It was a brutally cold start to the day with widespread subzero lows and wind chills that dropped to nearly -30 degrees in far western sections.
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The official low temperature of -5 degrees was not a record, but it marked the coldest temperature this late in the winter season in a decade, since 2015 when the mercury dipped to -10 degrees on February 28.
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Daytime highs warmed a few degrees over Monday thanks to the abundant sunshine but fell far short of what’s typical for late February.
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As cold as it was across the Chicago area, it was even worse across the northern Plains where the intense chill was truly life threatening. Bismarck, North Dakota bottomed out a bone-chilling, record breaking -39 degrees early Tuesday morning.
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