US weather latest: Winter Storm Grayson blasts America with historic cold as 'bomb cyclone' sees temperatures plunge to -35C
Wind chill in New Hampshire's White Mountains will make it feel like -75C, National Weather Service warns
Temperatures in the US plummeted to historic lows overnight as parts of the country were subjected to -35C conditions.
The East Coast has seen little respite from the Arctic conditions since Winter Storm Grayson strengthened at an astonishing rate to become a “bomb cyclone”, dumping 18 inches of snow on parts of the US.
The weather service has issued wind chill warnings for parts of Vermont, New York, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Maine and New Hampshire, with the wind chill factor making it feel like -75C in the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
Meterologists say temperatures in the Berkshire mountains in western Massachusetts could feel like a frosty -37C, other parts of New Hampshire and Maine could experience -42C, and Vermont’s mountain regions could feel like -45C.
“It’s definitely cold and the type of bone-chilling cold that happens every few years,” said Dan Hofmann, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Baltimore. He added that the last time such extreme cold occurred was in February 2015.
Temperatures will reach close to zero from Philadelphia to Boston on Saturday night, with wind chills making it feel like -10C to -20C. Milder climes will not escape the cold either, with the mercury dipping into the single digits in Baltimore and Washington DC over the weekend.
