Record-setting cold sweeps Mid-Missouri as warmer temperatures loom ahead

It's no surprise that it's been cold across much of Mid-Missouri, but it's actually been record setting cold. We've seen two previous records already broke. The first one was going to be Wednesday afternoon's coldest high that we've seen. We are now getting out of this cold and snow, and it's looking a little bit better a little bit further out. We're continuing to look at warmer than average conditions as we head off into the 6-10 day away time period.

The first one was going to be Wednesday afternoon's coldest high that we've seen. The previous standing was 15 degrees set back in 1929, and just yesterday we actually only topped it at 13 degrees.

The overnight lows smashed the previous record of zero degrees set back on the same time, 1929. This record was beaten by 6 degrees. Columbia was down to -6 degrees for the actual overnight low that we saw arriving into this past morning, and we could see the potential to break even more records as we head off into the overnight lows for tonight.

This is something meteorologist will continue to watch, but when we switch gears back over to snow, what we typically see for the end of the seasonal average 14.9 inches.

The winter season lasts from December to the end of February. We are currently getting a little bit closer towards the end of February, and we're actually matching up pretty nicely for this time of the season so far seeing 15 inches.The average of 14.9 is a difference of just 1/10th of an inch that we're seeing here in Mid-Missouri.

We are now getting out of this cold and snow, and it's looking a little bit better a little bit further out. We're continuing to look at warmer than average conditions as we head off into the 6-10 day away time period.