Spring Snow Blankets Parts of New England

This past weekend had scheduled baseball games in several cold-weather cities, but Mother Nature had other ideas, as a storm brought yet more wintry weather to the northern United States.  The Minneapolis-St. Paul was especially hard-hit, as 15.8 inches of snow fell at the airport over the weekend.  It was the 12th largest snowstorm in…

Though the calendar now reads spring, winter made a grand reappearance across parts of Nebraska on Wednesday. Snow totals of up to 16 inches across the state along with wind gusts in excess of 60 mph, resulting in blizzard conditions. The blowing and drifting snow resulted in the closure of the westbound side of Interstate…

The calendar has flipped to July and Mother Nature welcomed in the new month with a sweltering heat wave across eastern North America.  As of this writing, numerous cities in the northeastern United States and southern Canada have reached 90 degrees Fahrenheit for four or even five days in a row.  When combined with dew…

While much of the eastern United States is dealing with heavy rain and flooding, it is a much different story in the western States.  There, heat, drought, and wildfires continue to dominate the headlines.  California is currently in the midst of its worst wildfire year on record, with dozens of lives lost and over 10,000…

Yet another powerful nor’easter, the third one in less than two weeks, pummeled the northeastern United States this week with more heavy snow and more strong winds.   This time, New England bore the brunt of the storm with over two feet of snow in northern Rhode Island and northeastern Massachusetts as well as much of…

When one thinks of Alaska, one thinks of bone-chilling winters, permafrost, and glaciers. But in recent days, record summer heat has been baking much of the state. During the 12-day period of June 27th to July 8th, Anchorage, AK recorded an average temperature of 80.8F, which beat the previous warmest such period by over 5F….