The cold air lumbered south from Canada and has reached as far as Kansas and Missouri, where residents have felt the effects of single-digit temperatures.
In the Midwest, temperatures actually rose in International Falls, Minn., today -- up to a less-than-toasty 31 degrees below zero from its record-breaking minus 40 degrees Tuesday. Subzero temperatures are expected to remain in International Falls until Friday.
Dangerous as venturing out in such cold can be, Don Mandolin of Fargo, N.D, braved themius 28 degree temperatures to do his job as a refueler. He told "Good Morning America" he's seen worse, but not by much.
"Coldest it's ever been at work? I think it was 31 below. When it's that cold, your eyes start tearing and the facial hair freezes instantly. So you're an icicle," he told "Good Morning America." "Working here is an adventure."
For others in North Dakota, it has not been a dry cold either.
More than 60 inches of snow have fallen so far on Bismark, causing businesses to close but keeping snowplow drivers busy.
"It's hard on the home life, but we're keeping the roads open," 20-year snowplower Mike Stebbins told the AP.
For Midwestern farmers, bitter cold threatens their livestock and livelihoods. John Danielson smashed through ice on his water troughs so that his cattle could drink.
"I had the [troughs] open this morning and they froze over. There was an inch of ice on them already," he said. "We're very concerned with the wind and the snow. It's tough on the animals."
In New York state, Coast Guard ships broke ice along the Hudson River today to keep the path clear for vital shipments, including heating oil, that travel between Albany and New York City.
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