WEATHER

List of record low temperatures set Tuesday

Doyle Rice

USA TODAY

At least 49 daily record lows were set across the country Tuesday morning, thanks to a fierce cold snap that's bringing the coldest weather in decades to portions of the central, eastern and southern USA.

Bitterly cold air straight from the Arctic, courtesy of the polar vortex, will continue to shatter records through Tuesday and into early Wednesday before moderating temperatures return by Thursday and Friday.

A list of low-temperature records broken Tuesday morning:

Alabama

4 in Huntsville: Previous record low 5

7 in Birmingham: Previous record low 11

14 in Mobile: Previous record low 18

Delaware

A pedestrian braves the dangerously-cold weather on Tuesday in downtown Scranton, Pa.

6 in Dover: Previous record low 10

Georgia

19 in Savannah: Previous record low 21

11 in Macon: Previous record low 14

6 in Atlanta: Previous record low 10

12 in Augusta: Previous record low 15

7 in Athens: Previous record low 12

Maryland

3 in Baltimore: Previous record low 8

Michigan

-14 in Detroit: Previous record low -5

-14 in Flint: Previous record low -10

Mississippi

13 in Vicksburg: Previous record low 17

11 in Meridian: Previous record low 15

14 in Jackson: Previous record low 16

New York

4 in New York City: Previous record low 6

North Carolina

-1 in Asheville: Previous record low 3

9 in Raleigh: Previous record low 15

5 in Greensboro: Previous record low 14

6 in Charlotte: Previous record low 12

Ohio

-11 in Akron-Canton: Previous record low -5

-12 in Mansfield: Previous record low -7

-11 in Cleveland: Previous record low -7

-14 in Toledo: Previous record low -6

-12 in Youngstown: Previous record low -6

-7 in Columbus: Previous record low -5

-9 in New Philadelphia: Previous record low -3

-8 in Zanesville: Previous record low -3

Pennsylvania

4 in Philadelphia: Previous record low 7

-9 in Pittsburgh: Previous record low -5

0 in Harrisburg: Previous record low 5

-5 in Williamsport: Previous record low -2

-13 in Dubois: Previous record low -5

South Carolina

20 in Charleston: Previous record low 21

6 in Greenville-Spartanburg: Previous record low 9

13 in Columbia: Previous record low 16

14 in Florence: Previous record low 18

Tennessee

2 in Knoxville: Previous record low 6

5 in Chattanooga: Previous record low 9

-1 in Kingsport: Previous record low 5

Virginia

-5 in Blacksburg: Previous record low 1

8 in Danville: Previous record low 10

2 in Lynchburg: Previous record low 10

1 in Roanoke: Previous record low 8

10 in Richmond: Previous record low 12

3 at Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia: Previous record low 8

West Virginia

-8 in Bluefield: Previous record low 0

-8 in Lewisburg: Previous record low 7

-7 in Morgantown: Previous record low -4

Sources: The Weather Channel; AccuWeather

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