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Some areas near St. Louis have seen more than 7 inches of snow over the last 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, as of around 9 a.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
Weather stations with highest snowfall in the United States by state, 1985-2015; State Place Average annual snowfall [3] elevation of weather station [4] coordinates [4] Other snowy areas (limited or unofficial data) and notes 1. Washington: Paradise, Mount Rainier: 645.5 inches (1,640 cm) 5,400 feet (1,600 m)
A video taken in Utah over the weekend captured a rare, mesmerizing weather occurrence known as a "snownado." According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and The Weather Channel, a ...
The February 2013 North American blizzard, also known as Winter Storm Nemo [5] [6] and the Blizzard of 2013, [7] was a powerful blizzard that developed from the combination of two areas of low pressure, [8] primarily affecting the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada, causing heavy snowfall and hurricane-force winds.
In addition, the relative location to the nearest coastline can influence the elevation of the snow line. Areas near a coast might have a lower snow line than areas of the same elevation and latitude situated in a landmass interior due to more winter snowfall and because the average summer temperature of the surrounding lowlands would be warmer ...
On 7 January 2022, a snowstorm occurred in Murree, Murree District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, dropping more than 4 feet (1.2 m) of snow, [1] killing 23 domestic tourists who had visited to see the snowfall. Many died as temperatures fell to around negative 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 F).
A snow gauge is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of solid precipitation (as opposed to liquid precipitation, which is measured by a rain gauge) over a set period of time.
On 6 July 1987, 38 Hindus were killed by a pro-Khalistan Sikh militant organization, the Khalistan Commando Force, when a bus was going from Chandigarh to Rishikesh, in order to drive out the million Hindus living in the state of Punjab and forced the Sikhs living outside of the Punjab state to move in to enable the Sikh separatists to claim the Punjab state as a sovereign country of Khalistan.