Georgia: Cold wave brings record low to Athens

The waves of cold, Canadian air washing over the eastern United States brought a record low to Athens this morning, breaking a low-temperature mark that stood for 117 years.

The official temperature in Athens sank to 20 degrees, breaking a record set in 1891, said Frank Taylor, spokesman for the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City.

The old record was 23 degrees, Taylor said.

North Carolina - Record Low Set on Grandfather Mountain Wednesday

Unseasonably cold weather broke the record for the daily low temperature on Wednesday atop Grandfather Mountain.

The temperature dipped to eight degrees early in the morning breaking the previous daily low record for November 19th was 10 degrees set, and was set back in 1968.

Charlotte: Bitter Cold Shatters Record

Nov. 19--Temperatures are climbing this morning after tumbling to a record low before dawn in Charlotte.

The frigid readings this morning not only set a record for the date, but it marked the earliest ever that the temperature has fallen below 20 degrees in Charlotte.