Ahead of another arctic blast expected to start hitting U.S. cities on Thursday, the country's coldest temperatures today fell well below zero. Right now, the lowest temperatures for the Lower 48 ...

Let's dig in! Timing is everything Believe it or not, the coldest part of an average day in the Quad Cities is just after sunrise. To pinpoint the cause, let's go back to the sunset the day before.

The area was under a severe cold spell from Feb. 8–Feb. 15, 1899, giving way to the state's coldest temperature on Feb. 10 of that year.

D.C.'s coldest January day over the last decade was January 22, 2014, with a high/low of only 19 degrees/9 degrees. That was also the last time the nation's capital had a high temperature in the ...