The frigid temperatures that are blanketing much of the province are expected to stick around for the next week or so.
Temperatures will warm up a bit by mid-week before plunging once again heading into the weekend.
Environment and Climate Change Canada Meteorologist Stephen Berg says there is light at the end of the tunnel.
"With the longer-range forecast, conditions get closer and closer to seasonal values by the end of next week," he commented.
The normal daytime high for this time of year is around minus three degrees.
An extreme cold warning was issued for much of the province over the weekend, with wind chill values forecast in the range of minus 40 to minus 45.
The low for Monday night for Red Deer is minus 27, with wind chills possibly dipping down to minus 38, resulting in a risk of frostbite.
Berg says those extremely cold wind chill values could extend into Tuesday and possibly return later in the week.
Several school divisions cancelled classes and buses on Monday due to the cold conditions.
Central Alberta could see a couple of centimeters of snow Monday night into Tuesday.
Berg explained what's bringing the cold arctic air down into the region.
"It's kind of a big upper trough that's covering much of Canada at the moment," he said. "There's quite a ridge over western B.C. but then along the Rockies, the downward part of the trough, it's coming all the way down towards Idaho and Wyoming."
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