[h=2]New York, New England: How Cold Was It?               
                              
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
                                        [h=6]By 
Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist   			      [h=5]January 03, 2013; 9:11 PM 			  
                                  
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              Temperatures took the plunge Wednesday night into Thursday morning across part of the Northeast.
 Much of the area from northern upstate New York to interior New  England dipped below zero due to thick snowcover and at least several  hours of clear skies, light winds and an arctic air mass.
 Below is a list of low temperatures (degrees Fahrenheit) on Thursday  morning. For some locations, it was the coldest morning in a couple of  years.
 
| City | Low Thurs. | Lowest Last Winter |   
 | City | Low Thurs. | Lowest Last Winter | 
|---|
| Burlington, Vt. | -10 | -11 |   
 | Montpelier, Vt. | -17 | -16 | 
| Berlin, N.H. | -20 | -20 |   
 | Montreal, Quebec | -10 | -11 | 
| Albany, N.Y. | -5 | 0 |   
 | Glens Falls, N.Y. | -18 | -6 | 
| Massena, N.Y. | -19 | -15 |   
 | Plattsburgh, N.Y. | -18 | -7 | 
| Orange, Mass. | -10 | -4 |   
 | Windsor Locks, Conn. | 0 | 4 | 
| Greenville, Maine | -8 | -12 |   
 | Nantucket, Mass. | 16 | 15 | 
| Pawtucket, R.I. | 7 | 7 |   
 | New York, N.Y. | 24 | 13 | 
| Boston, Mass. | 7 | 6 |   
 | Portland, Maine. | 0 | -4 | 
| New Castle, Pa. | 0 | 7 |   
 | Clearfield, Pa. | 3 | 0 | 
  The temperature bottomed out at minus 26 degrees at Saranac Lake, N.Y.
 Areas farther south in the mid-Atlantic and western New York remained  in more of a polar rather than arctic air mass and experienced some  moderation in temperature from the Great Lakes and/or patchy cloud  cover.
 
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
Frost was thick on the windows Thursday morning in the Northeast. (Photos.com image)
 The arctic high pressure system responsible for the very cold  conditions is moving away. A weak storm, known as an Alberta Clipper, is  moving eastward across the region Thursday with patchy clouds and  spotty flurries.
 
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
 A second Alberta Clipper will sweep through the region Friday into Friday night.
 
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
 A second arctic high pressure area will settle over the area Saturday  night. The core of the second air mass and the lowest temperatures are  likely to be centered a bit farther north and east. Temperatures in much  of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New Brunswick and eastern Quebec are  most likely to plunge below zero (Fahrenheit). Temperatures will dip to  the single digits, teens and 20s father south and west in the Northeast.
 
	
	
	
		
		
		
		
	
	
 While warmer air will make a visit to New England and upstate New  York next week, it will likely be abbreviated and not as extreme when  compared to portions of the 
Plains, Midwest and areas farther south along the East Coast.
 AccuWeather.com Online Journalist Grace Muller has compiled a 
collection of photographs from the cold air in the Northeast Thursday morning.
 How cold was it at your place Thursday morning?