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This graphic shows the actual temperature at 8 a.m. Friday, February 20, 2015. The coldest locations were almost 40 below zero.

(Weatherbell.com)

Previous record low temperatures were shattered in many Michigan cities this morning.

In fact one Michigan city was only five degrees warmer than the North Pole this morning. Roscommon, MI dropped to -39deg this morning. At the same time the North Pole was -44deg.

At 8 a.m. this morning, the coldest temperatures were almost 40 below zero, and the warmest temperature was 2 degrees. But the average temperature for the entire state of Michigan at 8 a.m. was 18.5 degrees below zero, according to statistics derived by weatherbell.com. That makes Michigan easily the coldest state in the country this morning.

Here are some low temperatures in our area:

Detroit -12deg New record

Flint -25deg New record

Saginaw/Bay City -15deg New record

Lansing -16deg

Ann Arbor -30deg Unverified, but likely new record

Grand Rapids -13deg Tied old record

Muskegon -9deg

Kalamazoo -15deg New record

Jackson -19deg New record

The coldest locations were Roscommon at -39deg and Leota in Clare County at -37deg.

Here's a complete rundown of the low temperatures from The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids.

Here's a complete rundown of low temperatures for northern Lower Michigan from the National Weather Service in Gaylord.

The good news is we are going to get a two day break from below zero weather. But I should tell you it looks like two more arctic blasts are possible in the next 10 days. I'll give you specifics as soon as I thaw out.

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MLive Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa has been forecasting Michigan weather for more than 25 years. He's been chief meteorologist at three television news stations in Michigan, and he's an avid gardener and hunter. Email him at mtorregr@mlive.com and find him on Facebook at facebook.com/mark.torregrossa and Twitter @weathermanmark