When the wind chill warning predicts wind chills of twenty four below, like today's Central New York weather forecast, do you know how to stay safe and what to do in bitter cold like this? These extreme cold safety tips from the National Weather Service are worth looking over.
While the polar vortex that has taken over the country has made life frigidly miserable for some, it's created the opportunity for fun for others.
The warmer weather is not necessarily good news for flood-prone residents of Oneida County, New York.
Minnesota is famous for very cold winters and this one is no exception. Despite the current bitter cold, a Minnesota Boy Scout is trying to sleep outside for an entire year.
January 7, 2014 The arctic blast and heavy snow caused by the polar vortex during the massive winter storm of January 2014 included a phenomenon known as thundersnow captured on the Tug Hill Plateau in Upstate New York.
January 6, 2014 It's Google's most searched term today, 'polar vortex.' So what is it, and more importantly, what is it not. The National Weather Service took to social media to dispel some rumors.
January 6, 2014 The old joke is people will buy anything and everything to eat ahead of a predicted winter storm. The winter weather heading to Upstate New York dealt a whopper of a blow to the midwest. This viral photo shows a nearly cleaned out grocery store shelf in Buffalo.
Unless you've been living in an extremely well-insulated cave, you know it's insanely cold across the country.
Old Man winter has packed a seriously cold punch lately. A "polar vortex" of frigid, dense air has blasted much of the US with frigid, sub-zero temperatures and it's not over yet. Central New Yorkers, we have a Wind Chill Warning in effect from midnight tonight until 7pm Tuesday night.
Have you ever been blasted with the snow coming from the roof of the car in front of you? Have you ever been unfortunate enough to be traveling behind one of these rude motorists? A friend (who commutes through Connecticut) and I were having a spirited conversation about following a snow covered car and getting blasted with their deliberate white out and he said "It's like someone throwing things out the window at you".
Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a Statewide state of emergency as Winter Storm Hercules has started bringing snow, sub-zero temperatures and high winds across New York State.
Those of us living in the Northeast are feeling the impact of winter storm Hercules which is bringing bitter cold and snow to millions of Americans.
