Chicago’s record for coldest temperature ever could fall as polar vortex has city ‘in the crosshairs’
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
One of the coldest air masses in years will envelop the Midwest and the Northeast this week bringing potentially life-threatening low temperatures to the Chicago area that will feel even harsher in tandem with strong winds.
In Chicago, the coldest temperatures of the year will arrive midweek. After seeing a high around 34 on Monday at O’Hare International Airport, temperatures will drop to near zero before the end of the day, according to the National Weather Service . By Tuesday night, temperatures are expected to take another plunge, to 23 below zero, flirting with Chicago’s coldest temperature ever: minus 27 on Jan. 20, 1985.
Temperatures are forecast to inch up to a daytime high of about minus 14 on Wednesday — the first subzero high temperature in five years and the coldest winter high ever recorded in Chicago — before dipping, again, to about minus 21 overnight. The coldest daytime high in Chicago was minus 11 on Christmas Eve 1983.
For younger Chicagoans, the burst of Arctic air set to overtake the city this week could be one of the coldest days of their lives. For Generation Z, this week’s predicted low temperatures have only two rivals: minus 16 on Jan. 6, 2014, and minus 19 on Feb. 3, 1996.
The lows Tuesday and Wednesday could break records set in 1966. They’ll also feel much worse with wind gusts up to 30 mph, which will make it feel as low as negative 50 degrees, according to the weather service.
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The weather here has been relatively mild this winter up until a few days ago.
Below zero air temperatures through out the midwest and upper Great Lakes region
the outer limits reach half way down Florida.
Texas, not so much, lol
Right now in Ocala Fl it's 57 degrees with sunny skies and a high of 62 today. Burrrrrrrrrrr.
That is cold for Florida, but Florida cold is not cold, lol.
Right now 59. High 62.
Tomorrow night it is supposed to go down to about 30, then warm up into the high 40s.
By Saturday back up in the 60s. High 65.
That's almost what we're suppposed to get in the next few days. We may also get a dusting of snow
High of 67 today possible 34 tonight
then it just starts to get warmer
Dear Friend John Russell: Here too.
By Wednesday and Thursday temps will be single digits below zero F.
Wind chills will make it feel like minus 20- minus 30 F.
Keep that hot soup handy.
Watch out for frost bite.
Take Care One and All Affected.
E.
Just finished making a caldron of French Onion soup.
Stay toasty!
That is the plan.
Natural gas furnace
You guys in the Midwest, stay safe up there. That's some real cold...
and that's also why I moved to Arizona years back. Had enough of the cold.
The temps were I grew up and lived for the first 17 years of my life...Tues -14, Wed -20, Thurs -10....THOSE ARE THE HIGH'S...LOL, with out the wind chill factor..
-82 degrees North Pole, Alaska 1988
I don't remember the exact date but that was the ambient air temp. We didn't have a lot of wind there.
The coldest MN ever saw was -60 in Tower MN. There are a lot of -50's around the northern part of the state.
The wind chill will take those temps ever lower.
IT'S SO COLD......
I’m in Miami, Fla. right now. Not as warm as I was hoping for (59deg). Bahamas tomorrow!
The weather report from the Leech Lake Ojibwe rez. My cousin Luther Walks the Horse does a fine job with it.
The weather report from Crystal ND. One of my other cousins, Ernie ''one finger'' Baretta is the weather man there and is known for being direct in his language...LOL
lol
Ya know when they cancel Bingo on the rez that the weather is really, really bad. Below -40 and 3 feet of snow. LOL
We canceled my wife's rehab for tomorrow. -20 with 20 MPH wind is the prediction here. Too cold for our old asses to be out.
My buddies that just moved down to Florida are torturing me on FB.
The high today is -7, we had a foot of snow last night, and the next 2 days are going to bring lows from-30 to -50. That's without considering the 25 to 35 mph winds we are experiencing right now and are supposed to carry for a few more days.
I hate winter.
;~(
Larry,
You need to move, LOL!
Anytime Badfish, anytime!
:~)
Right!?
Do you know of any nice places?
;~)
Kinda nice here, Larry.
Wiki doing some swimming...
That's real nice, Kavika. Torturing poor Larry with photos of your dog swimming in the ocean....
Lol paybacks are a bummer Kavika, though that is a sweet picture of the pup!
Since Larry lives pretty close to where I grew up, I'm allowed to torture him free of charge...LOL
LOL, I know they are. OK, I'll meet you at Scheels in June. High Noon for the showdown...
Right on Kavika; looking forward to a visit! My daughter and her family are there now, so I'll intro you guys. :~)
I know of no place better to let the wiener run free.
:~)
FREE WIENER.... or is that FREE WILLY...LOL
Weather Nation says there will be snow in Jackson Mississippi, Birmingham Alabama , and Atlanta Georgia on Tuesday.
Have fun !
Temps for Ocala Fl for Tuesday, Jan. 29th....
High of 64 and sunny....Getting out the parka.
John, the weatherman today said that Chicago would get -45 to -60 wind chill by Wednesday. We're about 200 miles Northeast of you and I don't expect ours will be warmer. That's actually quite balmy (for the North Pole). My son said that he doesn't expect school to be open until Friday. My guess is that is pretty close. Stay warm.
I heard this arctic air is having an effect on something like 35 states.
Was this caused by "Global Warming"?