In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what does that mean? The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring ...

It's a chilly start to 2025 for many as an expanding polar vortex is expected to bring dangerously low temperatures to the eastern half of the U.S. While it's too early for precise measurements ...

NEW YORK CITY - As a wave of extreme cold grips the U.S. this weekend, many are wondering about the polar vortex – a phenomenon responsible for plunging temperatures and icy conditions.

If there’s one thing that’s (almost) as reliable as a disappointing January for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s the possible arrival of a polar vortex to start off the year. As of Monday morning ...

It's about to get very, very cold for lots of Americans. A series of blasts of polar vortex air from the north will bring subfreezing temperatures as well as ice and snowstorms to 40 US states ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Gillian Henry/Getty A polar vortex is about to impact the United States and deliver what the National Weather Service has described as “the ...

A polar vortex is set to bring weeks of icy temperatures to the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. “This could end up being the coldest January since 2011 for the U.S. as a whole,” said ...

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An expanding polar vortex is expected to lower temperatures across the eastern half of the U.S., with the potential for record-breaking cold in January. Dangerously cold weather from the Arctic is ...

The Mid-Atlantic is in for plummeting temps in the new year. A polar vortex, a massive pocket of frigid air that swirls in place over the North Pole, is expected to spill out and push Arctic temps ...

Time to bundle up, Big Apple. A polar vortex moving across the eastern half of the United States is set to bring shockingly cold temps to New York City — along with a potential snowstorm.