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For snow to push into the southern region of Louisiana, extreme weather conditions for the area must be present, usually a low-pressure system coupled with unusually low temperatures. [1] Average snowfall in Louisiana is approximately 0.2 inches (5.1 mm) per year, a low figure rivaled only by the states of Florida and Hawaii. [2]
The city of Charlotte opened a shelter for those who sought warmth from the cold. [32] [13] The North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to approximately 200 collisions by noon of January 16. [13] A car crash also killed 2 people in Raleigh, North Carolina. [33] Over 90% of flights that day from Charlotte Douglas International Airport were ...
The 2021–22 North American winter was not as significant and record-breaking as the previous winter season.Despite this, several notable and significant events still occurred, including two separate record-breaking tornado outbreaks in mid-December, a significant winter storm in the South in mid-January, a powerful blizzard that impacted the Northeast coast at the end of January and a wide ...
Heading into the first full week of the month, the risk for more tornadoes will span a large swath of the central, southern and eastern United States as a multi-day risk for severe weather gets ...
Don’t forget to check the local forecast before you hit the road: Snowfall could snarl post-Thanksgiving travel plans as 16 million are under winter alerts across the Great Lakes and the Central ...
Washington, D.C., set a record for the coldest high temperature on Christmas Eve at 22 °F (−6 °C), [204] Philadelphia set a record cold high at 18 °F (−8 °C), [205] Baltimore tied its record cold high of 20 °F (−7 °C), [206] and Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, smashed their record cold high for the date reaching 4 °F (−16 °C). [207]
"The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 35 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes," the weather service in Duluth, Minnesota, warned.
The SPC logged 64 hurricane-force, 75 mph (121 km/h) or greater wind reports, making December 15 the most prolific wind event in United States history at the time. The record was broken with 68 hurricane-force wind gusts on May 12, 2022. [6] [29] [30] First reports of damage filtered in from western and central Kansas.