Hastings sees more than 50-degree temperature swing in 1 day

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — An arctic cold front has sent temperatures plummeting in Plains and Midwest states — including in the south-central Nebraska city of Hastings, which saw a more than 50-degree temperature drop from Tuesday to Wednesday. The National Weather Service says Hastings saw a Jan. 18 record high temperature of 66 degrees Tuesday. By Wednesday morning, the temperature in Hastings had plunged to 13 degrees with a wind chill of minus 11. The weather service expected the low by midnight Wednesday in Hasting to drop below zero to minus 3. The service has issued a wind chill advisory for most of Iowa and northern Missouri, as well as a hazardous weather outlook advisory from Wednesday through Thursday for most of Nebraska and parts of Kansas.