- A southbound arctic air mass brought severe cold to much of the United States on Monday.
- A low temperature of -51 degrees Fahrenheit was reported in Saco, Montana. As far south as Kansas and Missouri, subfreezing lows were also observed.
- Monday's weather is expected to test the mettle of Iowa caucus attendees and fans attending the postponed NFL playoff game at Buffalo's Highmark Stadium.
Brutal and dangerous cold continued across much of the country on Monday, with record-low temperatures forecast for the presidential race in Iowa, stranding travelers and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo. Snow fanned by the wind.
Zach Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland, said about 150 million Americans are under cold warnings for dangerous cold and strong winds as an arctic air mass spills south and east across the United States. He said he has received recommendations.
On Sunday morning, temperatures dropped from minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit to minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit in northern and northeastern Montana. Taylor said the temperature dropped to -51 degrees in Seco, Montana, and subzero lows reached as far south as parts of Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.
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The Buffalo Bills were on hand Monday morning at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New York, to help dig out more than a foot and a half of snow that fell during a blustery weekend amid 60-degree wind gusts. We are now recruiting new snow shovels.miles per hour
Under sunny skies, crews mowed lawns by mid-morning, and citizen shovelers, who accepted an offer of $20 an hour, arrived at the 4:30 p.m. game in temperatures in the teens. They worked ahead of time to clear seats for fans.
It was a seemingly daunting task, Buffalo's Bob Isaacs admitted hours after arriving at 7:30 a.m., but he considered his job a contribution to the team. .
“I have to remember that I'm a Bills fan, and that's all part of the deal,” he said.
A person jogs on a snow-covered road in Grand Prairie, Texas, Monday, January 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Nearby towns recorded even more snow, thanks to a band of snow flowing in from Lake Erie. 41 inches in Hamburg and Angola and 3 feet in West Seneca, Blasdell and South Buffalo.
Meanwhile, the president's campaign predicted that cold and dangerous travel conditions would lead to low turnout in the Iowa caucuses, the first round of the months-long Republican presidential primary. Voting is scheduled to begin Monday night.
Monday also resulted in one-day delays for air travelers across the country. Flight tracking service FlightAware reported about 2,000 cancellations and thousands of delays in the U.S. and abroad on Monday.
A snowmobiler was killed Sunday night when he was struck by a semitrailer about 110 miles southeast of Salt Lake City in Utah, where nearly 4 feet of snow fell in the mountains in 24 hours, according to the Utah Highway Patrol. The man who died was the fifth person in the U.S. to die from the arctic cold and was one of four snowmobilers attempting to cross Route 40 in the Strawberry Reservoir area.
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Swirling snow and avalanche danger caused road closures in parts of Utah and Colorado on Monday. East of the resort community of Vail, Colorado, authorities closed a 32-mile section of Interstate 70, the state's main east-west highway.
Officials in northern Colorado have opened a warming center for stranded motorists in Jackson County after all roads leading out of the county were closed.
Ice-jam warnings were issued in Wyoming and Montana, where severe cold weather could cause ice to clog rivers and streams and cause levees to overflow.
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Taylor said light snow is expected in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast Monday into Tuesday, including 2 to 3 inches of snow in Washington, D.C., the most in the metropolitan area in at least two years. It is said to be the heaviest snowfall in a single day. Year.
