HIGH: 22
LOW: 18
* A partly sunny but frigid start to the day as temps begin in the single digits with wind chills near zero.
* Clouds begin to increase later in the morning. Mostly overcast skies during the afternoon. Northwest winds weaken, become southerly.
* As cold air feeds into the area and the sun disappears behind thickening clouds, highs struggle to reach 20 degrees.
* Snow should begin later in the day, continuing into the night, diminishing somewhat after midnight. An inch or so accumulation expected.
DEC. 7 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 37(degrees)/23(degrees)
Record high: 64(degrees) (1916)
Record low: -6(degrees) (1882)
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