( CNN ) -- Blistering temperatures and winds battered parts of the upper Midwest on Tuesday , delivering to some states the coldest weather in decades . A chilling cold front is battering the upper Midwest and Great Lakes . On the heels of a blizzard that barreled into the Northern Plains , temperatures dropped to minus 18 degrees Fahrenheit in Minneapolis , Minnesota . In Hayward , Wisconsin , a man who was prone to sleepwalking died after exposure to the freezing temperatures there , according to CNN affiliate KDLH-TV in Duluth , Minnesota . Authorities said the man 's son reported him missing about noon Tuesday . Police told KDLH they found bare footprints leading 190 feet away from the man 's home . For Tony Williams , the temperature in Minneapolis , Minnesota , was more than his body could handle . After shoveling outside his home without gloves for 45 minutes in minus-17-degree weather , Williams suffered second-degree frostbite , according to CNN affiliate KARE-TV . `` On his finger pads , all of his fingers and his thumb , he had the formation of blisters , '' Dr. Cheryl Adkinson , an emergency physician at Hennepin County Medical Center who treated Williams , told KARE . In Grand Forks , North Dakota , the weather was severe enough to break a record temperature from 1979 , with minus 37 degrees , according to the National Weather Service . The blast of cold , snow and ice wreaked havoc on traffic throughout the Midwest . In cities across the area , schools and businesses shut their doors because of the icy temperatures , and residents tried to dig out their cars and streets . iReport.com : How is winter weather affecting you ? In Arlington Heights , Illinois , railroad worker Matt Tesh was feeling the sting of near-zero wind chills as he shoveled snow from railroad tracks Tuesday morning , CNN affiliate WGN reported . See how the storm has hit Chicago , Illinois » . Wearing several layers under his bright orange coat , he tried working without a face mask . That did n't last long . `` Two or three minutes [ without it ] , and my face was burning , '' he told WGN . In the next couple of days , forecasters are n't predicting much of a letup . The weather system , known as an `` Alberta clipper , '' is expected to bring gusty winds , plummeting temperatures and a couple of inches of snow to Chicago , Illinois , on Wednesday morning , according to the weather service . The cold system from Canada will meet a system that originated in the Arctic and will spread below-freezing temperatures across the Great Lakes area , according to CNN meteorologist Guillermo Arduino . See the forecast » . The system will bring many states in the Midwest the coldest days of the season , with hazardous wind chills . The weather service forecasters predicted snowfall of 1 to 5 inches from the Dakotas to the southern Great Lakes and even to the Northeast by the end of the week . `` Near-whiteout conditions and slick roads are expected to impact travel of all types , '' according to the weather service 's central region headquarters . After previous blasts of snow and cold , airports in Chicago , Minneapolis , Milwaukee , Wisconsin ; and Grand Rapids and Detroit , Michigan , are expected to have continuing delays , Arduino said . Temperatures in Detroit are expected to reach minus 18 degrees Wednesday and minus 12 degrees Thursday . In Minneapolis , the front will bring temperatures down to minus 21 degrees Wednesday and minus 29 degrees Thursday . In Bismarck , North Dakota , temperatures on Wednesday will dip near minus 20 , with wind chills as low as minus 45 degrees . In the next couple of days , forecasters said , the city could receive 3 to 6 inches of snow on top of the 5 inches dumped there by the last winter system .
Major winter system hits Midwest , packing heavy winds and snow . Forecasters predicting below-zero temperatures for next few days . One man dies after sleepwalking barefoot outside in Wisconsin . Man suffers frostbite after shoveling without gloves in minus 17 degree weather .