We have one more day of this arctic chill across the parts of the United States.
The jackets, scarves, and beanies won't be needed from Midwest to the Northeast after Sunday.
The arctic air wraps up from the Northeast and Southeast Sunday morning.
Parts of Florida will wake up to freezing temperatures on Sunday.
Highs will reach 15 to 25 degrees below the average for numerous spots, although this arctic surge won’t be as powerful as the previous one.
And by Monday, temperatures should be closer to normal for this time of the year.
The arctic air has been enough to tie or break dozens of record cold temperatures over the past few days–not just morning lows, but afternoon highs.
Sunday morning saw temperatures as low as -20 to -40 degrees in northern and northeast Montana. Saco, Mont., dropped to -51 degrees, and subzero lows reached as far south as Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and parts of Indiana, according to Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.
The Associated Press reports the winter weather over the past two weeks is blamed for at least 45 deaths. That includes 14 in Tennessee alone, where 9 inches of snow fell around Nashville. Three people in Oregon were electrocuted by a live power line that fell on a car, and five people in Seattle died from exposure to cold.
Brutal cold earlier in the week made Monday’s Iowa caucuses the coldest ever, and heavy lake-effect snow and intense wind gusts forced the Steelers-Bills NFL game to be postponed from its original kickoff. A storm system on the leading edge of the cold dropped accumulating snow as far south as Arkansas and northern Mississippi, whereas much as six inches fell.
This week's arctic waves have easily been the coldest of the season so far. Check your local forecast to see how cold you'll get, and take a look at the stories below to be ready for the bitter blast.
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