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Spring Looking More Like Winter in Wisconsin and Illinois

Spring got off to a slow start in Wisconsin and Illinois as a cold front blew through the western Great Lakes region dumping snow. “A Winter Weather Advisory is in...

Fall Arrives a Bit Early in Australia

Even before summer officially ended, News.com.au reported that a strong cold front altered Australia’s weather. “Meteorologists have warned a weather change could come with 'quite a punch' on Wednesday ...

Great Lakes States Experience Late-Season Lake Effect Snow

Image from NWS, Grand Rapids, MI Forecasts from the National Weather Service (NWS) say an “Arctic clipper” type storm is bringing lake effect snow to parts of the Great Lakes...

Freeze Warnings Issued in 11 States From Texas to North Carolina, Northeast and Great Lakes to Get Spring Snow

Image from weather.gov Fox weather writes: March is typically recognized as the battle between winter and spring, and the arrival of a new workweek has left nearly 170 million people...

March Snow Sets Seasonal Record for Park City, Utah

Late February and early March brought record setting snow to Park City, Utah, according to the Park Record. “There may never be another epic ski season like last year, but...

Storm Buries Colorado in Snow, Drops ‘Gorilla Hail’

A late winter storm dropped heavy snow in Colorado and also delivered what the press described as “Gorilla Hail,” in Oklahoma. CNN reports that a powerful late winter storm dumped...

Record Snowfall Shuts Down Interstate 80 in the Midwest

Last week, the National Weather Service (NWS) in North Platte, NE made a forecast for a significant spring snowstorm, saying: A springtime storm system will cross the Great Plains Wednesday...

Cold Weather to Invade Northeast

AccuWeather reports, "Cold, harsh winds, snow and possible power outages to sweep across northeastern United States into Monday." At present, much of the area is warmer than normal, but starting...

Record Cold at Kansas City Chiefs Playoff Game in January Cost Some People Fingers and Toes

A story recently published in the Associated Press (AP) and carried by many news outlets indicates it was so cold at the January Kansas City Chiefs Playoff Game, people...

Himalayan Winds Bring Sustained Winter Chill to New Delhi

Image: satellite image of India, via the India Meteorological Department. New Delhi, India recently experienced its first three consecutive days period of temperatures below 10℃ in more than 20 years,...

Jackson Hole Sets Snow Record

Image: Jackson Hole Ski Resort webcam Popular vacation destination, Jackson Hole, Wyoming was not spared Winter Storm Noor’s wrath in early March. The storm dumped a record amount of snow...

Massive Snowfall in the Wake of Winter Storm Noor

Winter Storm Noor which began in the West and then tracked across the Northern Plains and Midwest resulted in large temperature declines and delivered some very impressive snowfall amounts...

Northern Canada Slammed by Blizzard, Severely Limiting Visibility

Image: screenshot of video from the near-zero visibility blizzard posted by Nunavut resident Connie Naulaq on Twitter, Feb 29. Environment Canada warned residents and visitors to Northern Canada that a...

‘Thunder Snow’ Conditions Knock Out Power and Close Ski Resorts in Utah

Image: screen capture from video of "thunder snow" event at a ski resort. The winter storm that recently blasted the Sierra Nevada mountains also delivered heavy snow to Utah, knocking...

‘Snowbomb’ Begins in the U.K., Polar Vortex Brings End of Winter Freeze

A polar vortex blowing south and west from Iceland has already started dumping snow across parts of the U.K., with the Met Office warning snow and below zero temperatures...

Extreme blizzard hits California, Nevada, Traps Travelers on Mountain Interstate

The National Weather Service in Sacramento CA reported Sunday on their Facebook page that the Blizzard that started on Friday continues now into Monday and possibly Tuesday: A Blizzard Warning...

Colder Weather and Snow Provides a Bit of Relief for Texas Wildfires

Image: 24-hour temperature change from 3 p.m. Tuesday to 3 p.m. Wednesday. Most of Texas saw temperatures drop between 20 and 35 degrees in 24 hours. Graph output from...

With More Snow on the Way, A New Record in Sight for Anchorage Alaska

With a new winter storm on its way, Anchorage, Alaska, where temperatures during the last week of February are seeing daytime highs only in the low teens and nighttime...

Strong Winter Storm Prompts Winter Storm Warnings for 10 States

The National Weather Service (NWS) issued Winter Storm Warnings for Alaska and nine other states from the Northwest through the Rocky Mountains. “The National Weather Service issued alerts for Alaska,...

Saudi’s Picnic in Rare Snow

Harper’s Bazaar Arabia reports that the Tabuk region of Saudi Arabia were greeted by a relatively rare sight on February 15, snow. “After a chilly week and hailstorm hit the...

California’s Sierra Nevada Makes a Remarkable Recovery from ‘Snow drought’

Image by National Weather Service, Sacramento, CA, Data courtesy CDEC/DWR The Los Angeles Times (LAT) reports that recent storms brought the snow levels in California’s Sierra Nevada’s nearly up to...

Beijing Closes Snow Covered Highways

Image: Screencap from video by BNN Breaking News, Beijing, China. The Chinese government closed highways to and around its capitol, Beijing, on February 21, reports Reuters. “Authorities in Beijing shut some...

Mongolia Suffers Under Extreme Cold and Record Snow

Image: Andrew Cullen (UNICEF) Men use sticks to wade through deep snow in rural Khovd province in far-western Mongolia. The United Nations is reporting that 90 percent of Mongolia is...

South Pole Station Having Winterlike Summer

The Amundsen-Scott South Pole (ASSP) weather station, operated by the National Science Foundation’s United States Antarctic Program, is experiencing very winterlike conditions this summer. Both daily high and low temperatures...

Winter Storm Dumps Snow, Rain, in Death Valley National Park

Image: Snow at Death Valley National Park’s CA-190 west entrance on February 8. By Elyscia Letterman, National Park Service. The location where the hottest temperature was ever recorded on the...