But by next week it might get above freezing—and snow again

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Reviewing Last Week's Remarkable Cold Wave | Weather Underground

"Unusually cold air will prevail across most of the Eastern U.S. for yet another week, making some inroads into the central states. Snow and ice continue to plague parts of the South and Atlantic: significant sleet and freezing rain are possible today from northeast Texas into Mississippi. Another round of wintry precipitation is likely midweek across parts of the mid-South, with the focus beginning to shift westward in a long-awaited pattern change by next weekend.

"Apart from these events--and the record snow burying most of New England--it’s the cold that’s made its mark on the eastern United States this winter."