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After days of dangerously cold wind chills, the country is about to get hit with a major warm up this weekend -- including feeling up to 100 degrees warmer from Minneapolis to Chicago and all the way to New York City.

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A historic cold blast

At least 18 people have died, including a student at the University of Iowa, in the spate of bitterly cold weather across the Midwest and Northeast this week, according to The Associated Press.

(MORE: 7 stranded on ice rescued amid biting, sub-zero Wisconsin temperatures)

During the polar invasion, more than 340 cold temperature records were broken or tied in the Midwest.

PHOTO: A sign shows the current outdoor temperature in Glenview, Ill., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. — A sign shows the current outdoor temperature in Glenview, Ill., Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019.

The coldest readings were in northern Minnesota, where two sections of the region were hit with a bone-chilling minus 56 degree temperature and minus 66 degree wind chill.

Chicago was below zero degrees for 52 consecutive hours -- the fourth-longest streak of below zero on record.

The Final Hours of the Polar Vortex, January 2019 #chicago #chiberia #news #ilwx #weather #polarvortex #winter pic.twitter.com/bVmy2mwa4n
— Barry Butler (@barrybutler9) January 31, 2019

-20F, -42F wind chill pic.twitter.com/oDcWGjMmLU
— newsburrow (@newsburrow) January 31, 2019

(MORE: 62-year-old man 'frozen solid' when he was found dead in Wisconsin backyard)

The frigid takeover paralyzed cities from Chicago to Buffalo, New York, impacting airports, roadways and schools.

Current conditions along Route 5 in Hamburg in the Hamburg Beach area pic.twitter.com/KTWt8L9Rsd
— NYSDOT Western NY (@NYSDOTBuffalo) January 31, 2019

At a Brooklyn, New York, jail, federal inmates were shivering in their cells as the facility went days without heat or electricity, according to Benjamin Yaster, an attorney with the Federal Defenders of New York.

Yaster said after a fire at the jail, his client was left in the dark in his short-sleeved jumpsuit without extra blankets or clothes.

New York City reached a temperature of 2 degrees on Thursday -- the city's coldest day in three years.

(MORE: How to stay safe in the cold as frigid temperatures hit)

Weekend warmth

Coming in after the arctic blast are temperatures that will feel 50 to 100 degrees warmer this weekend and into early next week in Minneapolis, Chicago and New York City.

Just days after wind chills in Chicago and Minneapolis were minus 50 degrees, the temperatures will climb back up to nearly 40 degrees in Minneapolis and over 50 degrees in Chicago.

(MORE: Firefighters struggle to battle blazes in brutally cold temps)

From Washington, D.C., to Boston, temperatures will soar to the mid to upper 50s -- above normal temperatures for early February.

But don't let your guard down: major temperature swings can lead to ice jams, flooded rivers, potholes and burst pipes.

(MORE: Homeless among most vulnerable as brutal cold takes over)

West Coast storms

Meanwhile, a series of strong storms will hammer the West Coast, especially California, through the weekend.

The strongest storm will move in Friday night, dumping heavy rain and heavy mountain snow across California through Saturday.

It’s only round one in a series of storms to hit SoCal in the coming days. Live coverage from all the trouble spots @ABC7 5 p.m. pic.twitter.com/h87JMSU7nz
— Michelle Tuzee (@abc7michelle) February 1, 2019

Some areas in central and southern California could see 4 to 7 inches of rain and flash flooding from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

Rainfall rates could climb to over 1 inch per hour in the Santa Barbara and Ventura County areas.

The rain is expected to hit recent burn areas, which could trigger mudslides.

PHOTO: West Coast storms — West Coast storms

ABC News' Aaron Katersky contributed to this report.

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