Chattanooga got its first snow flurries of the cold season Monday morning after high temperatures fell by around 25 degrees in one day following a cold front from the north.
The forecasted high temperature of 38 degrees Monday was the lowest for Nov. 10 in recorded history, according to data from the National Weather Service. The average high temperature for Nov. 10 since 1879 is 63 degrees.
The previous lowest high temperature for the day was 39 degrees on Nov. 10, 1913.
The National Weather Service office in Morristown, Tennessee, which covers the eastern portion of the state, issued a hazardous weather outlook for Chattanooga around 4:30 a.m. Monday with snow showers possible. The high temperature on Sunday, one day earlier, had been 62 degrees.
Heavy snowfall was possible above 5,000 feet in elevation in the Smoky Mountains, the agency said. Counties north of Hamilton County had a winter weather advisory, and some areas in the mountains had a winter storm warning.