An extreme cold warning is in effect for much of the state, with parts of southern and eastern Minnesota as well as western Wisconsin under a cold weather advisory.

An extreme cold warning has been issued for most of Minnesota as temperatures plunge to dangerous levels. The National Weather Service says that air temperatures will be between -10 and -20 wind chills will drop to between -35 and -45 in much of the state from 1 a.m. and 11 a.m. Monday.

The National Weather Service Twin Cities has issued an extreme cold warning predicting temperatures with wind chill on Monday morning to plunge as low as -45 degrees below zero. The arctic temperatures will swoop in around 1 a.m. and stick around until about 11 a.m., forecasters say.