Amazing blast of arctic air to lock U.S. in deep freeze from Plains to Boston
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Date: 30/12/2017

Amazing blast of arctic air to lock U.S. in deep freeze from Plains to Boston
A brutal shot of arctic air is set to lock much of the U.S. from the Plains to the East Coast in a bone-chilling deep freeze for New Year's Day, with temperatures expected to plunge to around zero in northern Oklahoma.

Near the Canadian border in the Midwest, temperatures could fall to the minus 30s on Sunday and New Year's Day, according to the National Weather Service..

"While the level of cold will vary from one day to the next, indications are that the frigid weather will linger through the first week of January in the Central and Eastern states," according to AccuWeather Long-Range Meteorologist Max Vido

In New York City, the fire department will add extra personnel on the streets to provide medical support for the annual Times celebration, which could be the coldest on record.

Authorities warned revelers who plan to watch the annual New Year's Eve ball drop to dress in layers, cover exposed skin, lay off the alcohol and bring some hand warmers. 

The coldest New Year’s Eve in Times Square came in 1917, when it was 1 degree at midnight. This year, the forecast is for 11 degrees with a wind chill around zero, which would tie for second with 1962.