(KIMT) -- Thursday morning could be one for the record books! Thanks to a strong Canadian high pressure system surging southward over SE Minnesota and North Iowa, a clear sky will be present Wednesday night as winds relax from a breezy Wednesday.

The weather conditions will be prime for maximum radiational cooling, which is a process where heat from the surface escapes to space. This will allow temperatures to plummet to the -10s regionwide.

If you think this is awfully cold for this time of year, you would be right! In fact, we will be dealing with near-record low temperatures Thursday morning. Many locations could break records that have stood since the 1990s. One interesting note is Rochester, which will get close to an 1886 record!

A light northwestern breeze around sunrise Thursday

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