Every state but Hawaii, California and Florida is likely to get a taste of wind chills of 20 degrees or colder.

Meteorologists warn that the coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy and prolonged exclamation point ...

As the polar vortex stretches its icy grip, America braces for a winter like no other. Discover the forces behind this ...

The coldest burst of Arctic air this season is coming to put an icy exclamation point on America's winter of repeated polar vortex invasions, meteorologists warn. And it will stay frozen there all ...

Amy Butler and Laura Ciasto with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration run a polar vortex blog on NOAA's Climate.gov site. The scientists examined the polar vortex last week prior to ...

[Image: NOAA] The January 2024 Arctic cold blast fit into this pattern, with the polar vortex stretched so far over the U.S. in the lower stratosphere that it had nearly split in two. There are ...

Some recent research has linked these polar vortex stretching events to climate change. According to NOAA polar vortex expert Amy Butler, the hypothesis is “that melting Arctic sea ice [due to ...

NOAA/NWS Northern Minnesota would see temperatures ... According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 ...

The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure and ... On Feb. 20, 2015, it reached minus-17 degrees. According to NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee, the record for Ohio is minus-39 ...

NOAA data shows temperatures have been below ... Residents are urged to stay informed through local weather updates, as the polar vortex is expected to disrupt travel and create hazardous conditions.