Low-temperature records set in Orlando during the Great Depression and in Sanford when Kennedy was president were broken Tuesday morning as the region endured a blast of cold.

Meteorologist Brendan Schaper with the National Weather Service in Melbourne said the 36-degree readings in each city set records unofficially — they’re unofficial until the weather service issues its daily record event reports. Brisk north winds pushed the wind chill — how cold it feels outside — well down into the 20s for a few hours before daybreak, he added.

Orlando’s official temperature is taken at MCO, but there were outlying areas in Orange and Seminole counties that went into the low 30s. The city’s previous record for Nov. 11 of 39 degrees was set in 1932, while Sanford’s record, also 39, was from 1962

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