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The 2024–25 North American winter is the current winter season that is ongoing across the continent of North America.The most notable events of the season so far have included a powerful bomb cyclone that impacted the West Coast of the United States in mid-to-late November, as well as a severe lake-effect snowstorm in the Great Lakes later that month.
This was Calgary's first snowfall of the season. [8] Atmospheric river events are common in British Columbia and Washington during the cold season. September 2024 brought one to the North Coast that is believed to have been the most intense in the Northeastern Pacific in the satellite record that goes back to 2000. [9]
Despite over 1 ft (30 cm) of snow in Port Jervis, New York, the record snow drought in New York City continued, as Central Park only picked up 0.2 in (0.51 cm) of snow. [21] Boston measured 3.8 in (9.7 cm) during the snow event, with 5.6 in (14 cm) of snow in Providence, Rhode Island and 10.4 in (26 cm) of snow in Hartford, Connecticut. [22]
Climate scientists say the future of snowfall is pretty clear: A warmer world driven by human pollution means precipitation is more likely to fall as rain than snow, all else being equal.
The Copernicus Programme reported that 2024 continued 2023's series of record high global average sea surface temperatures. [6]2024 Southeast Asia heat wave. For the first time, in each month in a 12-month period (through June 2024), Earth’s average temperature exceeded 1.50 °C (2.70 °F) above the pre-industrial baseline.
Record snowfall fell in Des Moines on January 9, with 8.3 in (21 cm) of snow, with the event total being 11.2 in (28 cm). Portions of Iowa recorded 15 in (38 cm) of snow. [ 14 ] Snow was lighter in the Chicago metropolitan area , with a peak of around 3.5 in (8.9 cm); [ 15 ] the snowfall resulted in a ground stop at Chicago O'Hare International ...
Ucluelet Brynnor Mines, British Columbia: October 6, 1967 Greatest Snowfall in one season* 2,446.5 centimetres (963.2 in) [4] Mount Copeland, British Columbia: 1971–1972 Greatest Snowfall in one day: 145 cm (57 in) [5] Tahtsa Lake, British Columbia: Feb 11, 1999 Highest Humidex reading: 52.6 C (126.7 F) [6] Carman, Manitoba: July 25, 2007 ...
January 2024 nor'easter – brought the first accumulating snow to parts of the Northeast and New England in two years; January 8–10, 2024 North American storm complex – Brought several inches of snow to the Upper Midwest and caused a tornado outbreak in the South along with heavy rains, flooding and wind to the East Coast of the United States.