Northwest Storm Shatters Records
Feb 25, 2011; 1:10 PM ET
The same storm that hammered Spokane, Wash. with record snowfall also blasted bitterly cold air through the Northwest and northern Plains.
Temperatures plummeted below zero from Montana to Wisconsin Thursday night, while temperatures dipped well below normal farther west through Washington and Oregon.
The blast of cold air has shattered temperature records, and more of the same is expected Friday night into Saturday.
Seattle has broken the record low temperature three days in a row. The city recorded 21 degrees at 7 a.m. Friday, breaking the record of 22 degrees set in 1960.
Billings, Mont., also had a record low Friday morning of minus 14 degrees, breaking the old record of minus 10 set in 1994.
Miles City, Mont., shattered its record low of minus 16, recording minus 27 degrees Friday morning. This record is tied for the tenth coldest February temperature recorded in the city.
Other records were broken or tied, including in Sheridan, Wyo. and the Montana cities of Cut Bank, Great Falls, Steeley Lake and West Glacier.
Low temperatures were not the only record-breakers. Spokane, Wash., set a 24-hour snow total record Thursday with 12.2 inches measured. The city also tied its low temperature record of 3 degrees.
The cold is set to continue into this weekend with more low temperature records expected to fall in Idaho and Montana.
The storm that affected the Pacific Northwest Thursday has now moved farther south, and may give San Francisco and Los Angeles metro areas rare snow.
By Gina Cherundolo, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer
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