Coldest Daytime Highs in Six Years

From the NWS this afternoon:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 
440 PM EST WED JAN 21 2009 

...COLDEST MAXIMUM DAILY TEMPERATURES IN SIX YEARS OVER MUCH OF  
SOUTH FLORIDA... 

DESPITE FULL SUNSHINE, HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA TODAY  
ONLY REACHED THE MID TO UPPER 50S AS A RESULT OF THE MODIFIED ARCTIC  
AIRMASS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THESE  
TEMPERATURES WERE THE COLDEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE READINGS  
OBSERVED SINCE JANUARY 2003.  

HERE ARE TODAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURES AT THE FOUR PRIMARY OBSERVATIONS  
SITES ALONG WITH THE LAST DATE THESE READINGS WERE AS COLD OR COLDER: 

MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 57 DEGREES, COLDEST SINCE JANUARY 18,  
2003 (55 DEGREES). 

FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 58 DEGREES, COLDEST SINCE  
FEBRUARY 13, 2006 (58 DEGREES). 

PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: 56 DEGREES, COLDEST SINCE JANUARY  
24, 2003 (50 DEGREES). 

NAPLES REGIONAL AIRPORT: 56 DEGREES, COLDEST SINCE JANUARY 24, 2003  
(56 DEGREES). 

PALM BEACH AND NAPLES AIRPORTS BOTH SET DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM  
TEMPERATURE READINGS, WITH MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE FALLING JUST  
SHORT OF THEIR DAILY RECORDS. 

THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN SOUTH FLORIDA THIS TIME OF YEAR IS  
IN THE MID 70S.