cold. it is moving east but the midwest not out of the frozen woods. chicago had a high of minus 10 without the windchill. the ultra frigid weather will halts po halt postal deliveries and close schools for a second day. and in minneapolis, schools will be closed to avoid roads that la look like this. in michigan, it felt like minus 35 with the windchill, the governor pleading for people to turn thermostats town until tomorrow because of limited gas deliveries. and also firefighters in hammond, indiana, at 22 below zero, the water immediately turning to ice there. the fire chief telling us, quote, i m currently thawing out and so is my crew. a tenth person has died from the weather. four in iowa. nationwide about 6200 flights
cold woods. chicago set a record cold high temperature, minus 10 without the windchill, and the ultra cold weather halt postal deliveries and close schools for a second straight day. in milwaukee, public schools also stayed closed to avoid roads that look like this. in michigan where it felt like minus 35 with the windchill, the governor is pleading for people to turn their thermostats down to 65 degrees until midday friday. a fire at a compressor station is limiting gas delivery. a fire also causing big problems for firefighters in hammond, indiana. at 22 degrees below zero, the water immediately turning into hazardous ice. fire chief telling usthawing ou my crew. we ve learned a tenth person has died from the weather. four of them in iowa. nationwide about 6200 flights have been canceled since tuesday.
martha? martha: absolutely, mike. thank you so much for being out there tonight. how long is this lasting? what does it mean? where is it going next. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth joins me now. what do you see out there tonight? rick: if it makes you feel any better this the coldest air anywhere on the planet. at least you are dealing with that kind of maybe you can count on that a little bit better for you. coldest air right there. that kind of central part of canada down across that far northern tier of the u.s. right now the wind chill in chicago is minus 35. it s the saying that you have it s colder than it is than many places farther toward the north. one positive of this one this isn t going that far south. we are not talking about record breaking cold in places like florida and central gulf coast. this stays centers right up there across areas of the great lakes. this is our current wind chill. we have got the wind chills now back into the minus 40 s. this is one more n
to stick around. this here is the coldest, the coldest air anywhere on the planet. parts of central canada and the north-central u.s. feels like minus 41. feels like minus 35 in chicago, rain bay. 12 degrees in memphis, 26 in atlanta. the cold has gone south. that s the limit of it. new orleans at 48. this is going to begin to retreat starting tomorrow. windshields of minus 15 international falls. minus 12 in new york and minus four in d.c., minus nine in philadelphia. i don t think we re going to break any all-time records. the one city that we are watching you chicago, lowest temperature ever recorded is minus 27. today minus 23.
alaska an pipeline workers. they ll tell you, it take s specially designed clothing to withstand that. 20 or 30 below zero can be fun for a couple minutes. but when you get to this range it becomes life-threatening, minus 50 in northern minnesota. minneapolis. currently feels 45 degrees below zero. but we re talking about the heart of winter but we re still 40 degrees below what it should feel like even in the coldest time of the year. we re shooting for an all time record for thursday morning. the coldest chicago has ever experienced right around minus 20 degrees. at this point, the forecast brings us down to minus 35 on thursday morning. known as 17 this time of year. records across portions of the midwest this morning. going towards the midwest and