Thanksgiving: US northeast to experience one of the coldest ever November holidays

Snow and rain may hit the midwest region as well

Mythili Sampathkumar
New York
Wednesday 21 November 2018 22:23 GMT
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Parts of the northeast US are set to experience one of the coldest Thanksgivings on record - perhaps te coldest in a century.

An arctic cold front will be moving across the region during the holiday and Black Friday shopping day, with temperatures barely above freezing.

New York will struggle to see 25 F (-4 C), while Boston will be even colder.

According to The Weather Channel expected temperatures will be 15 to 30 F lower than average for the rime of year.

The lowest high temp for a Thanksgiving in New York City history came on 30 November 1871, when the mercury fell to 22 F, according to the National Weather Service. The coldest in Boston was 19 degrees in 1873. Philadelphia's coldest Thanksgiving was 28 degrees in 1901.

For those attending the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York it will be a windy and chilly time lining the streets of Manhattan waiting for the floats and Broadway musical cast performances.

As The Weather Channel reported: “Northwest winds from 15 to 20 mph will make it feel even colder, sending wind chills plummeting into the single digits.”

Further into northern New York state, New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont temperatures will be in the low single digits, with the wind chill making it feel below freezing.

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There could also be snow and rain in the midwest region, complicated an already-hectic travel period across the country.

"It really doesn't take all that much to become a problem on the roadways,” David Roth, forecaster with the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center, told NPR.

According to the American Automobile Association, more than 50 million Americans will be travelling more than 50 miles over the four-day weekend, with around four million of those flying.

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