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Big Warm Up Follows Wednesday's Record Lows

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Weather.com - Chris Dolce, 4/24/13

Boulder, Colo.

A man walks in downtown Denver as snow from Winter Storm Zeus begins to fall in the area, April 22, 2013. (Photo By RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

 

The blast of cold air that has taken over the central states this week broke records on Wednesday morning.

New daily record low temperatures have been set in more than a dozen locations. Below is a list showing some of the records so far:

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Flood Victims Pray for Dry Weather as Rivers Crest

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Weather.com - 4/24/13, AP

Hardin, Ill.

Red Cross volunteer Julia Blankenship dishes a plate for Ralph Atherton at a shelter set up at River's Edge United Methodist Church in Spring Bay, Ill. for people effected by the flooding from the Illinois River, Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Journal Star, David Zalaznik)

 

PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. -- Flood-weary homeowners and sandbaggers across the Midwest are praying for a relenting of rains that have added more water to already swollen rivers blamed for swallowing up neighborhoods, fraying victims' patience along the way.

Even as some of the renegade rivers are showing signs of cresting, the recovery won't be fast or easy. The National Weather Service expects many of the waterways to remain high into next month, straining levees during the river's expectedly slow descent.

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Winter Storm Zeus: Snow Followed by Record Cold

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Wunderground.com - Chris Dolce, 4/23/13

Tuesday's Highs

We are now a month past the official start of spring and some parts of the central United States can't shed the feeling of winter. 

Specifically, in the last two weeks we've seen three named winter storms (Walda, Xerxes, Yogi) spread significant snow in parts of the Rockies, Plains and Upper Midwest.

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Why in the world is it so cold now?

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Koco.com - 4/23/13, Damon Lane

Record cold strikes again

OKLAHOMA CITY —Let's face it, Mother Nature can do some pretty nasty things. In this case, she's hitting us hard with cold. And not just any sort of cold, record cold!

It doesn't take a meteorologist to tell you that this April has been cold. Just how cold? Not only are we seeing record lows and even record cold high temperatures (that means the coldest high temperature), but we are on pace to have the coldest April on record.

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Record freeze extending wheat crop damage

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TheDay.com - 4/24/13, By TONY C. DREIBUS and JEFF WILSON Bloomberg News

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Chicago - The coldest start ever to the wheat-growing season in Kansas and freezing weather across the southern Great Plains are compounding damage to U.S. crops already hurt by the worst drought since the 1930s.

"I'm going to assume 75 percent of my wheat froze" when temperatures dropped as low as 13 degrees Fahrenheit on April 10, said Gary Millershaski, who has been farming in southwestern Kansas for three decades and this year planted 2,800 acres of hard, red winter wheat on his land near Garden City. "It looks like someone sprayed a defoliant on it."

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More Rain Expected for Already Swollen Rivers

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Weather.com - AP and Reuters, 4/23/13

Grand Rapids, Mich.

A duck swims against a window, viewed from inside Anderson Eye Care at the Riverfront Plaza Building in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., as The Grand River crests on Monday, April 22, 2013, at an all time high of 21.85 feet, a full 2.2 feet above the record set in 1985. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Cory Morse)
 

CLARKSVILLE, Mo.  -- Communities in Illinois and Missouri fought Tuesday to hold back surging rivers swollen by days of drenching rain, even as an approaching storm system threatened new downpours.

Floodwaters were rising to record levels along the Illinois River in central Illinois; roads and buildings were flooded and riverfront structures were inundated in Peoria Heights. Firefighters feared that if fuel from businesses and vehicles starts to leak, it could spark a fire in areas that could be reached only by boat.

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