MA Weather: Here's How Cold It Will Get Wednesday Night

It won't be the coldest it's ever been in Massachusetts Wednesday night, but it'll probably feel something like it. A deep freeze across a large part of the country will see Bay State temperatures plunge into the single digits, and wicked winds will make for apparent temperatures as low as negative-25 degrees.

There isn't one place in Massachusetts that will feel like it's even as "warm" as zero degrees Wednesday night into Thursday morning once the wind chills are factored in. The real-feel temperatures range from 25 below zero in North Adams to a balmy negative-4 degrees in Nantucket.

Boston is looking at apparent temperatures as low as negative-15 degrees and Worcester dips to negative-20, though we're not sure anyone could feel the difference. See the map below featuring the minimum apparent temperatures from the National Weather Service.

The coldest temperature ever recorded in Massachusetts was negative-35 degrees, according to The Weather Channel.

It's getting so cold that the U.S. Postal Service has canceled mail delivery in parts of the Midwest. Wind chills there are expected to dip as low as negative-55 degrees.

The cold is exacerbated by strong wind gusts that will start Wednesday afternoon. Nearly the entire state will see gusts of at least 45 miles per hour, with the strongest coming in the Cape & Islands. Nantucket could see 60-m.p.h gusts.

The temperature plunge will take place after snow squalls pass through the region. Squalls are brief, powerful snowfalls that can rapidly accumulating snow and heavy winds. The squalls are expected between 3-7 p.m.

The NWS said it will make for "near white-out conditions" during the commute home. A squall Tuesday in Salisbury, N.H., caused a 10-15 car crash and several spinouts near the Massachusetts state line.

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