The Northeast is bracing for its coldest temperatures of the season as an arctic blast hits the Midwest after which strikes east.
On Thursday morning, the temperature is forecast to plunge to five levels in Chicago; minus 4 levels in Minneapolis; minus 1 diploma in Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin; and eight levels in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
Low Temperatures – Thursday Map
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On Friday, the temperature might fall to 1 diploma in Chicago, 8 levels in Detroit, 10 levels in Pittsburgh, 14 in Boston and 21 in New York. Chicago, Pittsburgh and Portland, Maine, might additionally report every day report lows.
Low Temperatures – Friday Map
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By the weekend, the temperature received’t be as excessive, but it surely’ll nonetheless probably really feel cooler than common within the North and Northeast. Unseasonably chilly situations within the East are anticipated once more subsequent week.

Individuals stroll on slushy streets after a winter snow storm in Pottsville, Pa., Dec. 2, 2025.
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In the meantime, within the West, winter storm alerts are in impact on Wednesday in Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico, the place 3 to 13 inches of snow is forecast.
A lot of this snow is welcome, because the mountains have been behind regular snowfall this season.
Denver might see 3 to six inches of snow on Wednesday, with totals rising in greater elevations outdoors of town.
