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Cold Records Shattered Across Region

We experienced a historic morning, with record-breaking lows for this date reached in several locations:

-Boston reached -9 at Logan airport. Old record was -3, set in 1934.

-Worcester reached -16 at the airport. Old record was -11, set in 1979.

-Hartford, Conn. reached -12 at Bradley Airport. Old record was -9, set in 1979.

-Providence, R.I. reached -9 at T.F. Green airport. Old record was -7, set in 1979.

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Temperatures were just brutal, and the wind chill values were dangerously cold--at one point, reaching -30 to -45 degrees. The coldest verified reading was -27 degrees in East Hawley, Massachusetts.

Here are some of the coldest morning lows from Skywarn spotters across Massachusetts:

Heath: -22

Plainfield: -21

Ashfield: -19

Worthington: -19

Shutesbury: -18

Chesterfield: -18

Hubbardston: -18

Ashburnham: -17

New Braintree: -17

Fitchburg: -16

Shelburne: -16

And on Cape Cod...

East Harwich: -2

Bourne: -8

Chatham: -1

East Falmouth: -7

Harwich: -4

Here are some of our coldest temps according to our WBZ Weather Watchers:

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We had a cool weather phenomenon occur this morning, too. Sea smoke was reported from Cape Ann to Cape Cod. Sea smoke (or frost smoke, or steam fog) is created when arctic air flows over warmer water. Here are a couple of photos:

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This Afternoon will be bitterly cold, but the wind chill warnings and advisories will expire at noon. We have an afternoon high of 9 in the forecast for Boston. This may give us a record low maximum for this date. Worcester may also reach their record low maximum.

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It's all uphill from here! Presidents' Day will be much "warmer" with a high of 24.

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The next storm will bring us light snow Monday night. We don't anticipate more than a dusting of accumulation. Then, warmer air takes over. The snow changes to a wintry mix and then to rain as our high reaches 50 on Tuesday.

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Stay tuned to WBZ-TV and WBZ NewsRadio 1030 for weather updates.

-Pamela

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