Unreal warmth has been parked across the region with potentially record-setting temperatures Wednesday.

The last day of January looked very different five years ago, when a polar vortex dropped wind chills in parts of the state to about 60 below. Jan. 31 this year is more than one-hundred degrees hotter, with highs in the 50s.

MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner joins MPR News host Cathy Wurzer to talk about the record warmth.

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