Bitter Blast To Last All Day Monday
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Pile on the hats, scarves, and gloves on Monday; even if you're only outside for a few minutes. Temperatures will be in the single digits, or even below zero, virtually all day on Monday.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory through noon, as it could feel as cold as 30 below zero Monday morning. With conditions that cold, frostbite could set in as quickly as 30 minutes for any exposed skin.
Overnight, the temperature dropped as low as 4 below zero in Chicago, and wind chills were recorded as low as 25 below.
The frigid temperatures were expected to last all day, as the high was not expected to get above about 9 degrees on Monday.
Tuesday will be only slightly better, with a high in the upper teens. Snow also could develop Tuesday evening, with around an inch north of the city, and 1 to 3 inches in Chicago, nmany western and southern suburbs, and northwest Indiana.
On Wednesday, temperatures should reach the mid to upper 20s, and on Thursday, it could get back to the 30s.
According to the National Weather Service this week is typically the coldest of the year, and average temperatures should begin rising next week. Long-range models also suggest above-average temperatures should return next week, and likely will continue into early February.
With the Earth past the winter solstice, the days already are nearly 30 minutes longer than December, and the Chicago area is gaining about 2 minutes of daylight each day. In less than two months, sunset will begin after 7 p.m. again.
