Record-setting cold continues in L.A. area

A frost advisory is in effect Friday morning for parts of the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys as the Thanksgiving cold snap continues across Southern California.

The National Weather Service predicted temperatures of between 28 and 32 degrees in some valley areas and said it will be ever colder in the Antelope Valley, where a freeze warning has been issued.

On Thanksgiving Day, Palmdale set a new low temperature (21), and Los Angeles International Airport tied its record (46).

The L.A. basin will see highs in the mid- to high-60s Friday, with the temperatures dropping into the 40s overnight, forecasters said.

Showers are possible on Saturday.

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Comments

[Joe Shea]

Here in Bradenton, Florida, an hour south of Tampa, it's still in the 80s, and falls to 60 at night. Very little rain the past month. The only thing coming down, in fact, is real estate prices - homes, condos, commercial. It would be a great time for post houses and production companies to relocate here, as Sanborn Studios has done, for the great climate, low-cost housing - a waterfront condo with a boat dock and everything else rents for $850/mo in Sarasota. A 2BR/2ba condo goes for as little as $45,000. No earthquakes, mudslides or state income tax.

[TKelley11]

HEY, LA Times. You have this weather report as the link for the "Lazarus: Making it tricky to buy a copy of your own credit report " story. Please fix it.

[Free Wily]

This is great for the economy. We need to go out and buy more jackets and scarf. It's a lot cheaper this weekend too so everyone go out and buy some extra socks to double up on it and you're welcome for the tip i just provided.

[lou]

Hey Liberal nut jobs is this Global warming

[Stephen Martin]

This year's weather can be summarized in one word: SUCK.

[Big Jim Slade]

Another Gore "mistake" this week?

Weren't we supposed to be scorching to death by now?

[tracy]

Looks like L.A.s Mayor Viagrooso is looking more and more like the Rhodes Scollar that he his . Maybe he will be nominated for the Politzer Peace Prize award for villiage Idiot

[bilejones]

Thank God for Global Warming, Huh?

Otherwise it might get chilly.

[David]

No comment on what the mayor has to do with a cold snap in LA? So global warming might not be in effect right now yet the summers are hotter and the winters are colder. It was 113 degrees the first week of fall here. The weather oh how it does suck so much I was able to get a tan from being in the sun yesterday afternoon. Then the sun went down and it got cold. Go figure. Still beats sleet, snow, windchills, blizzards, whiteouts, frost, black ice, shoveling, salting, scraping, defrosting, frostbite, freezing, freezing to death, yeah 66 degrees is not typical for a socal high but complaining about it couldn't be anymore californian. FU to the nutjob comment; probably still angry about the blue sweep in this state on election day. And I'll take an earthquake and mudslide and fall like temperatures in November rather than rain every day, excessive humidity and the insects that come with it, hurricanes, and the lack of topography that would come with living (i use that gerund loosely) in florida. There is a reason why California is the most populous state and even more reason why real estate prices in Florida are dropping. Homes tend to sink when built on a swamp. I also remember last year temps dropped below freezing in florida while we had a wonderfully mild and warm winter. California is the place to be. Always has been, always will be. Nuf said.