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U.S. NEWS Thursday 14 November 2019
Arctic blast spreads shivers from Maine to Deep South

By DAVID SHARP tion Center in College Park,
Associated Press Maryland.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The temperatures reflect a
An arctic blast that sent normal winter weather pat-
shivers across the Midwest tern that broke loose early
spread to the eastern U.S. in the season, unleashing
on Wednesday, with bitter cold air from Arctic Circle,
weather breaking records he said.
from Mississippi to Maine. “This was a wakeup call for
Cold temperatures that a lot of folks in the eastern
stretched to the Gulf Coast half of the country,” Burke
followed a snowstorm that said, noting that the east-
the National Weather Ser- ern U.S. had enjoyed warm
vice said contributed to weather in September and
nearly 30% of the country October.
being covered in snow as Record low temperatures
of Wednesday. for the date were recorded
Snowfall, slippery roads Tuesday in New York City;
and cold temperatures Buffalo, New York; Burling-
were blamed for more than ton, Vermont; Augusta,
a half-dozen deaths across Maine, and parts of Ohio.
the country since Monday. More daily records were Snow and ice accumulates on the St. Joseph Lighthouses, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, as a fall snow
In the Northeast, tempera- broken Wednesday morn- storm moves through St. Joseph, Mich. Snow and ice accumulates on the St. Joseph Lighthouses,
tures dipped to single digits ing in Burlington, Augusta, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019, as a fall snow storm moves through St. Joseph, Mich.
early Wednesday in some and several locations in Associated Press
communities. Forecasters Pennsylvania.
projected even lower tem- To the south, daily records of 22 degrees Fahrenheit Even the Gulf Coast saw and Ohio. In Chicago, the
peratures late Wednesday fell Wednesday across a (minus 6 degrees Celsius) temperatures below death of an 80-year-old
and early Thursday in some large swath of the region set in 1911. freezing, producing “sea man on Monday was clas-
locations. accustomed to milder In Greenville, Mississippi, smoke” as chilly air moved sified as the city's second
More than 200 records have weather. the temperature dropped over warmer water. cold-related death of the
fallen since Monday, and The temperature dropped to 17 degrees Fahrenheit The cold air followed heavy season, officials said.
the number is expected to to 18 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 8 degrees Celsius), snow that reached as far In southwestern Michigan,
exceed 300 by the time the (minus 8 degrees Celsius) breaking a record of 23 south as Tennessee. Bad a man died Tuesday after
cold snap ends, said Pat- in Birmingham, Alabama, degrees Fahrenheit (minus conditions were blamed getting trapped beneath
rick Burke, lead forecaster early Wednesday, break- 5 degrees Celsius) set 108 for road deaths since Mon- machinery he was using to
at NOAA’s Weather Predic- ing the previous low record years ago, officials said. day in Michigan, Kansas clear snow, officials said.q