Big Snow & Temperature Turnaround Within 3 Days!

Written by on November 19, 2016 in United States of America, Winter 2016/17 with 0 Comments

The season is gradually changing shape as we head towards the final days of November. Ralph Fato pointed out that US snow cover has grown from 1 to 19% within just 2/3 days thanks to the Rockies, Plains snowstorm that’s now transferring into the Northeast.

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Totals were most impressive in NE Minnesota where there was lake enhancement.

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Snow may not have been a big deal for the Minneapolis-St Paul area but wind was.

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Let’s look back at the record highs set through the past week.

Record highs were set Tuesday in:
Corpus Christi, Texas (90 degrees)
Tucson, Arizona (89 degrees)
San Angelo, Texas (85 degrees)
Amarillo, Texas (82 degrees)
Pueblo, Colorado (81 degrees)
Garden City, Kansas (80 degrees)
Wichita, Kansas (77 degrees)
Salt Lake City, Utah (73 degrees)
Reno, Nevada (72 degrees)
Riverton, Wyoming (68 degrees).
Record highs were set Wednesday in:
Dodge City, Kansas (87 degrees)
Garden City, Kansas (87 degrees)
San Angelo, Texas (84 degrees)
Amarillo, Texas (83 degrees)
Joplin, Missouri (82 degrees)
Goodland, Kansas (82 degrees)
Denver (80 degrees) – also ties all-time warmest November temperature
Topeka, Kansas (80 degrees)
Hastings, Nebraska (78 degrees)
Springfield, Missouri (77 degrees)
Cheyenne, Wyoming (75 degrees) – also warmest so late in the year (old record: 75 degrees on Nov. 5, 1981)
Record highs were set Thursday in:
St. Louis (83 degrees)
Galveston, Texas (83 degrees)
Jackson, Mississippi (83 degrees)
Tupelo, Mississippi (82 degrees)
Fort Smith, Arkansas (82 degrees)
Columbia, Missouri (80 degrees)
Springfield, Missouri (79 degrees)
Joplin, Missouri (79 degrees)
Springfield, Illinois (79 degrees)
Fayetteville, Arkansas (78 degrees)
Wichita, Kansas (77 degrees)
Topeka, Kansas (77 degrees)
Kansas City, Missouri (76 degrees)
Moline, Illinois (76 degrees)
Crossville, Tennessee (75 degrees)
Record highs were set Friday in:
Galveston, Texas (84 degrees)
Louisville, Kentucky (81 degrees)
Jackson, Tennessee (80 degrees)
Lexington, Kentucky (78 degrees)
Evansville, Indiana (78 degrees)
Indianapolis, Indiana (75 degrees)
Erie, Pennsylvania (75 degrees)
Cleveland, Ohio (74 degrees)
Detroit, Michigan (73 degrees)
Rochester, New York (73 degrees)
Traverse City, Michigan (73 degrees)
Toldeo, Ohio (73 degrees)
Lansing, Michigan (72 degrees) – also warmest so late in the year

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As the system exits the Plains, so the strongest punch of cold dives down the Plains.

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

These temps would be unimpressive by late November standards normally but impressive given the September-like November we’re in the midst of.

Credit: weather.com

Credit: weather.com

Haven’t really seen this kind of negative anomaly on the Plains this autumn so far.

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Credit: Tropical Tidbits

Remember the 70s in North Dakota back at the beginning of the week? Check out these numbers in the wake of the snow system.

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A chilly day over the fresh snow cover today.

Credit: weather.com

Credit: weather.com

Freeze penetrates the South tonight.

Credit: weather.com

Credit: weather.com

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