The National Weather Service record books make it official: This really has been a long, cold winter.
Unless you lived in the Tampa Bay area in the 1950s, this is the longest winter you've ever experienced here.
So far this season, Tampa and St. Petersburg have had 26 and 28 days respectively that haven't climbed above 60 degrees — the second-highest number in recorded history. And we're only a few days away from the record, which was set in 1958 when St. Petersburg had 31 days below 60 and Tampa had 30.
The cold snap continues this week as highs today and Thursday will struggle to reach the high 50s.
Many Floridians are hoping this is the last chilly spell before we get back to more normal, warm temperatures.
"At least in the short term, it looks like the end," said National Weather Service meteorologist Ernie Jillson. "We've got the last of the cold fronts coming through for a while this week."