The cold wind may be a shock when you wake up in the morning, but the 2025 lowest temperatures have yet to match the coldest Oklahoma City has seen.
Major winter storm brings heavy snow to East Coast as Arctic blast puts millions under warnings from Plains to Maine
The polar vortex of ultra-cold air usually spins around ... Up to 5 inches is expected farther north near the Oklahoma state line, the weather service said. Mark Reid said Wednesday that he ...
The temperature is predicted to be around 22 degrees during the swearing-in, the coldest since Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration.
This cold was certainly extraordinary, but the polar vortex event of January 2019 brought life in the northern and central United States to a frozen halt. At that time in our area, the coldest actual temperature was recorded at Preston,
Wind chill values are expected to drop below 10 degrees, with some locations seeing wind chills closer to zero. Forecasters note a slight chance of snow flurries Saturday.
These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air – dips deeply southward, bringing the cold Arctic air to regions that don’t often experience it.
Winter isn’t over yet! A polar vortex is bringing subzero winds, frigid temperatures, and possibly snow to the U.S., including snowbird states like Florida. National weather agencies and meteorologists are warning folks of a "shivering weather pattern" that’s forecasted to go into effect tomorrow and linger through next week.
(AP) — The plunging polar vortex brought subfreezing temperatures Tuesday to some of the southernmost points of the U.S., threatening to dump snow on parts of Texas and Oklahoma in coming days ...
The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure, winds, and cold air surrounding both of the Earth’s poles, according to the National Weather Service. The term “vortex” refers to the circulation of air that helps keep the colder air near the Poles. This vortex has always existed and is not something new.
A powerful winter storm that dumped heavy snow and glazed roads with ice across much of Texas and Oklahoma lumbered eastward into southern U.S. states Friday, prompting governors to decl