Colder Weather on the Way for Sandy Ravaged States

By Vickie Frantz, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

November 3,2012; 4:13PM,EDT

This image of a lady in winter clothes is courtesy of Photos.com.

A cold, arctic blast of air will move into the Northeast early next week, dropping the overnight temperatures by as much as 10 degrees F.
The colder temperatures could pose a bigger problem for people who are still without electricity. As of Saturday afternoon, more than 1 million businesses or homes were still without electricity in the states of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.
Below is a breakdown of the number of electric customers in each state still waiting to have their power restored.
New Jersey
According to websites of Con Edison of New Jersey and PSE&G, as many as 688,000 of their customers are still without electric.
Some of the most heavily impacted cities are: Trenton, Lakewood, Newark and New Brunswick. These cities have at least 4,000 power company customers that are still without electricity.
Many other cities have between 1 to 3,999 reported outages.
New York
As of Saturday afternoon, as many as 280,000 of Con Edison's customers were still without electricity.
The cities of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and the Bronx are all reported to have thousands of people without electricity.
Con Edison stated on their website that they set a goal to have all the power going to schools restored by Monday, and the power for all of the polling places restored by Tuesday.
Connecticut
The Connecticut Light and Power Company reported on its website Saturday that they were still working to restore power to 103,613 of their customers.
Greenwich, Stamford, Westport and Danbury are among the cities that still have the most power outages.

Arctic Air
As the utility companies and the volunteers from other companies work hard to restore the power to those still waiting, the colder weather on the way could become a major problem.
"Overnight on Sunday, the temperatures for the Northeast will be in the upper 20s to mid-30s," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Rob Miller.
"Monday night the low temperatures will be in the mid-20s to mid-30s and there will be similar low temperatures overnight on Tuesday," Miller said.
The overnight lows in the Northeast have been in the 40s over the past week.
Be sure to follow all of the safety instructions if you plan on using a portable heater. Keep them away from things like curtains and other flammable materials.