Many Western Pennsylvania communities recorded subzero temperatures Tuesday as the region remained in the grip of one of the coldest weather snaps in nearly a decade. At 8 a.m. in Pittsburgh, the temperature was -1 with a wind chill of -16,

Steve Fazekas’ citizen weather observer station in Winfield recorded a temperature of 15 degrees below zero just after 5 a.m. Wednesday. Fazekas’ reading came in just below the Pittsburgh region’s lowest temperature on record for Wednesday’s date — minus-4 degrees Jan.

Experts tell Channel 11 that the Pittsburgh region will see more ice on the waterways than last year, and will likely see ice accumulation that rivals 2018.

The National Weather Service is warning of a prolonged period of extremely cold temperatures for Western Pennsylvania.

Only the centers in Beechview, Brighton Heights, Greenfield, Homewood, Sheraden, and on the South Side will be open Monday due to the Martin Luther King Day holiday. The remaining centers (Ammon, Arlington, Brookline, Jefferson, Magee, Ormsby, Paulson, Warrington, and West Penn) will be open on Tuesday.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An extreme cold watch has been issued for the entire Pittsburgh area next week, starting Sunday night and lasting through Thursday morning. The region could see some of the coldest air in almost a decade.

Residents in the Pittsburgh region are bracing for a cold snap this week. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a Cold Weather Advisory and is forecasting single-digit temperatures and sub-zero windchills.

If possible, stay indoors, says the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh. That's easier said than down for some whose jobs require them to be outdoors.

The National Weather Service issued an updated report at 5:58 p.m. on Tuesday for snow showers until 7 p.m. for Butler, Beaver, Allegheny and Washington counties.

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National Weather Service says a potentially dangerous Cold Wave is expected in Greater Akron starting on MLK Day. It will be a chilly Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an anticipated high of just 6 degrees. And things get more extreme and potentially dangerous from there.

Wednesday morning saw a record winter demand for electricity across the multistate regional electrical grid that includes Pennsylvania, but utilities serving western Pennsylvania said they’ve seen no power interruptions or widespread issues.