Cold snap breaks Jacksonville’s record monthly heat streak

JACKSONVILLE, FLA – The blazing grip of November heat has lastly launched its maintain on Jacksonville, giving technique to a refreshing, albeit fleeting, blast of arctic air.

Simply in the future in the past, town endured its second-hottest Nov. 20 on file, a scorching 86 levels that felt extra like late summer time than late fall.

Not a single day this month has dipped under common temperatures, solely six days staying below 80 levels.

Based on the Southeast Regional Local weather Heart, Jacksonville has not simply felt heat, it has baked by means of its record-warmest two-month stretch up to now for this time of yr.

However now, with the arrival of a potent chilly entrance, town could also be knocked out of high place for the warmest two-month stretch of warmth up to now by Nov. 20.

But earlier than you toast to winter’s early arrival, bear in mind: this can be a month earlier than the official begin of winter, a time infamous for its temperature whiplash.

Whereas the coolness gripping the area could evoke January nights, it’s not right here to remain. The forecast hints at a bounce again to the mid-80s as early as the primary week of December, proving but once more that standard temperatures have gotten uncommon.

For now, take within the chill. In a single day lows will plummet into the 40s, a noticeable departure from the typical low of fifty levels for this time of yr by means of Monday morning.

Daytime highs, in the meantime, will combat to interrupt into the 60s, providing a stark distinction to the standard highs close to 70. It’s a chilly spell with a chunk, however not one solely unfamiliar.

To place this yr’s chill into perspective, Jacksonville’s first brush with 40-degree lows got here weeks earlier in 2023, in the course of the first days of November. That yr, the rest of the month settled into relative calm earlier than delivering its first freeze on November’s closing day. This yr, nonetheless, no such icy destiny awaits—a minimum of not but.

As for Thanksgiving? Count on to swap sweaters for gentle T-shirts.

Highs within the mid to higher 70s promise a day that’s comfortably gentle, inviting sufficient to savor an out of doors feast or soccer below a dry sunlit sky.