Yes, there is a famous song by that title but this post is not about music–instead something much more serious.
This is a midnight south to north profile of temperatures all the way from Pensacola north to Alaska. (not in a straight line, mind you!)
40 Pensacola
32 Montgomery
30 Birmingham
25 Haleyville (NW Alabama)
22 Nashville
18 Louisville, flurries, wind chill 4
-2 Kirksville, Missouri, wind chill -14
2 Kansas City, wind chill -11
10 Chicago, wind chill -7
-15 Sioux City, Iowa, wind chill -31
-6 Des Moines, wind chill -24
-19 Esterville, Iowa, wind chill -43
-31 Grand Forks, North Dakota, wind chill -46
-31 Hallock, Minn., wind chill -48
-27 Morris, Minn., wind chill -50
-34 International Falls, Minn., famous Diehard battery commercial filmed there
-9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, wind chill -27
-22 Churchill, Manitoba (Polar bear capitol of the world)
-34 Little Chicago, Northwest Territory
-28 Dawson, Yukon (we watch them closely in winter)
-42 Watson Lake, Yukon (likewise)
-27 Fairbanks
-3 Good Ole Deadhorse, zero visibility, blowing snow, gusts 45 mph
TWO SAMPLE OFFICIAL FORECASTS (shortened)
ST LOUIS
Mostly sunny, very cold today (Saturday) High today 16, low tonight 5
CHICAGO
Mostly sunny, bitter cold Saturday. Wind chill as low as -20 at sunrise. High Saturday 8 to 12, low Saturday night 1 below to 3 above
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