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A bundled up bicyclist moves down West Huron St. on the morning of Tuesday, November 18, 2014. Tyler Stabile | The Ann Arbor News

It was a bit crispier than the usual autumn morn Tuesday.

Like deep freeze crispy.

The morning's low of 11 degrees makes it the second coldest temperature for Nov. 18, according to Dennis F. Kahlbaum, University of Michigan weather observer. The record, 9 degrees, was set in 1959.

The coldest temperature for November was 1 degree set on the Nov. 24, 1950.

But a record could still fall Tuesday, according to Kahlbaum. The coldest high for Nov. 18 is 24 degree. Tuesday's forecast is only 21 degrees, Kahlbaum said.

The normal high and low for today are 47 degrees and 32 degrees.

The normal snowfall total for November is 3.1 inches. So far, there's been 2.3 inches of snow.

The National Weather Service forecast called a chance of snow showers on Tuesday with a high near 21. The wind chill was supposed to be around minus 1. The chance of precipitation was around 50 percent. The forecast called for wind gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday night the low is expected to get down to 11 with wind chills as low as minus 3. Snow will likely begin Wednesday morning after 7 a.m. when it will be around 30 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

The is a possibility of 1-2 inches of new snow accumulation.

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