In some cities, the frigid air mass has been the coldest seen in years or has broken daily record lows. Here's a few examples:
- Billings, Mont.: Low of -21 degrees Saturday at the airport was the coldest reading at that location since Jan. 13, 1997, nearly 17 years ago.
- Miles City, Mont.: Not to be outdone, this southeast Montana city dropped to -36 degrees Saturday, its coldest since a -37 was recorded Jan. 30, 1996.
- Great Falls, Mont.: Low of -33 degrees on Saturday was the coldest temperature recorded so early in the season. Previous record was Dec. 8, 1972 (-36 degrees).
- Medford, Ore: Record low of 18 degrees on Wednesday and a record low of 14 on Thursday. According to the National Weather Service, this is the coldest air mass in the city since 1998.
- Pullman, Wash.: Sunday morning's preliminary low of -11 degrees was the city's sixth consecutive daily record low and the earliest it's gotten that cold in 74 years of recordkeeping.
- Denver: Record low of -13 degrees on Wednesday beat the old record of -5 degrees set in 2008. Thursday's low of -15 tied the daily record. Denver dropped to -13 degrees on Saturday morning, tying another record low.
- Ely, Nev.: Record low of -17 degrees on Wednesday crushed the old record of -5 degrees. Record lows were also set on Thursday (-23 degrees) and Friday morning (-19 degrees).
- Casper, Wyo.: Record low of -22 degrees on Wednesday beat the old record of -11 degrees set in 1972.
- Portland, Ore. and Astoria, Ore.: Three straight days with daily record lows Tuesday through Thursday.
- Spokane, Wash.: Saw its first high in the teens since Feb. 26, 2011 on Thursday.
- Glasgow, Mont.: Recorded its first subzero high temperature since Jan. 18, 2012 on Thursday.
- Daily records lows set on Saturday morning in Grand Forks, N.D. (-24 degrees) and Kansas City, Mo. (1 degree - tie).
- Sunday morning brought a record low of 7 degrees to Bishop, Calif. (old record 8 degrees)
- The coldest spot in the United States Sunday morning, was Havre, Mont., where the low temperature reached -37 degrees!
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