Winter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US

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Winter storm in the North and heat wave in the South creates 100-degree difference across US

By Aya Elamroussi, Eric Levenson and Taylor Ward, CNN A powerful winter storm set record cold temperatures in the northern plains of the US, while a heat wave in the southeast set record highs for the month of February — leaving the US with an unusually stark temperature difference of more than 100 degrees. Much of Montana, Wyoming and the Dakotas had temperatures below zero Wednesday afternoon, including minus 9 degrees in Cut Bank, Montana. At…