Did you know? A look at the coldest days in Cape Girardeau history since 1960

In the next several days, he Southeast Missouri region will climb out of a cold snap that saw temperatures plunge into single digits. By Monday, the forecast calls for temperatures to reach the upper-30s and mid-40s on Tuesday. The temperatures during the recent frigid spell did not come close to cracking the one top 10 coldest days in Cape Girardeau history, at least as recorded by the National Weather Service since 1960.

Here are the top 10, or rather bottom 10, low-temperature records in Cape Girardeau, according to the NWS:

• Jan. 11, 1977: -18
• Jan. 17, 1977: -16
• Jan. 20, 1985: -15
• Jan. 23, 1963: -14
• Jan. 24, 1963: -14
• Feb. 19, 2015: -14
• Jan. 16, 1982: -12
• Jan. 28, 1961: -12
• Feb. 17, 2015: -12
• Jan. 19, 1994: -11

(tie) Feb. 17, 2015: -11

According to NWS records, the earliest the area has seen temperatures below zero was Dec. 6 1982. The latest Cape Girardeau has seen a below-zero temperature was March 6. That feat occurred in 2015, when the temperature dropped to -8.