MILWAUKEE — It was a day of record warmth in southern Wisconsin! Temperatures in Milwaukee surged into the mid-50s. Thursday's high exceeded the Jan. 30 record of 53 degrees at Mitchell Airport, set in 1988, according to the National Weather Service.

The city saw its warmest-ever Jan. 30 in 1988; it was 53 degrees. Milwaukee's average Jan. 30 high is 31 degrees.

The Extreme Cold Warning is in effect until noon. Wind chills will remain below zero until Wednesday afternoon.

The Milwaukee area will see light snow all day as the region experiences another round of frigid temperatures. Flurries will move across southern Wisconsin throughout the early morning on Wednesday, followed by light snow showers until 2 or 3 a.

An "artic air mass" will be moving into the region from Canada as we head into the weekend, causing temperatures to tumble.

Milwaukee will kick off this week with the most extreme cold of the winter so far. During the coldest periods, wind chill is forecast to range between -15 and -30 degrees. That's well beyond the threshold for developing frostbite and other adverse health symptoms from cold-weather exposure.

The National Weather Service issued a Cold Weather Advisory ... The Cold Weather Advisory is in effect, including in the Milwaukee area, until midnight on Wednesday. All of Wisconsin was under ...

Unhoused people in Milwaukee County have braved cold weather, with hundreds seeking warming shelters and other services.

The great Charles Dickens used the phrase in "Oliver Twist" writing, "We cut over the fields at the back, with him between us — straight as the crow flies — through hedge and ditch." But how exactly did the groundhog become the deciding factor — at least in the realm of myth and mystery — in determining when exactly winter will end and spring begins?

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which has been in business since 1792, recently released its spring weather forecast. The outlook? "Warmer-than-normal temperatures for most of the country, with a few exceptions: southern and central California, Desert Southwest, southern Florida, and western Ohio Valley, where it will be near to below normal."

American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was attempting to land when the plane and a Black Hawk helicopter collided.

Hundreds of first responders are diving in frigid water looking for survivors after a passenger plane collided with a US Army helicopter midair at Reagan National Airport near Washington,