A Week From Winter: Snow, Cold Already Crush Records
By Kristen Rodman
While the official start to winter is still days away, Dec. 21, 2013, the cold, icy and snowy weather across most of the United States would indicate otherwise.
A series of storms this fall blanketed parts of the Northeast and Midwest in snow, ice-covered areas and knocked out power to thousands from Texas to Kentucky and bitter cold froze parts of the northern Plains.
Snow totals in some areas have already surpassed last season's totals. Philadelphia has already received 10.8 inches of snow this fall, 8.6 inches of that snow from last weekend's snowstorm. This means the city has received 2.5 inches of additional snow so far this season compared to all of last winter.
Lake effect spanning Dec. 9 to 13, 2013, dumped several feet of snow on places in upstate New York. Constableville, N.Y., received 56 inches of snow. According to Carol Yerdon, a National Weather Service observer, Redfield, N.Y., has received 71 inches of snow from multiple rounds during the week.
Although snowfall totals have been high around the country, a snowstorm predicted to impact more than 1,000 miles from St. Louis to Boston this weekend will only cause totals to climb even more.
Despite some significant snow totals for the autumn season, times of bitter cold also inhabited the nation breaking records in various cities.
On Dec. 11, 2013, Bismarck, N.D., broke the city's previous Dec. 11 record, set back in 1945 with a low temperature of 22 degrees below zero. For the month, the city is currently 13.3 degrees below its normal temperature.
In Chicago, the city's airport, Chicago O'Hare, sunk to 6 degrees below zero on Dec. 10, 2013, which hasn't happened since 2008.
Link to article and charts:
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/snow-ice-cold-bury-the-us-but/20928013
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