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During the 2014 January polar vortex, more than 20 people across the country died from the cold as places like Georgia — which rarely see serious cold — dealt with lows under 10 degrees ...
December 20, 2024 at 3:00 AM. You've likely heard the term "polar vortex" virtually every winter since it first entered into popular culture during a bitterly cold January a decade ago.
The polar vortex is a large area of cold air and low pressure that normally spins over the North and South Poles. During the winter months and when the jet stream allows, this cold air can drop ...
The polar vortex is also thought to have had effects in Europe. For example, the 2013–14 United Kingdom winter floods were blamed on the polar vortex bringing severe cold in the United States and Canada. [8] Similarly, the severe cold in the United Kingdom in the winters of 2009–10 and 2010–11 were also blamed on the polar vortex. [9]
This will be the 10th time this winter that the polar vortex — which keeps the coldest of Arctic air penned in at the top of the world — stretches like a rubber band to send some of that big chill south, said Judah Cohen, seasonal forecast director at the private firm Atmospheric and Environmental Research. In a normal winter, it happens ...
Is the polar vortex coming? Looking ahead, much colder air is predicted to arrive in waves across the central, eastern and southern U.S. over the first week to 10 days of January.
The winter storm on December 20 over the Northeastern United States, developed from an Alberta clipper low. At the start of the winter solstice on December 20–21, a developing winter storm off the coast of the United States ended up bringing the first accumulating snowfall to many regions of the Northeast and parts of New England as well. [30]
Part of the 2024–25 North American winter The January 2025 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that brought extremely cold temperatures to a majority of the Lower 48 of the continental United States , as well as the countries of Canada and Mexico as well throughout most of January 2025.