VIDEO: Record Cold Wednesday Recap

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30 Jan 2019 7:54 PM
Three dozen daily temperature records had already been tied or broken as of Wednesday evening across the Midwest and Great Lakes. Some of these daily cold temperatures beat the previous ones by 5, 6, 7 and even 8 degrees! In the brief video below, Meteorologist Steve Glazier breaks down just how cold it got and how close to all-time record numbers some cities reached. https://youtu.be/EIZlGGBo1vk Related Story: Protect Your Pets From The Cold This record cold is not only leading to deadly temperatures, but also feet of snow from lake effect precipitation. Related Story: Blizzard Warnings in the Great Lakes Continue to stay with WeatherNation as Thursday and Friday will still be brutally-cold days across parts of the Northeastern U.S. For WeatherNation, Meteorologist Steve Glazier
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