Top Ice Amount: 0.70 inches near Alexandria, MinnesotaĮuropa tracked from northern California, across the Central Rockies and into the Northern Plains during the Christmas weekend.Įuropa created most of its impacts in portions of the Northern Plains, especially near Bismarck, North Dakota, where a snow emergency was declared. Top Snowfall Amount: 32 inches at the top of Mammoth Mountain. This mid-December storm caused a major pile-up in Maryland after a tanker explosion on Interstate 95 on Dec. Hundreds of accidents including an eight-car pileup occurred in Oklahoma, Missouri and Nebraska as Decima accelerated toward the northeast. More than three-quarters of an inch of ice fell in Eugene followed by two days of mainly sub-freezing weather led to a standstill. Top Ice Amount: 0.88 inches in Springfield, Oregonĭecima took a track similar to Caly, through the Pacific Northwest, southeastward into the central plains and then northeastward into the Northeast.ĭecima brought wind, freezing rain and snow to the Northwest stopping traffic from moving for two days in some areas. Top Snowfall Amount: 35.4 inches in Ketchum, Idaho. 
Nine people were killed on roads made more dangerous by snow and ice in Oregon, Iowa, Michigan and Maine. 12, Caly brought some cities in the Northeast, including New York City, their first snow before it moved into the Atlantic. Hundreds of crashes occurred in Minnesota.ĭelta Airlines plane that slid off a runway in Detroit Dec. More than 1,300 flights were canceled in Chicago's airports and 200 flights were canceled in Detroit, where a Delta flight slid off the runway. One to nearly 4 feet of snow fell in portions of the Rockies as Caly rode over the mountains.Ĭaly's snow brought much of the Midwest to a halt. The Portland, Oregon, area received 0.75 inches of ice, the first of many wintry weather events in the Willamette Valley this season.
Top Snowfall Amount: 46.1 inches at Galena SummitĬaly was a cross-country traffic trouble maker that traveled from Oregon across the Northern Rockies into the Midwest. (MORE: Winter Storm Central) Winter Storm Caly, Dec. Pressure fell even lower in parts of rural southeastern North Dakota. 28 dropped to 975.4 millibars in Fargo, North Dakota. The center of Blanche deepened so much that record low pressures were set from Valentine, Nebraska, to Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota, according to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center. Numerous highways and school districts were closed along the northern tier of the country. Snow fell as far south as Arizona and New Mexico with 10 inches or more falling in both states. 
Top Snowfall Amount: Estimated 62 inches south-southeast of Elk Mountain, Wyomingīlanche developed into a record strong low pressure system in the Dakotas for the month of November as it moved eastward from the Rockies across the Upper Midwest and later into northern New England. Satellite shows snow draped from Minnesota to Wyoming and Utah, taken Novem( NASA/Aqua/MODIS) Winter Storm Blanche, Nov. Winter Storm Argos left its mark on much of the country. In all, Argos took six lives in Minnesota, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. In Minnesota alone, 450 vehicle crashes occurred due to snow and ice, and three deaths were reported. 
Winds gusted 50 to 80 mph in the Midwest and the Central Plains, before creating white out conditions on Interstate 81 near Syracuse, New York, as Argos moved toward Canada. The previous snowstorm of record there was a 24.4-inch three-day storm from Feb. 20-21, where one location east of Lake Ontario reported more than 4.5 feet of snow.Īrgos was the heaviest snowstorm of record dating to 1905 in Binghamton, New York, where 27.6 inches was recorded at the Greater Binghamton Airport in a 72-hour period ending around midday on Nov. 17 to the Midwest delivering more than 2 feet of snow in Minnesota, Vermont and Upstate New York on Nov. Winter storm Argos traveled from the central Rockies on Nov.
Top Snowfall Amount: 54.5 inches near Redfield, New York. Here is a brief summary of storms that have occurred so far this winter. The entire track map for the season can be found here. Here are the preliminary track maps for the first 10 storms of the season (Argos - Jupiter) and the second half of the season (Kori - Ursa). (MORE: The Science Behind Winter Storm Naming) Winter storm naming by The Weather Channel and began in the 2012-13 season.Ĭlimatology Data Provided by Tom Niziol, The Weather Channel Valerie was the latest winter storm of the season, and the latest winter storm to be named since naming began. 
The season has produced 22 named winter storms through mid-May.
#January 5 2017 weather full
It kicked into full gear from mid-December through January and into the first half of February.Īt least one named winter storm was active in the first 25 days of January, accounting for six of the storms this winter. Winter storm season 2016-17 has had a rapid turnaround from slow start in November.
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