Record Breaking Cold Snap Freezes the Northeast U.S. Sunday Morning

Written by Meteo Expert Josef Lukas

The well advertised arctic intrusion into the Northeast U.S. broke many temperature records Sunday morning, including in Watertown, New York which dropped to a frigid -37°F shattering the old record of -30°F set in 1979. In total, seventeen states east of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to Virginia to Maine had at least one observation with a temperature below zero early Sunday.  Every state in the Northeast had temperatures drop below zero Sunday morning with many locations falling to -10°F or lower.

Low Temps Sunday
Low temperatures across the Northeast from Sunday morning, February 14th. Source for the temperature data is the National Weather Service Mesonet

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Blizzard conditions and snow coming to the Northeast

Written by Meteo Expert Josef Lukas

There is a rapidly intensifying low that is pushing into the Northeast Monday into Tuesday which is causing a threat for snowfall totals to reach 12 inches. The main focal point is the Cape Cod area which will have blizzard like conditions and snowfall totals ranging from 6-12 inches.
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Growing Snow Threat for the Eastern Carolinas

Written by Meteo Expert Josef Lukas

Rain will mix with and in some spots change over completely to snow tonight into Sunday over the eastern Carolinas.  Many areas will see around an inch of snow, but some lucky snow seekers could see 2 inches or more in isolated heavier bands.

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