Bitter cold expected until New Year in Midwest and Northeast
Posted December 26, 2017 6:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - A white Christmas for much of the Northeast and Midwest has given way to bitter cold until the New Year.
Chicago-area National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley says to expect colder-than-normal temperatures the rest of the week.
Temperatures hovered around zero degrees in Chicago on Tuesday.
Meteorologists warn of sub-zero frigid arctic air and dangerously cold wind chills.
Wind chill advisories or warnings are in effect for all of North Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as swaths of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana.
Wind chill advisories are also in effect for parts of Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York. Meteorologists say frostbite is possible with as little as 30 minutes of exposure.
Tim Christmore uses a rake to get his canoe through the ice-covered Little Arkansas River in Wichita, Kan., on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. (Fernando Salazar/The Wichita Eagle via AP)
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With temperatures hovering around zero, a few hardy souls celebrated the season, and the fresh man made snow at Buck Hill in Burnsville, Minn., Tuesday, Dec.25, 2017. (Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via AP)
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With temperatures hovering around zero, a few hardy souls celebrated the season, and the fresh man made snow at Buck Hill in Burnsville, Minn., Tuesday, Dec.25, 2017. (Brian Peterson/Star Tribune via AP)
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A man clears snow on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Erie, Pa. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland says Monday's storm brought 34 inches of snow, an all-time daily snowfall record for Erie. Another 19 inches fell before dawn Tuesday, making the greatest two-day total in commonwealth history. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)
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Annie Logan, 16, and Katy Church, 15, visit Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, at the Root Note in La Crosse, Wis. where condensation froze to the windows in a sign of the frigid temperatures outside. (Peter Thomson/La Crosse Tribune via AP)
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Rochelle Carlotti, 28, shovels steps near her home after a record snowfall on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Erie, Pa. The National Weather Service office in Cleveland says Monday's storm brought 34 inches of snow, an all-time daily snowfall record for Erie. (Greg Wohlford/Erie Times-News via AP)
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Maryann Sander, a teacher in southeast Wisconsin, gets out of the cold at Stone Creek Coffee as single digit bitter cold temperatures spread across southeast Wisconsin Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
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Elizabeth Gallagher and Ian Fullmer, 10, Glendale, enjoy sledding and time with their dog Cocoa along Lake Front Drive as single digit bitter cold temperatures spread across southeast Wisconsin Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017. (Rick Wood/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
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The Sheboygan lighthouse looks lonely among the steam rising from Lake Michigan due to the cold morning temperatures, Tuesday Dec. 26, 2017, at Sheboygan, Wis. (Gary C. Klein/The Post-Crescent via AP)
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Birds take flight over the frigid waters below the Rum River Dam, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Anoka, Minn. Wind chill advisories or warnings are in effect for all of North Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as swaths of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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Birds swim beneath the Rum River Dam, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in Anoka, Minn. Wind chill advisories or warnings are in effect for all of North Dakota and Wisconsin, as well as swaths of South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Indiana. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP)
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A duck flies over small patches of ice and rising steam from the Mississippi River, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, near Heim's Mill in St. Cloud, Minn. Minnesota experienced its most frigid Christmas Day since 1996, with wind chills as cold as 35 degrees below zero, KSTP-TV reported. The National Weather Service warned that those whose skin was exposed in such conditions could get frostbite in as little as 15 minutes. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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Geese float on small patches of open water on the Sauk River near Heim's Mill Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017, in St. Cloud, Minn. Minnesota experienced its most frigid Christmas Day since 1996, with wind chills as cold as 35 degrees below zero, KSTP-TV reported. The National Weather Service warned that those whose skin was exposed in such conditions could get frostbite in as little as 15 minutes. (Dave Schwarz/St. Cloud Times via AP)
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