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19 March 2012
Nation’s Icebox Is Defrosting Early
The incredible heat has continued this weekend across much of nation to the east side of the Rocky Mountains. International Falls, which calls itself the nation’s icebox (much to Canadians amusement) has shattered record after record. On St. Patrick’s day they broke their old record high by an astounding 22 degrees! Minneapolis has also broken a ton of records, and they are not alone. Chicago today hit 80 degrees …
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.