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Record event reports for Monday, February 7th, 2011 through Sunday, February 13th, 2011. (Hamweather.com)

By: Mark Johnson

CLEVELAND – Wow. Last week was a busy week for weather records across the United States.

From Monday, February 7, 2011 through Sunday, February 13, 2011, 2,219 new records were set. The majority were for cold temperatures and snowfall. Out of the 2,200 records, 655 were for new record low temperatures; 590 were for new record low high temperatures for a particular day; 573 new records were set for daily snowfall.

Only 66 new record high temperatures were measured last week.