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Central Park Breaks Record Low Temperature For This Date

Pamela EngelJan 7, 2014, 18:20 IST

APA child struggles to climb a snow bank in Central Park, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014.

Central Park was 5 degrees Tuesday morning, the coldest it's been since on a January 7 since 1896, according to NBC New York.

LaGuardia, Newark and John F. Kennedy airports also hit record low temperatures.

A "polar vortex," which typically occurs at the North Pole, has brought some of the coldest weather the U.S. has seen in decades.

Temperatures in the Midwest dove as low as 59° below zero with windchill.