Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and California; Heavy Rain in the Ohio Valley

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains and Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, as well as in the Southwest and California this week with limited nighttime relief. Heavy rainfall will lead to localized areas of flash flooding in parts of the Ohio Valley/Central Appalachians. Dry and breezy conditions will enhance fire weather concerns across the northern Rockies and High Plains. Read More >

An arctic airmass will remain over eastern Utah and western Colorado through today (Halloween), resulting in abnormally cold temperatures. Daytime highs today will be 15 to 25 degrees below normal across the board under mostly sunny skies and dry northwest flow aloft. Be sure to bundle up during prime trick-or-treating hours this evening as temperatures drop into the mid to upper 20s and lower 30s across the southern and central valleys and into the upper teens further north between 6 and 9 PM. Another round of record cold low temperatures will occur tonight/Friday morning.

Temperatures will warm up Friday onwards.

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Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and California; Heavy Rain in the Ohio Valley

Record Breaking Cold Through Halloween