Published on: January 14, 2008 at 4:56 PM

How about a wind chill of 78 below zero?

That happened in the last 24 hours at Nuiqsut, Alaska. These few notes:

+ Low this morning of 53 below zero at Nuiqsut (temperature, not wind chill)
+ Low of 51 below at Deadhorse

+ Wind chill of 76 below at Deadhorse
+ Wind chill of 78 below at Nuiqsut

THE LOWER 48
+ Coldest this morning 26 below at Alamosa, Colo., in a high altitude but deep valley in the South-Central part of the state. (elevation 7546 feet)