DENVER—An Arctic blast is lingering in Colorado, plunging temperatures way below zero in some spots.
The National Weather Service says a sensor at Cameron Pass in northern Colorado recorded a temperature of minus 46 Wednesday morning.
Denver missed setting a record low temperature by just one degree. Weather service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said the mercury at Denver International Airport dropped to minus 17 early Wednesday, not enough to beat the record low of negative 18 recorded in 2007.
But it was cold enough to freeze the gates on the HOV lanes on Interstate 25 in the Denver area during the morning commute.
Most school districts along the populated Front Range canceled classes but Denver schools reopened because officials said road conditions had improved. The temperature was minus 10 as the school day began.
