Hot Yesterday.....Almost Cold Today

Whew it was a hot one yesterday. As Aaron showed you, nearly a dozen locations hit record highs yesterday. But let me just show you how incredible this heat really was. Here are the high temperatures for a couple hundred locations across North America.

Notice that there are only a few places on the continent that saw temperatures warmer then us yesterday. So this heat is incredibly uncommon for this time of the year.

Case and point, we are going to send a dramatic end to that warmth today as some portions of South Dakota will struggle to get out of the 30's. A cold front is progressing through the southeast this morning and is actually a little faster and a little stronger then I expected. Because of this, looks like temperatures may even be a few degrees cooler then current forecasts. Although, a couple models like the one below are still showing temperatures rebounding a little across the south and east this afternoon.

This is an image of what one model is forecasting temperatures to be at 4pm this afternoon. Notice the HUGE temperature contrast from northwestern South Dakota which is still in the 30's, to northwest Iowa who are in the low 80's. Tomorrow everyone will cool off as all highs are expected in the 40's and 50's.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz