Not every cold snap is connected to the polar vortex, but when it does weaken, it can result in some of the lowest temperatures of the winter season in North America, AccuWeather added in the release.

“It was actually our coldest winter since 2015.” He said the D.C. region got a lot more snow than expected this winter. “This was the first year in at least several recent years that we did ...

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Pat yourself on the back, Duluthians, but don't take your gloves off: You just lived through the second-coldest winter on record ... which then poured into the north-central U.S. The same pattern ...