Extreme cold hits Janesville
Photo gallery: Janesville residents deal with record-setting cold weather this week.Â
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The sun sets behind the trees as fog rises from the Rock River at the end of a frigid Wednesday in Janesville's Monterey Park.
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Water vapor from the Rock River turns into fog — a phenomenon known as steam fog — in Janesville as temperatures hovered around minus-25 degrees on Wednesday morning.
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Intricate lines of frost form on a front door window as the temperature hit minus 25 degrees Wednesday morning in Janesville.
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Gazette reporter Catherine Idzerda attempts a few cold-weather science experiments Wednesday behind the Bliss Communications building in Janesville. Here, Idzerda throws a cup of boiling water into the subzero air, causing some of the water to instantly vaporize.
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Gazette reporter Neil Johnson holds a bottle of frozen beer upside down after leaving the bottle outside in the snow. See video of the experiments at gazettextra.com/multimedia.
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Gazette reporter Catherine Idzerda puts the well-worn expression 'slow as molasses in January' to the test in subzero temperatures Wednesday.
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Gazette reporter Catherine Idzerda tests how long it takes an egg to freeze on the sidewalk Wednesday outside the newspaper's offices in Janesville.
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Water vapor rises above the Rock River between Monterey Park and the former General Motors plan in Janesville early Wednesday morning.
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Water vapor from the Rock River turns into fog—a phenomenon known as steam fog—between Monterey Park and the former General Motors plant in Janesville as temperatures hovered around minus 25 degrees early Wednesday.
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The wind blows snow across a cornfield along South Kessler Road in Janesville.
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A vehicle travels along West Tripp Road as the sun sets behind.
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Windblown snow is illuminated by the setting sun near the intersection of West Tripp and South Kessler roads in Janesville on Tuesday.
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Windblown snow is illuminated by the setting sun near the intersection of West Tripp and South Kessler Road on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
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A frigid wind blows snow across an empty cornfield along South Kessler Road west of Janesville at sunset Tuesday.
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Ice forms on a window pane as temperatures hover just below zero on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
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Ice forms on a windowpane as temperatures hover just below zero Tuesday in Janesville. This week’s cold weather prompted many schools to close their doors.
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Ice forms on a windowpane as temperatures hover just below zero on Tuesday in Janesville.
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Water flows down a creek near Palmer Park on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Janesville.
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Mail carrier Crystal Thiele travels from house to house on her route Tuesday, January 29, 2019, in Janesville.
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Mail carrier Crystal Thiele sorts through mail as she walks from house to house Tuesday afternoon on Vista Avenue in Janesville. She says there's no trick to delivering mail in extreme temperatures, but she wears a heated head wrap and pair of socks.
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An ice fisher gets set up on Kiwanis Pond on Tuesday in Janesville.
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Jan White clears snow from his driveway Monday. Dangerously cold is expected to arrive Tuesday evening and linger into Thursday morning.
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Nathan Tearman, center, gets a little help from his younger brother behind as they shovel the driveway of their home on Monday after a winter snowstorm made its way through Janesville, Wis.
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Samuel Tearman throws snowballs at his brothers James Tearman, left, and Nathan Tearman while the two shovel the driveway of their home Monday. With temperatures expected to plummet, anyone venturing outdoors with a bare head over the next two days risks frostbite.
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The intricate details of a minuscule snowflake are seen against a dark glove moments before melting. The intricate details of ice crystals that form in the atmosphere and fall to earth. Snowflakes can possess unending beauty and detail even in a single crystal measuring only a few millimeters in diameter.
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Rose Wittnebel clears snow from the sidewalk along her block in Janesville after a night of snowfall across southern Wisconsin.
