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By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist
Published 8:31 AM EST, Wed January 1, 2025
Mother Nature is getting a jumpstart on a resolution to revive winter in the United States after a recent warm spell and last year’s warmest winter on record.
Multiple bursts of increasingly brutal, cold Arctic air will overspread the eastern two-thirds of the country over the next few days, dropping temperatures to dangerous lows by next week.
Temperatures are shaping up to be the coldest of the winter so far and will be frigid even for what’s already typically the coldest time of the year. The cold will be pervasive – more than 70% of the country’s population will experience freezing temperatures over the next week – and stick around well into the month, increasing chances for snow.
The first push of cold air will come Wednesday for the north-central US with high temperatures in the single digits or teens expected for parts of Montana, the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Cold air will spread south and east each day for the remainder of the week and through the weekend. The West will largely miss out on any considerable cold, as has been the trend since at least the fall.
