It's Winter In Southern California Completely Out Of Nowhere After 200 Days Of Hot Weather

The cold swooped in pretty quick.
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Extremely cold temperatures hit Southern California very quickly this week, and suddenly just like that, it's winter on the West Coast.

Temperatures took a swift drop all across the region, with weekend rain and mountain snow causing actual freeze warnings in San Luis Obispo County just north of Los Angeles, as well as in Apple and Lucerne Valley in SoCal.

On Saturday, Downtown Los Angeles had its first temperature under 70 degrees, ending 200 days of consecutive hot weather.

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The streak began on April 21 and continued through November 6. David Sweet, meteorologist (National Weather Service in Oxnard)

Even the National Weather Service is happily startled by this change, as they used MANY exclamations in their announcement.

They're very cold over there at the Los Angeles office of the National Weather Service.

 Frost advisories were even issued in some areas of Los Angeles.

A storm is forecast to drop up to 20 cm of snow in southern Ontario by this weekend

"Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions."

A storm is bringing snow to Ontario this week and temperatures will feel colder than -30 C

The "very cold arctic air" is also forecast to cause lake-effect snow. 🥶