- - Northeast Cold Fatigue Lasts Through The Weekend With High Winds, Dangerous Wind Chills, Snow

Jonathan Erdman February 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM

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The Northeast will be blasted by another arctic cold front that will produce subzero wind chills, snow and high winds that could lead to power outages this weekend as a relentless frigid pattern continues along the East Coast.

This latest cold front will surge through the East through Saturday. Here's what you .

High Wind Threat

Strong northwest winds will develop behind the cold front in the East on Saturday and will last into at least Saturday night, if not Sunday morning, as low pressure strengthens well offshore.

The National Weather Service has issued high wind warnings in the mid-Atlantic and Appalachians, areas in the darkest purple shading in the map below. This includes Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Roanoke, Virginia, and Asheville, North Carolina.

In these areas, gusts to 60 mph are possible, capable of knocking out power and damaging some trees.

How Cold?

Alerts

The NWS has also issued extreme cold alerts for parts of the East, from Maine to eastern North Carolina.

Areas in extreme cold warnings, shown by the darkest blue contour in the map below, include the New York City tri-state, Philadelphia and Hartford. This means it could be cold enough to cause frostbite or hypothermia if you're outside long enough.

Temperatures

Dozens of daily record cold highs will be in jeopardy Saturday and Sunday, generally from the single digits in the coldest spots to the teens and 20s elsewhere in the Northeast, and 30s in North Carolina.

By Sunday and Monday morning, expect single-digit lows above or below zero in much of the Northeast from Pennsylvania and New Jersey northward, teens in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, and 20s into North Carolina.

Sunday and Monday could be the coldest mornings of the winter so far, from the New York City tri-state into New England, including Boston.

Northeast Forecast High Temperatures

Wind Chills

The winds we mentioned earlier, combined with this cold, will send wind chills plunging below zero in much of the Northeast this weekend.

In parts of New York state, New England and the Appalachians, wind chills in the minus teens or even minus 20s are possible.

Snow, Too

Fortunately, we're not expecting another snowstorm the likes of recent winter storms Fern, nor Gianna. However, snow will accompany the cold front through Saturday in the East.

Most areas should see snowfall totals less than 6 inches, except for parts of the Appalachians, Adirondacks and New England, where some higher totals are possible.

The combination of snow, possibly occurring in bursts known as snow squalls, along with strong winds could lead to sharp reductions in visibility and challenging travel in a few areas.

(MORE: What Is A Snow Squall?)

Any Relief Coming?

The short answer is, "Yes, somewhat." We do expect temperatures to rise above freezing in much of the Interstate 95 corridor by Tuesday.

But, in general, the warm-up in the Northeast will be relatively muted compared to the rest of the South and central U.S. during the week.

(MAPS: 10-Day US Forecast Highs/Lows)

Cold Stretch

It's been an impressively cold stretch in the East since mid-January.

According to the Southeast Regional Climate Center, dozens of locations in the East have had their top-10 coldest Jan. 15-Feb. 4 three-week periods on record. Detroit and Pittsburgh have each had their third-coldest such period, and coldest since 1963 and 1977, respectively.

It was also Pittsburgh's coldest January in 12 years.

On Groundhog Day, New York City finally broke its nine-day streak of at or below freezing temperatures, its longest streak in over eight years.

Washington's nine-day streak at or below freezing was its sixth-longest, and the longest since 1989.

The persistent cold and multiple winter storms have also left Philadelphia with at least 5 inches of snow cover for over a week straight, its longest such streak since the epic Snowmageddon storms of February 2010.

Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been covering national and international weather since 1996. Extreme and bizarre weather are his favorite topics. Reach out to him on Bluesky, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.

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