Record low temperatures throughout the state of Florida

Polk Sets Low-Temperature Record for October

LAKE WALES | A reading of 38 at Lakeland Linder Airport on Wednesday morning was the coldest ever recorded in Polk County in October and marked the first time that the mercury has dropped into the 30s during October.

The previous record for the month was 42 degrees on Oct. 21, 1989.

Wednesday's reading easily shattered the record for Oct. 29, which had been 48 degrees set in 1957.

Australia: Frost takes toll

Among the worst hit were grape growers in the lower valleys along Pipeclay Creek, with Petersons Glenesk Estate Winery losing 142 of its 150 acres to the frost.
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Next-door-neighbour and grape grower, Barry Slater, said he was unprepared for the effect the frost would have and had lost his entire crop to the frost.

“I was caught completely by surprise and when I saw what had happened I was blown away. The damage is so extensive that it will take a couple of years for the vines to recover.”