<Li> January 2017 European cold wave--A cold wave hit Central and East Europe at January 5 . The lowest temperature was − 45.4 ° C (− 49.7 ° F) degrees . The cold caused at least 60 deaths . There was also massive snowfall . </Li> <Li> January 2016 East Asia cold wave--Caused over 100 known deaths across East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia . </Li> <Li> February 2015 North American cold wave--During the second half of February 2015, temperature records were broken in both sides of the spectrum . Extreme warm records were broken in the western half of the United States and extreme cold records were broken in the eastern half . In addition to the extreme cold wave at its most brutal in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, and New England, snowfall were reported as far south as Tupelo, Mississippi; Huntsville, Alabama; and Shreveport, Louisiana . The cold wave became widespread and all the remaining mild conditions from the west were pushed into northern Mexico . The cold wave even extended well into early March, with a part of every U.S. state except Florida reported a snow cover by March 1, 2015 . </Li> <Li> November 2014 North American cold wave--Between November 8 and November 23, a polar vortex similar to earlier in 2014 has a temporary comeback, delivering the 2014--15 winter season's first three named winter storms (Astro, Bozeman, and Cato). Snowfall records were confirmed all over the Midwest and the Northeast, especially around the Great Lakes . Buffalo, New York, was among the hardest hit in the unseasonably wintry November . In addition to not being Thanksgiving yet, autumn colors were in the mix along with the deep winter snow . </Li>

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