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The January 2016 United States blizzard produced up to 3 ft (91 cm) of snow in parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States during January 22–24, 2016. A weather system, evolving from a shortwave trough that formed in the Pacific Northwest on January 19, consolidated into a defined low-pressure area on January 21 over Texas.
On January 13, 2017, one woman from Missouri died while driving in on the icy roads, a National Football League game was postponed, and thousands lost power. [24] Sleet starting falling to the ground on January 23. Many schools had a snow day due to inclement weather on Tuesday the 24th.
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
Hurley's 295.4 inches of snow from fall 1996 through spring 1997 was a state record most for any season, according to weather historian Christopher Burt. ... Jan. 23, 2016 (28 inches) Record snow ...
January 12-17 - Hurricane Alex kills one person, and becomes the first Hurricane in January in the Atlantic since 1938. [ 35 ] January 21-29 - A historical blizzard , the most recent to be rated a category 5 on the Regional Snowfall Index scale, causes 55 deaths and between $500 million and $3 billion in damage.
The season lasts until the spring equinox, which often occurs on or around March 20. The second has to do with meteorological winter which varies with latitude for a start date. [ 1 ] Winter is often defined by meteorologists to be the three calendar months with the lowest average temperatures.
Experts predict the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season will yield a normal or slightly above-normal number of storms. However, regardless of season totals, one or two more impacts may be in store for ...
Occurring every two to five years, El Nio's most significant effects on North America occur during the wintertime.