National Bitter Cold Spell Is One For The Record Books 1:47pm February 20, 2015 by Scott Neuman News U.S. Around the Nation Weather extreme cold cold weather Share URL copied to clipboard! Pedestrians 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. John Minchillo/AP [View the story "Record-Breaking Cold Spell" on Storify] .Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. 300x250 Ad 300x250 Ad Support quality journalism, like the story above, with your gift right now. Donate