Have you checked your tire pressure today? Chances are your car's tire pressure decreased due to the cold front stretching through Central Florida this week.

Low temperatures mean low tire pressure. When that first real cold snap hits like this one, you might notice a little orange light pop up on your dashboard indicating a tire pressure warning. It is not a big deal, just physics.

How does cold air lower tire pressure?

Cold air makes the air inside your tires contract, which lowers the pressure.

On average, you lose about one pound of pressure for every ten degrees the temperature falls, so a twenty degree drop can mean two pounds gone. In our case, temps dropped from the 80s to the 30s, which can result in a roughly five-pound loss.

That represents about 15% percent of your tire pr

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