The morning of Jan. 25 started out cold, with Boston at 10 degrees. National Weather Service meteorologist Bill Simpson said temperatures will climb higher than on Jan. 23, with Boston reaching 23 degrees, and lighter winds will keep wind chills in the lower teens.

Though the week’s wicked winds and cold temperatures were a shock to many, Simpson said the resulting wind chills are normal for New England’s winter cold snaps.

Anh Levo (left) of Virginia and Quanglong Truong of Chicago braced themselves against the cold while waiting for a bus on Atlantic Avenue in front of South Station.

Steam came off the water by South Boston with an early sunrise and lone sailboat.

Boston’s temperature was 2 degrees on the morning of Jan. 24, with a minus 17 degree wind chill factor. Commuters braved the cold on their way to work.

Wearing a fruit hat, Costas Katemis sold his fruit to a customer near South Station.

It definitely wasn’t summer as a line of people waited for a bus by South Station on Summer Street in Boston.

A woman bundled up for a walk in Boston.

Steam rose off a firefighter busy at a three-alarm fire in frigid temperatures in Chelsea on Jan. 23.

The shadow of a pedestrian on the bridge is cast over footprints in the snow on the Boston Public Garden.

A fire on the MBTA shut down the Green Line and forced commuters into the frigid temperatures as they took shuttle buses at Kenmore Square.

Steam rose from the power plant in Everett across Boston Harbor.

South Boston residents walked their dogs at Castle Island in Boston.