Winter storms bring significant amounts of snow, below-freezing temperatures to Southeast Missouri

Two large winter storms brought single-digit temperatures, wind chills double digits in the negatives and a significant amount of snow to the Southeast Missouri region this week.

According to the National Weather Service, Monday's storm dumped between 5 to 9 inches of snow in eastern Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard and southern Butler counties, while western Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger and northern Butler counties received 9 to 12 inches.

Storms on Wednesday and Thursday added an additional 1 to 2 inches of snow in Cape Girardeau, Perry, Bollinger and northern Scott counties. Southern Scott County and northern Stoddard and Butler counties got an additional 2 to 3 inches of snow, while southern Stoddard and Butler counties received 3 to 4 more inches.

Temperatures began dipping into the single-digits Sunday, with temperatures as low as 3 degrees in the Cape Girardeau area. On Monday, there was a high of 9 degrees and a low of 3, and temperatures Tuesday rose as high as 12 degrees with the low dropping to minus 2. Wind chills Tuesday dropped as low as minus 15 degrees. Temperatures rose a bit Wednesday with a high of 21 degrees and a low of 9.

The Cape Girardeau area experienced below-freezing temperatures for the past 11 days, beginning Feb. 7. Temperatures could rise above freezing as early as Saturday.