Boston and the rest of New England have been dealing with well below-average temperatures, in some cases falling 20 degrees, as an expansive mass of Arctic air spreads across the eastern half of the United States. This cold surge is making our region this week feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska, which is topping out at 36 degrees.

The coldest temperature ever recorded was Feb. 9, 1934, when it fell to 17 degrees below zero, according to National Weather Service records, which go back to 1904. More: How much snow did Rhode Island get? See snowfall totals for Providence, Newport, Warwick

Brace yourselves. What's likely to be the coldest weather of the season will roll into Southern New England early next week.

A storm bringing snow Sunday will be followed by an arctic outbreak dropping temperatures into the 'single digits.'

While a weekend winter storm still remains uncertain, forecasters believe a cold air mass could bring temperatures down to between 10 and 15 degrees early next week.

"The level and extensiveness of the frigid air may be tough to match the rest of the winter," forecasters warned.

Travel chaos and power cuts as 'once in a generation' storm batters UK and Ireland - Mace Head on the Galway coast sees record gust of 113mph at 5am as ‘storm of century’ hits British Isles

Follow MailOnline's Storm Eowyn liveblog for all the latest updatesPlease send in your storm photos and videos to: [email protected] Eowyn brought chaos to Britain today as dramatic videos showed planes struggling to land in record-breaking winds and wheelie bins blown across streets.

Storm Eowyn caused extraordinary travel chaos across Britain today as 92mph winds cancelled more than 300 flights cancelled and axed all trains in Scotland.

Follow live as Storm Eowyn hits the UK and Ireland, with record-breaking winds already reported. The entire country is covered by alerts for wind and rare red weather warnings have been issued for Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Millions of mobile phone users got an emergency alert as people in Scotland and Northern Ireland warned to stay indoors and schools to close

Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared across the Los Angeles area.