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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.

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They  said on Thursday that up to that point, we had had the same amount of snow this December that we had for the entire month, last December. And we all know what happened after last winter in these parts. So now, there are places that are 12"+ PAST the snow they saw for this time last year. And now it's snowing AGAIN. We're supposed to get another blizzard today. And Tuesday. And Wednesday.

STOP.

I used to be okay with winter.

I now hate winter. And by hate, I mean in a "I will kill all of your family members and make you watch, Winter" sort of way.