Going to extremes in New York State: From bitter cold to record warmth

Record-breaking warmth in Upstate New York today.  (Syracuse.com, 2/4/2019)

High temperature records are falling across Upstate New York today as temperatures heat up to nearly 30 degrees above normal.

And then last week there was this.

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