In Parts of U.S., March Is the Coldest It's Been Since the 1800s

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For cities such as Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia and New York, this winter is behaving like a houseguest that can’t take a hint that it's time to go.

Even though meteorological winter has officially ended (it runs from December through February), extraordinarily cold temperatures and snowstorms remain the major weather story of the day.

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A renewed surge of frigid Arctic air moved southward from Canada late last week, and now blankets much of the United States. Cold temperature records continue to be set from the Upper Midwest, where several locations have had winters ranking among their top 10 coldest on record, to the Plains and the EastChicago, for example, had its third-coldest and snowiest winter on record. Read more...

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