Historic Blizzard Strikes Newfoundland

Winter is rainy season in southern California, and this past weekend continued that theme. A storm system from the Pacific Ocean brought heavy rain and mountain snow to the region Saturday night. Rainfall totals exceeded 1.5 inches in many locations, and one location in the Santa Monica Mountains recorded nearly 0.75 inches of rain in…

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,…

As August draws to a close, the North Atlantic Basin is witnessing increased tropical activity. This is consistent with the climatological peak of hurricane season. As of 11am Tuesday morning, two tropical cyclones exist in the North Atlantic: Tropical Storm Dorian and Tropical Depression Six. At the time of this writing, Dorian had maximum sustained…

February has gotten off to a snowy start across parts of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.  In fact, Chicago’s O’Hare Airport has recorded measureable snow each of the past five days.  However, the snowiest region in the Midwest relative to normal so far in February has been southern Lower Michigan.  Detroit Wayne…

While tranquil weather is expected across much of the eastern United States for the next few days, a large storm is expected to bring multiple types of inclement weather to much of the central U.S at the same time. On the cold side of the system, heavy snow and very strong winds are in the…

While the state of Arizona is usually not associated with precipitation, quite a bit fell over parts of the state this week. Though parts of the West Valley, near Phoenix, received 1 to 3 inches of rainfall Thursday morning, it was hail that made headlines across the region. In towns such as Buckeye and Goodyear,…