In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what does that mean? The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring ...

A polar vortex, a weather pattern similar to the historic winter storm that struck Texas in 2021 — when every county in the state experienced below-freezing temperatures for the first time ...

On top of that, cold temperatures from a polar vortex raise concerns about energy use and heat, potentially causing natural gas to spike. In addition, freezing temperatures pose heightened health ...

It's about to get very, very cold for lots of Americans. A series of blasts of polar vortex air from the north will bring subfreezing temperatures as well as ice and snowstorms to 40 US states ...

DON’T MISS: What is the polar vortex? How it’s responsible for dangerous cold Here is the temperature pattern that we expect will dominate for the first three weeks of January. While we are ...

Simply sign up to the Oil & Gas industry myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. US energy prices for home heating fuels have surged as a polar vortex has borne down on the country ...

NOAA warns of below-normal temperatures for much of the East. The polar vortex, a powerful upper-atmosphere phenomenon that traps cold air near the Arctic, is poised to unleash frigid conditions ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. Gillian Henry/Getty A polar vortex is about to impact the United States and deliver what the National Weather Service has described as “the ...

A polar vortex, which is a large pocket of cold air that swirls in place over the North and South Poles, is expected to spill south and push Arctic-level temperatures across the country next week.

A polar vortex is set to bring weeks of icy temperatures to the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. “This could end up being the coldest January since 2011 for the U.S. as a whole,” said ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The beginning of 2025 will be marked by the year’s first polar vortex, bringing snow, storms, and frigid temperatures that will impact the ...