Arctic Air to Keep Cortlandt, Peekskill in a Deep Freeze Through the Week

Tomorrow’s high will jump to 30 degrees.

That’s how cold February has been—so cold that when the temperatures rise to freezing in Fahrenheit it’s a relief. But it’s only for a day.

“Additional waves of frigid air will continue to flow southward out of Canada and into the central and eastern United States this week, said Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist. “The weather pattern into the weekend will mean more dead car batteries, frozen water lines and water main breaks. Deliveries of coal, fuel oil and propane will keep up a brisk pace as costs from heating homes and businesses take a bigger and bigger bite out of the budget.”

How cold was it this morning? it was -4 degrees at Westchester County Airport at 6 a.m., the National Weather Service said.

These temperatures are more than 20 degrees below average, Hudson Valley Weather points out.

Here’s the National Weather Service’s forecast for northern Westchester through the end of the week:

• This Afternoon-Mostly sunny. Cold with highs around 17. South winds around 5 mph.
• Tonight-Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of snow. Not as cool. Near steady temperature around 16. Southwest winds around 5 mph.
• Wednesday-Mostly sunny. Highs around 30. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
• Wednesday Night-Mostly clear in the evening...then becoming mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 7 above. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 1 below.
• Thursday-Mostly cloudy. Cold with highs around 19. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Wind chill values as low as 4 below.
• Thursday Night-Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows 5 to 10 above.
• Friday-Partly sunny. Cold with highs around 20. Wind chill values as low as 10 below in the morning.
• Friday Night-Partly cloudy in the evening...then becoming mostly clear. Cold with lows zero to 5 above zero.
• Saturday-Sunny. Cold with highs in the mid 20s.
• Saturday Night-Mostly clear in the evening...then becoming partly cloudy. Lows around 10 above.

MAP: accuweather.com