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File:2000 year temp record despite pre 1835 southeast warmth anecdotes The freeze of 1835 was a severe outbreak of cold temperatures in the southeast of the United States, particularly the Atlantic coast to northern Florida. It caused widespread damage to major industries, and forced the first significant southern withdrawl of citrus production from southern Georgia and coastal South Carolina into northern Florida.

Coming before the standardization of modern temerature records such as those implemented at international airports since the 1920s for most major cities, the accuracy of the events record low temperatures are recognized but not included in some newer data sets. Predating much of the modern American settlement of Florida, and the more famous Great Freezes of 1894 and 1895, and 1899, which further pushed citrus farming into the southern half of Florida. This and urbanization left some areas founded on citrus, notably Citrus County, and later Orange County, with none of their namesake industry.

Edible citrus is a 9b or 10a crop of which the tree itself can survive at least down to the low 20s for short duration, but with loss of that year's crop.

In February 1917, a short lived cold snap created the lowest official temperature ever recorded in Miami of 27 F (-3 C). As citrus had already moved south of Orlando by this point, the impact on farming was more subdued.