在过去的几天里,导致中西部和五大湖地区降雪和冰点以下温度的冷空气正在美国南部蔓延。
随着寒冷天气的南移,超过7500万美国人处于霜冻或冰冻警报之下。
佛罗里达州杰克逊维尔的气温周三达到42度,周三早上的风寒使气温降至37度,这标志着杰克逊维尔秋季30度的风寒值的最早记录。
周三上午,数十项记录被打破或打平。
德克萨斯州奥斯汀,达到38度;密西西比州杰克逊达到30度;北卡罗来纳州的夏洛特平了30度的历史新低;密苏里州的堪萨斯城降到了25度;爱荷华州的锡达拉皮兹最低气温为16度。
在五大湖地区,大雪加上树上的叶子,导致许多树枝掉落在电线上,使成千上万的客户断电。
Chris Dugan, from Santa Fe, plays with his dogs at the Ski Santa Fe, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Sante Fe, N.M.
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周一,威斯康星州北部的湖泊效应降雪高达18英寸。周一和周二,密歇根上半岛的降雪量约为18.1英寸,打破了连续两天的降雪记录NWS·马凯特说道。
美国其他地区没有经历更冷的天气,因为阿拉斯加和南加州都异常温暖。
在阿拉斯加州,朱诺号、锡特卡、凯奇坎、雅库塔特、海恩斯和斯卡圭等城市都出现了有记录以来最热的10月初天气。
国家气象局发布了南加州部分地区的高温警报,今天下午从圣地亚哥到阿纳海姆的气温上升到90多度。
Millions of people under frost and freeze alerts as cold temperatures hit Deep South
The cold air that’s led to snow and sub-freezing temperatures across the Midwest and Great Lakes in the last few days is spreading across the southern United States.
Over 75 million Americans are under frost or freeze alerts as the cold weather moves south.
The temperature in Jacksonville, Florida, reached 42 degrees on Wednesday, with a wind chill that brought the temperature down to 37 degrees Wednesday morning, which marks the earliest recorded wind chill value in the 30s in Jacksonville’s fall season.
On Wednesday morning, dozens of records were tied or broken.
Austin, Texas, hit 38 degrees; Jackson, Mississippi, reached 30 degrees; Charlotte, North Carolina, tied its record low of 30 degrees; Kansas City, Missouri, dipped to 25 degrees; and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hit a low of 16 degrees.
In the Great Lakes region, heavy snowfall combined with leaves still on trees caused many branches to fall on power lines leaving thousands of customers without electricity.
Up to 18 inches of lake-effect snow fell in northern Wisconsin on Monday. Around 18.1 inches of snow fell in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan on Monday and Tuesday, breaking the 2-day snowfall record, theNWS Marquettesaid.
Other parts of the U.S. aren’t experiencing the cooler weather, as Alaska and southern California are both unseasonably warm.
In Alaska, the cities of Juneau, Sitka, Ketchikan, Yakutat, Haines, and Skagway have all had their warmest start to October on record.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for parts of Southern California, with temperatures rising into the mid-90s from San Diego to Anaheim this afternoon.