Chicago is about to be hit with some record global warming.

One of the coldest air masses in years will envelop the Midwest and the Northeast this week bringing potentially life-threatening low temperatures to the Chicago area that will feel even harsher in tandem with strong winds.

Damn that global warming climate change! Is there anything it can’t do?

In Chicago, the coldest temperatures of the year will arrive midweek. After seeing a high around 34 on Monday at O’Hare International Airport, temperatures will drop to near zero before the end of the day, according to the National Weather Service. By Tuesday night, temperatures are expected to take another plunge, to 23 below zero, flirting with Chicago’s coldest temperature ever: minus 27 on Jan. 20, 1985.

Holy crap! It’s supposed to get cold here in Atlanta tonight but nuttin’ like that.

Temperatures are forecast to inch up to a daytime high of about minus 14 on Wednesday — the first subzero high temperature in five years and the coldest winter high ever recorded in Chicago — before dipping, again, to about minus 21 overnight. The coldest daytime high in Chicago was minus 11 on Christmas Eve 1983.

And, of course, the Acolytes of the Church of AGW will claim that this record cold is the result of global warming.

For younger Chicagoans, the burst of Arctic air set to overtake the city this week could be one of the coldest days of their lives. For Generation Z, this week’s predicted low temperatures have only two rivals: minus 16 on Jan. 6, 2014, and minus 19 on Feb. 3, 1996.

The lows Tuesday and Wednesday could break records set in 1966. They’ll also feel much worse with wind gusts up to 30 mph, which will make it feel as low as negative 50 degrees, according to the weather service.

Ahhhh! 1966. I remember it well. I was attending Electronics Technician A School at Great Lakes Naval Training Center during the winter of 1966. I lived off base in Waukegan. Gawd it was cold! I remember a few days it did not get above zero degrees. The couple in the other apartment in our building were from Oregon. One morning their car wouldn’t start. Turned out he used 30 weight oil. I got to help him dig the oil out through the drain hole using a coat hangar.

That was a miserable winter. We had car problems during part of it. I got to walk to the bus stop in downtown Waukegan with the wind coming off the Lake. Brutal! I also remember my wife not enjoying me using her boobs as hand warmers when I got home. And you wonder why I’m divorced.

As I said, Atlanta isn’t going to escape. The cold is hitting us along with rain that may change to snow. Fortunately, we won’t get much and it will prolly be gone tomorrow night. All we need is some bad weather for Super Bowl week. The last time Atlanta had a Super Bowl we had an ice storm.

Fromm Russ P.