Brrr! Sunday morning breaks 103-year-old record in Mitchell
It's starting off to be a mighty cold March.
Sub-zero temperatures dropped in across the region Sunday morning as record cold was felt throughout much of South Dakota.
In Mitchell, the temperature hit minus 18 degrees. That broke the record for coldest temperature on March 3, which was minus 14 and had stood since 1916. At about 8 a.m. Sunday, Mitchell's wind chill was minus 40, a far cry from the average low temperature at this time of year—which typically is about 15 degrees.
Alexandria was brutally cold at minus 22, which broke the record low temperature of 3 set in 2014. Tyndall on Sunday morning was minus 14, also breaking a record low set in 2014 of 2 degrees.
Much of eastern South Dakota was in a wind chill advisory on Sunday, and the northeast part of the state was in a winter weather advisory.
Several county sheriffs' offices reported difficult travel conditions over the weekend. Central South Dakota received a blast of snow Saturday, which put cars in the ditch and made for a slick Interstate 90.
The Jones County Sheriff's Office and the South Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a semi truck that tipped over on Saturday near Murdo. The crash blocked the road and rerouted traffic for several hours, but no other information about the incident was immediately available. No travel was advised Sunday afternoon due to wind and blowing snow.
The cold temperatures are forecast to stick around for a while. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says Monday's high is 9, while the rest of the week will warm up to the teens.
Nadler: 'Too early to speculate' but 'absolutely' willing to go to the Supreme Court if full Mueller report is not released