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Temperatures were some 30 to 50 degrees below normal across much of the country, all the way down to the Gulf Coast, with Nashville receiving up to 8 inches of snow.
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Sonya Washington feeds birds at Waterfront Park on Tuesday in Alexandria, Va.
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A young girl tries to catch snow on her tongue near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in D.C. on Monday.
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Some of the storm’s coldest air fell on cities near the U.S.-Canada border, including Chicago, where temperatures stayed below 2 degrees for several days. Buffalo was hit by blinding lake-effect snows as westerly winds blew the Arctic blast eastward.
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Lake Michigan in Chicago on Tuesday.
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A lighthouse at Chicago's Montrose Beach on Tuesday.
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Nam Y. Huh/AP
A snow-covered sidewalk in Buffalo Grove, Ill., on Tuesday.
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A man clears snow along a sidewalk in St. Joseph, Mich., on Monday.
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A man with a sign reading “Please Help” in Chicago on Tuesday.
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Nam Y. Huh/AP
The winter storm ended the snow drought in D.C., providing some fluffy stuff for the first time in 727 days.
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Sebastian Cowan, 17, and Felipe Lopez, 17, build a snowman during school trip from Texas to D.C. on Tuesday.
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A lone horse at D.C.'s Rock Creek Park on Tuesday.
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Salwan Georges/The Washington Post
Hazel Jones, 8, left, and Elle Korol, 8, walk down Long Branch Trail with their sleds in Takoma Park, Md., on Tuesday.
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Snow covered trees create a tunnel effect on Brink Road in Germantown, Maryland on January 16, 2024.
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Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post
Record low temperatures stretched across southern states, hitting several Texas cities including Houston, Austin and San Antonio.
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Grand Prairie, Tex., amid the winter storm on Monday.
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Julio Cortez/AP
B.B. King's brass note on Beale Street in Memphis on Tuesday.
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Chris Day/Commercial Appeal/AP
Snowplow crews remove snow from a runway at the Nashville International Airport on Tuesday.
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George Walker IV/AP
A family waits for their delayed flight at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Monday.
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Snow and ice accumulate in Jackson, Miss., on Tuesday.
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Rogelio V. Solis/AP
Christine Seiss walks her dog, Buddy, on Monday in Conroe, Tex.
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Fabric covers a plant during freezing weather in New Orleans on Tuesday.
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People walk in the snow at the University of North Alabama on Monday in Florence, Ala.
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