New York – Northeast Wakes Up To Record Cold

New York – Much of the northeastern United States woke up to record cold.

The National Weather Service says the temperature in New York City’s Central Park on Sunday was minus-1, a record low for the date. The last time it got below zero in Central Park was in January 1994.

Boston reached minus-9, breaking the record set in 1934 by 6 degrees. It reached minus-16 in Worcester, Massachusetts, breaking the 1979 record of 11 below zero. Providence, Rhode Island, and Hartford, Connecticut, also tallied record lows.

In Montpelier, Vermont, the overnight temperature hit minus-19, tying a record set in 2003.

Temperatures were expected to climb before a winter storm already bringing snow to the Midwest moves into the region for the start of the work week.