15 to 25 degrees below late-August averages
20 Aug 2015 – Denver set a daily record low of 47ºF on Wednesday, while Lubbock, Texas, dipped to a new daily record low of 57 ºF.
Oklahoma City dipped to 50ºF degrees on Thursday, beating its previous record for Aug. 20 of 56 ºF. This was only one degree shy of the all-time record low for the entire month of August set in 1915.
Wichita Falls, Texas, also set a daily record low on Thursday of 56 ºF.
Coolest high-temperature rankings also fell
On Thursday, Texarkana, Arkansas set an all-time coolest high temperature for the entire month of August at 71 ºF.
Other locations setting daily record cold high temperatures on Thursday include Dallas, Texas (73 ºF), Waco, Texas (74 ºF) and Shreveport, Louisiana, with a high of only 76 ºF.
More cold on the way
“Highs in the 50s and 60s will infiltrate parts of Montana, northern Wyoming and the western Dakotas on Saturday,” says weather.com. “This is about 15 to 25 degrees below late-August averages.
“The cool air will then spread throughout the Plains and Midwest on Sunday, dropping high temperatures 10 to 20 degrees below average from the Texas Panhandle and central Oklahoma to the Dakotas and Minnesota.
http://www.weather.com/forecast/regional/news/record-cold-plains-denver-snow-rockies-august
Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link
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