Finland's record low temperatures this week inspired a tourist on a trip to the Arctic to try a trick that had long intrigued him: throwing boiling water in the air when it's extremely cold outside and seeing it turn into an instant cloud of icy dust. Lauri Untamo, a 49-year-old sales manager from southern Finland, was on holiday in Finnish Lapland with friends when the temperature fell to minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22°F) on New Year's Day. The Nordic countries have seen extremely cold weather for the past few days, with the lowest temperature in 25 years at minus 44.3 C (-47.74°F) recorded on Friday in Enontekio, further north in the Arctic from Pyhatunturi where Untamo was staying.
Millions of Americans across the U.S. woke up to freezing temperatures on Wednesday morning thanks to a bitter blast of arctic air that made its way across the country this week.
An approaching arctic blast will bring the chance of record-breaking cold and snow into Oregon and Washington later this week. Early morning low records will be threatened by Wednesday and