The polar vortex's icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.

The polar vortex is coming back. After a half-month hiatus, frigid air will again surge across the United States beginning this weekend through next week, as the unusually cold blob of air dips ...

This will be the 10th time this winter that the polar vortex - which keeps the coldest of Arctic air penned in at the top of the world - stretches like a rubber band to send some of that big chill ...

Harsh weather moved west as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 people, includin ...

A lobe of the polar vortex swirls into the United States. (Video: Ben Noll/The Washington Post) Even if these disruptions in the vortex are not causing cold outbreaks to become more frequent or ...

in Washington D.C. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex ...

after a snowstorm in Washington. Credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin A stretched polar vortex like this one happens lower in the atmosphere and is different than when the polar vortex has sudden warming ...

Credit: AP Photo/Morry Gash, File The White House is seen as the snow falls, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. Credit: Photo/Alex Brandon, File Another factor adding to the polar vortex stretching is ...

Four turnovers and a porous run defense were too much to overcome, as Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders lost 55-23 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship Game at Lincoln ...

"Roses are red, violets are blue, and the polar vortex is coming for you!” Washington Post meteorologist Ben Noll wrote on X Friday, which is also Valentine’s Day. According to the National Weather ...

The D.C. area is wrapped up in a polar vortex, and this cold weather can ... Kevin Brasler, executive editor with Washington Consumers’ Checkbook, said shut off any outdoor faucets if you ...

The polar vortex hit its peak across much of America on Wednesday, with an icy grip that made Arctic Greenland seem like a toasty vacation spot in comparison. Even Mars has been warmer than North ...