Finland’s winter cold record to date was broken in Savukoski, Lapland, where the Finnish Meteorological Institute reported –42.8°C early Friday morning. Temperatures elsewhere in Lapland were widely between –30°C and –40°C.

Karasjok in Finnmark, Norway recorded -41.4°C on the morning of Jan. 9, 2026—the lowest temperature there since 2017—leading the municipality to cancel school bus service while other services continued largely as normal.

The Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race has been postponed by two weeks due to low snowfall and above-freezing temperatures in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

A cold snap in Southcentral Alaska has led to increased natural gas demand, causing Enstar to struggle with supply due to equipment failure and technical issues.

Staff at Anchorage's Brother Francis Shelter have seen cases of hypothermia and frostbite, during a subzero chill expected to continue next week.

For six straight days, thermometers in Fairbanks did not read higher than minus 40. Anchorage hit 30 below and even Juneau went subzero, at minus 3.