An Unusual Weather Turn Even for the Midwest: 8 Degrees Quickly Becomes 74

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — T. J. Abogado huffed and puffed, his buzz cut and face sprinkled with sweat. He was wearing short navy blue shorts, but his red T-shirt was now in his hand.

“It got too hot,” Mr. Abogado, 27, said on Monday afternoon after jogging a few miles on a sunny day that felt a lot more like June than January.

Was this athletic dedication on display last week?

“No, not at all,” he said. “I was in the house hibernating.”

Last week the temperature here dropped to 8 degrees, a low for the month. On Monday, the mercury topped out at 74, breaking a 96-year-old record high for the date. 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/us/temperature-swings-not-uncommon-in-kansas-city-missouri.html?_r=0