Record Cold Followed By A Warming Trend

Here it is March and the bitter cold temperatures are still hanging around the Mississippi and Illinois Valleys.

As of early this morning, we had dropped to -11° in Moline, establishing a new record low for the date.

That below zero low temperature marks the 32nd time this winter season with sub zero cold in the Quad Cities.

This comes after a high of only 7° Sunday making it the coldest daytime on record in the Quad Cities for the month of March since the National Weather Service started keeping records.

Today's forecast of 12° would also break the cool high record of 14°.

Although we may see some light snow from time to time this week, a warming trend is finally on the way.

CBS4 Meteorologist Anthony Peoples