In the wake of an arctic front, the temperature plummeted to 9 below zero at the Baker City Airport on Tuesday morning, Feb. 11.

That breaks the record for lowest temperature on the date, 4 below zero, set in 1982.

The low temperature was also 9 below zero on Feb. 8.

As chilly as it was in the morning, the 9 below zero didn’t end up as the day’s official low, however.

With clear skies and calm winds, the temperature plummeted fast after sunset on Tuesday, and in the final hour of the day it dropped to 14 below zero.

The wind chill was as low as 19 below zero at the airport Tuesday morning.

Other low temperatures as of 7:30 a.m. today:

• Highway 7 at Sumpter Junction: 11 below

• Unity: 7 below

• Schneider Meadows Snotel north of Halfway: 7 below

• Eilertson Meadow Snotel, along Rock Creek west of Haines: 4 below

Wednesday morning could be even colder, but a warming trend is in the forecast.

The National Weather Service is predicting high temperatures in the upper 30s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and potentially in the lower 40s on Monday, Feb. 17. Snow is likely Thursday and Friday, but could mix with or change to rain on Sunday and Monday.