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The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
In Texas, crews treated the roads in the Dallas area amid forecasts of 1 to 3 inches (about 3 to 8 centimeters) of snow on Thursday, along with sleet and rain. National Weather Service meteorologist Sam Shamburger said up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of snow was expected farther north near the Oklahoma line.
Category 2 1996 January 6–10: 48 inches (120 cm) 980 hPa (29 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 1997 March 31 – April 1 — 979 hPa (28.9 inHg) Blizzard Category 2 October 24–26 — — Storm — 1998 January 4–10: 5 inches (13 cm) [c] — Ice storm — 1999 January 2–4: 21.6 inches (55 cm) — Storm Category 4 January 14–15 — — Ice ...
The second major winter storm of 2025 will target the south-central and southeastern United States into the weekend and will create dangerous conditions on the roads as well as a slew of flight ...
Snow, sleet and freezing rain can occur during the winter season, when cold Canadian air at ground level is overrun by warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico. Unless otherwise indicated, all normal data presented below are based on data at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport the official Little Rock climatology station, from the 1981− ...
Tom's Mill Fire, 2017 Wind turbine factory, Jonesboro. There are concerns about the impact climate change will have on water levels in the state. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), droughts pose challenges for water management and river transportation; if the spring is unexpectedly dry, reservoirs may have too little water during summer.
The February extent of snow cover in Eurasia and North America was above average, while the extent of Arctic ice in the same month was 4.5% below the 1981–2010 average. [1] The Northern Hemisphere weather extremes have been linked to the melting of Arctic sea ice, which alters atmospheric circulation in a way that leads to more snow and ice. [2]
The 2019–20 North American winter was unusually warm for many parts of the United States; in many areas, neutral ENSO conditions controlled the weather patterns, resulting in strong El Niño like conditions and the sixth-warmest winter on record, [1] and many areas in the Northeastern United States saw one of the least snowy winters in years. [2]