Bitter Cold Spell Is One For The Record Books

By Scott Neuman

Published February 20, 2015 at 1:35 PM EST

Pedestrians brave the cold during their morning commute on Friday in New York. Arctic air and bitterly cold wind is moving across the Northeast, plunging temperatures into record-low single digits, accompanied by subzero wind chills.

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