Arctic Temperatures Continues Affecting Entire US Setting Record-Low Temperatures

PATERSON, NEW JERSEY - JANUARY 21: A women poses as she sits on a Frozen bench at the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park as arctic temperatures continue affecting the Tri- state area on January 21, 2024 in Paterson, New Jersey. Over the past week, Arctic cold has swallowed much of the nation’s heartland. Thirty states were included in alerts for dangerously low temperatures and wind chills, with readings dropping to minus-16 in Kansas City, 1 degree in Oklahoma City, minus-10 in Chicago and minus-27 in Bismarck, N.D. Snow cover reached its greatest mid-January extent over the contiguous United States in the last 20 years. (Footage by VIEW press/Getty Images)