It is just as cold as promised Wednesday morning across Alabama, and several low temperature records have been broken.

Several sites have broken records for lowest temperature today. Stay warm if going out this morning! pic.twitter.com/9HnqocO7YK — NWS Birmingham (@NWSBirmingham) November 13, 2019

The National Weather Service said temperatures fell overnight into the teens and 20s across the state as arctic air settled over the region following a strong cold front.

Several cities had record low temperatures on Wednesday (and more could be added later today):

* Anniston: 20 degrees, breaking the record of 24 set in 1968.

* Birmingham: 18 degrees, breaking the record of 22 degrees set in 1911.

* Tuscaloosa: 21 degrees, breaking the record of 22 set in 1968.

The weather service in Mobile said today’s low temperature record for the city of Mobile has been broken, with the temperature falling to at least 26 degrees early this morning. That record low will be made official later today, according to forecasters.

Here is look at other temperatures from 5 a.m. Wednesday:

* Alexander City: 23 degrees

* Auburn: 22 degrees

* Demopolis: 23 degrees

* Dothan: 27 degrees

* Evergreen: 27 degrees

* Gadsden: 19 degrees

* Haleyville: 16 degrees

* Huntsville: 18 degrees

* Mobile: 26 degrees

* Montgomery: 26 degrees

* Muscle Shoals: 20 degrees

* Ozark: 26 degrees

* Sylacauga: 20 degrees

* Talladega: 19 degrees

* Troy: 24 degrees

One of the coldest readings so far was 13 degrees near Florence:

Winners this morning in the "lowest temperature in our County Warning Area" competition are a weather station north of Florence, AL, and another weather station west of Fayetteville, TN. Both tied with a low of 13 degrees this morning. Stay warm out there folks. 🧥 #HUNwx pic.twitter.com/4tLtbZ6IzW — NWS Huntsville (@NWSHuntsville) November 13, 2019

Here are low temperatures from central Alabama on Wednesday from the National Weather Service in Birmingham.

The National Weather Service will monitor temperatures and make it official which areas set records later today.

However, two other low temperature records -- these from Tuesday -- were made official: Birmingham and Huntsville both set record lows on Tuesday, according to the weather service.

The temperature in Huntsville fell to 20 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the record of 21 set in 1943. Birmingham bottomed out at 22 degrees on Tuesday, which broke the record of 23 degrees set in 1950.

🌬️A sign of the cold air. Check out the clouds forming over the Gulf as cold air flows over the warmer gulf waters. We would not be surprised if we see some sea smoke along the beaches this morning. #brrrr #winter #mobwx pic.twitter.com/7U4paFwm8T — NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) November 13, 2019

Things will start to thaw out today, according to forecasters, as the core of the arctic airmass moves to the east and winds across Alabama shift, bringing in some warmer air. Highs are forecast to reach the 40s and 50s instead of the 30s and 40s from Tuesday:

High temperatures are forecast to reach the 40s and 50s across Alabama later today.

However, the weather service noted that these warmer temperatures will still be more than 10 degrees — and up to 20 degrees — below the average for this time of year.

Temperatures tonight will still be chilly, but will fall only into the upper 20s and 30s, according to the weather service.