Weather warning as life-threatening polar vortex will engulf parts of the US with Siberian air: 'There's no escaping'
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Dozens of US states will endure the lowest temperatures they have felt in years as a polar vortex brings 'life-threatening' cold next week. The National Weather Service (NWS) said that much of the Lower 48 should brace for 'the coldest air-mass of the season to date' from Friday to January 24.
![[The Rockies, northern Plains, and Upper Midwest should see minimum wind chills of -30 F or colder Saturday into Tuesday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/15/94215799-14296521-image-m-10_1737129115396.jpg)
Meteorologists predict temperatures could plunge up to 45 degrees below average, engulfing at least 20 states across the Plains, the Great Lakes and the interior Northeast in below-zero temperatures. States in the polar vortex path include Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, the Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming.
![[At least 300mn Americans are in the path of the polar vortex. Pictured: A frozen over portion of New Jersey]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/16/80294101-14296521-At_least_91_people_are_dead_across_the_U_S_as_a_result_of_an_Arc-a-15_1737131261882.jpg)
Parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Utah and Idaho could also experience below-zero temperatures. Washington DC is set to see highs only in the 20s, moving President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration indoors. The first time this has happened in 40 years.
![[People who plan to spend extended periods of time outdoors this weekend should watch for signs of hypothermia and frostbite. Pictured is a storm that hit Washington DC earlier this month. But the nation's capital will see freezing temperatures this week]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/15/94215289-14296521-People_who_plan_to_spend_extended_periods_of_time_outdoors_this_-m-11_1737129173457.jpg)
Wind gusts of up to 30 miles per hour will blast through the layers of the hundreds of thousands of MAGA enthusiasts expected to fill the national mall Monday. 'This poses a great risk of hypothermia and frostbite to exposed skin. Have a cold weather survival kit if traveling,' the NWS warned.
![[No one should venture outside with exposed skin, as this severe cold could lead to frostbite in as little as 15 minutes. Pictured is Bryant Park in New York City during another Arctic blast earlier in the month. NYC officials are already preparing for this weekend's frigid temps]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/17/16/94218213-14296521-image-a-1_1737131175112.jpg)
