Across the Corn Belt, very cold weather lingers, but the entire Midwestern winter wheat crop has a protective snow cover. Widespread sub-zero temperatures were noted Friday morning as far south as northern Missouri and central Illinois. Elsewhere, a few snow showers are occurring downwind of the Great Lakes.

On the Plains, mild air is replacing previously frigid conditions across western and central Montana, accompanied by some light snow. Cold conditions linger across the remainder of the nation’s mid-section, where Friday morning’s low temperatures fell below 10° as far south as central and western Texas.

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