{"id":3031,"date":"2026-02-08T18:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2026-02-08T18:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T18:20:25","slug":"nyc-is-colder-than-antarctica-as-worst-winter-chill-in-20-years-pummels-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heightshowtime.com\/?p=3031","title":{"rendered":"NYC is colder than Antarctica as worst winter chill in 20 years pummels Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York City is colder than parts of Antarctica on Sunday \u2014 after brutal, life-threatening winds\u00a0swept across much of the Northeast and New England<\/a>\u00a0over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Temperatures hit 3 degrees in the city on Sunday, with bitter wind chills dragging the real feel temperatures to 14 degrees below zero. Parts of the northeast reported wind chills that hit 40-below.<\/p>\n

Rare Extreme Cold Warnings have been issued for more than 43 million people,\u00a0including major metro areas such as New York<\/a>\u00a0and Philadelphia, through Sunday evening by the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

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People are bundled up in Midtown Manhattan Sunday.N.Y.Post\/Chad Rachman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A woman walks through a snow-covered park in Brooklyn when an \u2018extreme cold warning\u2019 is in effect on Saturday.Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person uses a blanket to keep warm outside during staggeringly low temperatures in New York.Olga Fedorova\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wind chills are dragging the real feel temperatures to 14 degrees below zero.N.Y.Post\/Chad Rachman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe last time [New York City] had a warning issued similar to what we have this morning was in 2004,\u201d\u00a0FOX Weather<\/a>\u00a0Meteorologist Stephen Morgan said Friday.<\/p>\n

Antartica, by contrast, was a balmy 21 degrees at McMurdo Station \u2014 18 degrees warmer than the frozen Big Apple.<\/p>\n

New Yorkers can thank a blast of Arctic air that is heading south from the frozen tundra north of Hudson Bay, Canada, for the latest round of winter misery.<\/p>\n

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A woman covered up in single degree temperatures glances over at another wearing lacy shorts.N.Y.Post\/Chad Rachman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bryant Park fountain was partially frozen Sunday morning.N.Y.Post\/Chad Rachman<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIn many parts of the Northeast away from the coast, this prolonged stretch of cold is the most extreme in at least the last decade and, in some areas, the last two decades,\u201d\u00a0AccuWeather<\/a>\u00a0Senior Director of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany locations will end up with a streak of days below freezing that falls into the top 10 longest such streaks on record,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

This weekend is set to be the coldest day in what has already been a record cold snap, the worst in over two decades.<\/p>\n

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Despite the rising death toll amid winter conditions, Mayor Mamdani has refused to force homeless people off the streets and into shelters.James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A person sits on the street at 63rd St. and Lexington Ave. on Saturday.James Keivon for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An unhoused person sleeps inside a subway train car on Saturday.OLGA FEDOROVA\/EPA\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe deep freeze is returning to the northeastern United States this weekend,\u201d AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe combination of Arctic air and gusty winds could make it feel colder than any other point so far this winter for many in the region,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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So far this year, at least 17 people have died outside in New York City \u2014 with 13 confirmed to have perished from hypothermia.<\/p>\n

Despite the rising death toll, Mayor Mamdani has\u00a0refused to force homeless people off the streets<\/a>\u00a0and into shelters.<\/p>\n

Warming shelters have been opened in other major cities including Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Boston, where Mayor Michelle Wu issued a cold weather emergency for the city lasting through Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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