Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain

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April 30, 2018 - 11:00 PM

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Oklahoma and Kansas comprise much of Tornado Alley, but they haven’t recorded a single tornado this year.

The two states haven’t experienced such a calm spring season in decades.

Jack Boston is a senior meteorologist for AccuWeather’s Wichita office. He says the trend is “pretty incredible.”

A stubborn weather pattern bringing cool, dry air from Canada to the southern Great Plains has halted the arrival of warm spring temperatures and kept moisture from the Gulf of Mexico from pushing into the nation’s central region.

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