So how cold was it? A chilly week in northern Minnesota
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It's a statewide tradition to be competitive over frigid-weather matters such as the record for below-zero temps.
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By Rhoda Amon, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 4--Never mind the groundhogs.   It's still winter, and it's cold inside for families and the elderly who have no heat.
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A fascinating new study in the January/February 2007 issue of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology looks at the benefits of huddling vs. solitude, comparing strategies used by striped skunks to get through long, cold winters in northern climates.
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Traveling around the state last week, I noticed the fall foliage making its rapid transition to winter. In fact, Birmingham experienced its first freeze of the season - three weeks later than the normal date of Nov.
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Warmer than normal temperatures are  forecast to blanket the Western United States and Plains states  this winter, but it is unclear whether the Northeast and  Midwest will face warmer, colder or normal winter weather, U.S.  government forecasters said on Wednesday.
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From Minnesota to New York, some schoolchildren are getting an extra long weekend because of the bitter chill that has spread over the eastern half of the country.
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High temperatures were traded for low ones as short sleeves turned long Friday.  National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Seaman said a strong cold front swept over the state midafternoon Friday, plunging temperatures from the day's high of 73 to the low 40s.
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Temperatures dropped to breathtaking levels, well below zero, in extreme northern sections of Maine early Monday
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Rain two weeks ago followed by a deep cold snap could not have worked out more perfectly.
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Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New Englandâs maple forests.
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LEWISTON, Maine -- After one of the warmest winters on record, this coming winter will be much colder than normal from coast to coast, according to the latest edition of the venerable Farmers' Almanac.
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THIS WEEK, we&#39;ve had snow in the north and of locusts in the south, which seems like a pretty fitting illustration for the extremes that exist in this small sliver of the globe.
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It started as a pesky cold -- not surprising given the winter season, two back-to-back cross-country trips, little sleep and mingling with hundreds of people.
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Much of the nation was expected to be cold Sunday, and little precipitation was forecast.
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After a warming period this week, next  week will bring colder-than-normal temperatures over much of  the eastern U.S., private forecaster AccuWeather said on  Monday.
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People in Philadelphia would swelter through as many as 30 days with temperatures higher than 100 degrees each summer. The Northeastern ski industry, except for western Maine, would probably go out of business. And spruce and hemlock forests -- as well as songbirds such as the Baltimore oriole --...
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Mar. 1--It may not look so bad early today, with a few inches of snow on the ground, more snow falling and winds gusting to about 35 mph.