In New Hampshire, the Mount Washington summit's windchill — how cold the temperature feels — recorded an all-time record low of minus 108 degrees.
set daily record lows on Saturday, according to the NWS, across New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The NWS warned about the threats of frostbite and hypothermia; skin exposed to freezing temps could become frostbitten or frozen in as little as 10 minutes. Homeless people stay warm at South Station, set up as as warming center, as temperatures reached minus 7 Fahrenheit in Boston on Saturday.In Boston, warming centers were opened Friday night. Homeless services workers there are doing additional outreach to bring unsheltered people inside. John Lanham, who oversees two shelters in the greater Boston area, says no one seeking refuge from the cold there will be turned away.
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