Brace yourself, and bundle up.
After a night when temperatures dipped to the low single digits, "they're not going to move a whole lot today," said Mark Ratzer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville.
Temperatures may not break 10 degrees today, Ratzer says, and if they do, it won't be by more than a degree or two.
A wind chill advisory issued Monday remains in effect until 10 a.m. this morning.
If there's good news, it's that the wind won't be quite as strong as it was Monday, when wind chill values plummeted into the negative teens.
And fortunately, it won't be as cold as it was on Jan. 22, 1936, the day a low temperature of 17 degrees below zero set Chicago's all-time record.
That's about where the good news stops. The cold will linger for several days, and temperatures are not expected to top 32 degrees until early next week, Ratzer said.
The overnight low of 4 degrees was the coldest since Feb. 10, 2011, when aided by a heavy snow cover, temperatures dipped to 9 below zero.
Over a 30-year period, the average temperature high for Jan. 22 is 31 degrees, and the average low is 16.
Authorities reported no overnight deaths from the cold, though today's temperatures remain dangerous for anyone spending prolonged periods outdoors.
At least seven people in Cook County have already died from causes related to the cold this season.
asege@tribune.com
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