The arctic blast that made its way through Oklahoma extended the holiday weekend for most county schools.

Kingfisher, Dover, Okarche, Hennessey and Cashion announced they would not be having school on Tuesday.

“Parking lots and sidewalks are still too dangerous and I am also concerned about the dangerous wind chill numbers in the morning,” Kingfisher Superintendent David Glover wrote in a message to school patrons on Monday night.

Dover, Okarche and Cashion declared Tuesday as a remote learning day.

Five county schools were already out Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Day.

The exception was Lomega, which canceled school on Monday due to the inclement conditions.

Lomega students did return to school Tuesday, but at 9:30 a.m.

Chisholm Trail Technology Center held classes for its students on Tuesday.

The front causing the school closures moved in over the weekend and temperatures haven’t been above freezing since Saturday.

As of noon Tuesday, Kingfisher had gone 90 consecutive hours below freezing, according to Mesonet, and had 133 hours below freezing total in the last week.

Wind chills during that span were well below zero at times, causing multiple warnings to be issued [Continued From Page 1]

by the National Weather Service.

Snowfall also occurred on Sunday.

One inch of snow was recorded in Kingfisher according to Steve Loftis and upwards of two inches fell in northeastern Kingfisher County, according to the National Weather Service.

While some side roads remained snow covered, most major roadways were clear by Monday afternoon.