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Subscribe to RSSAcross the nation weather is colder than normal, creating icy roads, arctic wind chills and sub-zero conditions. NBC's Kevin Tibbles reports.
Updated at 11 p.m. ET: Be jealous, Midwesterners and Northeasterners: On Tuesday, Phoenix broke a record with highs of 81 degrees. Wednesday's forecast calls for 82 with a smattering of clouds.
Meanwhile, the Midwest continues to shiver under some of its coldest weather in years, and New England braced for temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees including the wind chill factor and up to a foot of snow.
An “Alberta Clipper” drawing arctic air southward from Canada has brought gusty winds and snow to a long line of states atop the country from North Dakota to northern Maine, creating treacherous driving conditions.
Temperatures plummeted below zero by double digits in the western Great Lakes region and northern Maine, and dozens of degrees below zero when the wind chill was taken into account, according to the National Weather Service.
Parts of North Dakota, Minnesota and Maine were expected to see wind chills approaching 50 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service.
Major Great Lakes cities such as Chicago and Detroit struggled just to hit the teens Tuesday, and lake-effect snows were likely to continue in areas south of all five major lakes, Weather.com reported.
Cities along the I-95 corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C. had high temperatures only in the 20s Tuesday.
In New York, the peak of the “cold wave” were expected to chill the tri-state area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, as low temperatures plunged into the low single digits throughout the area, NBCNewYork.com reported.
Forecasters said wind chills below zero were possible for Wednesday morning, so it could feel like negative 25 degrees outside, NBCNewYork.com reported.
The cold weather has already been blamed for at least one death as vehicles crashed in difficult conditions.
In Ohio alone, at least three interstate pileups injured dozens and left a 12-year-old girl dead.
Parts of Connecticut were hit with snow, as were areas north of New York City and along the coast, according to NBCNewYork.com.
NBCConnecticut.com said most of the state got a coating of snow.
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A multiple-vehicle accident tied up the Strawberry Mansion Bridge in Philadelphia.
As a low-pressure system off the New England coasts pulls the cold blast eastward, northern Massachusetts and parts of Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine could see up to a foot of snow, a difficult Tuesday morning commute and uncomfortable wind chills, The Weather Channel reported.
In Pennsylvania, icy roads caused by the rush of bitter wind contributed to accident after accident, along with road closures and warnings to drivers to stay home or be extremely careful, NBCPhiladelphia.com reported.
Though much of the snow is forecast to move out to sea by Tuesday afternoon, the cold weather doesn’t appear to be ready to leave.
High temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast appear set to remain below freezing -- in most cases in the teens or below --until the weekend at least, the weather service predicts.
NBC News staff writer Isolde Raftery contributed reporting.
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I hope people will check on their neighbors and their loved ones to make sure they are OK in this cold weather. Hopefully in a couple of months we will see spring coming in, with warmer days and nights. Can hardly wait. Hate this 25 degree weather at night and only in the 40's during the day.
With windchill it is -5 right now, won't make it past 13 degrees today. Brrrrrrr!
It's about 20 here in NJ today with a high of about 26. Tonight it's going down to about 12.
Piece a cake man. Dress in layers, that's all.....
cory, live out west? I know it's freakin' colder out there man. Hang tough dude....
gm Creek Dog
50's in Denver .... probably because football season is over.
GM CD and Denver
Home in JAX for a couple of weeks and it is 45 and expected to go down to 32 tonight - Seasonal Weather for here, though.
Right now it's -4° (with wind chill is -21°).
I keep asking myself why I live in southeast Wisconsin!!
City of Pittsburgh, actual 5 degrees, 15 mph winds out of west, wind chill now -9.
Creek dog, it's comin your way
Y'all are nuts! Either that or very very brave, just got off the phone with my cousin (He's in Fargo, ND) it's -17 there. I think I'll keep my high of 68 I have comin today. Y'all stay warm and stay safe!
If it gets hot - climate change. If it gets cold - climate change. If it rains - climate change. If it DOESN'T rain - climate change. If ice melts - climate change. If ice FREEZES - climate change.
Seems to me the climate has been changing for thousands of years.
BTW, when Al Gore said in 1999 "Snowfalls are now just a thing in the past" was he intentionally not telling the truth or just doesn't know?
He made that statement after a photo-op and .....He was talking about his own.
SallyAnn - We'll take the low of 25 and high of 40's right about now in MN. It was -17 air temp, who knows what the wind chill was at dawn here.
Having said that, we haven't had it this cold for a couple of years so I'm not really whining. Car starts, good furnace, etc ~ I have a feeling we'll survive.
The really odd and scary thing is the heat here in Colorado!! 60 today and 65 tomorrow, I fear a bad summer again......
And this is news, how exactly? It's January, the mid-west and north east or cold, So/ it happens almost every winter. last year was the exception. This is just normal cold and Gee it's snowing go figure. Oh wait, it's that whole climate change thing causing it, right? That must what makes this news worthy. pffffft.
If it gets any hotter from global warming the planet is going to incinerate...
Just be thankful we're in the grip of Global Warming ; can you imagine how cold it would get without that moderating influence. We might be back in a new Ice Age.
Oh good Lord!!! And think that my AC is on right now...
wow and just to think my dogs are panting with heat exhaustion from a small walk outside phoenix...its like 85!!!
and who in the hell would be homeless in those states when you got phoenix being all warm and *stuff ;)
we already had winter, it was on Jan 12th..started about 7am, ended about midnight
Just think about that for a moment.. Warm weather low social safety net equals no homeless. Cold weather and high social safety net equals high homeless... Makes you go hmm
During my 1st year in Calgary it was 40 below with a 40 mph wind. That was in 1961.
Ah, the changeability of weather. Weekend before last, here in Denver, it struggled to get up to 10 degrees on the day of the playoff game and went down to -12 at night. But the cold air gradually pulled away and went to New England. Supposed to get to 64 today and 67 tomorrow.
I uncovered my grill! Let's enjoy it while it lasts!!
That is scary for us Coloradoans!!
Where is the global warming ? Actually have read some studies that say global warming will actually create mini ice ages.
It is NOT global warming. It is NATURE. It is CLIMATE CHANGE. Global warming is a ploy to get more tax money out of us.
People, weather changes. Nothing else to it.
Frank ====== Then why isn't it called Global Cooling if it's going to create ice ages?
Frank-3784028, Even the low information liberal voters now know that global warming is a hoax. You can't slip in your inane comments about mini ice ages caused by global warming. You think you're being sly, but it's really disingenuous. Even some of the leading global warming alarmists have now said that they've looked everywhere ( as if it were hiding somewhere)and they couldn't find any evidence of warming. Most reputable scientists believe that we're now experiencing global cooling. It's more likely that all weather patterns are cyclical and man cannot change this one way or another. Food for thought Frank, If there is global warming and the seas are rising, why has Algore bought a mansion on a beachfront in California?
Global warming activists are like the weatherman who always says that there is a 50% chance of precipitation. He is always right! The same is true with the "Global Warming" fanatics. No matter what happens with the weather they MUST be right because they say so!
It's global colding in Washington, DC today. Stay safe out there and check on the elderly to make sure they have what they need. Burrrrrr!
Woke up to 5 degrees -15 chill in the subs of BUF.
Just north of Jamestown it is 3 degrees, -22 wind chill, and 13 inches of snow overnight at 8:00 AM.
Its' tough all over. Down in the low 40s here last week in Nawlins area. Sure glad I left Randolph even if it is cold down here.
Here's the reality , to the proponents of Global Warming , if it was a balmy 60 degrees in Minnesota today they would say it was because of GW , when it's a frigid -60 degrees they say it's because of Global Warming. No matter what temperature occurs they claim it is evidence of GW. This is not science since in their eyes under no scenario can it be disproved. If we had definitive evidence of daily air temperature for the past 5000 years rather than only the past 100 or so years , it would be clear we are just experiencing normal fluctuations of weather.
Well, here in Duluth MN, NWS says we're at -21.4F and that's without windchill (-43 w/). Same as yesterday. Not going to lie and say it's no big deal but it wouldn't be winter without a week or two of this type of weather.
Makes us tougher or just plain crazy for living here. But, once we get through this, the spring, summer and falls are the best.
I'm not sure what I hate more - the cold or the snow. Easier to drive in just cold than snow.
Mad in MN, I think you are correct in that we have 3 decent seasons that get us through the winer.
Right on Drew! I live in Proctor. No school for the kids but I sure haven't seen many of them outside today.
This is a disaster ! Washington will help !
It is snowing in Buffalo. Who would have thought that?
Time to get your googles out, before your eyes freeze!
It MUST be global warming!!
It doesn't work like that.
Don't you know that once the phony data was outed the name got changed to "Climate Change".
Sheesh don't you watch ANYTHING other than the History channel?
Al's still making millions on his "Cap and Trade" exchange though so Climate change is still good...
Remember this weather well - soooo glad I live in Nevada - 66 today and 70 by the end of the week - we had a week of cold and then it was gone!
I don't understand why this is news. It IS wintertime and in the winter it gets cold and we have snow. The parts of the country that are "making the news" have these conditions every winter and those that live in these climates should have taken the proper steps to survive. It's like the flooding in the spring--it happens every year, not news.
If this kind of story upsets you, why do you read them? It's a little human interest story. Of course we in the cold areas prepare for them. Don't be so provincial.
Now that the weather channel is starting to name every storm, not just hurricanes, it's news everytime the weather even twitches one degree up or down.
well here in Alaska, we had snow the end of July. Mother nature is pissed @ all of us.
Can't say that I blame her...
Soooo glad I live in Nevada - one week or so of cold - 66 today and 70 by end of the week!
OK, OK, joke's over. Two weeks ago I foolishly said that this was a nice cold, but pleasant winter. Then, I awoke this morning to mind blowing cold. And of course, the commuter train was late,....mechanical problems due to cold,..... Tonight the temperature will be in the minus range with howling winds........Why didn't I just SHUT UP ?
I'm in northern Maine this is the kind of winter were surposed to have its good for the enviroment it will mean a good growing season for us next year.We have seen 50 below before no big deal was hoping for more then a foot of snow though. although I think we might get more then that.
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If this and Sandy don't convince people about global warming, nothing will.
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yep...there was never a storm in the Atlantic or cold in winter BEFORE ....damn global....er i mean "climate change"...
How is a snap of cold weather supposed to convince anyone of global warming?
How is Sandy for that matter? It wasn't even a cat 1 hurricane when it made landfall.
Living in NJ my whole life, honestly, this winter is nowhere near as bad as we've had. I remember in the 90's getting 2+ feet of snow in one shot. This winter we've only had one true snowfall and it accumulated a whopping 1.5 inches. Newsflash, we live in the North East, in winter it gets COLD here and in summer it gets hot and humid, that's nothing new. Neither was Sandy, the difference with Sandy wasn't it's strength, but how and where it hit land here in NJ.
nothing new here-1200374, I think the people are convinced that global warming or as you low info libs now call it climate change is nothing but a giant anti-capitalist hoax. All evidence has lined up against you and all the other little warming propagandists. Food for thought nothing new here and you're right about that by the way, Why did Algore buy a beachfront mansion in California if he believes that warming has caused the seas to rise?
It was -19 temperature, not wind chill when I got in my car this morning. Please tell me where this "Global Warming" is. I could barley get my gas grill lit last night. I'm not kidding, grilled steaks and it was -7 when I did it. I love Minnesota. :)
Well, Neil, I guess one slips through now and then......
-11 on my way to work in central VT. and today is supposed to be the mild day for the week.
by the way it's 10am here in northern maine atm and -4 probebly add another negative 8 up buy fort kent
High 70's here in Peoria, AZ. today!!!
Damn "Climate Change", you are suppose to be on the beach in the winter now just ask Barack!
Call in the Government, Barack will be there soon to rescue you! Hate to say it but mother nature change is really slow even with Al Gores help and the internet. Just declare a state of emergency and all will be well until next winter.....
Just keep burning that nat. gas-get the surplus down. Could be 60s here in Oklahoma today.
better call the Obama. more evidence of global warming:)
Your first name suits you well. This is a weather story and yet, some fools are so full of hatred that they spew rather then sticking to the topic.
more evidence to support the global warming hoax:)