Here in this post, we have collected 30 photos that show you how extremely cold it is in America right now. The polar vortex is a high-altitude ring of strong winds that keep extremely cold air around the Arctic region. Sometimes, like this year, it can move further south than usual, covering densely populated portions of North America. And the winter season 2021/22 arrived with a bang. Take this week for example. The winter storm has caused mayhem on roadways in the eastern portions of the country, and frigid cold for the north.
Scroll below and check yourself. All photos are linked and lead to the sources from which they were taken. Please feel free to explore further works of these photographers on their collections or their personal sites.
#1 After two days of freezing rain, this mold came out
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#2 My God. We’ve reached The Day After Tomorrow
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#3 My brother was on one of the few flights into Chicago this morning. He took this photo of frozen Lake Michigan from the plane
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#4 Is Iowa really THAT cold?
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#5 Pray for the homeless during this time! Give to your local shelters. Most are at full capacity
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#6 Eyelashes on fleek! Is that a thing? Is this the new winter running fashion statement?
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#7 My sister opened her car door in Chicago
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#8 You know it’s cold when the toilet paper is frozen in the outhouse
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#9 Meanwhile in Minnesota. The tank exploded
Image source: David Hildebrand
#10 The current level of snow in Madison: one whole flamingo
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#11 It’s so cold in Iowa that we froze antifreeze
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#12 Lunch in Chicago today. I like mine al dente
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#13 A firefighter after working in the -40° polar vortex
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#14 Freezing our pants off
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#15 Frozen chicken eggs
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#16 The landlord decided to turn down the heat today in my MN apartment as it reached -40°. But the idiot must have forgotten he pays for my electricity and doesn’t realize that I value my comfort over safety or energy conservation
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#17 When these are the INSIDE doors…you know we are Polar Vortexing
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#18 I just wanted to see how long it would take for an egg to freeze outside and also what would become of my egg
Image source: Lauren Yapalater
#19 Meanwhile in Wisconsin
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#20 Going to daycare when it’s -30 outside
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#21 Did someone shout ‘Freeze!’
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#22 Letting my car heat up during the Polar vortex…
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#23 This flash-frozen fire hydrant
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#24 We had a house fire south of Cameron today. Our chief Mitch Hansen thought it was a splash park
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#25 Frozen bubbles!
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#26 Don’t try to hang dry your clothes outside…
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#27 This is my buddy Jesse at the Arrowhead 135 in MN yesterday. Day time temp was -26 °F
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#28 No, believe me, ’tis very cold; the wind is northerly
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#29 My neighbor’s furnace exhaust is creating an interesting icicle
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#30 Living in the Midwest during this cold spell
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