Polar vortex brings coldest air in a generation
By Meg Wagner, Brian Ries, Amanda Wills and Veronica Rocha, CNN8:01 a.m. ET, February 1, 2019
75% of the country will dip below freezing this week
The National Weather Service projects that 75% of the US population will see below-freezing temperatures at some point before Sunday.
Only parts of Florida, Texas, the Pacific coast and the Southwest appear to avoid dipping below 32 degrees:
And about 30% of Americans will bee below-zero temperatures this week: