At least 72 record low temperatures were set Friday morning, all the way from Marquette, Mich. (minus 26 degrees) to Miami (42 degrees)....
At least 72 record low temperatures were set Friday morning, all the way from Marquette, Mich. (minus 26 degrees) to Miami (42 degrees).
In Minnesota, the community of Cotton posted an overnight low of minus 42 degrees, without the wind-chill factor, the National Weather Service reports. In western Pennsylvania, temperatures dipped to minus 18 degrees in some areas.
"An eddy of the polar vortex is leading to the coldest weather of this recent cold spell, creating a deep layer of bitterly cold air, along with gusty winds," said meteorologist David Hamrick of the weather service's Weather Prediction Center.
Lynchburg, Va., plummeted to minus 11 degrees Friday morning, setting a new all-time record low, the Weather Channel reported. Flint, Mich., tied its all-time record low of minus 25, while Cleveland set an all-time February low of minus 17.
Washington's Reagan National Airport registered a 6-degree low on Friday, beating a 119-year-old record low for the day of 8 degrees. New York City's Central Park dipped to 2 degrees, breaking a 1950 mark of 7 degrees.
Baltimore's airport posted a low of 2 degrees, besting the previous record of 4 degrees set in 1979.
