Bitterly cold weather will usher in for New Year's Eve celebrations across the Northeast and Midwest United States, bringing record low temperatures and making traveling difficult. In the heartland, next week could bring low temperatures last recorded 130 years ago to parts of Nebraska, said David Eastlack, a meteorologist with the weather service. He said that the wind chills will be near minus 35F (minus 37C), a level when frostbite could set in within 10 minutes. The weather service predicted lows would hit minus 20F to minus 30F (minus 7C to -34C) from Montana into the Dakotas and Minnesota, well below average. But president of the Times Square Alliance, Tim Tompkins, confirmed a cancellation will certainly not be the case for the big ball drop.

Source: Daily Mail December 31, 2017 03:30 UTC