Wind chill drops to -55 in Laramie

DENVER (AP) - It was a bitterly cold end to 2014 in parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.

The coldest spot appeared to be Laramie, Wyoming, where the wind chill reached down to 55 degrees below zero in Laramie, Wyoming early Wednesday.

The National Weather Service says the wind chill was negative 31 in Cheyenne, Wyoming and minus 48 in Scottsbluff in the Nebraska Panhandle at 4 a.m

In Colorado, the weather service says many northern and central towns, including Craig, Hayden, Aspen and Grand Junction, ended 2014 with their lowest temperatures of the year.

Temperatures are expected to get into the 20s across the region later in the day.