TAMPA, Fla. — The blast of frigid air that swept across the United States over the past week officially has brought the coldest Christmas to the Tampa Bay area in more than 30 years.
The National Weather Service recorded a low temperature of 31 degrees at Tampa International Airport. That puts Sunday tied with 1966 for the fourth coldest Christmas in the Tampa area since the records began being tracked in 1890.
Tampa’s coldest Christmas came in 1983 when the temperature dropped to 20. Sunday is the coldest Christmas in the city since it was 26 in 1989.
