CEDAR RAPIDS - Colder than the Twin Cities. Colder than Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Colder than Fargo. Colder than Fairbanks or even Point Barrow, Alaska.

That’s how cold it was this morning n Cedar Rapids — where it was colder than it’s ever been in recorded weather history.

At 7:51 a.m., the temperature dipped to minus 29, according to the National Weather Service.

Friday morning “will probably be as cold or colder than (Thursday) morning,” said Dan Ferry, metorologist at the weather service’s Davenport office.

The wind chill was 51 degrees below zero around 5 a.m. this morning, leading the Weather Service to use terms like “dangerous” and “life-threatening.”

A wind chill warning is in effect until noon Friday.

A 93-year-old record low was tied Wednesday, when the actual temperature reached minus 22 just before midnight, according to the weather service.

High temperatures around Cedar Rapids will be well below zero — probably around minus 10 and a few degrees colder outside the city.

Iowa City was at minus 21 this morning.

It’s not known if that is a record. The National Weather Service only tracks record temperatures for sites where data has been charted for more than 50 years, and Iowa City has not reached that point.

“The main point for today is that, no matter where you are, it’s dangerously cold out there,” meteorologist Andy Ervin said.

Relief is in sight, as temperatures in the low 30s are forecast for next week. However, Ervin said actual temperatures won’t creep above zero again until daytime on Friday.

More record-setting information.

Wind chill dipped to minus 51 overnight
If there were ever a day to bundle up, today is that day.

The wind chill was 51 degrees below zero around 5 a.m. this morning in Cedar Rapids, as the mercury plummeted to record-breaking levels. It's leading the National Weather Service to use terms like "dangerous" and "life-threatening."

A wind chill warning is in effect until noon on Friday.

A 93-year-old record low was tied Wednesday, when the actual temperature reached minus 22 just before midnight, according to the weather service. A record low will be set today, as well. It dipped to minus 26 this morning, breaking the 1994 record of minus 23.

KCRG-TV9's Joe Winters said in a posting to Twitter today that the low in Cedar Rapids this morning was minus 29 degrees. He also pointed out that the low this morning at the South Pole was minus 18 degrees, and minus 16 at the North Pole.

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"That may or may not be the low for today," said Andy Ervin, a meteorologist with the weather service in Davenport.

High temperatures around Cedar Rapids will be well below zero today, Ervin said. Expect minus 10 in the city and few degrees colder outside the city.

Iowa City was at minus 21 this morning. It's not known if that is a record. Ervin said the weather service only tracks record temperatures for sites where data has been charted for more than 50 years, and Iowa City has not reached that point.

"The main point for today is that, no matter where you are, it's dangerously cold out there," Ervin said.

Relief is in sight, as temperatures in the low 30s are forecast for next week. However, Ervin said actual temperatures won't creep above zero again until daytime on Friday.