Deep freeze sets records across eastern US and causes 11 deaths in Tennessee

Record lows recorded at Newark airport and New York City’s Central Park
Six deaths from hypothermia, five from car accidents or inability to reach care

Newark Liberty airport reported a low of just 1F (-17C), breaking the record low of 5F (-15C) set in 1936, according to the Associated Press. With wind chills, the temperature would have felt like between -10F (-23C) and -20F (-29C). In New York City’s Central Park, the low hit 2F (-16.5C), breaking a record of 7F (-14C) from 1950. In upstate*New York, much of Niagara Falls was frozen over.