An Arctic blast that swept as far south as Florida early this week broke several records. Miami dipped to 48 degrees Tuesday morning, tying a record that has stood for more than a century.
The National Weather Service confirmed this rare cold event. “A *record low minimum* temperature was tied at Miami this morning,” meteorologists with the Miami NWS office posted Tuesday on the social platform X. “The temperature of 48°F is the coldest on record for this date (11/11) in over 110 years.”
Florida’s frigid temperatures froze one of the Sunshine State’s native reptiles in their tracks. “Social media has been flooded with images of frozen iguanas falling from trees, as their cold-blooded reptilian systems struggle to generate body heat and cope with the cold temperatures,” reported Newsweek…