U.S. Bitter Cold Spell Is One For The Record Books By Scott Neuman Published February 20, 2015 at 12:35 PM CST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email John Minchillo / APPedestrians brave the cold during their morning commute on Friday in New York. Arctic air and bitterly cold wind is moving across the Northeast, plunging temperatures into record-low single digits, accompanied by subzero wind chills. . Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.