Below-zero temps hit Plains, Northeast
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A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes.
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A cold front pushing eastward across the nation was expected to bring showers and thunderstorms to a large portion of the East, while clear skies were forecast for the Plains, the Rockies and the West Coast.
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Forecasters predicted frigid temperatures in the northern Plains on Tuesday, while rain and snow was expected from the Mississippi Valley to the Midwest.
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A cold front trekking toward the East Coast was expected to bring scattered showers from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast, while showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the Southern Plains.
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TOWER, Minn. Aug. 19, 2004  The calendar may say August, but in this northeastern Minnesota town early Thursday, it was cold. Plenty cold.
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Temperatures dropped to breathtaking levels, well below zero, in extreme northern sections of Maine early Monday
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Rain and snow fell across the Northeast, parts of the Upper Midwest and upper elevations in the Northwest on Friday.
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A big winter storm hit the Plains and Midwest with heavy wet snow and swirling winds that created whiteout conditions Thursday morning. A North Dakota couple were killed when their car overturned.
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Farmers in the Northern Plains often worry about what the weather could do to their crops Â but they seldom think about what their crops could do to the weather.
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Top forecasters predict normal to colder-than-normal weather for the U.S. Northeast this winter, but high fuel stockpiles may buffer consumers in the world's biggest heating oil region from price spikes.
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Hundreds of airline flights were canceled Saturday and fleets of road plows were warmed up as a paralyzing snowstorm barreled out of the Midwest and spread across the Northeast with a potential for up to 20 inches of snow driven by 50 mph wind.
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Warmer than normal temperatures are  forecast to blanket the Western United States and Plains states  this winter, but it is unclear whether the Northeast and  Midwest will face warmer, colder or normal winter weather, U.S.  government forecasters said on Wednesday.
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Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation yesterday, approaching a record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.
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TOWER, Minn. - You betcha it gets cold up here, but how will we know how cold this year?  This small northeastern Minnesota town that recorded the state's record low in 1996 - a pretty nippy 60 degrees below zero - is without an official weather observer.
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Cloudy skies and cold temperatures were forecast Monday for much of the Northeast, while milder air settled over the Midwest and rain fell over the Pacific Northwest.
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Winter will be warmer than normal in the U.S. Western and Plains states and colder than usual in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, but the return of El Nino is making it hard for forecasters to hazard a guess for much of the country, meteorologists said on Wednesday.
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By DANA BARTHOLOMEW\\ Staff Writer  Blame the freeze. Blame the record dry spell. Whatever the cause, hills covered with tinder-dry brush could easily go up in smoke unless they see some rain -- soon.