Wild temperature swings have been common this spring across the Midwest and Northeast, and the weather forecast for the next week or so shows that trend continuing.
First, on May 11 and 12, the cool weather will stretch from Minnesota to Massachusetts and everywhere in between, according to AccuWeather.
"For those itching to get out in the garden and get plants in the ground across the Midwest and parts of the interior Northeast, waves of chilly air diving southward out of Canada through the middle of this week may put those plans on hold," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said in an e-mail to USA TODAY.
But warmth is on the way: The weather whiplash will occur later this week and into the weekend, forecasters said, as many locations in the East will soon be saying goodbye to cool May days and hello to near-summerlike heat.
While the East shivers for much of the week, a heat wave in the West is forecast to bring well-above average or even record-breaking temperatures, with high temperatures soaring into the 110s in the valleys of Southern California and Arizona.
