While no records were set, the temperatures are certainly a top story today and will continue to be through Wednesday morning.
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Read the list of the bitterly cold temperatures that occurred in our area this morning. Very similar numbers are expected again Wednesday morning due to combination of clear skies, no wind and a similar air-mass. Radiational cooling will allow the temperature to fall as far as possible across the area.
While the wind chills this morning and once again Wednesday morning will not be in the dangerous category, it will still be a good idea to dress very warmly again Wednesday morning. This wind chill chart shows approximations of frostbite times with how cold the wind chill. Keep this chart handy when the weather turns arctic like this.
So just how cold did the temperature get this morning? Here is a list of many localized lowest temperatures and wind chills from across central, northern, and southern New York for you to examine. They are eye-popping!
Lowest Temperature:
Hancock Airp: +8°
Syracuse (city): +6°
Aurora: 0°
Brewerton: +3°
Boonville: -8°
Carthage: -22°
Cooperstown: -2°
Corning: -2°
Fulton: 4°
Geneva: -10°
Georgetown: 0°
Greene: 0°
Hamilton: +1°
Highmarket: -35°
Ithaca: -3°
Locke: -10°
Lodi: +3°
Lowville: -1°
Massena: -5°
Norwich: -2°
Old Forge: -12°
Oneonta: -3°
Orwell: +2°
Oswego: +10°
Penn Yan: +7°
Redfield: -10°
Rome: 0°
Saranac Lake: -22°
Sherburne: -1°
Tully: -6°
Watertown: -7°
Whitney Point: -3°