Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Inland Dade, Florida

The second and coldest night of a two-night freeze in south Florida saw minimum air temperatures ranging from 25 to 30 degrees over interior sections of the peninsula. In the metropolitan areas of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties temperatures were in the middle 30s over the western suburbs. In the downtown metro areas, temperatures were in the lower 40s with the temperatures in the mid 40s at the beach. Crop damage included losses to corn and newly planted sugar cane in Palm Beach County, and to certain vegetables in Hendry and eastern Collier counties. During the freeze, more than 40 house fires were reported, most associated with portable heating devices.