A weekend storm despatched temperatures plunging effectively under zero within the Midwest and dumped heavy snow on elements of the Northeast on Sunday, creating many airport delays and slick roads because the Pacific Northwest braced for extra rain after days of flooding and mudslides.
Roughly 63 million People are beneath a chilly climate advisory, and round 11 million are beneath a freeze warning — primarily within the Gulf Coast states, the place such low temperatures are uncommon.
The storm started Saturday and introduced as much as a number of inches of snow within the New York-New Jersey metro space, the area’s first important snowfall of the season. Mild snow fell over elements of New England. The storm was anticipated to weaken by Sunday evening, adopted by arctic situations with in a single day windchill temperatures at or plummeting under zero levels (-18 Celsius).
As frigid air shifts from the Nice Lakes into the East Coast, there will likely be dangerously low temperatures, in keeping with forecasters. Some locations may dip all the way down to file ranges.
A father pulls his kids, Sebastian Ingham (5) and Lucas Ingham (1), on a sled throughout a snowfall, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, within the Brooklyn Borough of New York.
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Crews and contractors have been out plowing and treating roads in New Jersey, the place the state Division of Transportation suggested individuals to keep away from pointless journey. Salt spreaders and plows labored in a single day to clear snow from roads and bike lanes, the New York Metropolis Division of Sanitation posted on-line. The state of Pennsylvania quickly diminished pace limits on interstates to 45 mph (72 kph).
There have been over 1,000 flights delayed and greater than 100 cancellations at U.S. airports because of the climate, in accordance the flight monitoring web site FlightAware.
In the meantime, a blast of arctic air swept south from Canada and into elements of the northern U.S. The Nationwide Climate Service in Chanhassen, Minnesota, mentioned Sunday was the coldest morning of the season to date. It was -10 levels (-23 C) at Minneapolis-Saint Paul Worldwide Airport, with temperatures as little as -22 (-30 C) in some communities. Within the Chicago space, wind chills of -20 to -25 have been reported Sunday morning.
Within the Pacific Northwest, which has seen catastrophic flooding that has pressured 1000’s of individuals to evacuate, extra rain and wind have been anticipated within the area as early as late Sunday, forecasters mentioned.
Folks stroll across the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park throughout a snowfall on December 14, 2025, in New York Metropolis. A climate alert was issued for the Metropolis as there was a risk of snow throughout the Northeast.
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