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Late Season Winter Storm Pummels the Upper Midwest with Snow and Below Normal Temperatures
A late season winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow in some parts of Wisconsin Sunday night into Monday morning, with up to 22 inches of snow...
Fifty Days Before Official Winter, but Eastern Australia Already Getting Rare Snow
SnowBrains.com reports that ski resorts in Australia were delighted to see Easter snow, writing:
With only 50 days to go until the start of winter ‘Downunder,’ Australian resorts were chuffed...
Boise Breaks April Snow Record
On April 13, Boise, Idaho broke its snowfall record for that date when more than an inch of snow fell, said Yahoo.News, which reported:
Boise doesn’t typically receive an inch...
Utah Shatters 70 Year Old Snow Record
To say Utah’s snowpack this year has been unusually heavy, and a blessing, would be an understatement.
Axios reports that Utah had broken its all time record for snowfall in a...
Phoenix Experiences Its Coldest March in 30 Years
The Arizona Republic reports on new data from the National Weather Service in Phoenix showing that March 2023 was the coldest in 30 years.
The National Weather Service in Phoenix...
California Saw Fifth-Coldest March in 129 Years
According to an April 11, 2023 story in the Los Angeles Times, March in California was unusually cold. The L.A. Times writes:
Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that...
Balkans Beset by Heavy Spring Snow
Winter returned to the Balkans delivering heavy snow and record breaking low temperatures across the Balkans, including but not limited to, Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, and Romania, accompanied by high...
Casper, Wyoming Sets Two Day Snow Record, Winter Totals Well Above Average
Above: Crews are seen clearing snow drifts at the Casper/Natrona County International Airport recently. More than a foot of snow fell between Friday and Sunday, with large drifts forming...
Unseasonable and Unusual Heavy Snow Leads to Deadly Avalanche in India
An avalanche occurred near the Nathu La mountain pass in India’s northeastern state of Sikkim. It covered roads, killing at least seven tourists visiting the area. Thirteen other people...
Brutally Cold Winter in Siberia is Followed by an Equally Harsh Spring
A map from ClimateReAnalyser, (reproduced above) shows that areas of Northern Siberia have recently experienced minimum temperatures ranging from -20 to -40°C, temperatures that are well below normal as...
The Western United States Experiences a Record Cold March
As seen in the map above, this past March brought record cold to a vast swath of the United States, particularly the West Coast and the northern Plains. The temperatures...
Boise Breaks 124-Year Cold Record
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Boise, Idaho sent out a Tweet (seen above) concerning the breaking of a long standing temperature record for the city.
The record for...
Phoenix Experiences a Cold Wet Winter
The National Weather Service (NWS) reports that the first three months of 2023 represented the coolest beginning of the year in Phoenix since 1998, according to KTAR News.
In addition, the NWS...
Heavy Snow Relieves Drought and Closes Ski Resorts in the Mountain West
Weekly data from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows how quickly a moisture laden winter can reverse a sustained drought. Maps from the U.S. drought monitor detail the sharp decline...
April Comes in Like a Winter Lion for the Upper Mid-West, 2nd Severe Winter Storm for April Predicted
Winter Storm Uriel blew out of California and into the Rocky Mountain West and upper Midwest on March 31 and April 1, reports The Weather Channel.
Uriel’s combination of snow,...
California’s Snowpack Soars to Record High
Image above: California snowfall at the end of March 2023. Image produced by the National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center, Office of Water Prediction.
The Washington Post (WaPo) reports that...
New Record Low in Bismarck, North Dakota
With a recorded low temperature of -13℉, the National Weather Service in Bismarck, ND published a record-event-report (RER) on Thursday, March 20th, 2023 saying Bismarck's previous cold temperature record for the...
New Record-Low Temperature Set in Estevan, Canada
A report on the Discover Estevan website advises that at new record-low temperature has been set for that Canadian city, besting the existing record by -1.4°C (-2.5°F). Reporter Andrew...
Record Cold Temperature Tied in San Francisco, Matching a Cold Snap in 1898
The National Weather Service in San Francisco Tweeted on Monday March 27, that several cities and towns in California set new or tied existing daily low temperature records for that date,...
Utah Snowpack Sets Records
Winter has delivered record setting snowpack to Utah during the 2022-2023 snow season, report KSL TV5 and Fox 13, Salt Lake.
KSL TV5 describe the situation:
Things are about as good...
Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay Freezes Over for the First Time in Decades
Above: Recent photo of Emerald Bay with ice cover - Image from California State Parks Service.
Repeated atmospheric rivers carrying heavy moisture accompanied by freezing temperatures out of the Arctic...
Gulf Coast Sets New Low Temperature Records This Week
The National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama reported on Twitter that the gulf coast region was recently hit by a strong cold snap, and that event set several new...
Good News for Skiers in Arizona and Utah, Snowpack Continues Increasing
Despite the official start of spring, snow continues to pile up in Arizona and Utah, to the delight of ski resort operators and their patrons.
Arizona’s and Utah’s seasonal snow...
California’s Sierra Nevada Reaches Milestone – Second Snowiest Winter on Record
After two significant storms, in less than a week, the UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab (CSSL) announced it had gone from having its third snowiest winter since record...
Snow Squalls Impact Wide Area Around the Great Lakes
Image above: Canadian winds pick up moisture over the Great Lakes, turning it into heavy snowfall on the far shore. Credit: NOAA
Heading into the weekend on Friday, March 17, the...