Published: February 22,2015
Fresh off the heels of an arctic blast that brought temperatures unexperienced in decades, the relentless parade of arctic blasts will continue with two additional cold shots dropping southward from Canada over the coming week.
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The latest round of frigid air moved southward into the Midwest and Plains on Sunday. Wind chills were in the 40s below zero in parts of North Dakota and northern Minnesota Sunday morning. Baudette, Minnesota and International Falls, Minnesota saw the lowest actual air temperatures, dipping to minus 29 degrees.
This frigid air mass will threaten many daily record lows to start the new work week. A second round of bitter cold air will arrive later in the week. We have the daily forecast details below.
Monday: Up to 30 Degrees Below Average
Monday AM Lows: Subzero temperatures expected as far south as Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. More than a dozen daily record lows will be threatened, mainly around the Great Lakes. Wind chills in the teens and 20s below zero will be common from the Upper Midwest to the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley Monday morning.Potential Daily Record Lows (current record low is in parentheses): Indianapolis (minus 1 degrees) | Cleveland (minus 4 degrees) | Buffalo (minus 6 degrees) | Flint, Michigan (minus 3 degrees)
Monday Highs: 15 to 30 degrees below average in a swath from Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas to the Northeast. Teens and single digit highs in the Great Lakes and interior Northeast. The I-95 corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C. will see highs for the day occur in the morning hours with temperatures falling thereafter.
Tuesday: Bitter Cold in the Northeast Will Threaten Records
Tuesday AM Lows: Daily record lows will be threatened in more than three dozen locations, mainly in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Lows will be in the double digits below zero in parts of Northern New England and northern New York. Lows in the single digits above and below zero in the rest of the Northeast, and in parts of the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Wind chills in the teens and 20s below zero from the Ohio Valley to New York and New England.Potential Daily Record Lows (current record low is in parentheses): Pittsburgh (minus 2 degrees) | Providence, Rhode Island (minus 3 degrees) | Charleston, West Virginia (4 degrees) | Paducah, Kentucky (9 degrees) | Indianapolis, Indiana (minus 2 degrees) | Columbus, Ohio (minus 1 degree) | Cincinnati, Ohio (minus 1 degree) | New York-LaGuardia (16 degrees)
Tuesday Highs: 10 to 25 degrees below average from the South into the Northeast. Highs will mostly be in the teens and 20s in the Northeast. 30s, 40s and low 50s will dominate the South (outside of Florida).
Wednesday-Friday: Next Round of Cold Air Arrives
As mentioned before, the cold weather pattern will persist from the Rockies eastward through late week. Here's an overview of what you can expect.(MORE: Daily Temperature Forecast Maps)
Wednesday: 10 to 25 degrees below average from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast. Highs in the teens and single digits across the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes.
Thursday: Subzero lows from the Great Lakes to the Upper Midwest and interior Northeast. Lows in the single digits and teens from the Central Plains to the Ohio Valley and Northeast. Highs hold mainly in the teens, 20s and a few single digits across the Midwest and Northeast.
Friday: 10 to 25 degrees below average in all areas east of the Rockies, except the Florida Peninsula. Teens and 20s for highs dominate much of the Midwest and Northeast once again. Lows in these areas Friday morning will mostly be in the single digits and teens. Subzero readings possible from the interior Northeast to the Great Lakes and Upper Midwest.
To see how cold it will get later this week in your city, click the link below.
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