New Yorkers will need to wrap up warm this Thanksgiving as the annual holiday is set to be the coldest its been in more than 100 years.
Temperatures in the city that never sleeps are forecast to plummet below zero on Thursday morning, with Central Park to endure its lowest Thanksgiving Day temperature since 1901 – when it got down to a bitterly cold -7C (19F).
Currently the temperature in New York – which has already seen some significant snowfall in the past week – is hovering just above that record low.
But despite the freezing conditions, locals can be safe in the knowledge that the traditional Macy's parade – the largest in the world – will still go ahead as planned.
That said, howling winds are also said to be on the way and – should they reach 35mph – there is a chance that larger balloons will not be allowed to fly.
Flights in and out of JFK Airport could also be delayed because of the gales, as a blast of Arctic air arrives from Canada.
US weather service Weather Underground is warning the cold could be "dangerous" across the northeast, with the likes of Baltimore, Boston and Washington all likely to experience some of their coldest Thanksgivings on record.
In Boston, the high on Thursday will be a mere -6C (22F) – making it the coldest Thanksgiving there of all-time and the coldest high ever recorded during the entire week of the holiday.
The conditions will certainly make queuing outside for the start of the Black Friday sales far more of a test, with the northeast likely to see even colder temperatures than on Thursday.
It will be rainy in much of the southeast, central states and west coast too, meaning online retailers could well be even busier than normal on one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
President Donald Trump has certainly made a wise decision in choosing to spend Thanksgiving in sunny Florida, where temperatures will range from the low to mid-20s during daylight hours.
Across the Atlantic, snow has made its presence felt unseasonably early in the UK.
Brighton, Dorset and Kent were among the areas to receive a dusting of the white stuff after a cold blast arrived from the continent, which was forecast to bring an end to the mild November Britons had been experiencing.
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But believe it or not, there is none to be seen in Santa's homeland of Lapland.
Unseasonably mild conditions mean that – at a time when it would normally have 20-30cm of snow on the ground – the majority of the northern Lapland has no snow at all.
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