The Day After (Inauguration)

"The temperature at Denver International Airport dropped to 18 below zero on Sunday, breaking the previous record of 14 below set in 1901. White Sulphur Springs, Mont., reported 29 below to the National Weather Service, breaking the record of 17 below set in 1922. Meanwhile, ice storms ravage the Northeast and the upper Midwest.

"This is not a local phenomenon. Hong Kong had the second-longest cold spell since 1885. Cold in northern Vietnam destroyed 40% of the rice crop and killed 33,000 head of livestock. The British Parliament debated climate change as London experienced the first October snow since 1934."

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Bitterly cold air hits much of nation

Temperatures crashed to record lows well below zero Monday as a huge mass of arctic air blustered southward across the Midwest and West, keeping people indoors and leading some cities to open shelters.

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Record low temperature set this morning

Think it was cold this morning?

Sometime before 4 a.m., the mercury at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport dipped to 19 degrees, besting the record low of 20 degrees set for this day 44 years ago.

And the cold isn't over yet.

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New record low temperatures for Denver

From the National Weather Service.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
642 AM MST MON DEC 15 2008

...NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES IN DENVER FOR DECEMBER 14TH
AND 15TH...

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
DECEMBER 14TH DROPPED TO -18 AT 635 PM AND NEVER DROPPED
BELOW -18 PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT.  SO THAT ESTABLISHES A NEW
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 14TH  BREAKING THE
OLD RECORD OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901.

THEN ON DECEMBER 15TH...THE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED OUT AT
-19 DEGREE AT 231 AM.  THIS IS A NEW RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 15TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD
OF -6 SET IN 1951.

BENTON

Cold weather sets records in several cities

"Several places in the state [Montana] have already shattered daily record lows, and more are expected to be broken as the sub-zero temperatures continue through Sunday night."

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Earliest snowfall in Houston in 64 years

"Falling snowflakes glimmered in streetlights, so wide that they billowed to the ground like parachutes, and so tantalizing that even awestruck adults reached out their hands or stuck out their tongues to catch one."

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Rare snow falls in south Louisiana, Miss., Alabama

Snow in Louisiana and Mississippi? Yep!

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A rare snowfall blanketed south Louisiana and parts of Mississippi on Thursday, closing schools, government offices and bridges, triggering crashes and leaving thousands without power.

Up to 8 inches of snow was reported in parts of Louisiana. Snow also covered a broad swath of Mississippi, including the Jackson area, and closed schools in more than a dozen districts.

A heavy band of snow coated windshields and grassy areas in New Orleans, where about an inch accumulated. A peak of 8 inches was reported in Amite, about 75 miles northwest of New Orleans, said meteorologist Danielle Manning of the National Weather Service in Slidell.

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