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The State Climate Office of North Carolina posted a blog entry this morning describing two big cold air outbreaks that affected the Southeast in the past.  They point out that temperature drops of 30 F or more can occur as cold fronts pass through the region, bringing damaging freezes and wintry precipitation to the area.

You can read about them at https://climate.ncsu.edu/climateblog?id=173&h=5666e5c1.

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