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The 2024–25 North American winter is the current winter season that is ongoing across the continent of North America. So far, the season has started as one of the coldest in several years, with temperatures below average across the eastern half of the continent during the month of December.
The first day of astronomical winter is Saturday, Dec. 21, marked by the winter solstice, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The solstice is expected at 4:21 a.m. ET in the Northern ...
The first day of winter is marked by the winter solstice, which occurs when the Earth’s axis tilts farthest from the sun. This year, the solstice happens at 3:27 a.m. CT on Dec. 21. While the ...
Winter begins on Dec. 21 at 3:20 a.m. CT on the winter solstice, which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. When is the Winter Solstice? The Winter Solstice is Dec. 21, 2024.
The first winter storm, named Winter Storm Finn by The Weather Channel, hit the Midwest, Southeast, and East Coast on January 8–10, 2024. [23] Interstate 70 was closed from Watkins, Colorado to the Kansas state line due to the storm. [24] Winds in Colorado gusted up to 80 mph (130 km/h), while winds in New Mexico reached 76 mph (122 km/h).
Other names are the "extreme of winter", or the "shortest day". Since prehistory, the winter solstice has been a significant time of year in many cultures and has been marked by festivals and rites. [8] This is because it is the point when the shortening of daylight hours is reversed and the daytime begins to lengthen again.
As the southern hemisphere celebrates the start of summer, those north of the equator will experience its opposite, the first day of winter. This year, it falls on Saturday 21 December at 9:21am ...
New York City woke up to its first white Christmas in 15 years. But only a few areas of the U.S. are likely to see snow in the weather forecast for Christmas 2024.