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Meteorological winter: December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 19: First event started: October 26, 2020: Last event concluded: April 17, 2021: Most notable event; Name: February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm • Duration: February 13–17, 2021 • Lowest pressure: 960 mb (28.35 inHg) • Fatalities ...
The winter storm caused power grids to fail across the U.S., causing blackouts for over 5.2 million homes and businesses, the vast majority of which were in the state of Texas, which became one of the largest blackout events in modern U.S. history, [12] [13] [41] the largest one since the Northeast blackout of 2003. [17]
[3] [4] The system is estimated to have caused at least $2 billion (2021 USD) in damages, mainly due to blackouts and structural damage. [5] [6] Excluding the winter storm a few days previous to this storm, the system was the costliest winter storm in the United States since the March 1–3, 2018 nor'easter, and the deadliest since the Blizzard ...
Some areas along the Interstate 95 corridor, such as Washington, D.C., and New York City, saw anywhere from a quick coating to an inch of snow Tuesday, while parts of northern New England got 2 to ...
On February 7, 2021 Uranium City, Saskatchewan, equaled their all time coldest temperature of −48.9 °C (−56.0 °F) previously recorded on January 15, 1974. [13] In Winnipeg, Manitoba , the high temperature did not rise above −20.0 °C (−4.0 °F) for 9 consecutive days, the longest period since 1996. [ 14 ]
New Jersey's winter temperatures were milder than average, according to Rutgers' professor and state climatologist, Dave Robinson, who compiled a winter report in March 2024.
New York City had its first measurable snowfall of the season this weekend just in time for Christmas. The city received 1.8 inches of snow, according to a reading in Central Park, which was just ...
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 ...