Not Quite Record Cold, But Cold Enough

Temperatures Tuesday afternoon didn't make it out of the 30's, with the high in Rockford only warming to 28 degrees.  To put that into perspective, the average low for today is 32 degrees!  Clear skies will continue through the night with overnight lows falling into the low teens and upper single digits in some more typical cold spots.

While it'll be cold, it won't quite be record cold.  The record low for Tuesday night is 4 degrees, set back in 1959.  Overnight lows will likely fall between 9-13 degrees Wednesday morning.  According to the Chicago National Weather Service, only 13% of previous years dating back to when record began in 1905, have had a high temperature below 30 degrees this early.  The first average sub-30 degree high typically doesn't occur until November 29th.