Record cold is spreading across the central and eastern U.S. and about 220 million Americans will braze through freezing temperatures Tuesday morning. Temperatures across the state were as much as 50 degrees below the early March average, in many cases.
As per the National Weather Service, the highs on Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to be roughly 15 to 30 degrees below early March averages for most locations east of the Rocky Mountains. On Monday, dozens of record lows were set all the way from Washington state to Texas.
Wind chills were also unimaginably cold across the northern Plains. Temperatures dipped to almost 60 below zero in some spots. The temperatures in Texas on Monday were record cool for early March. The cold, though less intense, will spill toward the East Coast and Southeast on Tuesday.
Due to the cold, the snow that hit the Northeast Sunday and Monday will stick around for a few days. Boston saw about 10 inches of snow. Parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts saw up to 16 inches, as per the National Weather Service.
As per AccuWeather, chilly and unsettled weather can remain the theme in California and most of the West for the middle of March.
March is going to see Americans shiver again.
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