A blast of Arctic air is bringing cold weather to New England over the next several days. Wind chill values in the mornings are going to be 0 to 15 below, with the coldest areas across the hillier terrain of Worcester County and the Berkshires.

The arctic air will persist through at least Wednesday morning. Early Tuesday morning, wind chill readings ranged from -20 to -35 degrees, with colder wind chills for areas north and west of the city. With wind chills, this dangerously cold, frostbite, and hypothermia could happen on exposed skin within 30 minutes or less.

New Jersey will experience the coldest conditions of the winter so far over the next couple of days with temperatures below freezing until Friday, forecasters say. Highs will only reach the upper teens and low 20s on Tuesday and Wednesday before plunging into the single digits overnight with widespread wind chill values between 5 and -5 degrees,

The polar vortex has brought Arctic cold to the New York City area—and below-freezing wind chills are in the forecast for the entire week.

BOSTON - The harshest week of winter thus far has begun, kicking off with several inches of snow in much of Massachusetts. A widespread 4-to-8 inches of snow fell across most of southern New England by early Monday.

ARCTIC CHILL AHEAD The cold, arctic air will peak Tuesday and Wednesday. Brace for wake-up temperatures in the single digits above and below zero. Highs will only reach the upper teens and lower 20s.

An Arctic blast has brought wind chill values of well below zero to Maine, something that will continue for the next couple of days. The National Weather Service forecast office in Caribou said the low temperature in Bangor was minus 13 degrees Tuesday morning,