Temperatures continue to rebound after bottoming out Tuesday morning with unpleasant combination of bitter cold temperatures and a brisk wind. The wind chill reading at the Des Moines Airport reached a minimum of -32°F at about midnight, based on the hourly observations. The featured chart presents the yearly seasonal minimum wind chill reading, using the present day equation, for Des Moines. This year's value is slightly above the previous two years and the top panel indicates that roughly 70% of previous years have had a colder reading.

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