article_snippet: This winter has been the season that literally divided America into two.
article_snippet: The places that experience below average conditions are coloured blue, normal appear white and those in red were warmer than average .
article_snippet: NASA's Terra Satellite recorded the land surface temperature and the map  shows a clear divide  right down the middle of the country.
article_snippet: The areas that experienced cooler than average conditions are coloured in blue, normal appear white, and those in red were warmer than average.
article_snippet: The mercury soared some 10 degrees approve than average in the western half and those in the east saw temperatures
article_snippet: 10 degrees below average.
article_snippet: In New York a new low of minus 13 degrees was set, beating its old record by 1.6 degrees.
highlights_snippet: Map shows the temperature divide that has been experienced between the east and west of the country .