US braces for brutal December cold as forecasters warn of rare temperature plunge
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According to reporting from UniLad, large parts of the United States are preparing for an intense blast of Arctic air.
UniLad reports that MIT climatologist Judah Cohen expects temperatures from the Midwest to the East Coast to fall 15 to 20 degrees below the seasonal average in mid-December.
He told USA Today that the chill arriving in early December is “the appetizer,” while the more severe phase will strike in the third week of the month.
“The most expansive region of most likely extreme cold on Earth stretches from the Canadian Plains to the US East Coast,” Cohen said.
Such a drop could push typical mid-December temperatures in cities like New York — normally around 37°F — down into the teens.
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