Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The storm also broke a 100-year-old record for the largest single December storm, previously 20.2 inches (51 cm) on December 25–26, 1909. [14] The storm was reported by meteorologists to share attributes of the 1983 storm. [15] Streetscape of the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In more mountainous areas, snowfall was even heavier.
Part of the Tornadoes of 2009 and 2009–10 North American winter 1 Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale The 2009 North American Christmas blizzard was a powerful winter storm and severe weather event that affected the Midwestern United States , Great Plains , Southeastern United States, the Eastern Seaboard , and parts of Ontario .
On December 16, meteorologists identified a storm forming in the Gulf of Mexico. [4] It produced record rainfall in regions of Texas and had the potential to strengthen as it moved through Georgia and Florida and further north. Weather models accurately predicted that this storm would meet with cold air while retaining its heavy precipitation. [5]
It was the blizzard of December 18-19, 2009. Known locally as Snowpocalypse, it would go down as the largest December snowstorm in the recorded weather history of the nation’s capital!
Here's how we compiled the list: We pored through 30-year average snowfall statistics of hundreds of locations in the U.S. from 1991 through 2020. We considered only those towns and cities with a ...
Winter storms can produce both ice and snow, but are usually more notable in one of these two categories. The "Maximum accumulation" sections reflect the more notable category which is represented in inches of snow unless otherwise stated. Only category 1 and higher storms as defined by their regional snowfall index are included here.
The landmark Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Plaza stands out Dec. 26, 1947, as a few hardy pedestrians make their way through the snow drifts of one of the heaviest winter storms in years.
A winter storm from the Atlantic reached southern Britain and the Midlands on 9–10 causing heavy rain and flooding. Across the midlands and further north, it was cold enough for it to fall as snow. Coupled with the strong winds, it made blizzard conditions. The Met office issued an extreme winter storm warning for many counties in Great Britain.