How cold did it get during Polk’s “Big Freeze” of 1894?
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On December 29, 1894, citrus growers awoke to a freeze, merely days after a routine 85-degree morning. Things got even colder in February 1895, when temperatures dropped to 18º and 90% of citrus trees were wiped out.