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Above Average Temperatures for Most Today; Winter Weather Returns to the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes

Well above average temperatures are forecast today into Wednesday over most of the lower 48 states away from the Gulf Coast. A storm system passing across southern Canada will bring a wintry mix to the upper Great Lakes today. A trailing cold front will then bring the wintry mix from the central Appalachians through the Northeast U.S. Wednesday and Thursday. Read More >

Weather History - April 24th

Local and Regional Events:

April 24th, 1948:

A significant F2 tornado moved northeast from South of Castlewood to near Goodwin. Two farms' barns were destroyed. Also, two other tornadoes were observed in South Dakota on this day. One moved from Turner County on into Minnehaha County, injuring two people. The other touchdown was three miles southeast of Sioux Falls, destroying barns and other buildings on the west edge of Brandon.