00:00We're on track for the coldest winter in eight years in Detroit, New York City, D.C., Pittsburgh, and Boston.
00:05It's the kind of cold that should limit time outside for both people and pets, because hypothermia and frostbite are very real dangers.
00:12But let's talk numbers. Thursday, for example.
00:14Highs in Detroit, Buffalo, Binghamton, and Pittsburgh are in the teens, when usually we'd be in the upper 20s or even the 30s this time of year.
00:22But for most of the Northeast, AccuWeather real field temperatures on Thursday max out in the single digits.
00:28Again, dangerous cold.
00:30But it's also record-challenging cold, specifically when we talk about the number of days in a row at or below freezing.
00:36D.C. is set to tie its fifth-longest streak of days at or below 32 degrees.
00:41But even once we break the streak, highs are only in the mid-30s.
00:45And from Minnesota to the Ohio Valley and the Northeast, this cold pattern sticks around at least through mid-February.
00:51So bundle up and stay safe.
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