January-like weather covers much of the Heartland

On the

Plains, snow showers accompany a new surge of bitterly cold air into Montana.

Across roughly the northwestern half of the region, a substantial snow cover

continues to insulate winter wheat. Meanwhile, warmth temporarily prevails on

the southern High Plains, further reducing topsoil moisture. During the first 2

months of 2019, precipitation in Lubbock, Texas, totaled 0.04 inch (3 percent

of normal).

Across the

Corn Belt, cold air remains in place. Across the upper Midwest, many February

and all-time monthly snowfall records were broken.

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