Over 60 hours of subzero temperatures starting Saturday night
Dangerously cold wind chills up to 40 below zero
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Temperatures will drop below zero Saturday night and remain below zero until early Tuesday morning. While our 60 plus hour stretch isn’t a record, it will still bring some of the coldest air we’ve seen in a long time.
Low temperatures Saturday night will drop into the teens and 20s below zero.
Winds will lighten a bit, but still blow out of the northwest 10-20 mph.
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Put it all together and we get wind chills in the dangerous 30 to 40 below zero range.
Cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings
The National Weather Service has issued cold weather advisories and extreme cold warnings for the entire state due to the extreme wind chill temperatures.
High temperatures on Sunday will remain below zero, with single digits and teens below zero expected.
Our arctic air mass will persist through early Tuesday morning, with temperatures staying below zero until then. By Tuesday afternoon, temperatures will climb above zero, and we’re expecting a nice warm-up back to seasonal averages in the 20s by Wednesday.
