Forecast high temperatures for the United States for Wednesday,
January 5, 2010. (NWS) Bitter cold has gripped much of the United
States as well as the Northern Hemisphere. See pictures of the
cold weather from across the globe in the slideshow below.
Bitter cold gripped much of the United States in recent days and many places will be getting colder as the week progresses. Nearly two thirds of the nation from the Rocky Mountains east were experiencing unusually cold weather.
Cold, Arctic air being pulled from the north plunged temperatures below freezing in places as far south as Florida. In Miami, residents accustomed to short sleeve shirts and shorts bundled up as temperatures dropped to freezing. Further north in the state, Orlando saw a low temperature of 21 degrees.
Across the Midwest, temperatures plunged to well below freezing as parts of Iowa recorded temperatures as low as -15 degrees. Jeff Johnson, National Weather Service meteorologist, told the Des Moines Register, “"We're a solid 30 degrees below normal.” Minneapolis, Minnesota and Chicago, Illinois were seeing wind chills below 0 degrees Tuesday morning.
The National Weather Service issued hard freeze warnings across parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida as the cold threatened the agriculture industry in those states. Freeze watches in Tennessee highlighted the severe cold and came on the heels of reports that four people have died in that state from the cold.
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Another blast of cold air is expected to arrive over the plains tomorrow and continue to bring cold to areas further east as it progresses. Denver is expecting high temperatures well below freezing for the rest of the week as are many other places in the Great Plains.
The unusually cold weather is not just affecting North America as it has also gripped Europe and Asia. Britain, Spain, Korea and China all have seen snow and cold not experienced in decades. For more details on the international weather, please visit the Natural Disasters Examiner.
The slideshow below has a look at the cold weather across the Northern Hemisphere.
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