Near-historic cold for the first two weeks of November
The first two weeks of November have been near historically cold levels for many states in the Midwest, as well as the eastern half of the country.
Thousands of climate stations have reported setting new record cold maximum and minimum daily temperatures.
In the Minnesota climate network, approximately 150 daily cold daily maximum temperature records have been tied or broken, while 135 cold daily minimum temperature records have been tied or broken.
MPR News host Cathy Wurzer spoke with climatologist Mark Seeley about this week in weather and weather history.
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