A huge blast of arctic air swept into the region Saturday, and bringing with it the coldest days of the year — with deadly wind chills dropping as low as minus 25 degrees Sunday, forecasters said.
The mercury was expected to plummet to a jaw-dropping low of 2 degrees in the early morning hours Sunday, with a brutal high of 17 degrees for the day. Up to 50 mph wind gusts will make it feel anywhere from minus 15 to minus 25 below zero.
In those conditions, hypothermia can happen in mere minutes.
“If you’re not well protected; if you’re out there for more than half an hour, you’re going to be in trouble with frostbite and hypothermia,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told The Post…