Across the Corn Belt, generally light snow is falling east of the Mississippi River, mainly from Illinois to Ohio. Cold, dry weather covers the remainder of the Midwest. Friday morning’s low temperatures fell below -10°F as far south as northern Iowa. Including Friday, Des Moines, Iowa, has already reported 11 days this month with minimum temperatures of 0°F or below, the most in any January since 1997.
On the Plains, lingering cold weather is limited to the eastern Dakotas.
