowa experienced some of the harshest conditions on Tuesday, as cities such as Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Fort Dodge, Storm Lake, Webster City, Independence, and Perry saw temperatures fall below zero.
Before dipping to minus 1 F on Tuesday, Des Moines residents had never seen November temperatures fall below 4 degrees. Independence, located about 40 miles north of Cedar Rapids, experienced the lowest temperatures of the day in the state, plummeting all the way down to minus 11.
The mercury also fell below zero to reach a brutal minus 13 in Hibbing, Minnesota, smashing the old record of minus 9 from 1966.
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