For The Archives -- Cold Winter 2022 -- December 22, 2022

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Bozeman, Montana, broke a daily record low Tuesday morning, with temperatures plummeting to -43 degrees, while Helena, Montana, tied its daily record, at -35 degrees.

The temperature in Lincoln, Montana, also set a daily low at -49 degrees.

The coldest recorded wind chill (how cold it feels outside when considering wind speeds) was in the town of Malta, Montana, where it dropped to an astounding -72 degrees on Tuesday.

Nearly all of Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas, as well as eastern Colorado and northern North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas are under wind chill warnings from the National Weather Service, while blizzard warnings extend through the North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota and winter storm warnings are in effect around the Great Lakes and Missouri.

Forecasts show extreme low temperatures in southern states, as well: On Wednesday, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) declared a state of emergency, saying the state will see “temperatures that they haven’t experienced in a decade or more.”