Freezing air brings widespread May freezes across parts of the United States
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 1
Freezing air brings widespread May freezes across parts of the United States
6 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 1
About 17 million people in the Midwest, Plains, Rockies, interior Northeast, New England and Appalachians face freezes from Saturday into early next week.
Forecasters warn frost could kill sensitive vegetation and damage unprotected outdoor plumbing, with a stronger cold surge later next week possibly bringing blustery winds and scattered wet snow to northern states.
The chill follows the warmest March and a preliminarily third-warmest April on record for the contiguous US, while the Northwest may see record warmth even as summerlike heat looks unlikely in the East.
As a May freeze follows record warmth, how will this extreme weather event impact America's food prices this year?
After record heat, a polar plunge threatens crops. Is this extreme weather whiplash the new normal for American seasons?
The East freezes while the West bakes. Is this continental weather divide a permanent feature of our changing climate?