New York City may have coldest New Year's Eve since 1960s

Dangerously cold weather is enveloping more than half of the US
Bitter cold temperatures are sweeping through the Midwest and Northeast as New York City braces for its coldest New Year's Eve since the 1960s.

FRIGID TEMPS

A frozen fountain during cold winter weather in Bryant Park, Dec. 27, 2017, in New York City.Max Golembo/ABC
A frozen fountain during cold winter weather in Bryant Park, Dec. 27, 2017, in New York City.
Wind chills this morning fell to 0 degrees in New York City, minus 16 degrees in Boston and minus 43 degrees in Watertown, New York.

Multiple low-temperature records were broken. Flint, Michigan, hit an all-time December record low of minus 17 degrees this morning. International Falls, Minnesota, set a record low at minus 36 degrees, and Cotton, Minnesota, broke another record with a whopping low temperature of minus 41 degrees. See photos below