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These names have been coined using schemes such as the days of the year that the storm impacted or noteworthy structures that the storm had damaged and/or destroyed. In the 2010s, winter storm naming became controversial with The Weather Channel coming up with its own list of names for winter storms similar to that of hurricanes.
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]
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
December 23, 2017 – January 19, 2018 – A cold wave caused damaging low temperatures across eastern North America. The cold wave also caused Tallahassee, Florida to receive trace amounts of frozen precipitation for the first time in more than 30 years. [83] December 29, 2017 – January 4, 2018 – Tropical Storm Bolaven forms east of Palau ...
2006 – swept through the central Philippines in December 2006, exacerbating the damage left behind by previous Philippine typhoon strikes that year. 2014 † – struck the Philippines, causing the deaths of 66 people and ₱1.27 billion in damages.
December 1 – February 29: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 19: First event started: November 21, 2023: Last event concluded: April 6, 2024: Most notable event; Name: January 13–16, 2024 North American winter storm • Duration: January 13–16, 2024 • Lowest pressure: 983 mb (29.03 inHg) • Fatalities: 30 fatalities • Damage
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be one of the most active on record, with AccuWeather experts forecasting 16 to 20 named storms in 2024. With so many storms likely this year, a ...
Tropical cyclones are named to avoid confusion with the public and streamline communications, as more than one tropical cyclone can exist at a time. Names are drawn in order from predetermined lists, [1] and are usually assigned to tropical cyclones with one-, three- or ten-minute windspeeds of more than 65 km/h (40 mph).