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Meanwhile, both Cheyenne and Laramie are expecting actual low temperatures--not wind chills, but temperatures--of -20 or colder.Meanwhile, both Cheyenne and Laramie are expecting actual low temperatures--not wind chills, but temperatures--of -20 or colder.

The weather service is forecasting a low of -16 for Cheyenne and Laramie Wednesday night. Any winds could push the wind chill to brutally cold levels.

It's worth noting that we are talking about an actual temperature--not a wind chill reading.

A fortunate feline is free again after spending a frigid night stuck in a swamp cooler in Cheyenne.

The forecast says we can expect ''brutally cold Friday and Saturday with high temperatures struggling to get above 0F across our eastern areas.''

Monday could be the coldest Oct. 26 in Cheyenne in 142 years, according to the National Weather Service.

This very cold air mass expected this weekend has many of our climate sites flirting or just outright icing out previous records.