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In what has become an increasingly infrequent occurrence in a Northern Hemisphere that experiences widespread unseasonable warmth, a frigid shot of Arctic air moved into the New York City area Thursday night. Numerous records were tied or broken on Friday morning.

Albany: -1° (old record: 2°, 1886, 1926, and 1929) ***Coldest so early in the season since 1976***
Binghamton: 3° (old record: 5°, 1971 and 1989)
Bridgeport: 15° (old record: 7°, 1989)
Boston: 12°
Hartford: 5°
Islip: 21°
New Haven: 14° (old record: 15°, 1966)
New York City-Central Park: 20°
New York City-JFK Airport: 20° (tied record set in 1966)
New York City-LaGuardia Airport: 20° (old record: 21°, 1942)
Newark: 20°
Philadelphia: 25°
Poughkeepsie: 6° (old record: 7°, 1966 and 1989)
Providence: 13°
White Plains: 14° (tied record set in 1966)