Here are the lowest temperatures across Colorado on Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
More than 500 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Monday as a polar vortex continued to freeze metro Denver.
Colorado will see its coldest temperatures of the winter as a mass of cold air descends on the state from the Artic. But despite the bitter cold, this weather event is not a polar vortex.
The Arctic air mass will be in Colorado Friday afternoon, but the effects of the polar vortex won't be fully felt until after the sun goes down. Snow will come into the state's high country in two ...
The polar vortex's blast of Arctic air from Canada brought the season's coldest weather to the majority of U.S. The vortex is forecast to provide frigid weather as it continues to bring sub-zero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and plunge deep into the South.
According to the NWS, the Arctic polar vortex is a powerful band of west-to-east winds that develops in the stratosphere, about 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, during the winter season. It is always present near the poles, though it weakens during summer and intensifies in winter.
Some areas of the U.S. may see temperatures as low as -20 or -30 degrees early next week as arctic air from Siberia rolls in.
More than 400 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Monday as a polar vortex continued to freeze Colorado. There were 394 delayed and 27 canceled flights as of 12:40 p.m.
It’s going to be a rude awakening tomorrow — a full taste of winter, for sure,” National Weather Service meteorologist says
The town of 1,400 hardy souls takes pride in the fact that because of its inversion at the base of two mountain ranges, it's often the coldest place in the nation. Fraser’s annual average temperature is 34.8 degrees Fahrenheit and the growing season is only four to seven days per year.
Cold air originating from the Arctic Ocean will be dislodged and sent to the continental United States this weekend.