Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.

What's likely to be the coldest weather of the season will roll into Southern New England early next week. The National Weather Service is forecasting overnight low temperatures Monday and Tuesday "mainly in the single digits" with some "below zero ...

A storm bringing snow Sunday will be followed by an arctic outbreak dropping temperatures into the 'single digits.'

The coldest temperature ever recorded was Feb. 9, 1934, when it fell to 17 degrees below zero, according to National Weather Service records, which go back to 1904. More: How much snow did Rhode Island get? See snowfall totals for Providence, Newport, Warwick

While a weekend winter storm still remains uncertain, forecasters believe a cold air mass could bring temperatures down to between 10 and 15 degrees early next week.

The heaviest snow will fall in the higher terrain of New England and the Appalachians. Some 5-10 inches of snow is possible in those areas. The bigger cities along Interstate 95 are more likely to see 2-6 inches with heavier totals to the north and west of downtown in each of the cities from DC to Boston.

A coastal storm system approaching New England Sunday afternoon is forecast to drop 3 to 6 inches of snow across the Boston area through early Monday, with higher accumulations of around 4 to 8 inches expected the farther inland you go. A few isolated areas, especially from Springfield to the Berkshires, could see nearly a foot stack up.

Full parking lots, the ice fishing huts dotting the lake and the skaters enjoying laps. Winter recreation spots are loving this brisk, snow-filled winter.

Forecasters expect frigid overnight temperatures to continue in the coming days, with daytime temperatures not resembling the past week's highs in the teens.

Residents across the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for dangerously low temperatures as tens of millions of residents along the East Coast contend with a thick

Heavy snow is expected to blanket large portions of the Eastern U.S. while much of the country will endure dangerously cold temperatures in the coming days

Met Office weather warnings are in place across the UK today as the Spanish named Storm Herminia arrives in the UK and Ireland. The Met Office has warned the damage could be more widespread due to the impact of Storm Eowyn.