SUBJECT: WELL, THIS IS ONE WAY TO KEEP THE RIVERS FROM RISING...TRY TO FREEZE
         THEM AGAIN!
         (STRING OF POTENTIAL RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES IN ST. CLOUD)

Yesterday's high of 31 broke the old record cold high for April
10. The old record cold high was 33 set in 1950. This marks the 5th
record cold temperature broken or tied this week. The record cold
highs now sink into the 20's, so hopefully this string is broken.
However, normal high temperatures (lower 50's) will still not return
to Saint Cloud until early next week at the earliest.

DAY     DATE    TEMPERATURE     RECORD(YEAR)    1997 TEMPERATURE
===     ====    ===========     ============    ====================

MON     4/7     COLDEST LOW     10 (1936)       9 (NEW RECORD)
MON     4/7     COLDEST HIGH    27 (1923)       22 (NEW RECORD)
TUE     4/8     COLDEST LOW     13 (1974)       7 (NEW RECORD)
TUE     4/8     COLDEST HIGH    26 (1928)       30
WED     4/9     COLDEST LOW     14 (1960)       14 (TIED RECORD)
WED     4/9     COLDEST HIGH    32 (1950,1952)  35
THU     4/10    COLDEST LOW      9 (1940)       24
THU     4/10    COLDEST HIGH    33 (1950)       31 (NEW RECORD)

	The last period where so many cold temperature records fell was
the great arctic air outbreak of Jan 30-Feb 4, 1996. (6 straight mornings
of -30 or colder)

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Bob Weisman, Associate Professor	 
Earth Sciences Department		 
Saint Cloud State University
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