Coldest Christmas in decades is possible for parts of US: What to expect
Even the south will be below freezing on Friday.
It's time to bundle up: this could be the coldest Christmas in decades for parts of the country.
Here's the latest forecast:
In Cheyenne, Wyoming, the temperature dropped 43 degrees in just 1 hour.
Denver fell to a low of minus 24 on Thursday with a high of minus 6, making it the coldest day in the city since 1983. The Denver Coliseum has been converted into a 24/7 warming center.
On Friday, the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- is forecast to plunge to a bone-chilling minus 33 degrees in Chicago and minus 27 degrees in Kansas City.
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Even the South will be below freezing on Friday with winds chills falling to minus 17 degrees in Nashville, minus 15 degrees in Little Rock and minus 4 degrees in Dallas.
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On Saturday morning, the wind chill is forecast reach minus 39 degrees in Minneapolis, minus 16 degrees in New York, minus 14 degrees in Nashville and minus 25 degrees in Columbus.
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On Christmas morning, the wind chill is forecast to clock in at minus 4 degrees in New York City, 5 degrees in Atlanta, 17 degrees in Jacksonville and 19 degrees in Tampa.
This could mark Nashville's coldest Christmas in 39 years and Atlanta's coldest in 37 years.