Weather.com - Barbara Rodriguez, 12/07/12
Skaters make their way across ice covered with a light snow at Brenton Skating Plaza in downtown Des Moines, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. AP Photo/Barbara Rodriguez
DES MOINES, Iowa -- No snow boots needed in Milwaukee. Chicago commuters aren't dodging knee-deep snow drifts frozen along city sidewalks. And children in Des Moines are settling for ice shavings dumped from a Zamboni.
Many cities in the Midwest haven't seen any decent snow this season -- and some are even setting records for the number of days without it, in part because of a mild late winter and early spring and a slow start to snowfall this season. On Thursday, Des Moines matched a record set in 1889 when it hit its 277th consecutive day without measurable snowfall, according to the National Weather Service. Iowa's capital city is expecting clear skies Friday.
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