With temperatures running as much as 30 degrees below normal, Providence, RI; Buffalo, NY, Rochester, NY; Hartford, CT; and Bangor, ME, are just a sample of cities that experienced their coldest Thanksgiving on record.
In New Hampshire, the mercury on the summit of Mt Washington plunged to the lowest temperature ever recorded on the mountain during the entire month of November.
Many other locations set low temperature records for the date.
Photos: Thanksgiving snow blankets western US as record chill grips Northeast
It felt like winter across parts of the western and northeastern United States on Thanksgiving Day as heavy snow and biting winds impacted the regions.
MWObservatory on Twitter
Temperatures bottoming out at -26F and hurricane-force winds can’t stop observers from getting together to enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner! *Some items (and observers) may require thawing! Brr! Happy Thanksgiving! #thanksgiving #mwo #mtwashington #cold #mwob… https://t.co/8ibXNlJB7a
Reed Timmer on Twitter
SNOW along I80 west of Truckee, CA with nearly a foot of new snowfall just above Soda Springs above 7000′! BIG-TIME snow and winds arrive tonight through Friday. CA storm coverage continues on @accuweather @breakingweather #cawx https://t.co/scAAJh1uET