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January 2018 featured quite a bit of wild weather across the United States.  Perhaps none more so than the mudslides in California.  A low pressure system from the Pacific Ocean dumped very heavy rain on Southern California January 8th and 9th, with the town of Monticello getting hit extremely hard.  Since that area had just…

Winter has been hanging tough in many parts of the country so far this spring, especially in the Upper Midwest.  Stambaugh, Michigan, located in the state’s Upper Peninsula, reached a bone-chilling -24 degrees on the morning of April 8th.  Initially, this was believed to be a record-low temperature for Michigan during the month of April,…

The State of Louisiana is certainly no stranger to hurricanes and tropical storms. This year has been exceptionally busy, though. Hurricane Delta became the latest storm to strike the state when it make landfall last week as a category 2 hurricane last Friday, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph. Delta was the sixth tropical…

A storm system tracking through the eastern Great Lakes will bring wintry weather to portions of the Upper Midwest this weekend. But the main headline with this system will not be snow. Ice will be the biggest threat across the region. With much of this system’s precipitation falling as freezing rain, up to one inch…

While blasts of bitter cold and snow have hit much of the central and eastern United States in recent weeks, the snow has missed parts of the northeast almost entirely. The biggest snow hole so far this winter has been Boston’s Logan Airport, which has measured just 2.3 inches of snow so far this winter….

A strong area of low pressure from the Pacific Ocean is bringing heavy rain, mountain snow, strong winds, and large waves the northwestern United States. Rainfall totals of up to 8 inches are expected by Wednesday in parts of Oregon and Washington. Heavy snow is impacting the higher elevations of the Cascade Mountains, with up…