Another blast of arctic air follows latest snow

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-EXCITE

By BEN NUCKOLS

WASHINGTON (AP) - The seemingly endless winter dumped a half a foot snow on the ground in parts of the South, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, and many areas Tuesday morning saw something even more unusual in March: a blast of arctic air that sent temperatures plummeting into the single digits.

Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport broke a 141-year-old record low temperature, reaching 4 degrees. The National Weather Service said the low reached early Tuesday broke a 5-degree record set on the day in 1873. It was also a record low for the month of March. Dulles International Airport - also outside Washington - tied a 1993 record for the month at -1 degree.

Both airports broke record lows two days in a row.

Schools and government offices along the East Coast were closed Tuesday or delayed opening. Virginia State Police said slickened roads were factors in three traffic deaths. And authorities in Maryland's Prince George's County said a 60-year-old woman died after shoveling snow there.

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The statue of President Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, sculpted in 1853 by Clark Mill sits in the falling snow in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House in Washington, Monday, March 3, 2014. The winter weather prompted area schools and the federal government to close and the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the greater Washington Metropolitan region. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

[Demeter]

1. I am NOT going to rec this

I'm going to sit wrapped in my Snuggie and shiver.

[LiberalEsto]

2. It's March? News to me.

I thought it was January.

[rurallib]

3. and the midwest is looking at warmer weather finally!

may break freezing here today!

[TexasProgresive]

4. I though there was an unexlained telekenesis event

What's Andy Jackson doing across from the White House? Isn't he supposed to be in Jackson Square for Mardi Gras?



I now know that Mills did 4 of those statues. The other 2 are in Jacksonville, FL and Nashville, TN. Never too old to learn.

[obxhead]

5. I haven't had a full week since the beginning of December.

Work outdoors here in VA. This is the worst winter I can recall in the 25 year history I have in the state.

[underpants]

6. Friggin Canadians

[tclambert]

7. Is there any arctic air left in the Arctic?

If it keeps sliding down here, it must be getting warm up there.

[NickB79]

9. Actually, you're right

Alaska has been breaking all kinds of records this winter: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/28/3296179/record-warmth-and-confused-plants.html

And: http://www.wunderground.com/news/while-most-us-froze-parts-alaska-set-record-highs-20131211

62F. In January. In Alaska.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. "Arctic?" Hell, it's only been -25ºF here a couple nights so far in March.

No, I don't have any clue what the wind chill was, but I imagine it was at least a few degrees above absolute zero.