Low Temperature Records Crushed Across Midwest; Pueblo -19; Bismarck -31; Amarillo 0

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The second of two arctic blasts in the past week has plunged into the nation's midsection and will remain in place to start the new workweek. More than two dozen record lows have been set in the Midwest and Plains this weekend with actual air temperatures in the 20s and 30s below zero, while wind chills have plunged into the minus 40s at times. Subzero low temperatures have been observed as far south as Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle Sunday morning.

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As the cold front sliced through Texas and Oklahoma Saturday, many locations dropped 40 to 50 degrees in a matter of hours.

Daily record lows for Dec. 17 were set late Saturday night in the following cities (new record set is shown):

Colorado: Pueblo (-19 degrees smashed previous record of -10 degrees); Denver (-15 degrees); Colorado Springs (-14 degrees)

Kansas: Garden City (-13 degrees smashed previous record of -1 degree); Dodge City (-8 degrees); Russell (-7 degrees)

South Dakota: Aberdeen (-32 degrees smashed previous record of -24 degrees); Watertown (-29 degrees); Mobridge (-28 degrees); Rapid City (-23 degrees - tie)

Nebraska: Valentine (-27 degrees); Broken Bow (-18 degrees); North Platte (-17 degrees); Grand Island (-13 degrees); Imperial (-14 degrees - tie); (Hastings -11 degrees - tie)

New Mexico: Clayton (-5 degrees)

North Dakota: Bismarck (-31 degrees smashed the previous record of -27 degrees)

Texas: Amarillo (0 degrees); Dalhart (0 degrees)

Sunday morning, daily record lows for Dec. 18 were toppled in the Plains and Midwest (new record set is shown):

Iowa: Sioux City (-20 degrees)

Kansas: Dodge City (-16 degrees)

Nebraska: Valentine (-31 degrees); Grand Island (-15 degrees); Hastings (-13 degrees)

South Dakota: Aberdeen (-37 degrees); Huron (-31 degrees); Sioux Falls (-27 degrees); Mitchell (-24 degrees - tie)

Only one other December day has been colder than the minus 16 degree reading observed Sunday morning in Dodge City, Kansas, since records began there in 1874.

Huron, South Dakota, saw its coldest low temperature since Feb. 3, 1996 on Sunday morning. The minus 37 degree reading in Aberdeen, South Dakota, Sunday morning was accompanied by a wind chill of -59 degrees.

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[NickB79]

1. -24F air temp here, 30 min south of Minneapolis

Just got back inside from checking on my chickens; they were all huddled together under the cluster of 60 incandescent bulbs I rigged up as a heat lamp system. This is really going to test my hybrid hazel and chestnut seedling plots for cold hardiness, but that's a good thing. I want to weed out the weak and only grow the hardiest ones.

My Vermont Castings woodstove has been burning non-stop for the past two days. Good thing it will run 10-12 hr straight with hardwood.

Also, be prepared to hear "So much for global warming!" in the following days. I expect Trump to tweet this out any minute now.

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2. Or Ivanka, returning to the denier fold . . . .

Prior to her meeting with Gore, her only public comment on climate was a tweet back in 2012, to the effect of "sure could use some global warming" hyuck hyuck hyuck.