While high temperatures in July and August grabbed front-page space (tied in with global warming reports), unusual pre-season frosty weather --- with snow in some spots --- over the past few days was mostly overlooked in newspapers, notes Grumpy Editor.
Cold air is plunging farther to the south and east, sending temperatures well below normal, especially in the northern high plains and nearby mountains where light snow is expected to linger.
Winter doesn’t officially get under way until two-and-a-half months.
Yet, these cities saw temperatures drop to the 20s:
Toledo, 29
North Platte, 25
Pocatello, 23
Pueblo, 22
Flint, 29
Fort Wayne, 28
Dipping to freezing or the lower 30s:
Chicago, 32
Cincinnati, 32
Santa Fe, 30
South Bend, 31
Springfield, Mo., 32
Wichita, 31
Yakima, 31
Lubbock, 32
Oklahoma City, 31
Peoria, 32
Rockford, 30
Denver, 32
Grand Rapids, 32
Lansing, 32
Amarillo, 32
Indeed, frost already is on the pumpkin --- with Halloween 22 days away.
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