Wind chill can also affect inanimate objects as well, but an object outside can only cool down to what the air temperature is, and will never go below that. As an example, if the temperature outside is -5F, and the wind chill is -31F, an object outside can only cool down to -5 but will cool down at the same rate as if it were -31 outside.

The Cold Weather Advisory is in effect until midnight on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Freezing winds are expected to remain in the area until Wednesday. Monday and Tuesday morning are expected to be the coldest periods of the stretch. Monday's high will be 10 and the low minus 6. Tuesday's high will be 5 and the low minus 1,

Chicago was waking up to a bitter cold morning Monday, with sub-zero temperatures and wind chills as low as -15. And it’s only going to get colder from there, the NBC 5 Storm Team says. “We’re cold all the way around,