“Still cold (and below normal), but a welcomed improvement to what we’ve experienced the past few days,” the weather service said in its morning forecast discussion. Overnight lows the next two nights should be in the teens before we settle into the 20s Saturday night into Sunday.

The coldest low temperatures reached on Wednesday was in Great Barrignton, between minus 20 and minus 15 degrees, the post read. Springfield saw temperatures that were 10 degrees warmer – specifically, between minus 10 and minus 5 degrees.

Will the Lower Hudson Valley get a break from the extreme cold? Thanks to Arctic air, much of southeast New York has been experiencing frigid temperatures, with wind chills making things feel even colder.

Boston's freezing temperatures are expected to begin to recover on Thursday with daytime highs rising into the 20s.