Cold in the east with snow drought in the west
Randy Mann.
JAKE PARRISH/Press
The infamous “polar vortex” did lead to some very frigid and snowy weather across the U.S. east of the Rockies. At the end of January and the first few days of February, very cold weather gripped the Southeast down into Florida. For example, the Tampa-St. Petersburg area had snow flurries with temperatures dropping into the lower 20s on Feb. 1.
It was so cold that, according to the New York Post, some flights at the Orlando International Airport were grounded. Officials are saying that this air mass over the Southeast was the coldest since December 1989. Many residents in the South are saying that the late January and early February cold and snow event was one of the worst winter storms in decades. This frigid weather pattern also dumped about a foot and a half of snow in the eastern portions of North Carolina.
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