Record low temperatures in New York City

myfoxny.com The coldest, most dangerous blast of polar air in decades gripped the country on Tuesday, closing schools and day care centers, grounding flights and forcing people to pull their hoods and scarves tight to protect exposed skin from nearly instant frostbite. Central Park in New York City broke a 118-year old record on Jan. 7 when the temperature dropped to 4 degrees.  Strong winds pushed the wind chill well below zero.  Central Park had a record low temp of 6° since 1896.  The Tuesday temperature was 50 degrees lower than was recorded on Monday. LaGuardia Airport in Queens also set a record low of 4 degrees.  The old record of 11 degrees for Jan. 7th was set in 1968. Cold temperatures will continue on Tuesday with a high of 10 degrees and wind chills near -10 degrees. Overnight temperatures on Tuesday night will near 5 degrees with wind chills of -10 degrees. Amtrak stopped running trains into New Jersey out of New York's Penn Station for nearly an hour on Tuesday morning because of signal problems caused by the cold weather. Monday's subzero temperatures broke records in Chicago, which set a record for the date at minus 16, and Fort Wayne, Ind., where the mercury fell to 13 below. to read more: myfoxny.com