On February 7, 2021, the International Airport weather station in Edmonton, Alberta, recorded a low temperature of −43.6 ☌ (−46.5 ☏) with two consecutive lows below −40.0 ☌ (−40.0 ☏). In Winnipeg, Manitoba, the high temperature did not rise above −20.0 ☌ (−4.0 ☏) for 9 consecutive days, the longest period since 1996. On FebruUranium City, Saskatchewan, equaled their all time coldest temperature of −48.9 ☌ (−56.0 ☏) previously recorded on January 15, 1974. An arctic front then proceeded to usher in the cold air by February 6. However, the effects of this event did not materialize within North America until the pattern began to become unstable near the end of the month. The weakening of the jet stream is likely to have been caused by a sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) event that occurred in early January. Background Īs with most cold waves, the origins of the cold wave occurred when the jet stream migrated southward in early February 2021, allowing bitterly cold air from the polar vortex to spill south into the Upper Midwest and Great Plains. At least 278 people were killed directly or indirectly by severe cold, and the damages are estimated to exceed $198.575 billion (2021 USD), including at least $197.075 billion in the United States and $1.5 billion in Mexico. In the latter state of Texas, the record cold caused enormous strain on the power grid and froze pipelines, leading millions to lose power and many pipes to burst. Many regions within the Southern Plains such as Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas broke or nearly reached record-low temperatures not seen in decades or even a century. With the record cold advancing so far south, effects were crippling and widespread. Severe winter storms also were associated with the bitter cold, which allowed for heavy snowfall and ice accumulations to places as far south as Houston, Texas, and contributing to one of the snowiest winters ever in some areas in the Deep South. Temperatures fell as much as 25–50 ☏ (−4–10 ☌) below average as far south as the Gulf Coast. The cold was caused by a southern migration of the polar vortex, likely caused by a sudden stratospheric warming event that occurred the prior month. The February 2021 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that brought record low temperatures to a significant portion of Canada, the United States and parts of northern Mexico during the first half of February 2021. No arrests have been made regarding the armed coat robberies.Part of the 2020–21 North American winter All of the robberies involved Canada Goose jackets, which celebrities such as Drake and Kate Upton have donned and cost between $500 to $1,700.
Since last week, there have been eight people in Chicago robbed of their coats. A 22-year-old man in Rochester, Minnesota, died from the single-digit temperatures and a man from Libertyville, Illinois, was killed after being hit from a snow plow.
flights to have been canceled through Wednesday.ĭespite the worst glacial air still to come, there have already been two deaths from the deadly weather. The extreme weather has caused more than 3,480 U.S. Arctic blast by-the-numbers: Next 5-days:Ģ50 Million population in Lower 48 will experience a freezing temperature (32☏): 73%ĩ0 Million will be 0☏ or colder! Over 1/4 of all Americans.Ģ5 Million colder than 20 below zero! #PolarVortex /tg80Tfk53F
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