CLEVELAND, Ohio - Add record cold to the bout of unusual early November snow we've already accumulated.

The temperature hit 10 degrees shortly before 7 a.m. and stayed that low for more than an hour Tuesday at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the National Weather Service reported.

That tied the Nov. 18 record established more than a half-century ago - in 1959.

But the significance of flirting with single-digit temperatures this early in November extends beyond the single-day record.

This is the coldest Cleveland day for any date this early in November since Nov. 18, 1959.

The temperature has fallen below 15 degrees this early in November on just three other days since then. It reached 13 degrees on Nov. 14, 1986, 14 degrees on Nov. 15, 1996 and 14 degrees on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014.

The cold was just the latest reminder that winter weather has arrived in Cleveland well before the official start of the winter season on Dec. 21.

Thanks in large part to a two-day storm last week, Cleveland had received 9.4 inches of snow through Monday at the airport (more in other areas), marking this as the snowiest early-November in nearly 20 years.

Just twice since the weather station was moved from downtown to the airport has there been this much November snow by the 18th of the month.

There were 20.8 inches by this date in 1996. And in 1951, there were 17.5 inches, including a 10-inch storm on this date.

Those are the outliers.

The forecast from the National Weather Service on Tuesday morning called for more snow and cold.

On average over the last half-century, Cleveland has 2.1 inches of snow from Nov. 1 through Nov. 18.

But get used to it this year. The forecast at early morning from the National Weather Service called for temperatures to warm up to the upper teens Tuesday, but snow remained part of the forecast through Friday. Use this link to find the latest forecast.

Elsewhere in northern Ohio Thursday morning, it was 8 degrees in Mansfield, 10 in Toledo, 12 at Akron-Canton, and 11 at Youngstown-Warren.

Cleveland's snow and cold

Years with at least 3 inches of snow, Nov. 1-18. (x-Note: 2014 total through Monday, Nov. 17.)

Year Snow 1913 22.2 1996 20.8 1951 17.5 x-2014 9.4 1916 9.3 1949 8.9 1910 7.9 1997 7.7 1900 7.4 1983 7.1 1992 7 1917 6.7 1967 6.6 1995 6.6 1977 4.6 1905 4.4 2008 4.1 1911 3.7 1953 3.7 1920 3.5 1901 3.5 1976 3.3 1906 3.2 1973 3.2 1980 3.2 1986 3.1 2013 3.1 1989 3

Coldest days, Nov. 1-18, since 1900.

Date Low November 18, 2014 10 November 18, 1959 10 November 16, 1933 12 November 17, 2014 14 November 14, 1986 13 November 17, 1959 14 November 15, 1996 14 November 13, 1911 15 November 15, 1933 15 November 4, 1991 16 November 17, 1933 16 November 16, 1967 16 November 5, 1991 16 November 6, 1951 17 November 18, 1903 17 November 16, 1976 17 November 18, 1997 17 November 4, 1951 18 November 16, 1916 18 November 12, 1911 18 November 5, 1951 18 November 10, 1991 19 November 16, 1992 19 November 3, 1951 19 November 13, 1986 19 November 8, 1976 19 November 17, 1997 19

Sources: cleveland.com/datacentral weather database and National Weather Service.