Record Cold Sweeps Florida And The Southeast; Canada Freezes; Early Chill Breaks Records In Northern Japan; Historic November Freeze Hits Australia; + G4-G5 Solar Storm: Triple Impact Now Underway

If the Bz hadn’t broken when it did, one analyst noted, "we’d be halfway to the Stone Age by now."

Record Cold Sweeps Florida And The Southeast

An early-November Arctic blast has busted temperature records across the U.S. Southeast, from Florida’s Gulf Coast to North Carolina’s Outer Banks, delivering the region’s coldest/earliest start to winter in decades.

In Florida, Punta Gorda plunged to 39F (4C), breaking its previous record by 5F and marking the coldest this early since 1966. Naples fell to 44F (7C), besting its 1993 record by 3F, while Tampa Bay hit 39F, its coldest November 11 since 1892. Vero Beach (40F), Fort Pierce (41F), Orlando (36F), Daytona (35F), Leesburg (35F), and Melbourne (37F) all set or tied daily records.

Tuesday morning marked the coldest statewide reading this early in nearly 60 years.