More Snow and Record Cold On The Way

 Good evening Stateline! What a way to wake up this morning. With clear skies and calm winds, temperatures this morning bottomed out into the -20's. Just enough to break our daily record low of -18° set back in 1982. This was also 6° shy of our all-time record of -27° set back on January 10th, 1982. Rochelle bottomed out to -27° and Sterling was the coldest spot in the viewing area with a low of -29°. Pretty incredible!

We did start off the day with a winter storm watch for our northern counties. Since then, Jo-Daviess, Stephenson, Rock, Green, & Walworth counties were upgraded to a winter storm warning. Both Carroll and Whiteside county are in a winter weather advisory and all of these go into affect at 6 PM tomorrow evening and last until 6 PM Monday evening! 



Here is our first call snow map. This winter storm looks to take a track right over or just north of the Stateline. So some areas in southern Wisconsin will see 8" to 12" of snow. Places like Rockford, Freeport, and Galena should expect 4" to 8" of snow. If you live to the south, temperatures will be near or over the 32° mark resulting in lesser snowfall totals.

On the backside of this system, potentially all-time record breaking cold air moves into the Midwest. Low's both Tuesday & Wednesday will range between -20° to -30° and wind chills between -40° & -50°. Try not to go outside that much during this time frame because this is the type of weather where frostbite can occur within minutes on any exposed skin.


For right now, we are forecasting a low of -21° on Tuesday & a low of -24° on Wednesday. Both look to break the daily record low that were set back in 1966. This air mass could be cold enough to break the all-time record low in Rockford of -27° set back on January 10th, 1982! Stay warm Stateline!