Nation IN BRIEF : THE EAST : Cold Weather Keeps Grip on Many States

Cold temperatures continued in the central and northeast United States, and are expected to hang around for a while as arctic air grips parts of northern Montana, the Dakotas, the upper Midwest and northern New England. In Minnesota, the mercury read 13 below zero in the Twin Cities, but the windchill made it feel like 27 below. Two record cold temperatures for Jan. 6 were broken in Vermont, 23 below in Burlington and 25 below in St. Johnsbury. And a number of New York’s major cities broke or tied their record lows for the day. In Syracuse, the temperature fell to 24 below, surpassing the former record of 12 below set in 1912. New York City tied its record of 9 degrees. “This is just too cold,” said police officer Todd Clairemont in Saranac Lake, N.Y., which had a temperature of 37 below zero.