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If you want to be outside for Thanksgiving, get dressed in several layers, advises the National Meteorological Service.
According to the weather service, temperatures are expected to reach only 20 degrees in Massachusetts, and wind chill will make it feel much colder in the morning.
A wind chill advisory was issued for western Massachusetts on Thursday morning. The notice will be in effect from 4 am to 10 am in parts of Franklin County, Hampshire County and Hampden County, where wind chill values could drop to 15 degrees below zero.
Thursday shortly after 4 am, the temperature in Worcester had dropped to 10 degrees, beating the previous record of 11 degrees for that date, set in 1987, the meteorological service said. Later in the morning, the temperature reached 7 degrees.
"Frostbite and hypothermia can occur if no precautions are taken," said the meteorological service. "Make sure to wear a hat and gloves."
Concern over the cold has caused some communities to move their traditional games to the Turkey Bowl on Wednesday.
Hartford and Providence also saw broken records. Shortly after 5 am, the capital of Connecticut reached 13 degrees, beating the previous record of 14 degrees established in 1969, the meteorological service announced. Then, just before 9 o'clock, the temperature in Hartford was only 11 degrees.
The service also announced that Providence had reached 15 degrees, beating the old 16 degree record reached by the city in 1969 and 1987.
The November 22 record in Boston was 9 degrees (set in 1879) and the record high of 24 degrees (in 1880). Boston did not beat the low temperature record on Thursday morning, barely reaching 14 degrees.
The lowest record for the Thanksgiving holiday in Boston was 11 degrees (set November 27, 1873) and the record high was 24 degrees (November 28, 1901), according to the meteorological service.
Along the exterior of Cape Town, the weather service also predicted clouds and ocean effects, snow showers and snow flurries.
On Thursday, the night will usually be clear and windy, with hollows for teens, and some places could set new cold records for Thanksgiving, the weather service announced.
Danny McDonald and Emily Sweeney of Globe staff and Globe correspondent Jeremy C. Fox contributed to this report. Abbi Matheson can be reached at [email protected] her on Twitter @abbimatheson
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