madwx Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 down to -15 at MSN. Tomorrow's record low of -21 is definitely in play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MNstorms Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 I love looking at this. At least we aren't in Russia. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Moderating effect of Lake Michigan is just insane. Only -2 still here in Milwaukee but -21 in Burlington. Is there something about that area, perhaps the soil, that causes such an insane temp difference? Waukesha is about just as inland and is at only -9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Moderating effect of Lake Michigan is just insane. Only -2 still here in Milwaukee but -21 in Burlington. Is there something about that area, perhaps the soil, that causes such an insane temp difference?Winds are offshore, so it’s really not lake related.It’s more-so the UHI there as well as areas further west being more low-lying and cold air drainage areas, commonly colder during nights like this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: Winds are offshore, so it’s really not lake related. It’s more-so the UHI there as well as areas further west being more low-lying and cold air drainage areas, commonly colder during nights like this. . I think MLI may have a little problem with UHI tonight as well. They can be one of the colder spots around, but tonight we have a very slight north wind that may be advecting the UHI impacted temps down to MLI from the QC. Surrounding locations are quite a bit colder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Down to -29 at BCK now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 That’s just absurd! They gonna hit near -40 tonight at this rate. Meanwhile holding steady at -5 or so here, I highly doubt we get below -15 next week either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LansingWeather Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 51 minutes ago, Scorpion said: That’s just absurd! They gonna hit near -40 tonight at this rate. Meanwhile holding steady at -5 or so here, I highly doubt we get below -15 next week either. It's really hard to extrapolate -29 to -40. I have noticed on extremely cold nights the temp drops like a rock, then very suddenly hits a bottom and usually rebounds some, just to crash again to a lower bottom. -40 is much harder to get than -29, however saying you wont get under 15 below next week is way too early to call and I believe there is a very high probability of it busting. Especially since the airmass will be colder AND any warming effects will be severely hampered by this current cold air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Several northern IL sites down below -20. Rochelle is -23, and Savanna was -24 a short bit ago. MLI tanked after that light north wind died off, and is now down to -19. -17 here right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mogget Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Weather Underground has a reading of -26 for a station near Albany, WI. The Weather Channel reading is -20. I believe that it is five to ten degrees colder than predicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -13 at IKK. Well below what was forecasted by LOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 7 hours ago, madwx said: down to -15 at MSN. Tomorrow's record low of -21 is definitely in play. MSN down to -23 breaking the old record Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -28 at SQI. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRegionRat Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Just now, RCNYILWX said: -28 at SQI. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Zero here in East Chicago. Amazing what a relatively small amount of distance coupled with less snowfall can do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Zero here in East Chicago. Amazing what a relatively small amount of distance coupled with less snowfall can do.Even more of an impressive gradient between you and ARR, which was down to -24 last hour. Sent from my SM-G965U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchaumburgStormer Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Things really got out of hand. Dropped to -24, -23 currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -15 here, wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 This morning is out-doing 2014 temp wise in a lot of places around the area, some by a wide margin. Only difference is little to no wind chill. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -24.5 overnight at my station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwx Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 34 minutes ago, Chicago Storm said: This morning is out-doing 2014 temp wise in a lot of places around the area, some by a wide margin. Only difference is little to no wind chill. . This made me look it up and this morning was the coldest air temp for Madison since Feb 1996 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -22° New Record Low at MLI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorpion Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Well after seeing this mornings lows throughout the area I’ve certainly changed my tune. Especially after a fresh 10” snowpack, I’ll call for -22 in Milwaukee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -25 here for a low. That reading just blows away any record for cold here since i've started recording in 2017. That reading is likely the coldest here since that 1996 wave if not earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 1 hour ago, madwx said: This made me look it up and this morning was the coldest air temp for Madison since Feb 1996 That's just crazy. Even during January 2014 we didn't get this cold. To put it in perspective this is the coldest we've gotten this MILLENNIUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCIWxGuy Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 -17 for the official low at VYS, and although not as extreme as some of you guys up north, it breaks the previous record of -13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beavis1729 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 If I'm reading the scale right, 12z GFS still showing H85 temps around -37C in northern IL...and it’s only 90 hours away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawkeye_wx Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 The Cedar Rapids airport hit -18 yesterday morning and -17 this morning, but the stations here in the city only hit about -8 both mornings. The airport, out in the middle of nowhere south of the city, always gets much colder than we do inside the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Coldest reading I could find in the state is -32 for a low up in Manitowish Waters. For the southern par of the state it's -29 at Lone Rock. Both of those spots aren't surprising in the least. I wonder what the chances of someone getting close to the state record low are next week. That record is -55 set in Couderay back in the 1996 cold wave. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoboy645 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Also the records for Illinois are -36 set in 1999 at East St Louis, for Minnesota -60 set in 1996 at Tower, for Michigan -51 set in 1934 at Vanderbilt, and for Indiana -36 set in 1994 at New Whiteland and for Iowa -47 set in 1996 at Elkader. I'd say the most likely records to be broken would probably be Illinois and Iowa with a medium chance for Wisconsin and an outside shot for Minnesota and Indiana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluoronium Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Actually the IL all time coldest temp was recorded in Congerville, not East St. Louis. Pretty crazy that -36ºF was recorded so far south in the state. I live just a few miles from Congerville so I will be disappointed if our record gets taken away from us by a place further north in the state. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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