Weatherday: "I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach"

Cold today, blustery showers early and in the afternoon. Sunny spells through the morning.

Highest temperatures 7deg or so in moderate to fresh winds from the southwest. Dress for the wind chill. The night will be cold.

On this day in 1937, farmers in Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue to the cartoon character Popeye for making popular the vegetable spinach, the main cash crop in the area.

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