A bitterly cold wind will be making it feel frigid Tuesday. The cold snap continues through much of the workweek, meteorologist Bill Henley says.
All Philadelphia schools are opening on a two-hour delay on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, the school district announced on Monday.
All District schools and offices will operate on a two-hour delay tomorrow, Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Read more: https://t.co/yQyJnEtYgI #PHLED pic.twitter.com/0ql8qaD0SX
— Philadelphia Schools (@PHLschools) January 20, 2025
Archdiocesan parochial elementary schools in Philadelphia will also open two hours late on Tuesday while Archdiocesan high schools in the city will operate on a normal schedule, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced.
The delay comes amid dangerously cold temperatures around the region with wind chills that will make it feel like below zero degrees this week.
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