Breezy west winds, gusting over 30 miles per hour will make it feel like it's in the 20s, the weather service forecast shows.
Fair weather was expected today in the Council Bluffs-Omaha area, forecasters said, before another strong system possibly delivers a chance of rain and snow tonight into Wednesday.
"No matter where we are within that snow budget, if we're required to go out and do plowing or sanding, we go and the budget will readjust that at the time it's needed", he said. In the meantime, well below average weather continues but at least it is better than the 30s we have to start off the work week.
Snow showers should be primarily a morning threat and should gradually wind down into the afternoon and evening. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half-inch possible.
In lower MI, freezing rain that began falling overnight had left roads treacherous and cut power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses by midday Sunday.
The Weather Service predicts quiet weather and a warming trend to follow as temperatures begin a climb back to normal. High temps reach into the low 50s under sunny skies.
The storm is moving into the Rockies on Tuesday morning.
Taking a look back at this week a year ago in Boone, high temperatures were in the upper 60s and lower 70s throughout the week with the exception of April 20 where the high was 59 degrees.
Monday's high in Madison was 33 at 3:37 p.m., 25 degrees below the normal high and 53 degrees below the record high of 86 for April 16, set in 2002.
A spring snowstorm brought possible record-setting amounts of precipitation to the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin on Sunday, causing treacherous travel conditions and prompting schools across the region to cancel classes today. About 10 to 20 centimetres of snowfall was expected.