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Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice, which in 2010 occurred late on December 21 (early on December 22 in EST), and ends at the March equinox, which in 2011 occurred on March 20. [2] Based on the meteorological definition, the first day of winter is December 1 and the last day February 28. [3]
Meteorological winter: December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 20: First event started: October 3, 2009: Last event concluded: April 30, 2010: Most notable event; Name: 2009 North American Christmas blizzard • Duration: December 22–28, 2009 • Lowest pressure: 985 mb (29.09 inHg) • Fatalities: 18 total ...
The February 9–10, 2010 North American blizzard was a winter and severe weather event that afflicted the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and New England regions of the United States between February 9–11, 2010, affecting some of the same regions that had experienced a historic Nor'easter just three days earlier.
Even though the "meteorological winter" in the Northern Hemisphere runs from the first of December until the last day of February, the actual moment of the winter solstice this year will be at 10: ...
Winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the official first day of winter, is on Saturday, December 21, this year (well, for the vast bulk of the world’s population anyway).
The first day of winter is the winter solstice, which has the fewest hours of daylight in the entire year. But the winter solstice isn't actually an entire day-long event ...
Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds.
The April 2010 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides are an extreme weather event that has affected the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil in the first days of April 2010. At least 212 people have died, [ 253 ] [ 254 ] [ 255 ] 161 people have been injured (including several rescuers), [ 256 ] while at least 15,000 people have been made homeless ...