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Two cities in Illinois -- Moline and Rockford -- hit their all-time coldest temperatures Thursday: a frigid minus 33 degrees and minus 31 degrees, respectively.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, also set a new all-time coldest temperature of minus 30 degrees.
Record low actual temperatures for this date were recorded in Chicago Thursday: minus 21 degrees; Madison, Wisconsin: minus 26 degrees; and Milwaukee: minus 23 degrees.
Morning views from Chicago’s beautiful, frosty Lake Michigan. #PolarVortex2019 #StayWarm pic.twitter.com/KxJ9AaarqJ
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel (@ChicagosMayor) January 31, 2019
In Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday urged residents to turn down their thermostats \"due to extremely high energy demand.\"
On the East Coast, New York City had a temperature of 2 degrees -- the city's coldest day in three years.
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Philadelphia reached a temperature of 5 degrees with a wind chill of minus 11 -- the coldest so far this winter.
Boston also fell to 5 degrees with a wind chill of minus 16.
Current conditions along Route 5 in Hamburg in the Hamburg Beach area pic.twitter.com/KTWt8L9Rsd
— NYSDOT Western NY (@NYSDOTBuffalo) January 31, 2019
The weather is wreaking havoc on transportation.
Over 8,000 flights have been canceled in the U.S. since Monday. On Wednesday over 1,800 flights were canceled in Chicago alone.
In Buffalo, New York, where about 20 inches of snow fell, the airport canceled most of its flights Wednesday.
Lake effect snow is set to continue in western New York state with more than 1 foot of snow still possible.
These are the current conditions in and around #Buffalo. The area is under a Blizzard Warning and drivers should avoid travel, if possible. #Snow #Blizzard #PolarVortex pic.twitter.com/KwfJDeLOSI
— NYSThruwayAuthority (@NYSThruway) January 30, 2019
State Police are on the scene and investigating a multiple vehicle crash on the Thruway near Batavia. More than 20 vehicles, including a state police vehicle, were involved in the crash. pic.twitter.com/5cJV9XTnJh
— NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) January 30, 2019
In Ellisburg, New York, snow fell at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour on Thursday. Resident Ethan Richardson-Morris called shoveling the driveway \"a constant battle.\" As soon as one side was shoveled, the other side filled up.
\"I'm just trying to make it to so my dad can get in the driveway from work,\" he said.
The core of the coldest air lifts north back to Canada by Friday but wind chills are still going to be very low.
Friday wind chills are forecast to clock in at minus 16 degrees in Minneapolis; minus 2 in Chicago; minus 7 in Detroit; minus 5 in Boston; and 0 in New York City.
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By the weekend, some areas will feel like it's almost 100 degrees warmer than it is now.
In Chicago, where wind chills were in the minus 50s Wednesday, residents will warm up to temperatures in the 40s.
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ABC News' Whit Johnson, Carlos Boettcher and Christine Theodorou contributed to this report.
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