Across the Corn Belt, very cold conditions persist. Wednesday morning’s low temperatures plunged below 0°as far south as central Illinois. Meanwhile, light snow is overspreading the southwestern Corn Belt, including much of Missouri.
On the Plains, bitterly cold conditions across the northern half of the region are gradually easing, although numerous sub-zero temperatures were still noted Wednesday morning in Nebraska and the Dakotas. Meanwhile, livestock producers on the southern Plains are contending with a second major winter storm in less than a week, along with an ongoing cold wave.
