Tracking Freezing Temperatures in the U.S.

This tracker is not being updated during the warmer months of 2025.

Freezing temperatures are forecast in the West, Northeast and Midwest over the next week, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Freezing temperatures

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About 4.9 million people — around 1 percent of the population of the contiguous United States — live in the areas expected to see freezing cold over the next seven days.

Source: NOAA Note: Forecast temperatures are as of 7 a.m. Eastern each day. Forecast data in some areas may be unavailable. Data shown only for the contiguous United States. By The New York Times

A blast of freezing cold Arctic air can be dangerous, especially when combined with blustery winds. Wind removes heat from your body, very similarly to when soup or a hot beverage is cooled when you blow over it.

In order to measure how cold it really feels outside, the National Weather Service forecasts a wind chill temperature, which accounts for the wind speed along with temperature. The stronger the wind speed, the colder the wind chill. If your body temperature goes below 95 degrees Fahrenheit, hypothermia can set in.

With prolonged exposure to very cold temperatures, another danger is frostbite. Your body’s survival mechanism in response to extreme cold is to protect the vital inner organs by cutting circulation to your extremities and allowing them to freeze. By looking at the potential wind speed and the forecast temperature, if it is expected to be below freezing, you can estimate the time it would take for exposed skin to catch frostbite.

Look up the risk of frostbite in places across the country, and to see if a location will be below freezing and if it will feel even colder.

Tracking the Remnants of Leslie

The remnants of Leslie were in the North Atlantic Ocean Saturday morning Eastern time, according to the National Hurricane Center.

The system had sustained wind speeds of 50 miles per hour.

All times on the map are Eastern. By The New York Times

What does the storm look like from above?

Satellite imagery can help determine the strength, size and cohesion of a storm. The stronger a storm becomes, the more likely an eye will form in the center. When the eye looks symmetrical, that often means the storm is not encountering anything to weaken it.

By The New York Times

Where will it rain?

Flash flooding can occur well inland and away from the storm’s center. Even weaker storms can produce excessive rainfall that can flood low-lying areas.

Source: NOAA By The New York Times

Leslie is the 12th named storm to form in the Atlantic in 2024.

In late May, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that there would be 17 to 25 named storms this year, an above-normal amount.

This season follows an overly active year, with 20 named storms — including an early storm later given the official name of “Unnamed.” It was the eighth year in a row to surpass the average of 14 named storms. Only one hurricane, Idalia, made landfall in the United States.

Typically, the El Niño pattern that was in force last season would have suppressed hurricanes and reduced the number of storms in a season. But in 2023, the warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic blunted El Niño’s usual effect of thwarting storms.

The warm ocean temperatures that fueled last year’s season returned even warmer at the start of this season, raising forecasters’ confidence that there would be more storms this year. The heightened sea surface temperatures could also strengthen storms more rapidly than usual.

To make matters worse, the El Niño pattern present last year is also diminishing, most likely creating a more suitable atmosphere for storms to form and intensify.

Hurricanes need a calm environment to form, and, in the Atlantic, a strong El Niño increases the amount of wind shear — a change in wind speed and/or direction with height — which disrupts a storm’s ability to coalesce. Without El Niño this year, clouds are more likely to tower to the tall heights needed to sustain a powerful cyclone.