Extreme cold weather in Chicago to result in wind chills as low as -25°F on Monday and Tuesday

CHICAGO (WLS) — Temperatures are expected to plummet Sunday night into dangerous cold weather to start the week in Chicago.

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As many continue to shovel snow, the plummeting temperatures will make sure it doesn’t go anywhere, according to ABC7 meteorologist Jaisol Martinez.

Sunday morning began with some light flurries. Martinez said temperatures will stay in the mid and upper 20s with wind chills in the teens.

However, late into the evening a cold blast of air will move into the Chicago area bringing dangerous temperatures.

Martinez issued an AccuWeather Alert for Monday and Tuesday.

A weather warning for cold temperatures is set to begin at midnight and last until 11 a.m. on Monday for several counties in Illinois: Boone, De Kalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, La Salle, Lake, Lee, McHenry, Northern Cook, Ogle, and Winnebago.

On Monday morning, temperatures will be about 2 to -5 degrees with wind chills making it feel like -25 to -10, Martinez said.

For Tuesday, the cold will stick around in the single digits with wind chills down to -30 degrees.

Warming centers will open across the Chicago area for the bitterly cold temperatures.

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