As projected, no warming trend is anticipated before February 7th.
Sub-zero air temperatures are set to persist for 15 consecutive days. Meteorologists have emphasized that this constitutes the longest stretch of abnormal cold recorded in the last 65 years.
They brought to mind that periods of intensely cold weather lasting 15 days in a row occurred in New York back in 1881, and a 16-day cold spell took place in 1961.
This current cold snap is attributed to a high-pressure system centered over Greenland. Due to the specific airflow patterns within this anticyclone, Arctic cold is pushing significantly southward, sustaining freezing conditions across the central and eastern United States.
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