With over 170 million Americans facing below average temperatures, even colder air may be on the horizon thanks to the displacement of the polar vortex.

A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a Polar vortex actually is, and the dangers — like frostbite — such ...

The term "polar vortex" seems to be popping up in weather forecasts more and more often, ever since North America got blindsided by a stunningly frigid winter back in 2014. The polar vortex isn't a ...

When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation that usually spins quietly above the pole can suddenly send lobes of Arctic ...

Fall weather in Massachusetts may be in for a cold snap in the next few weeks. The National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center is forecasting temperature drops throughout the country in the ...

Boston has seen just one day so far this month where the average temperature was above the seasonal norm, daring me to ask — are you over the cold yet? Astronomical winter hasn’t even arrived (that ...