For the first time in more than two decades a mixture of sleet and snow fell in the Tampa Bay area this morning.  The sleet and snow came during the early morning hours as an arctic air mass began to push through the region.  Temperatures recorded at Tampa International Airport this morning also matched a record low of 36 degrees recorded in 1969.

The last time Tampa Bay saw snow was on Dec. 23 in 1989, according to National Weather Service forecast records.  Areas just north and east of Tampa last saw snow in 1996. Snow and sleet is not in the forecast tonight but if lingering precipitation overlaps plunging temperatures, it is still possible.

Temperatures in the Sarasota area have hovered near freezing most of the day, falling to a low of 35 this morning and climbing to a high of about 37 this afternoon at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.

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