at just negative 4 degrees in des moines on monday. i can t even imagine what that feels like. elisa rafah is in the wenter center. i mean, that is brutal cold. that is like frostbite weather. we re talking in minutes, frostbite conditions. so very dangerous and life-threatening. this is a look at the current temperatures right now in iowa. they re all subzero. minus 9 right now in des moines. minus 5 in mason city. sioux city, 10 degrees below zero. windchills are 20 to 30 below zero. windchill warnings in effect for most of the state through tuesday as we continue with this dangerous cold, as we go through the next couple days. and everybody is mentioning, yeah, iowa is used to cold, but minus 4 degrees in des moines is 30 degrees below average. this is not normal. yes, iowa gets cold in winter, but not this cold. temperatures across the state will be about 30 degrees below average.
minus 9 and the western iowa is going to dive to eastern iowa, take a look at this, this is how much snow is on the ground from two storms that have hit us this week. and we ve got spots over towards eastern iowa and the quad cities, we ve got spots that are a foot and a half of snow on the ground and the cold air means the snow is not going anywhere anytime soon. it s january. the sun angle low in the sky it s not going to melt or evaporate on the ground. watch what happens over the wind chill temperatures say, the next 24 hours. you see that expanding right there. we ve got the colder air continuing to dive down from canada, the time we get towards midnight tonight, minus 42 in des moines, iowa is what it s going to feel like and watch what happens here, we start the day around minus 19 and feels-like temperature in des moines and goes towards that minus 40 overnight and the time we get to tomorrow morning, minus 34. tomorrow is our coldest day across parts of iowa. go towards monday
it s actually eight days so it is a long week, is the time between the iowa caucuses and the new hampshire primary. again, i think this is all unlikely. but we can t take anything for granted or assume we know how this is going to turn out. so, you know, it could be in those eight days, there could be a lot of volatility and difficulty for trump, if chris christie piles on, and we re going to unite behind haley, he s our best chance to beat trump. you could see where nikki coming in second in new hampshire with an unexpected trump not getting the turn out that he wanted. maybe people feel like they don t need to turn out for him. for the biden campaign, it s interesting to see how many people turn out to caucus for trump. are republicans motivated, to be turning out, even if minus 9 degree weather or is trump is
hustle. another report finds 69% of employees have either second jobs or want one. and those are your headlines. going to check in with senior meteorologist janice dean for fox weather forecast. hi, janice. janice: good morning, ashley. take a look at the maps. very cold air across the western half of the country. here in new york it feels chilly not minus 9 like it is in fargo. 18 in billings. part of that cold air is a reason we will have set up this week for severe storms. take a look at showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast. a front moving over the great lakes that could bring some snow squalls, a fast-moving snow storm that sometimes just lasts for a minute or two but it can cause a lot of problems on the road so very concerned later this afternoon into the overnight for parts of the northeast and then that severe storm threat for friday. large hail, damaging winds and we could have another around to outbreak heavy rain along the coast of california and more snow in the
forecast and talk about nascar, okay? it s cold right now. we got some hot cars on the plaza. feels like temperatures negative 34 in duluth. 1 in cleveland, 26 in little rock. you get the picture. it s cold. wind chill alerts for the northern plains, you were midwest into the great lakes. now into the northeast where we will have temperatures, i mean, the coldest they have been in many years so those are the wind chills right now, international falls minus 40. the good news here is the northern plains, the great lakes will relatively warm up on sunday but all of that cold air is going to come towards us in the northeast for saturday we have wind chill alerts here are your potential record cold highs. minus 9 in sara knack lake new york. 22 in massachusetts. burlington as well. this will be the coldest wind chills in five plus years. negative saturday into sunday.