THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

Date

City

Degrees
Fahrenheit

North Dakota braces for another winter storm - Bismarck already has record
snowfall in December with more than 28 inches, breaking the mark set in 1916.
http://www.kxmb.com/News/313471.asp

Spokane December Snowfall Record ‘Shattered’

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

25 Dec 08 ... AS OF 4 PM ON THE 25TH OF DECEMBER SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED 46.2 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS HAS SHATTERED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 42.7 INCHES SET IN 1996. RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT IN SPOKANE SINCE 1881. MORE SNOW IS FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK AND THE TOTAL DECEMBER SNOWFALL WILL RISE EVEN MORE.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/otx/main.php?wfo=otx&pil=pns&sid=otx

Thanks to Ken Madden and Chuck Clancy for this link

By far the snowiest Christmas in Portland history
Snowiest December on record near Portland airport
25 Dec 08 - THE 18.9 INCHES OF SNOW THAT HAVE FALLEN SO FAR THIS MONTH AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND OREGON RANKS THIS AS THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1940. ADDITIONALLY... THIS MONTH NOW RANKS AS THE SECOND SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD...ONLY BEATEN BY THE REMARKABLE 41.0 INCHES THAT FELL IN JANUARY 1950.

...THE AMOUNT OF SNOW ON THE GROUND THIS CHRISTMAS BY FAR EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS SNOW DEPTH RECORDS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY...WHICH WERE 1.3 INCHES DOWNTOWN...1.0 INCH AT VANCOUVER...AND A TRACE AT PORTLAND AIRPORT. THE SNOW DEPTH THIS AFTERNOON AT THE NWS OFFICE IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND WAS 10 INCHES... INCLUDING A FRESH 0.8 INCH THAT FELL (CHRISTMAS DAY) THIS AFTERNOON.

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Seattle might catch it again! - Up to 6 more inches of snow

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

UP TO ANOTHER SIX INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE SNOW BEGINNING SOMETIME LATE TONIGHT. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...THE LOW LEVEL WIND FLOW WILL BECOME SOUTHWESTERLY. THIS SHOULD WARM UP THE AIR MASS ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION FROM SNOW TO RAIN. THIS TRANSITION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BUT THERE IS PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING THE TIMING OF THIS TRANSITION IF IT EVEN OCCURS AT ALL.

SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-SOUTHWEST INTERIOR-EAST PUGET SOUND LOWLANDS-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- EVERETT AND VICINITY-SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA-TACOMA AREA- ADMIRALTY INLET AREA-HOOD CANAL AREA-LOWER CHEHALIS VALLEY AREA

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Midwest under a glacier already? - 22 Dec 08 - Funny how he put this one:

"And that's exactly what it will be Tuesday night and Wednesday. Frightful. This storm won't be as strong as the last two that have come by, yet the precipitation it will produce will be just as widespread and perhaps even more so. Moderate snowfall is expected from the Midwest to northern New England. Most of that area is under a glacier already and is guaranteed a white Christmas. Just south of the snow, there will be a treacherous mix of sleet and freezing rain.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=1

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

New storm strikes Northwest – could “deliver a wallop” as it heads east - A fierce winter storm blew in from the Pacific with up to 2 feet of snow and icy wind, closing I-84 in Oregon and I-90 in Washington.
 

A blizzard warning was posted for parts of the Columbia River Gorge between the two states.

Authorities warned that the storm could deliver a wallop as it moved eastward.
 

Blizzard warnings also remained in effect today for parts of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota.
See entire article:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gudBnWr4taA9LEMlTo1PJ2kLFvKQD95743PO0

"If you get caught in this stuff, it really is life-threatening," said Dan Miller, science and operations officer at the weather service in Duluth, Minn.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gudBnWr4taA9LEMlTo1PJ2kLFvKQD95743PO0

Nearly 1500 cold temp records & 770 snow records set in U.S. in past week!
More global warming? Atlanta Bismarck Boise Butte Chicago Denver Houston Miami Minneapolis Mobile New York Oklahoma City Olympia Phoenix Portland Raleigh San Francisco Seattle St. Louis
 

At this great website you can click on individual dots to view details of

 the particular record that was broken

http://mapcenter.hamweather.com/records/7day/us.html?c=mintemp
Thanks to Marc Morano for this link

Detroit - Biggest snowfall in quarter century – more on the way - 20 Dec 08 - "The snow depths could be anywhere from 10 to 13 inches," Matt Mosteiko, a meteorologist intern for the National Weather Service in White Lake Township, said of early next week.

Friday's snowfall broke the region's previous record of 8.7 inches in 1973. It will go down in history as one of the 25 biggest accumulations in one snowfall in metro Detroit since the late 19th Century. The area's worst snowfall of 24.5 inches occurred in 1880, according to the weather service.

Snow also blanketed Michigan on Friday, with some areas receiving more than 12 inches, according to the National Weather Service in Gaylord.

http://www.freep.com/article/20081220/NEWS05/812200368
Thanks to Benjamin R. Sanor for this link

Record cold in Denver
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
DECEMBER 14TH DROPPED TO -18 …THAT ESTABLISHES A NEW RECORD
LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 14^TH BREAKING THE OLD RECORD
OF -14 DEGREES SET IN 1901. 

Thanks to John Sumption for this info

Record low maximum in Denver
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY AT THE DENVER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT ONLY MANAGED TO REACH 2 DEGREES. THIS ESTABLISHES
A NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 15TH
...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 19 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1914.
Thanks to John Sumption for this info

Record cold in Denver

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON
 DECEMBER 15TH BOTTOMED OUT AT -19 DEGREES …THIS IS A NEW
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER 15TH BREAKING THE
OLD RECORD OF -6 SET IN 1951. 

Thanks to John Sumption for this info

Record cold in several Montana cities - White Sulphur Springs reported 29 degrees below zero today, stretching way beyond the record low of -17 set in 1922.

Other towns breaking records on Sunday were Lewistown with -25 degrees (-24 was the previous record) and Dillon with -16 (the last record low was -15).

Fort Benton and Boulder tied previous record lows of -23 and -20, respectively, and Havre and Great Falls are both on their way to shattering previous records.

“We’re waiting for a lot of reports to come in still,” said Scott Coulston, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Great Falls.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20081214/NEWS01/81214005

Thanks to Mike McEvoy, Lucky Leif and Steven Woodcock for this link

Record snowfall in North Dakota - Snowfall amounts of around a foot in Montana
and North Dakota have broken records that have stood for about a century.

Snowfall of 11.4 inches in Williston, N.D. on Saturday shattered the long-standing
record of 3.1 inches set in 1906. Snowfall of 5.9 inches at Bismarck on Saturday far
surpassed the old record of 3.2 inches set  in 1909.
 

A report from an area near Fairfield, Montana described the blizzard as the "worst storm
seen in decades," saying that winds were so strong that a person could barely stand.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=
accuweather&traveler=0&da te=2008-12-14_10:07 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Blizzard Warning for Northwest - 2 to 4 feet of snow expected

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

12 DEC 08 - ...STRONG PACIFIC WINTER STORM MOVING INTO THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AND SATURDAY... THIS SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON AND NORTH AND CENTRAL OREGON CASCADES THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY … AS THE SNOW LEVEL LOWERS
TO BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET BY SATURDAY.

TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGH SATURDAY COULD REACH 2 TO 4
FEET...WITH WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING FREQUENTLY
GUSTING TO 35 MPH OR HIGHER IN MUCH OF THE CASCADES...AND TO
75 MPH AT THE HIGHERELEVATIONS. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

THE SNOW LEVEL WILL START NEAR 4000 OR 5000 FEET MID DAY
TODAY THEN FALL DRAMATICALLY TONIGHT... REACHING TO
BETWEEN 500 AND 1000 FEET SATURDAY. 

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WAZ019&warncounty=WAC059&firewxzone=&local_place1=
15+Miles+S+Randle+WA&product1=Blizzard+Warning
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Ice storm socks New England, upstate New York - Power has been knocked out to more than 1.25 million homes and businesses in seven states, and authorities say it could take days to get it turned back on. The governors of Massachusetts and New Hampshire declared states of emergency this morning. The storm wreaked havoc from Maine to Pennsylvania.
http://www.startribune.com/nation/36044059.html

Photos of snow in Louisiana and Mississippi
See Earliest snow ever recorded in New Orleans
.
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Record Snowfall in Texas and Louisiana
All time record snowfall for the month of December
set in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Lake Charles
See Record Snowfall in Texas and Louisiana .

Snowfall sets record in Beaumont, Texas - 11 Dec 08 - An upper level storm system dumped as much as two inches of snow on some parts of Southeast Texas, causing icy roads and power outages. Four bridges in Port Arthur were closed due to ice.

In Houston, air travelers were delayed while workers at the city's two major airports deiced planes.

"Beaumont has had two inches of snow and that's the highest snowfall ever recorded in the month of December," said Sam Shamburger, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles.

"It is the earliest snowfall ever recorded in Beaumont. The previous record for the earliest measurable snowfall was Dec. 22, 1989," Shamburger said.

Thanks to Bill Daniels for this info

Snow Ramps Up Across South - A rare early December heavy snow event unfolded across the south starting late on the 10th and really ramping up on the 11th. A upper level low deepened across the northern gulf and produced a swath of snow from southeast Texas, Louisiana into Mississippi

Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 8 inches across our service area. The heaviest snow with an axis from McComb to Morton Mississippi. Areas that did receive more than 2 or 3 inches had trees and power lines down from the weight of the snow which resulted in many power outages.

TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AS OF 1 PM...
COLUMBIA...MARION COUNTY... 5 INCHES
JAYESS...LAWRENCE COUNTY... 5 INCHES
10W OF MONTICELLO...LAWRENCE COUNTY... 5 INCHES
BROOKHAVEN...LINCOLN COUNTY... 5 INCHES
ROOSEVELT STATE PARK... SCOTT COUNTY... 5 INCHES
FLORENCE...RANKIN COUNTY...5 INCHES
WEST HATTIESBURG...LAMAR COUNTY... 4 INCHES
PRENTISS...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY... 4 INCHES
JOHNS...RANKIN COUNTY... 3.5 INCHES
BASSFIELD...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY... 3 INCHES
3S OF MADDEN...LEAKE COUNTY... 3 INCHES
PUCKETT...RANKIN COUNTY... 3 INCHES
5E OF MCCALL CREEK...LINCOLN COUNTY... 3 INCHES
HAZLEHURST...SIMPSON COUNTY... 3 INCHES
BRANDON...RANKIN COUNTY... 2.5 INCHES
MCCALL CREEK...FRANKLIN COUNTY... 2 INCHES
PINOLA...SIMPSON COUNTY... 2 INCHES
PURVIS...LAMAR COUNTY... 2 INCHES
ROSE HILL...JASPER COUNTY... 1 INCH
ELLISVILLE...JONES COUNTY... 1 INCH
ROXIE...FRANKLIN COUNTY... 1 INCH
HATTIESBURG...FORREST COUNTY... 0.8 INCHES
FLOWOOD/NWS JACKSON...RANKIN COUNTY... 0.8 INCHES
WALNUT GROVE...LEAKE COUNTY... 0.5 INCHES

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/events/2008/Dec11snow/index.php

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA

1109 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008

GREENSBURG                4-5 INCHES OF SNOW
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

MANDEVILLE               2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

BATON ROUGE            3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.
 

PORT ALLEN                OVER 2 INCHES

NEW ROADS                 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL

BOGALUSA                   5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. TREES DOWN.

AMITE                             2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. LIMBS AND TREES DOWN.

LIVINGSTON                   5-6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

NAPOLEONVILLE           1-2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

TYLERTOWN                  3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL. TREES DOWN.

LIBERTY                          2 INCHES SNOWFALL. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

LAPLACE                         ONE INCH OF SNOW ON GRASSY SURFACES.

NEW ORLEANS             UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS.

EAST BATON ROUGE      5.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL

GRETNA                            AN INCH OF SNOW ON GRASSY AREAS.

HAHNVILLE                   ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOWFALL
Thanks to John Sumption for this info

Earliest snowfall in Houston since 1895 - The flurries tied a record for Houston's earliest snowfall ever. Since 1895, records indicate, snow has fallen this early just once — on Dec. 10, 1944.
 

The snowfall caught forecasters by surprise. A significant chance for snowfall didn't show up in computer models until about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

Because a freeze was expected overnight, a winter-weather advisory was issued Wednesday evening for much of Southeast Texas, including Harris County, because of the potential for slick, icy conditions on bridges and other exposed areas, and by 9 p.m. the overpass on the Eastex Freeway at the beltway had frozen, authorities said.

Paul Ramirez spent several minutes digging through his truck Wednesday evening outside the Fry's electronics store on West Road, trying to find something he could use to scrape the ice and snow from the windshield of his truck.

"It's really coming down," said Ramirez, 33, as he tried dragging a large envelope across his window. "This is crazy. It's Houston — we shouldn't need to keep ice scrapers in our cars."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6156862.html

Thanks to Tom Weatherby for this link

Winter Storm Warning in Mississippi - 3-5 inches of snow expected

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS

10 Dec 08 - .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO AND INTO ALABAMA TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. WIDESPREAD RAIN DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MSZ073&warncounty=MSC073&firewxzone=MSZ073&local_place1
=8+Miles+S+Sumrall+MS&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning

Graphic showing the snow expectation:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jan/graphicast/?display=mt 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow in Austin - "Woke up this morning and there is snow on the ground in Austin," says reader Tom Weatherby, of Austin, Texas. "Not a lot but enough "

Arctic outbreak forecast for Pacific NW around the 15th - A deep upper level trough is expected to move into the Western US, allowing colder arctic air to dive into that region of the country,” says reader and weather watcher Kenneth Lund. “Add any possibility of moisture, and snow might not be ruled out (not guaranteed).”

Nearly a foot of snow by Monday night - 6 Dec 08 –  On Sunday, West Virginia,
western Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and New England could
receive atrace to 4 inches of snow. New York City and Boston could see their first
measurable snow of the season. Down East Maine from Bar Harbor to the Canadian
border could seemore than 6 inches of snow.

Meanwhile, areas downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario could see nearly a foot
of snow by early Monday

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/nationalforecast/index.html?from=hp_news

Snowiest start to winter on mountaintops of NC - The last two weeks of November were the third coldest on record. In Boone, the average temperatures for November 16-30, 2008, was 32.39°. The only colder years for that period were: 1950 at 28.82° and 1929 at 31.93°. Boone weather data goes back 80 years.

With 5.7" of snow recorded in October and November this year, it was the 12th snowiest on record. The snowiest Oct-Nov ever in Boone was 1968 with 17.5", followed by 1930 with 10.7" and 1950 with 10". In contrast, 30 of the past 80 years have had no measurable snow in Oct-Nov.

Mountaintop data does not go back far enough to make large generalizations; however, this has been the snowiest start to winter since they started keeping records at Fred's General Mercantile atop Beech 1992. In Oct-Nov this year, they recorded 16.1" of snow. The next snowiest was 1995 at 13". The average snowfall in Oct-Nov there since 1992 has been 4.6".

Info from Dr Ray Russell, meteorologist in charge
at North Carolina Sugar Mountain resort.

http://averyweather.com/Forecast/Sugar+Mountain

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Alaska is Cold and Snowy
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
Temperatures drop to 30 and 40 below zero

COLVILLE VILLAGE...............-31
UMIAT AIRFIELD.................-33
GALENA.........................-31
KAVET CREEK....................-31
ARCTIC VILLAGE.................-42
COLDFOOT.......................-37
CHANDALAR LAKE.................-44
BETTLES AIRPORT................-38
HOGATZA RIVER..................-31
NORUTAK LAKE...................-37
BEAVER.........................-35
BIRCH CREEK ABOVE 12 MI........-32
FORT YUKON.....................-31
LIVENGOOD......................-34
WISEMAN........................-31
MANLEY HOT SPRINGS.............-33
TANANA.........................-35
FAIRBANKS INTL AIRPORT.........-31
EIELSON AFB....................-34
FORT WAINWRIGHT................-31
GOLDSTREAM.....................-35
NOME CREEK.....................-31
SALCHA.........................-34
WOODSMOKE (COOP)...............-35
DELTA JUNCTION (CWOP)..........-35
DELTA JUNCTION SCHOOL..........-37
WHITESTONE FARMS...............-33
GRANITE CREEK..................-40
WARD FARM......................-38
CHICKEN........................-37
EAGLE..........................-37
NORTHWAY AIRPORT...............-36
TOK............................-38
TOK DOT........................-34
DENALI VISITOR CENTER..........-34
MCKINLEY PARK..................-33
TOK RIVER BOTTOM...............-31
OBRIEN CREEK...................-38

IN NOME, AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 9.1 DEGREES, MAKING IT THE 13TH COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
 

BARROW HAD SECOND SNOWIEST OCTOBER AND FIFTH SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD

NOVEMBER WAS ANOTHER MONTH OF WELL ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL IN BARROW..FOR THE MONTH THERE WAS 12.3 INCHES OF SNOW...THIS IS ALMOST 4 TIMES THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF 3.2 INCHES...THIS RANKS AS THE 5^TH SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD AT BARROW...FOR THE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH THERE HAS BEEN 35.5 INCHES OF SNOW...THIS RANKS AS THE SECOND SNOWIEST OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER ON RECORD...ONLY 1925 HAD MORE SNOW DURING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER WHEN 40.2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...SNOW FELL ON 28 DAYS OF THE MONTH WITH THE MAXIMUM DAILY
AMOUNT OF 1.8 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 26TH.


RECORD SNOWFALL FOR NOME YESTERDAY
THE 4.5 INCHES THAT WAFTED DOWN ON THE GOLD RUSH CITY YESTERDAY SET A NEW RECORD FOR SNOWFALL, TOPPING THE OLD RECORD OF 4.1 INCHES SET JUST TWO YEARS AGO.  IT ALSO DOUBLED THE SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH IN ONE DAY. 

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

4 to 6 inches of snow in central Illinois - Chicago braces for 8 more inches - 1 Dec 08 - The final accumulation was expected to rise overnight as Central Illinois continued to be under a winter weather advisory, which will be in effect until noon Monday. The advisory warns about periods of light to moderate snow.

Meteorologist Patrick Bak of the National Weather Service’s Lincoln office said that in Central Illinois, McLean County was reported to receive the most snow, about 6 inches in Bloomington-Normal and LeRoy.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/12/01/news/doc49329c5f39abe958771588.txt

In the meantime, parts of I-70 through Colorado were shut down because the snow was coming down so hard that drivers couldn't see past their fenders.
 

Chicago was bracing for 8 more inches of snow, and snow levels in the Cascades dropped to 5,500 feet.

South Central Alaska – 9^th snowiest November on record - 1 Dec 08
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
FOR ANCHORAGE AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THE WEEKEND
AFTER THANKSGIVING.  BELOW IS A LIST OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS FROM SPOTTERS ACROSS SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA.

...ANCHORAGE...

1. EASTERN NORTHERN LIGHTS        12.0"
2. 80TH AND LAKE OTIS                       11.0"
3. UPPER HILLSIDE                                 10.2"
4. LOWER HILLSIDE                               10.0"
5. DE ARMOUN                                       10.0"

...OUTLYING COMMUNITIES...

1. KNIK RIVER ROAD                             11.0"
2. GIRDWOOD                                            9.5"

THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND STORM ADDED TO WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN
AN ABOVE AVERAGE NOVEMBER IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL.  THE MONTHLY
TOTAL RECORDED AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ON SAND
LAKE ROAD WAS 21.7 INCHES...WHICH IS 11.4 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

THIS MAKES NOVEMBER 2008 THE 9TH SNOWIEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.
NOVEMBER SNOW IN THE PAST HAS RANGED FROM AS LITTLE AS 0.9 INCHES TO AS MUCH AS 38.8 INCHES.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Coldest November in Charlotte in 32 years, 5th coldest ever recorded - "This
weekend's raw, chilly weather brought an end to one of the coldest Novembers
in Charlotte weather history.

"The average temperature in November was 46.6 degrees, 6.2 degrees below
normal. The last time November was colder was 32 years ago.

"This November, in fact, was the fifth-coldest since records started being kept
in Charlotte, in October 1878.
 

“With just a few exceptions, it's been persistently cold,” said John Tomko, a
National Weather Service meteorologist who looks for trends.
 

"The low on Nov. 22 at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was 13 degrees,
the earliest it ever has been that cold in Charlotte.
 

"Tomko said temperatures next weekend will be closer to January levels than
early December."
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/386656.html
Thanks to Matt Nicholson for this link

Record lows:
St. Paul, AK
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Fairbanks- 4th coldest October in 104 years
8th coldest November in 50 years
24 Nov 08 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
OCTOBER ENDED UP AS THE 4TH COLDEST IN THE LAST 104 YEARS OF
WEATHER RECORD AT FAIRBANKS.

NOVEMBER HAS ALSO BEEN MUCH COLDER THAN AVERAGE. THROUGH
YESTERDAY...THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES OF -2.3 DEGREES IS 7.3
DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. IT HAS BEEN THE 8TH COLDEST
NOVEMBER IN THE LAST 50 YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 20 DAYS
SO FAR THIS MONTH WHERE THE TEMPERATURE HAS FALLEN BELOW
ZERO...ALREADY ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 18 DAYS FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.

 Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

"It has been colder than it normally would be in the depths of winter," say meteorologists at weather.com. "It has been more like January than November."

In additions, some spots in Pennsylvania received more than two feet of snow.

Record lows:
King Salmon, AK Breaks old record of -12 set in 1988

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Bitter cold shatters North Carolina record - The frigid readings yesterday morning not only set a record for the date, but  marked the earliest ever that the temperature has fallen below 20 degrees in Charlotte.

The unofficial low at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport was 18 degrees, breaking the mark of 20 degrees for the date set in 1951. The previous earliest sub-20 reading in Charlotte was on Nov. 20, 1951.

Among the unofficial morning lows across the area:

18 degrees: Lincolnton, Statesville.

19 degrees: Albemarle, Salisbury.

20 degrees: Concord, Monroe, Rock Hill.

21 degrees: Hickory.

Forecasters expect the next cold front to push morning lows into the 20s on Saturday.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/363166.html
Thanks to Matt Nicholson for this link

Early freeze in Florida - Email from reader:
Hi Robert, thanks for your great Website. I check on it everyday.

Very cold here in Florida. I have lived in West Central Florida (50 miles north of Tampa) for 12 years. As an avid Gardner I pay attention to the weather. During these 12 years we never had a frost in October, but this year we had a freeze October 29th. Usually the first frost is around Thanksgiving or later. The last two nights we had a freeze and tonight it should be a good one. Whenever it is cold in Florida it also dry so we don't get any snow.  
 

Thanks and best wishes,

Keith Rudell

Ski resorts open in North Carolina - It was snowing lightly on Monday as North Carolina ski resorts opened with a 10- to 20-inch base.  

http://www.skisugar.com/conditions/

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record cold hits Southeast - Freezing warnings, with even some hard freeze warnings, will be in effect for parts of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. Freeze watches extend as far south as central Florida. Record lows will be possible for locations such as Gainesville, Apalachicola, Jacksonville and Tallahassee.

By Thursday, another round of heavy lake-effect snow will be possible as an Alberta Clipper brings a reinforcing shot of cold air to the Great Lakes region.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/weather/2008/11/record-cold-hit.html

Up to two feet of snow in NY
Snow totals through 7 a.m today:
Constabilleville, N.Y.: 24 inches

Ellicottville, N.Y.: 23 inches

S. Dayton, N.Y.: 20 inches

Hinsdale, N.Y.: 18 inches

Forestport, N.Y.: 16 inches

Jamestown, N.Y.: 14.5 inches

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-top-headline.asp?month=11&year=200 8&date=2008-11-17_1654 

Record snowfall
Muskegon, MI---5.8” 

Marquette, MI---8.9”

Houghton Lake, MI---3.3”
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/date.html

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Winter storm warning for West Virginia - 5 to 15 inches of snow expected
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST

TUESDAY NIGHT...IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWER EVENT FOR SOME OF THE MOUNTAINOUS COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 5 TO 15 INCH RANGE.  ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET IN THE WARNING AREA...ARE LIKELY TO HAVE THE HIGHER

AMOUNTS...

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

In just 15 days, Barrow, AK has received twice its average monthly November snowfall - on top of a record-breaking October

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
BARROW SET AN ALL TIME RECORD MONTHLY SNOWFALL DURING OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR...THE TREND OF ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL CONTINUES…6.8 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF THE MONTH...ALREADY WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SNOWFALL OF 3.9 INCHES...

IN ADDITION, THIS RANKS AS THE 7TH SNOWIEST FIRST FIFTEEN DAYS OF THE MONTH ...MEASURABLE SNOW WAS RECORDED ON 14 OR 15 DAYS SO FAR THIS MONTH WITH THE MAXIMUM DAILY AMOUNT OF 1.3 INCHES OF THE 15TH.

STATISTICS FOR SNOWIEST FIRST 15 DAYS OF NOVEMBER

1. 17.0 1925
2. 11.4 2006
3. 10.1 1965
4.  9.2 2001
5.  7.1 2005
6.  6.9 1943
7.  6.8 2008
7.  6.8 1968
9.  6.2 2007
10. 5.9 1958

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Snow storms roll across the US - According to the Severe Weather Centre, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was hardest hit by snow on Monday, with 11 inches (279mm) in Shingleton.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service are issuing snow warnings and advisories for the Great Lakes region, with more snow expected through upstate New York and Ontario as the storm moves east.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11112008news.shtml

Record low temperature today shatter 52-year-old record

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLD BAY AK

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE TODAY SHATTERED A 52 YEAR OLD RECORD...

AT 0336 AM THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 14 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THIS BEAT THE OLD RECORD WHICH HAS STOOD FOR 52 YEARS.  THE OLD RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR TODAY`S DATE, NOVEMBER THE 7TH, WAS 18 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT SET BACK IN 1956.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Blizzard blasts Plains; parts of I-90 closed - The season's first major blizzard pounded the Dakotas and parts of Wyoming and Nebraska Thursday, shutting down schools, closing highways, and knocking out power across the region.

A 180-mile stretch of Interstate 90 - the main east-west route across South Dakota - was closed from Murdo to Spearfish on the Wyoming state line, and a snowcat was sent out  to rescue stranded motorists.

In Wyoming, Chester Hejde, 78, said the storm is close to the worst he's seen in his lifetime.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2008-11-06-central-northern-plains-blizzard_N.htm

Blizzard warning now extended into South Dakota - 10:00 pm EST - Dan Hammer at ClimatePatrol.com just let me know that the warning for the North Dakota blizzard has been extended all the way into South Dakota.  The Rapid City, SD area is under a blizzard warning. 
 

Rapid City had a blizzard back on May 2nd, says Dan, and now one on November 5th.
(See http://www.climatepatrol.com/forum/7/3656/pg1/index.php)

“Six months between blizzards,” says Dan. “Amazing isn't it? That makes for a long snow season.”

Blizzard Warning for North Dakota – National Weather Service Bismarck ND

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM FOR NORTH DAKOTA...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL

MOVE TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY FRIDAY. THIS SLOW MOVING STORM WILL

BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH

DAKOTA TONIGHT...THURSDAY...AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE

INCHES OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO

ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.

DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER WILL ALSO STRIKE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT... WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF

SNOW...WINDS TO 40 MPH AND GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. THESE

DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST INTO THE JAMES RIVER

AREA THURSDAY.

TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH

CENTRAL BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY.

PLEASE RECONSIDER TRAVEL PLANS AND MAKE OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR

THE STORM. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH

YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NDZ034&warncounty=NDC059&firewx zone=NDZ034&local_place1=Saint+Anthony+ND&product1=Blizzard+Warning

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

September 42% Cooler in Nebraska -  Nebraska had approximately 56 cooling degree days during September 2008.  The state normally has 96 cooling degree days during that month which indicates that the weather was 42 percent cooler than normal for September. 

http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/68nebraska.html#hdds 

Thanks to Jim Souchek for this link

RECORD OCTOBER COLD IN ANCHORAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 29.6 DEGREES PLACED OCTOBER WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST OUT OF SOME 90 YEARS OF CLIMATE RECORDS FOR THE CITY.

HERE ARE THE TEN COLDEST OCTOBER AVERAGE TEMPERATURE RANKINGS FOR
ANCHORAGE...

1. 25.5 DEGREES  1996
2. 26.5    "     1982
3. 27.9    "     1933
4. 28.4    "     1956
5. 28.9    "     1961
6. 29.5    "     1958
7. 29.6    "     1924...1939...1997...2008 (TIED)

THIS MONTH WAS ALSO THE 14TH SNOWIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. SNOWFALL
FOR THE MONTH WAS 13.1 INCHES...5.1 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. OCTOBER SNOW IN THE PAST HAS RANGED FROM NOTHING TO AS MUCH AS 28.1 INCHES .

MCGRATH HAD ITS SECOND COLDEST OCTOBER WITH 15 DAYS BELOW ZERO.  SNOWFALL WAS 2.7 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL...WITH TWO
DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS BEING SET EARLY IN THE MONTH.

BETHEL EXPERIENCED ITS COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD...AVERAGING
A FULL THREE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  BETHEL ALSO SAW ITS SECOND EARLIEST SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURE ON OCTOBER 23RD.

VALDEZ EXPERIENCED ITS THIRD COLDEST OCTOBER OUT IN 36 YEARS.  VALDEZ ALSO SAW ITS TENTH SNOWIEST OCTOBER WITH 17.5 INCHES OF SNOW
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

10 to 14 Inches of Snow at Lake Tahoe’s Alpine Meadows Ski Resort

All time record monthly snowfall in Barrow, AK - 1 Nov 08 - OCTOBER...BARROW RECORDED 23.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...THIS BREAKS THE ALL TIME MONTHLY RECORD OF 21.2 INCHES SET BACK IN OCTOBER 1925.

...THE MONTHLY SNOW TOTAL WAS MORE THAN 3 TIMES THE NORMAL OF 7.4 INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE MONTH...THERE WAS 1 INCH OR MORE OF SNOW ON 7 DAYS DURING THE MONTH...MORE THEN FOUR TIMES THE NORMAL OF 1.6 DAYS...THERE WAS AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOWFALL ON ALL 31 DAYS OF THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE SNOW ON 28 OF THOSE DAYS.

http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/0617.html
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record Low temperatures in five states

Wilmington, NC
North Myrtle Beach, SC
Florence, SC
Islip, NY
Columbia, SC ...
Salisbury, MD
Elizabeth City, NC
Wallops Island, VA 

http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/date.html           

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Near-record cold and snow in North Carolina - 28 Oct. 08 - Snow is
accumulating this afternoon in the North Carolina mountains, and the rest
of the Carolinas is shivering in the first cold outbreak of the season.

Up to 3 inches of snow had accumulated by midday in some parts of the
 mountains, with  a dusting being reported in some lower elevations, such
as Asheville
 

Forecasters say the cold will bring an end to the growing season in much of the
region. Temperatures in Charlotte reached 52 degrees by 1 p.m. The record for
chilliest high temperature on the date is 49 degrees, set in 1976. Temperatures
are more than 15 degrees below normal for this time of year in the Charlotte
metro region.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/283717.html
Thanks to Travis J. Hill for this link

Record snowfall in Barrow, AK –  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE … AS OF 4 PM ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, THERE WAS A HALF AN INCH OF SNOW AT BARROW. THIS BROUGHT THE MONTHLY TOTAL TO 21.3 INCHES, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD AMOUNT OF 21.2 INCHES SET BACK IN 1925.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record snowfall in Juneau, AK---1.5"
Record snowfall in Fargo, ND---1.4"   Breaks old record of 1.2" set in 1925
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Bone-chilling cold in Florida
Brooksville, FL (on the west coast of Florida, north of Tampa and due west of Orlando. 

Jacksonville, FL

Ocala was also below freezing as was the panhandle areas.
I don’t know if these are records, but they sure are cold for Florida 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
FOR THE SECOND NIGHT IN A ROW CHANDALAR LAKES OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING INDICATED THAT SOME VALLEYS
IN THE NORTH EASTERN BROOKS RANGE WERE APPROACHING 50 BELOW
ZERO OVERNIGHT...BUT WITH NO OBSERVERS IN THE AREA WE HAVE
NO OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE REPORTS FROM THERE.

PLACES THAT WERE 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER:

CHANDALAR LAKE..................-42
NORUTAK LAKE......................-30
BEAVER................................-29
COLDFOOT............................-26
CHALKYITSIK........................-25
BETTLES AIRPORT..................-20
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Oct 24

Record lows in nine states

Montague, CA

Traverse City, MI  Breaks old record of 24 set in 1976
Islip, NY  31 tie

Pocatello, ID  Ties previous record set in 1949

Trenton, NJ   Ties record set in 1969

Austin, TX   Ties old record set in 2005

Islip, NY   Ties old record set in 2003 
Troutdale, OR  Breaks old record of 36 set in 2002
Seattle, WA
St. Paul, AK

Record cold high
McGrath, AK    Breaks old record of 9 degrees set in 1982
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

37 tie

31 tie
33
38 tie
18
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Oct 24

Record rainfall
Pensacola, FL---3.3”

Columbus, GA---2.00”
Macon, GA---2.51” Breaks old record of 2.00” set in 1919

Record low temperatures in 10 states!
Rome, OR  Breaks old record of 20 set in 1980

Caribou, ME   Breaks old record of 21 set in 1982
Winslow, AZ
Traverse City, MI  Breaks old record of 24 set in 1976

Grand Junction, CO  Breaks old record of 26 set in 1996
Hilo, HI

Childress, TX

Seattle, WA
Bountiful, UT
Burley, ID
Idaho Falls, ID  Breaks old record of 18 set in 1958

Challis, ID

Pendleton, OR

Union, OR  Breaks previous record of 20 set in 1980

Walla Walla, WA
Pocatello, ID
Alamosa, CO   Breaks old record of 6 set in 1958
San Angelo, TX
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

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20

21 tie

22

23

64 tie

34 tie
39 tie
28 tie
21 tie
17
17 tie

29 tie

17

32 tie
18 tie
4
30 tie

Oct 23

Record snow

A record snowfall of trace was set at Dodge City, KS today. Ties old record set in 2002.

Wettest October on record in Dodge City, KS

4.97 inches of rain as of today, breaking the previous record of 4.94 inches set in 1997

Wettest October on record in Hastings, NE

6.16 inches of rain as of today, breaking the record of 5.82 inches set 111 years ago in 1897

Wettest October on record in Kearney, NE
9.21 inches or rain as of today, breaking the old record of 6.30 inches set in 1946

Kearney may be headed for the wettest year on record

Total precipitation in Kearny so far this year stands at 35.48 inches. With more than two months remaining in the year, this total accumulation already ranks 2008 as the 5th wettest year ever in Kearney, where the all-time record annual rainfall stands at 40.07 inches.

Record rainfall
Lincoln, NE--- 2.01”

Record rainfall

Houston, TX---3/70”   Breaks old record of 2.40 inches set in 1920

First snow of the season in Colorado and Nebraska – A vigorous storm pushed southeast and out of the Rockies on Tuesday night, dumping around 20cm (8inches) of snow across parts of Colorado.

Yesterday the storm continued to bring a wintry mix of weather and strong winds across the Central Plains. In O’Neill, Nebraska, snow fell during most of the day.

On Wednesday, Ottawa also saw its first snow of the season. There were also reports of snow across many northeastern states, including parts of New York and Pennsylvania.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/23102008news.shtml

Record lows
Marquette, MI
Rome, OR
Traverse City, MI  Breaks old record of 26 set in 1955

Alpena, MI

Bryce Canyon, UT
Pocatello, ID 

23 tie

22

20 tie

14 tie
18 tie

Record lows
Hilo, HI

Record Low temperatures

Butte, MT  Breaks old record of 13 set in 1969
Burley, ID  Breaks old record of 19 set in 1966
Jerome, ID

Record low high temp
Glasgow, MT  Ties old record set in 1899 and 1981 

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Chicago area going from record heat to frost in less than a week - It will seem a lot more like autumn than summer by the end of the week as weather more typical of mid-October arrives on the scene. Sunday's record-tying highs in the middle 80s will be long gone, replaced by Saturday morning lows in the 30s that could bring frost and even freezing conditions to areas away from Lake Michigan.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tom-skilling-explainer_1014oct14,0,2690707.story
Thanks to Martin Hoer for this link

13 Oct 08 -  TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HIT 38 DEGREES WHICH SHATTERED THE OLD DAILY RECORD LOW OF 43 DEGREES SET IN 1931. THE LAST TIME TUCSON SET A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER WAS BACK ON OCTOBER 30 1971 WHEN THE MERCURY HIT 26 DEGREES...WHICH IS THE ALL-TIME RECORD LOW FOR OCTOBER.

Keep up the good work,

Scott

See http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/products/AFDTWC.php

21 tie

17 tie
15
19
15
37 tie

28

29
38

Record low high temp
Miles City, MT

More than four feet of snow in parts of Montana – Updated at 8:15 pm Montana time.
“Even during the dead of winter, some of these totals would be impressive, but
early October, wow, beyond words,” says Chuck Clancy
 

Limestone, MT---49”
Dean, MT---44”
Pony, MT---36"
Lander, WY---29.7"
Marquette, WY---25"
Thermopolis, WY---24"
Wilsall, MT---20”

Livingston, MT---12”
Red Lodge, MT---49”
Billings, MT---15”
Dayton, MT---10”
Burgess Junction, MT---16”
Colstrip, MT---14”
Ashland, MT---16”
Ryegate, MT---17”
Big Horn, MT---15”
Two Dot, MT---30”

Roundup, MT---20”

Fishtail, MT---35”
Nye, MT---31”

Columbus, MT---19”
Red Lodge, MT---36”

Roscoe, MT---45”

Reed Point, MT---32”
Burley, ID---10"
Gillette, WY---10"
Spearfish, SD---8"


Snow totals ending at 8 a.m. MDT on Sunday:

Red Lodge, Mont.: 42.0 inches

Homestead Park, Wyo.: 33.0 inches

Stillwater, Mont.: 32.0 inches

Roscoe, Mont.: 32.0 inches

Lander, Wyo.: 28.7 inches

Pony, Mont.: 22.6 inches  

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=westusnews
Thanks to Chuck Clancy and Kenneth Lund for this info

CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT

YELLOWSTONE COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES BILLINGS MONTANA.

LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCIES ARE REQUESTING 
EMERGENCY TRAVEL ONLY ON CITY AND COUNTY ROADS DUE TO 
THE HEAVY SNOWFALL. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BILLINGS. 
DO NOT VENTURE AWAY FROM YOUR HOME UNLESS IT IS 
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
Thanks to John Sumption and Chuck Clancy for this info

Snowfall in 24 hours
National Weather Service, Billings, MT

Carbon MT---11”
Musselshell, MT---12”

First significant snowfall of the season to North Cascades
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA - A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ON TUESDAY AND BRING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE NORTH CASCADES.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE THE 4000 FOOT LEVEL. WEST FACING SLOPES COULD RECEIVE LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 8 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WEST WINDS THAT WILL MAKE TEMPERATURES FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE IN THE 20S.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record snowfall in Valdez, AK - n October 6th the Weather Service Office in Valdez measured 2.3 inches of snowfall, setting a new record for this date.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Unseasonably cold weather continues at Fairbanks

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK ...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 31 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL THAT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK.
 

ON AVERAGE THE DATE OF THE FIRST DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE BELOW FREEZING IS OCTOBER 11TH. SO FAR THIS MONTH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON THE 2ND.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF 27.1 DEGREES IS 8.2

DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE.

IT HAS BEEN THE COLDEST FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SINCE 1992.
http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ak&prodtype=public
Thanks to John Sumption and Martin Hoer for this info

23% Cooler in Nebraska During August - Nebraska had approximately 211 cooling degree days during August 2008. 
 

The state normally has 275 cooling degree days during that month which

indicates that the weather was 23 percent cooler than normal for August.

From the Official Nebraska Government Website

http://www.neo.ne.gov/statshtml/68nebraska.html

Thanks to Jim Souchek for this link

Snow to the Lower Cascade passes! - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
A STRONG PACIFIC STORM COULD BRING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON TO THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES ON TUESDAY..

A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL USHER IN A COLDER AIR MASS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. BY LATE TUESDAY...THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3500 TO 4000 FOOT RANGE IN THE OLYMPICS AND CASCADES. PLUMMETING SNOW LEVELS COMBINED WITH STRONG...MOIST WESTERLY FLOW COULD RESULT IN 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 4000 FEET BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOQUALMIE AND STEVENS PASSES COULD SEE WET SNOW DOWN TO THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT OR LESS THAN TWO INCHES BELOW THE 3500 FOOT LEVEL. 

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Up to two feet of snow expected in the Rockies - The Pacific storm that caused heavy rain, winds and mountain snow in the West will drop the first heavy snow of the season in the mountains of Utah and Colorado through tonight. One to three inches in the Utah mountains above 7,000 feet by Monday morning. The storm will drop up to a foot of snow above 9,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies, and up to two feet above 9,500 feet.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=0

supporting NWS warnings

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/gjt/

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow expected in California mountains this weekend - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE -SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA

.A RATHER STRONG COLD FRONT...FOR SO EARLY IN THE SEASON...WILL PUSH INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD BRING UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET WITH 6 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND 8000 FEET AND SNOW AS LOW AS 7000 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING.... HIGHEST CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE FROM KINGS CANYON TO YOSEMITE.

INCLUDES KERN COUNTY MOUNTAINS-SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE

TO KINGS CANYON-TULARE COUNTY MOUNTAINS-

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ096&warncounty=CAC039&firewx zone=CAZ296&local_place1=19+Miles+WSW+Mammoth+Lakes+CA&product1=Winter+Storm+Watch

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Alaska - 5 to 11 inches of snow expected - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK ... COPPER RIVER BASIN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... GLENNALLEN... EUREKA... MCCARTHY... PAXSON... SLANA

SNOW IS DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH THIS MORNING AND WILL BE OVER THE WHOLE AREA BY MIDDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH OR TURN TO RAIN SOUTHEAST OF GLENNALLEN IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT ELSEWHERE THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN AS SNOW THROUGH THE WHOLE EVENT. ..5 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Freeze Warning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 

...FREEZE WARNING FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Billings, Montana – Coldest average high on record

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN UNSEASONABLY COOL TO START THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.
NORMAL AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE    78.1
2008 AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE      63.4
COLDEST ON RECORD

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/byz/local_news/2008/coolsept08.php
Thanks to Thomas L. for this link

Snow in the Cascades 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-

WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-

..SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 4000 FEET IN THE CASCADES FOR FIRST DAY OF FALL...UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES.

Freeze Watch
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

 NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-KLAMATH BASIN-

NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-

CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TENNANT...ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...

CRESCENT...GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW

Frost Advisory
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

Sep 21- NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Freeze Warning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI

FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW

Frost Advisory

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

FROST EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...

VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Boise area gets big, record-breaking rain - “We received a normal September’s worth of rain all in one day,” said Les Colin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Boise.

Boise received 61 hundredths of an inch of rain Saturday, breaking the old record for the date of 49 hundredths of an inch set Sept. 20, 1984 (with records going back to 1940). 

http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/510667.html
Thanks to William Sellers for this link

Rainfall in one day:
Fernwood, MS---4.02”
Jacksonville Beach, FL---3.06”
New Orleans, LA---2.60”
Jacksonville, FL---2.35”

Record lows in two states
Watertown, NY  
Caribou, ME
Saranac Lake, NY

Massena, NY
Syracuse, NY

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Sep 16

Record lows

San Angelo, TX  

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

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Record lows

Traverse City, Michigan reported 46F on Drummond Island ( Upper Peninsula ) yesterday at noon time.
(From Channel 10 News)

Thanks to Tom Meyer for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Park Ridge, IL---9.95”
Elk Grove Village, IL---8.65”
Streamwood, IL---8.52”
Bartlett, IL---8.34”
St. Charles, IL---7.90”

Border towns report record lows - "It seemed ominously like winter near the Canadian border this week as two towns recorded record low temperatures. In Washington, the temperature fell to 31 degrees in Boundary Dam overnight Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 34 degrees set in 1986, according to the National Weather Service. Porthill, Idaho, set a record low that same night at 27 degrees, 3 degrees colder that the previous record set in 1964. But the coldest was yet to come: Porthill broke the 1949 record of 27 degrees the following night with an overnight low of 23 degrees going into Friday."

Thanks to Robert Bissett for this info from the Idaho Spokesman Review

Frost Advisory 

GREEN BAY WI ... 

A COOL CANADIAN AIRMASS HAS SETTLED OVER THE REGION ...AREAS OF FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY MORNING.

VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE - INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK... ANTIGO

PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Sep 7

Record low

Boundary Dam, WA Breaks old record of 34 set in 2005
 

Frost Advisory

..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN

NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF DICKINSON, MARMARTH, MOTT, BOWMAN, HETTINGER 

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Sep 6

Hanna rainfall:
Marion, NC---8.73”
Galivants Ferry, SC---6.77”
Southern Pines, SC---6.22”
Red Springs, NC---5.50”
Raleigh, NC---4.21”

Anchorage: 24 consecutive days with below normal temperatures - June, July, and August will easily be remembered by everyone for how cool it seemed and for how wet July was. In Anchorage...the average high temperature was 60.9 degrees (3 degrees below normal). The average low temperature was 47.7 degrees (1.9 degrees below normal). The average temperature for the season was 54.3 degrees (2.4 degrees below normal). For the season... 4.80 inches of precipitation were recorded (0.86 inches below normal).

An astonishing 77% of the days were cooler than normal. Anchorage set three records during those cool three weeks as well.

...............Summer Climate Records...............

Record Type                                  Date           Value                 Old Record & Year

Low Maximum Temperature        July 23        53°F    55°F    / 1954

Low Maximum Temperature        July 17        56°F    TIE     / 1991..1959..1945..1917

24 Hour Precipitation                    July 17        1.00"   0.74"   / 1928

http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/stories/summer2008.php 

Thanks to George Harvey, Special Project Meteorologist

at www.impactweather.com for this link

Gustav’s Rainfall

Jiggers, MS---20.00”
Deville, LA---19.40”
Monroe, LA---9.43”
Vicksburg, MS---8.94”
Little Rock, AR---8.02”

Record rainfall in one day:
Alexandria, LA---4.99”

New Iberia, LA---4.22”
Lafayette, LA---4.04”
Baton Rouge, LA---2.06”

Record lows

Davenport, WA Records kept since 1893

Montague, CA Breaks old record set in 1975

Eureka, CA

La Grande, OR             

Mitchell, OR           

Pendleton, OR              

The Dalles, OR                   

Unon Es, OR          

Goldendale, WA                  

Sunnyside, WA                   

Hanford, WA            

Pasco, WA                        

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

34

38
29

33

35 Tie 

40

43

33         

34

40

44

40

Winter Weather Advisory

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT

WEST GLACIER REGION-BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-
BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-POTOMAC/SEELEY LAKE REGION-

SNOW LEVELS HAVE LOWERED TO NEAR 5000 FEET NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ABOVE 6500 FEET. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
 

Snow in the mountains

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO ID 

EASTERN MAGIC VALLEY-SAWTOOTH MOUNTAINS-UPPER SNAKE HIGHLANDS-

UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-

SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CARIBOU HIGHLANDS-

CACHE VALLEY/IDAHO PORTION-WASATCH MOUNTAINS/IDAHO PORTION-

BIG AND LITTLE WOOD RIVER REGION-LOST RIVER/PAHSIMEROI-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLEY...RUPERT...SHOSHONE...CAREY...

STANLEY...CLAYTON...DRIGGS...DUBOIS...ISLAND PARK...ST. ANTHONY...

IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY...POCATELLO...BLACKFOOT...

FORT HALL...AMERICAN FALLS...MALAD CITY...OAKLEY...ROCKLAND...

DOWNEY...LAVA HOT SPRINGS...SODA SPRINGS...WAYAN...PRESTON...

DAYTON...MONTPELIER...GEORGETOWN...PARIS...HAILEY...KETCHUM...

BELLEVUE...ARCO...CHALLIS...MACKAY

SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 7500 TO 8000 FEET. BY TUESDAY

MORNING...THEY WILL RANGE FROM 6500 FEET IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS

TO 7500 FEET ALONG THE WYOMING BORDER. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES

EXPECTED GENERALLY ABOVE 8000 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT.

OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE 20S AND 30S AREAWIDE WITH NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR SOME LOWER ELEVATIONS.

Freeze Warning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OR

CENTRAL OREGON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEND...LA PINE...PRINEVILLE...REDMOND.

TUESDAY...A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL OREGON WILL OBSERVE TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.

Frost Advisory

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SISKIYOU COUNTY-

NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY-

KLAMATH BASIN-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TENNANT...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS...

ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...LAKEVIEW

COLD TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN ACROSS VALLEY LOCATIONS LATE TONIGHT

INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES LOWERING INTO THE MID

30S...AND SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS REACHING THE UPPER 20S TO LOW

30S.

Freeze Warning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV

NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-

RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...

SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...LEE...RUBY LAKE...ELY...RUTH...

MCGILL

RECORD LOW

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA

THE LOW TEMPERATURE AT RITZVILLE TODAY WAS 37 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 38 DEGREES WAS SET IN 2006.

RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT AT THIS SITE SINCE 1899.

Record lows
Seattle, WA  breaks old record of 52 set in 1999

Oregon Freeze Warning  

NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT...

GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER

California Frost Advisory

EUREKA - UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR IS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CALIFORNIA TODAY AND WILL AFFECT LARGE PORTIONS OF TRINITY COUNTY TONIGHT.

Nevada Freeze Watch  

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL  MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. BEHIND THIS FRONT...THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL MOVE IN AND DROP TEMPERATURES 15 TO 20 DEGREES ON MONDAY.

INCLUDES NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT ...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS... LEE...RUBY LAKE 

Record Low 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS SET AT EUGENE TODAY . . .  THE OLD RECORD OF 40 was SET IN 1914.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Snow levels to drop to 4,000 feet in the Cascades - Snow levels in the Washington Cascades and Olympics are expected to drop to 4,000 - 5,000 feet this Labor Day weekend, says National Weather Service.

http://www.weather.gov/alerts/wa.html#WAZ519.SEWNOWSEW.190600

Record lows

Burns, OR

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Rainfall in three days:

Waco, TX---7.37”
McKinney, TX---5.38”
San Antonio, TX---2.91”
Austin, TX---2.01”

Record lows

Cold Bay, AK    

Satus Pass, WA   - Ties old record set in 1993      

 Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Aug 25

Record lows

Eau Claire, WI -Ties old record set in 1958.

Rhinelander, WI - 4 Ties old record set in 1917

RECORD                       PREVIOUS

LOCATION                  LOW              RECORD     YEAR(S)

--------------------------------------------------------

LAKEWOOD WI             29                    33              1977

MINOCQUA WI              31                    34              1917

MERRILL WI                   32    Tie           32              1977

RHINELANDER              34    Tie           34              1917

FLORENCE WI                34                     44              2000

Record lows
Grand Forks, ND - Breaks record of 40 degrees set in 1942.

August frost hits Minnesota and Wisconsin - You probably hoped you wouldn't hear this kind of news for another four months.

The National Weather Service says areas of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin could see patchy frost this weekend. - patchy frost in August. Temperatures could dip into the low to mid-30s late tonight into early Monday.

In the Milwaukee area, today's forecast calls for a high of 75 today and a low tonight of 54.

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/24/2008&id=45208
Thanks to Robert Branch, Tim Rian, Mike McEvoy and Marc Morano for this link for this link

Record low high temperatures

Springfield, MO - breaks old record low high temperature of 79 set in 1936
Joplin, MO  - breaks old record low high temperature of 76 set in 1952
Vicky-Rolla, MO - breaks old record low high temperature of 75 set in 1900
West Plains, MO - ties the record low high temperature of 72 set in 1995. 

http://www.wunderground.com/US/MO/Springfield.html#REC

Thanks to Kathy for this link

75  

75

72

72

Record low maximum temperature in Denver - Replaces previous record for August 16th of 63 degrees set 118 years ago in 1890.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=bou&product=rer&issuedby=bou
Thanks to Jonathan H. Friend for this link

Aug 16

Record low in Olympia, WA

http://www.theolympian.com/377/story/546991.html
Thanks to Nate for this link

Rainfall in one day:
FOLLOWING ARE SOME UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL TOTALS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...
ISLE OF PALMS............ 6.04
MOUNT PLEASANT........... 5.96
SULLIVANS ISLAND......... 4.96
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...... 3.85
WITHERBEE................ 3.09
MCCLELLANVILLE........... 3.01
HUGER.................... 2.97
EDISTO BEACH............. 2.35

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
REIDSVILLE............... 2.31
METTER................... 2.03


SC-CR-37/1.9 WSW FOLLY BEACH......... 6.06
SC-CR-16/2.5 SW MOUNT PLEASANT....... 5.49
SC-CR-15/7.9 NNE MOUNT PLEASANT...... 4.17
SC-CR-13/4.6 SSE CHARLESTON.......... 3.94
SC-CR-31/5.7 NE MOUNT PLEASANT....... 3.94
SC-CR-26/4.1 NE MOUNT PLEASANT....... 3.93
SC-CR-02/1.6 WSW MOUNT PLEASANT...... 3.87
SC-CR-10/0.2 ESE MCCLELLANVILLE...... 2.84
SC-CR-33/0.5 ESE MCCLELLANVILLE...... 2.82
SC-CR-23/9.0 SE JOHNS ISLAND......... 2.68
GA-CT-20/2.6 NE SAVANNAH............. 2.21
GA-CT-03/3.9 SSW SAVANNAH............ 2.19
GA-CT-02/2.3 S SKIDAWAY ISLAND....... 2.06
GA-CT-15/2.7 SW VERNONBURG........... 2.05
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/chs/text/PNSCHS_08142008.txt

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Juneau, Alaska - Third coldest July on record - 13 Aug 08 - Juneau just endured the 3rd coldest and 2nd wettest July on record. The average daily high for the month was the coldest on record.
http://www.arh.noaa.gov/arhdata/validFcsts/public/CXAK57PAJK
Thanks to Cory VanPelt for this info

Aug 12

Record lows

Omak, WA

Wenatchee, WA

Pocatello, ID

Rome, ID

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

45 tie

53 tie

42 tie

44

Record low

Lexington, KY

Breaks old record of 54 set in 1967

http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/486457.htm

Thanks to Nate for this link

Record lows

King Salmon, AK – Beats old record of 35 set in 1988

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/506834.html?nav=10
Thanks to Marc Morano for this link

Record low

Boundary Dam, WA

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

 Rainfall in one day:
Orient, ME---3.50”
Montpelier, VT---3.44”
Frenchville, ME---3.00”
Millinocket, ME---2.05”

Record low:

Hillsboro, OR Breaks old record of 42 set in 1930

Nome ties record cool high temperature for August 3

Sunday’s high temperature of 46 tied the lowest high temperature ever recorded on August 3rd, which occurred in 1947

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record low temperature

Seattle, WA  (Breaks old record set in 2002)
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record Low

Cold Bay, AK  (Breaks old record of 43 set in 1966)
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record low temperature in Nome – At 521 am Sunday morning the temperature in Nome dipped to 32 degrees, breaking the previous record low for this date of 34 degrees set in 2000.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Jul 25

Dolly rain totals

San Manuel, TX---12.00”
Brownsville, TX---7.02”
Corpus Christi, TX---5.47”
New Braunfels, TX---4.88”

Rainfall in one day:

Springfield, MA---4.89”
Albany, NY---3.44”
Providence, RI---3.33”
Boston, MA---2.75”
Lebanon, NH---2.67”

The coldest summer on record? You may be looking at it – Anchorage, AK - "Right now the so-called summer of '08 is on pace to produce the fewest days ever recorded in which the temperature in Anchorage managed to reach 65 degrees.

"That unhappy record was set in 1970, when we only made it to the 65-degree mark 16 days out of 365.

"This year, however -- with the summer more than half over -- there have been only seven 65-degree days so far. And that's with just a month of potential "balmy" days remaining and the forecast looking gloomy."

               If it’s warming, blame humans. If it’s cooling, blame El Nina.

See entire article: 

http://www.adn.com/life/story/473786.html

Thanks to Mike McEvoy, Thomas Morstad, Lance Stinson, Gniesyty, Tim Rian, Erik Bernhardson and Charles Patrick for this link

Jul 24

Dolly Rain Totals
Brownsville, TX---6.29”
Kingsville, TX---2.83”
Corpus Christi, TX---2.62”
McAllen, TX---2.26”
Rockport, TX---2.08”

Anchorage much cooler than normal – Heading for record-breaking cold summer

http://pafc.arh.noaa.gov/pubfcst.php?fcst=NOAK48PAFC

Thanks to meteorologist George Harvey at www.impactweather.com for this link

Record low temperatures:
Stockton, CA

Austin, TX
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this infor

Record low temperatures:
Sacramento, CA
Victoria, TX

Corpus Christ, TX

http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=TX&prodtype=public

Thanks to Nathan Schmidt for this link

A record low of 39 degrees was also set in Juneau, Alaska today, breaking the old record of 40 set in 1960. The record low for the month is 36 degrees set on July 8, 1950. 

http://westjuneau.com/weather

Thanks to David Kent in Juneau for this info

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52 tie
68

68 

Rainfall in one day:
Ogden, NC---4.96”
Wilmington, NC---3.51”
Wrightsville Beach, NC---2.84”
Masonboro, NC---2.41”

Jul 19

Valdez, Alaska – Record low “shattered” today, says weather service

“The mercury dipped to 40 degrees this morning … four degrees lower than the lowest temperature previously recorded on this date.”

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Beatrice, NE---4.75”
Belle Plaine, IA---3.25”
Oketa, NE---3.00”
Van Horne, IA---2.56”
Concordia, KS---2.34”

Rainiest July since 1928 in Anchorage - Thursday should have been smack in the middle of the warmest time of year in Anchorage.
 

Instead, the high temperature of a mere 56 degrees - 10 degrees below normal - equaled a record in the National Weather Service's annals: the lowest high temperature for a July 17. It was also the rainiest July 17 since 1928.
 

And cold. The city averages about 15 days per summer that break 70 degrees, but there have only been two so far this summer, said Bob Hopkins, meteorologist in charge at the National Weather Service in Anchorage.
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/468843.html

Thanks to Lee Wilson for this link

Rainfall in one day:

Fort Meyers, FL---8.03”
Naples, FL---5.62”
Melbourne, FL---5.18”
Vero Beach, FL---4.54”
La Crescent, MN---3.90”
Westby, WI---3.24”
Lupton, WI---3.00”
Hokah, MN---3.00”
West Palm Beach, FL---2.61”

La Crosse, WI---2.50”

Chill out Anchorage -- it's just a normal cool summer - Notice how, if it gets warmer, it’s global warming, but if it gets cooler, it’s a natural cycle.

See Chill out Anchorage

Jul 14

California’s Tioga Pass Closed Due To Winter's Return - Sonora, CA -- Tioga Pass has officially been closed by Caltans due to hail, snow and flooding which is evident from Tuolumne Meadows to Yosemite Village.
http://www.mymotherlode.com/News/article/kvml/1216079663

Thanks to Mike McEvoy for this link

Jul 7

Rainfall in one day:
San Benito, TX---5.67”
Port Isabel, TX---4.60”
Brownsville, TX---4.24”
Harlingen, TX---3.68”
McAllen, TX---2.48”

Huge amounts of snow in the Rockies – in July! - “Loop Road in Lander, WY is normally open before Memorial Day,” says reader Thomas Morstad. “This year it’s still not open because of snow. Again, nature did not watch/read and obey the Global Warming Catastrophe.” 

Going-to-the-Sun road, which connects the two sides of Glacier National Park and is usually open by the first week of June, remains closed because huge amounts of snow still blanket the Northern Rockies high country. (In part because Montana had record snowfalls this year.)

 “Perhaps Al Gore and James Hanson are not as important as they present themselves,” Morstad adds.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02snow.html?hp
Thanks to Thomas Morstad and Alan Caruba for this link

Record lows in five states:
Augusta, GA
Charlotte, NC
Meridian, MS
Montgomery, AL
Austin, TX

Jul 2

54

56

57

61

63

Charlotte temperature hits 123-year low

The temperature at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, North Carolina  was 56 at about 5:30 a.m., breaking the July 2 record of 58, set in 1885. The normal low for this time of year is 70.

http://www.charlotte.com/news/story/695929.html 

Thanks to Brent Pollard, Eric Skrzypczak, Peter Pesola, Jack Holland, and Matt Nicholson for this info

 Record lows
Valdez, AK (Breaks record set in 1964)

.
41 

Record lows

Kodiak, AK (breaks old record set in 1921)

.
37

Kimberling, Missouri deluged by 6.48 inches of rain in only 10 hours. High water rescues necessary in Marshfield, Mo., near Columbus, Kan., and Oskaloosa, Mo.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=2

Heavy rainfall breaks records at Springfield, MO and West Plains

The old record of 1.41 inches occurred back in 1977. The rainfall total for today was 1.74. The Springfield National Airport broke an 80 year record with rainfall for the month of June currently standing at 13.41 inches, exceeding the rainfall of 12.27” in 1928.  

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=sgf&storyid=15429&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Linneus, MO---8.61”
Atlanta, MO---5.90”
Stiffenville, MO---4.92”
South Browning, MO---4.62”
Trenton, MO---3.54”

Record lows:
Seattle, WA

Quillayute, WA

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

.
48

40 

Rainfall in one day:
Tampa, FL---2.78”
Sarasota, FL---2.74”

Jun 20

Record low temperatures in four states

Bristol, TN
Lynchburg, VA
Roanoke, VA
Montgomery, AL
Athens, GA

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48

51

53

58

58

Rainfall in two days:
Homestead, FL---8.32”
Miami, FL---2.81”

Record lows

Seattle, WA

Quillayute, WA

Hoquiam, WA

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

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48
54 tie

58

Record lows:

Olympia, WA

Seattle, WA

Boundary Dam, WA
Troutdale, OR 

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

37 tie

46

33

44
 

Record lows:

Meacham, OR

Historic floods hit America’s Midwest - Thunderstorms and record flooding drenched America’s Midwest again on Friday, prompting severe storm warnings Oklahoma to Wisconsin.

Over the last month the Midwest has suffered under a constant barrage of storms. Over this time, Iowa has totted up over 450mm (18 inches) of rain and is now buckling under the strain, with 83 of Iowa’s 99 counties declared disaster areas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/14062008news.shtml

Record lows:

Bryce Canyon, UT

Cedar City, UT

Hanksville, UT
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

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27 tie

36 tie

40

500-Year Flood - Many rivers across the Plains and Midwest are at record flood stages. Officials say the Cedar River in Iowa is at a 500-year flood level. Virtually all of Cedar Falls, Iowa is under water. Widespread evacuations orders are in place and flooding has closed miles of interstates and local roads and highways across the heartland.

A new storm system is forecast to reach the Midwest by Sunday, bringing more heavy rain that will continue into early next week.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=midwestusnews

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Historic flood event - incredible crop losses - The evacuations in Cedar Rapids, population 120,000, followed a round earlier Thursday when some residents of Iowa City and Cedar Bluffs were also told to head for higher ground.
 

Storms brought up to 5 inches of rain across west central Iowa early Thursday — primarily in the Raccoon River basin.

This year's spring deluge led some to compare it to the disaster of 1993 when the Mississippi River and its tributaries turned parts of the nation's midsection into a gigantic lake.

"We are in the middle of a historic flood event in the Upper Mississippi Valley,” said meteorologist Bill Karins of NBC's WeatherPlus. Most major Iowa rivers are cresting at all-time record levels and this water will soon raise the Mississippi River to its second highest levels in recorded history north of St. Louis.
 

"The story along the Mississippi River will be all the mid-sized and small towns without large levees," he added. "On the consumer side, thousands upon thousands of acres of farmland will be flooded for weeks with incredible crop losses."

Corn prices hit a record high again Thursday and the short-term outlook did not look good.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185

Record low temperatures in four states:
Eureka, NV

Redmond, OR
Great Falls, MT
Billings, MT
Salt Lake City, UT

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26

38

32

34

42

Snowfall in one day:
Paradise, WA---24”
Gibson Dam, MT---12”
Snoqualmie Pass, WA---7”
Government Camp, OR---5”
Timberline Lodge, OR---5”

RECORD SNOWFALL IN NOME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
2.4 INCHES OF SNOW FELL THIS MORNING IN NOME BREAKING THE OLD
RECORD OF A TRACE SET BACK IN 1973. THIS UNSEASONABLE SNOW PUSHES THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 112.5 INCHES AND NOW SECURELY IN SECOND PLACE FOR THE SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Another foot of snow forecast for Montana and Idaho - While eastern states of the US have been reeling under a heat wave the last few days, an unusual “winter” storm has brought June snow across the northwest.

Residents of Eastern Oregon woke Monday morning to a scene more akin to winter, with snow blanketing gardens and with white out conditions on the roads. Heavy snow fell in the Cascades forcing trucks crossing the mountain passes to use tyre chains. It was the first time in 30 years that snowploughs had been used in June to clear Steven’s Pass.

The unusual cold and snowy weather is being attributed to this year’s La Nina, which brought parts of the US their snowiest winter on record. Today the storm has moved on to Montana and Idaho. As much as a foot of snow (12 inches) is forecast.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/11062008news.shtml

Up to a foot of snow expected in the Rockies - Ten days before the arrival of summer, a cold storm moving through the Intermountain West tonight will produce chilly rain and snow as low as 4,000 feet,  where around a foot of snow may accumulate. Lower elevations will endure a chilly rain with perhaps a few wet snowflakes mixed in.

The snow will create slippery driving conditions on many roads and highways throughout the mountains.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=westusnews 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Heavy Snow in June!
Snow levels to drop all the way to the 2,500-foot mark in the Washington Cascades. Over a foot of snow can be expected along some of the passes through the mountain chain Monday night into early Tuesday. Snow will spread into the higher elevations of the northern Rockies Tuesday.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=3 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Heavy Snow Warning for the Cascades

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
MON JUN 9 2008

UP TO A FOOT OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES…HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER BELOW 4000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING AND DROP TO 2500 TO 3000 FEET AROUND MIDNIGHT...AFFECTING ALL THE PASSES OVERNIGHT.

Snow Advisory for the Olympics

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

MON JUN 9 2008

FOUR TO NINE INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT OVER

THE OLYMPICS…HEAVY SNOW AT TIMES. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER

TO AROUND 3500 FEET THIS EVENING.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Winter Storm Watch - Montana

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

JUN 9 2008

.A VIGOROUS AND MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF SNOW AND COLDER AIR TO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES FOR MIDWEEK. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT

-SOUTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CHOTEAU

TUESDAY EVENING...AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 2 NEAR MARIAS PASS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST

UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=tfx&zone=MTZ009&pil=
XXXWSWTFX&productType=Winter+Storm+Watch
Thanks to David Christian for this link

More rain expected Monday - Large swaths of three Midwest states were declared disaster areas as days of vicious storms and flooding forced rescuers into boats and residents to flee flooded communities.
 

The National Weather Service warned that another round of storms could drop as much as 3 inches of rain on Indiana late Monday.
 

"This thing came on fast,” said Governor Daniels, “with such a radical deluge of water that people were describing going from a feeling of security to waist-deep water in a matter or 15 or 20 minutes."  

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25020185

9 Jun 08

Rainfall in 36 hours:

Camp Douglas, WI---6.54

Milwaukee, WI---5.68

Baraboo, WI---5.60

Racine, WI---3.90

Madison, WI---3.32

La Crosse, WI---2.73

Mason City, IA---4.43

Waterloo, IA---3.34

Fort Dodge, IA---2.86

Dubuque, IA---2.40

Des Moines, IA---2.35

Paris, IL---3.73

Danville, IL---2.44

Champaign, IL---2.14

Rantoul, IL---2.08

Decatur, IL---2.01

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for these rainfall figures

Rainfall in two days:

Dorchester, IA---9.09”
Valley, WI---9.00”
Viroqua, WI---8.20”
Reno, MN---7.18”
Milwaukee, WI---5.95”

Coldest first week of June since 1891 in Seattle

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
SUN JUN 8 2008
RECORD COLD AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST WEEK IN JUNE
WERE SET IN SEATTLE...OLYMPIA AND BELLINGHAM THIS YEAR. IN
ADDITION...SEATTLE TIED THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE. THE RECORDS FROM SEATTLE
INCLUDE THE FEDERAL BUILDING RECORDS WHICH GO BACK TO 1891. THE
OLYMPIA AND BELLINGHAM RECORDS GO BACK TO 1948.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Historic floods in Indiana wipe out crops - Here's a list of locations in Indiana reporting major flooding as defined by the NWS.  An asterisk represents a record flood.

Clifty Creek near Columbus 22.16 feet
Youngs Creek at Amity 14.84 feet*
Sugar Creek near Edinburgh 19.23 feet*
Flatrock River at Columbus 19.83 feet
Clifty Creek at Hartsville 17.83 feet
White River at Eagle Valley Generating Station 612.2 feet (missed record by 1.3 feet)
Mill Creek near Cataract 22.62 feet
White River at Spencer 25.42 feet
Eel River at Bowling Green 23.48 feet
White River at Elliston 29.23 feet
White River at Newberry 24.82 feet

"The fire station in Edinburgh, IN reported a storm total of just under 11 inches of rain (10.94").  There is a great deal of farm land from I-70 and south.  There will certainly be crops that are a total loss.  There is no place for all this water to go. Fields will likely remain flooded for a while and the crops will rot.

"Here is the Indianapolis Star photo gallery.
http://www2.indystar.com/autofocus/galleries/show/2455/1

Thanks to Dan Hammer for this info
www.climatepatrol.com

Record floods across the Midwest - Torrential rain this week has unleashed serious flash and river flooding from western South Dakota east to southern Wisconsin and south-central Indiana.

In Indiana, late-week rainfall of at least 11 inches triggered record-breaking flooding on both the East and West forks of the White River.

Torrential rain over neighboring Illinois lead to potentially record-breaking flooding along the lower Wabash River.

Meanwhilie, record-toppling flooding was underway or forecast as of Sunday for middle and mid-northern Iowa. Early week flooding was forecast at record levels along the upper Des Moines River at Stratford.

In western South Dakota, it was the rain-swollen Cheyenne River that crested at a record height at Plainview.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=5
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Record low in Seattle 

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE, WA
JUN 07 2008 ...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 47 DEGREES WAS SET AT SEATTLE WFO YESTERDAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 47 SET IN 1995.

More snow in the Cascades - "Snow will be flying in the Cascades down to 4,000 ft, with up to 6 inches of new snow in the Oregon Cascades but a foot or more is possible in the Washington Cascades."
http://www.komonews.com/weather
See also: http://www.kgw.com/weather/?tn

Washington temps a good 10 to 15 degrees below normal”
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA
FRI JUN 6 2008

THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM BRINGING THE COOL
CONDITIONS TO W WA CONTINUES TO SPIN ACROSS SE BC THIS EVENING.
AFTERNOON HIGHS SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON ONLY IN THE LOW TO MID 50S...A GOOD 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY JUNE. SEATAC HIT 53 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...ONE DEGREE SHY OF TYING THE RECORD LOW MAX TEMP OF 52 SET BACK IN 1950.

PARADISE RANGER STATIONS
RECEIVED THE BULK OF THE SNOW SHOWERS WITH NEARLY 10 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Up to two feet of snow expected in the Cascades and Olympics

5 Jun 08 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA

OLYMPICS-WEST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES AND PASSES-
WEST SLOPES CENTRAL CASCADES AND PASSES-

...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.....WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF SNOW IN THE CASCADES AND OLYMPICS ABOVE 5500 FEET.
THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE NEAR 4500 FEET TONIGHT AND FALL TO AROUND 3500 FEET ON FRIDAY.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Snow Advisory, Vail, CO
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
JUN 5 2008 - ...WINTER-LIKE WEATHER HAS RETURNED TO THE HIGH COUNTRY...

.A LATE SEASON STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN NEAR 8500 FEET CREATING WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN PASSES AND ROADWAYS WITH SNOW...ICE AND SLUSH POSSIBLE.
 

ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT
MESAS-GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...SKYWAY...ASPEN...VAIL...SNOWMASS...
CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR…PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...TRAPPERSLAKE...OURAY...
TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...RICO...HESPERUS

 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 FEET.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=COZ018&warncounty=COC113&firewx zone=COZ205&local_place1=Ophir+CO&product1=Snow+Advisory 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Rainfall in one day:

Creston, IA---7.75”

Polk, NE---7.50”

Hayes Center, NE---4.25

Pacific Junction, IA---4.90

Weeping Water, NE---4.26

Moreley, IA---2.30

Red Oak, IA---4.67

Lone Rock, WI---2.85

Plattsmouth, NE---5.42

Grand Island, NE---4.15

Omaha, NE---2.13

Rapid City, SD---2.97

Philip, SD---2.32

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news_index.asp?type=weather_highlights

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow in Utah – in June 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT

JUN 4 2008 .AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG STORM WILL 
BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE HIGH ELEVATIONS 
THROUGH TONIGHT.

WASATCH MOUNTAINS I-80 NORTH-WASATCH MOUNTAINS 
SOUTH OF I-80-WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS-WASATCH 
PLATEAU/BOOK CLIFFS-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-SOUTHERN 
MOUNTAINS-

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED ABOVE 8500 FEET AND 1 TO 3 INCHES DOWN 
TO 8000 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE 
ABOVE 9000 FEET.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=slc&zone
=UTZ007&pil=XXXWSWSLC&productType=Snow+Advisory

Thanks to David Christian for this link

Snow in Montana – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT

JUN 4 2008

BITTERROOT/SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS-BUTTE/BLACKFOOT REGION-

… ACROSS THE BUTTE BLACKFOOT REGION AND THE SAPPHIRE MOUNTAINS. SNOW LEVELS HAVE DROPPED TO 5500 FEET WITH SNOW ACCUMULATING ABOVE 6000 FEET...GEORGETOWN LAKE AND

HOMESTAKE PASS...CAN EXPECT TO SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES LOCALLY UP TO 5

INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING. LOCATIONS DOWN TO 5500 FEET...INCLUDING THE CITY OF BUTTE...WILL RECEIVE LIGHT SNOW

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Snow in Wyoming – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

JUN 4 2008 ..ANOTHER COLD STORM SYSTEM HEADING TOWARDS CENTRAL WYOMING... THE SNOW LEVEL WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 7500 TO 8000 FEET WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND

SNOW POSSIBLE AS LOW AS 7000 FEET. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8

INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 8000 FEET OVER SOUTH PASS AND AREAS

ABOVE LANDER WITH ONLY A COUPLE INCHES POSSIBLE ON TOGWOTEE PASS BY NOON THURSDAY

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Snow in Colorado – in June
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO

JUN 4 2008 ..WINTER-LIKE WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE HIGH COUNTRY...

A LATE SEASON STORM WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW TO THE

MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO. SNOW HAS

DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL BE AROUND 9500 FEET IN ELEVATION EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN LOWER TO AROUND 8500 FEET OVERNIGHT.

ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS-

GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-

WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-

NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBINE...TOPONAS...SKYWAY...ASPEN...

VAIL...SNOWMASS...CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK...MARBLE...BUFORD...

TRAPPERS LAKE...OURAY...TELLURIDE...LAKE CITY...SILVERTON...

RICO...HESPERUS...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THURSDAY...

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Frost in Oregon and California- in June

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR

JUN 4 2008

NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES-MODOC COUNTY- KLAMATH BASIN- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TULELAKE...DORRIS...ALTURAS..

ALTAMONT...KLAMATH FALLS...BEATTY...BLY...CHEMULT...CRESCENT..

GILCHRIST...SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Rainfall in one day:
Buffalo, IL---3.96”
Rutledge, MO---3.65”
Springfield, IL---3.49”
Decatur, IL---3.47”
Quincy, IL---3.13”

South Dakota Records
 New records for the wettest May and the wettest month...
At the National Weather Service in east Rapid City... 9.71 inches.
This is a new record for the wettest May... breaking the previous
record of 9.21 inches in 1962. It was also the wettest month ever...
breaking the previous record set in July 1905 when 9.66 inches of
precipitation was measured.

Rapid City Airport... 7.24 inches. This was the third wettest May and
the third wettest month ever.

Newell received 9.37 inches of precipitation in may... breaking the
previous record of 8.60 inches in 1962. This is also the most
precipitation recorded in any month at Newell.

Opal/Maurine 12 SW received 7.95 inches of precipitation in May...
breaking the previous record of 7.21 inches in 1995. This is also the
most precipitation recorded in any month at Opal.

Ft. Meade/Sturgis received 11.49 inches of precipitation in May...
breaking the previous record of 11.20 inches in 1962. This is also
the most precipitation recorded in any month at Ft. Meade

Elm Springs received 8.41 inches of precipitation in May... breaking
the previous record of 8.18 inches in 1996. This is also the most
precipitation record in any month at Elm Springs.

Other locations around western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming
have also reported significant precipitation amounts... including...

Camp Crook... 6.72 inches... second highest may precipitation total...
behind 6.93 inches that fell in may 1982.

Pactola dam... 9.03 inches... third highest may precipitation total...
behind 10.29 inches that fell in may 1962 and 9.51 inches in may
1965.

Spearfish... 10.80 inches... second highest may precipitation total...
behind 14.11 inches that fell in may 1982

Gillette... 7.30 inches... third highest may precipitation total
behind 11.08 inches that fell in may 1978

Milesville... 7.13 inches... fourth highest may precipitation total
behind 10.30 inches that fell in may 1965

Mount Rushmore... 8.13 inches... fourth highest may precipitation
total behind 10.88 inches that fell in may 1962

Hot Springs... 6.41 inches... fourth highest may precipitation total...
behind 9.65 inches that fell in may 1935 

http://www.wunderground.com/US/SD/Rapid_City.html#REC

Thanks to Nathan Schmidt for this info

Wettest year on record in in St. Louis Missouri

Here's a snippet from the attached link from the St. Louis Post Dispatch:
“So far, the beginning of the year has been the wettest of any on record for the St. Louis area. More than 27 inches of precipitation has fallen at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, according to the National Weather Service. That's 12 inches above normal.” 

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/8CAA7AE8611CB046 8625745A000FB49C?OpenDocument

The actual total this year is 27.87 inches.
The average annual precipitation is: Annual 38.7 inches 

Thank you for your site,

Brian King

Rainfall in one day:
Goodfield, IL---2.05"

Rainfall in two days:

Vinton, IA---4.50”
Marshalltown, IA---4.33”
Ames, IA---3.48”
Mason City, IA---2.97”

Record low temperatures in six states:
Bradford, PA
Elmira, NY
Muskegon, MI
Cleveland, OH
Lynchburg, VA

Wallops Island, VA
Vero Beach, FL

Danville, VA

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29

30
33

37

34
34

62

44

Coldest May 28th ever by 3 degrees - Here’s a little tidbit that went unreported, even on the Mt Washington website it was hard to find: "The previous record for May 28th was 19 degrees, and this morning the temperature bottomed out at a ‘mere’ 16 degrees."

http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/comments/

Thanks to Phil Peterson for this discovery

May 28

Record lows

Gaylord, MI

Traverse City, MI

Grand Canyon NP S Rim, AZ

26

29

25 

Record lows
Gaylord, MI

Record lows

Gainesville, FL

International Falls, MN

http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/date.html

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

55

25 

Record snow in both Barrow and Nome, Alaska 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
MAY 27 2008

...RECORD SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IN NOME TODAY...

AS OF 4 PM TODAY...TODAY'S SNOWFALL IN NOME HAD REACHED
1.8 INCHES.  TODAY'S ACCUMULATION BROKE THIS DATE'S OLD
RECORD OF 0.4 INCHES FROM THE YEAR 2000. 

COMPARABLE LATE-MAY SNOW EVENTS OCCURRED ON MAY 26, 1984
WHEN 1.2 INCHES FELL; MAY 29, 1968 WHEN 1.9 INCHES FELL;
AND MAY 25 2001 WHEN 2.5 INCHES FELL ON THE GOLD RUSH
CITY. 

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK
MAY 27 2008

A WEAK UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS ENOUGH TO BREAK THE SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS FOR THIS DATE.  TODAYS SNOWFALL MEASURED 2 INCHES DOUBLING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1 INCH SET IN 1950.  THE SNOWFALL ADDED AN EQIVALENT OF 0.14 INCHES OF WATER BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 0.10 INCHES ALSO SET IN 1950.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Another Freeze in the Upper Midwest 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-

NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-

SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN ITASCA-

CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-

BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-

FREEZE WARNING...IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 20S OVERNIGHT. IF YOU

HAVE OUTDOOR PLANTS OR TREES THAT ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FREEZING

CONDITIONS...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR VEGETATION. THESE

TEMPERATURES COULD KILL CROPS. FLOWERS...VEGETABLES...AND SOME

PERENNIALS CANNOT WITHSTAND THE IMPACT OF A FREEZE.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MNZ019&warncounty=MNC137&firewx zone=MNZ019&local_place1=5+Miles+E+Embarrass+MN&product1=Freeze+Warning

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

And there’s Al Gore, says Kenneth,  telling us that we'll be in a frying pan in less than 10 years.

Rainfall in one day:

Coffeyville, KS---5.09”
Tulsa, OK---3.50”
Wichita, KS---3.23”
Ponca City, OK---2.84”

Record precipitation – and 21 inches of snow
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BILLINGS MT
 25 MAY 08 -  A STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW  SHOWERS TO THE AREA FOR 4 STRAIGHT DAYS...MAY 21 THROUGH MAY 24.
 

 MANY LOCATIONS HAVE SEEN ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH 6 TO 7 INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. THE MOUNTAINS HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF 21 INCHES OF SNOW.
 

 ...RECORD PRECIPITATION FOR BILLINGS...
 THIS WAS A SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR BILLINGS. BELOW
 ARE THE 4 DAY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM THE BILLINGS AIRPORT.
 

 MAY 21........0.89 INCHES
 MAY 22........0.89 INCHES
 MAY 23........1.33 INCHES
 MAY 24........0.72 INCHES
 4 DAY TOTAL...3.83 INCHES
 

 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE RECORDS STARTED BEING RECORDED FOR
 THE BILLINGS AIRPORT...IN 1934...THAT THERE HAS BEEN 4 STRAIGHT
 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREATER THAN 0.70 INCHES. IN FACT...THE
 PREVIOUS RECORD NUMBER OF DAYS OF PRECIPITATION GREATER THAN 0.70 INCHES IS 2 DAYS WHICH LAST OCCURRED IN MARCH 2006. TO GO EVEN FURTHER...TO SHOW HOW SIGNIFICANT OF A PRECIPITATION EVENT THIS WAS FOR BILLINGS...THE NEXT HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNT FOR 4 DAYS STRAIGHT WAS 0.40 INCHES OR GREATER IN APRIL 2005.

 SHERIDAN WYOMING ALSO SAW RECORD PRECIPITATION FROM THIS EVENT.

 BELOW ARE THE 4 DAY PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM THE SHERIDAN
 AIRPORT.

 MAY 21........0.67 INCHES
 MAY 22........1.76 INCHES
 MAY 23........0.37 INCHES
 MAY 24........0.43 INCHES
 4 DAY TOTAL...3.23 INCHES
 

 ...MAY 21 THROUGH MAY 24 PRECIPITATION TOTALS FROM ACROSS THE AREA...

 ...MONTANA...
 

  ...BIG HORN COUNTY...
 

 WOLF MOUNTAIN RAWS......................3.66 INCHES RAIN
 HARDIN..................................3.26 INCHES RAIN
 LITTLE BIGHORN RAWS.....................2.79 INCHES RAIN
 

  ...CARBON COUNTY...
 

TIMBERCREST RAWS........................4.43 INCHES RAIN
RED LODGE...............................3.81 INCHES RAIN
ROBERTS 5.9 NNW.........................3.63 INCHES RAIN
JOLIET..................................3.13 INCHES RAIN
ROBERTS 7 SW............................3.10 INCHES RAIN
DEER MOUNTAIN RAWS......................2.31 INCHES RAIN
BRIDGER 2 N.............................2.22 INCHES RAIN
BRIDGER.................................1.75 INCHES RAIN
WILD HORSE RAWS.........................1.71 INCHES RAIN
HILLSBORO RAWS..........................1.45 INCHES RAIN
COLE CREEK SNOTEL (7850 FEET)...........16.6 INCHES SNOW

  ...CARTER COUNTY...
 

 ALZADA 9 NW.............................3.50 INCHES RAIN
ALBION 1 N..............................2.90 INCHES RAIN
 
 ...GOLDEN VALLEY COUNTY...
 

LAVINA 5 W..............................4.64 INCHES RAIN
RYEGATE 18 NW...........................2.79 INCHES RAIN
 

  ...MUSSELSHELL COUNTY...
 

LITTLE SNOWY RAWS.......................7.14 INCHES RAIN
ROUNDUP 15 SW...........................4.07 INCHES RAIN
HORSE THIEF RAWS........................3.91 INCHES RAIN
 

 ROUNDUP 10.9 NNE........................3.69 INCHES RAIN
 LAVINA 9.5 ESE..........................3.65 INCHES RAIN
 ROUNDUP.................................3.55 INCHES RAIN
 

 ...PARK COUNTY...
 

 LIVINGSTON 6.6 ESE......................3.80 INCHES RAIN
 

 SOUTH FORKS SHIELDS SNOTEL (8100 FEET)..16.3 INCHES SNOW
 FISHER CREEK SNOTEL (9100 FEET).........11.6 INCHES SNOW
 WHITE MILL SNOTEL (8700 FEET)...........10.5 INCHES SNOW
 MONUMENT PEAK SNOTEL (8850 FEET)........9.5 INCHES SNOW
 PORCUPINE SNOTEL (6500 FEET)............5.3 INCHES SNOW
 BOX CANYON SNOTEL (6670 FEET)...........2.3 INCHES SNOW
 

  ...POWDER RIVER COUNTY...

  BRADSHAW CREEK RAWS.....................4.48 INCHES RAIN
 VOLBORG 18 SW...........................3.98 INCHES RAIN
 ASHLAND 11.9 E..........................3.70 INCHES RAIN
 BORADUS 13 SW...........................3.50 INCHES RAIN
 POWDER RIVER NEAR MOORHEAD HADS.........3.40 INCHES RAIN
 BROADUS 18.8 NNW........................3.08 INCHES RAIN
 BIDDLE 7 S..............................3.00 INCHES RAIN
 FORT HOWES RAWS.........................3.00 INCHES RAIN
 BIDDLE 8 SW.............................2.99 INCHES RAIN
 BROADUS.................................2.52 INCHES RAIN
 MOORHEAD 6 ESE..........................2.50 INCHES RAIN

  ...ROSEBUD COUNTY...
 

 BADGER PEAK RAWS........................4.68 INCHES RAIN
 FORSYTH.................................4.01 INCHES RAIN
 COLSTRIP 0.6 NE.........................3.69 INCHES RAIN
 LAME DEER 2.7 NW........................3.25 INCHES RAIN
 COLSTRIP................................2.80 INCHES RAIN

  ...STILLWATER COUNTY...

  COLUMBUS................................4.48 INCHES RAIN
 ABSAROKEE 10.3 N........................4.91 INCHES RAIN
 RAPELJE 4 S.............................4.24 INCHES RAIN
 FISHTAIL RAWS...........................4.05 INCHES RAIN
 

 COLUMBUS 7.2 E..........................4.01 INCHES RAIN
 NYE.....................................3.70 INCHES RAIN
 PARK CITY...............................3.25 INCHES RAIN
 COLUMBUS 18 NW..........................3.10 INCHES RAIN

 MYSTIC LAKE.............................19.0 INCHES SNOW
 

  ...SWEET GRASS COUNTY...
 

  MELVILLE 13 ENE.........................5.20 INCHES RAIN
 MELVILLE 18 NE..........................3.00 INCHES RAIN
 MAIN BOULDER RAWS.......................2.57 INCHES RAIN
  REED POINT..............................2.40 INCHES RAIN

 PLACER BASIN SNOTEL (8830 FEET).........21.1 INCHES SNOW
 

  ...TREASURE COUNTY...
 

 HYSHAM..................................2.65 INCHES RAIN
 

  ...WHEATLAND COUNTY...
 

  HARLOWTON...............................4.52 INCHES RAIN
 MUSSELSHELL RIVER NEAR HARLOWTON HADS...4.12 INCHES RAIN
 

 ...YELLOWSTONE COUNTY...
 

  SODA SPRINGS RAWS.......................4.18 INCHES RAIN
 BILLINGS HEIGHTS........................4.18 INCHES RAIN
 BILLINGS WATER TREATMENT PLANT..........3.98 INCHES RAIN
 HUNTLEY EXP STATION.....................3.84 INCHES RAIN

 STEAMBOAT RAWS..........................3.43 INCHES RAIN

 POMPEYS PILLAR 18 N.....................3.03 INCHES RAIN
 

 ...WYOMING...
 

 ...SHERIDAN COUNTY...
 DAYTON 11.9 WNW.........................4.60 INCHES RAIN
 SHERIDAN................................4.10 INCHES RAIN
 STORY 1 W...............................4.10 INCHES RAIN
 CLEARMONT 5 SW..........................4.01 INCHES RAIN
 BIG HORN................................3.59 INCHES RAIN
 BANNER 3.5 E............................3.43 INCHES RAIN

 SUCKER CREEK SNOTEL (8880 FEET).........13.0 INCHES SNOW
 DOME LAKE SNOTEL (8880 FEET)............12.9 INCHES SNOW
 BIG GOOSE SNOTEL (7990 FEET)............8.4 INCHES SNOW
 BURGESS JUNCTION (8040 FEET)............8.0 INCHES SNOW
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=byz&pil=PNS&sid=BYZ

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record snow in Flagstaff, AZ - Phoenix, Arizona reported rain for the third consecutive day Saturday, while a rare May rain soaked parts of northern California. Meanwhile, Flagstaff, Arizona, which recorded a record snowfall Friday, received some additional snow Saturday.  

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=westusnews

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Unusual cold/snow in AZ for Memorial Day weekend - Up to 18 inches of snow possible 

WESTERN MOGOLLON RIM-EASTERN MOGOLLON RIM-WHITE MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLAGSTAFF...WILLIAMS...MUNDS PARK...
HEBER...HAPPY JACK...FOREST LAKES...SHOW LOW...GREER...PINETOP
...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY FOR
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET...

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AND COLD STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM A DUSTING TO A FEW
INCHES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED DURING THE DAY
TODAY...BUT WILL INCREASE AGAIN TONIGHT.

BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET WITH 6 TO 12
INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET AND 12 TO 18 INCHES ABOVE 8000 FEET.
 

THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY COLD AND WET WEATHER FOR THE START OF THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. TRAVELERS AND CAMPERS ARE URGED TO MONITOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR UNUSUALLY COLD AND WET WEATHER. SOME BACK COUNTRY FOREST ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SNOW.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=fgz&zone=AZZ017&pil=XXXWSWFGZ&product Type=Snow+Advisory

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Heavy Snow Warning - Up to three feet of snow expected in Montana
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT

22 MAY 08 - BEAVERHEAD-CASCADE-JUDITH BASIN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DILLON...GREAT FALLS...STANFORD

THU MAY 22 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A HEAVY

SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MDT FRIDAY FOR

ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 18 TO 36

INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET. 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/warnings.php?wfo=tfx&zone=MTZ012&pil=XXXWSWTFX&product Type=Heavy+Snow+Warning 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow in Colorado and Utah - Benjamin Napier writes: We came over I-70 again today. We hit snow on Loveland and Vail passes as well as some light snow in Utah.

Snowfall in one day:
Snowbird, UT---17”
Cole Creek, MT---16”
Mammoth Mountain, CA---7”
Flagstaff, AZ---.6”

Mud, snow to greet Memorial Day hikers in Vermont - Fresh snow and lots of old mud - exactly what people are likely to find near the peaks of Vermont’s higher mountains this Memorial Day weekend, due to the snowy winter and some fresh flurries this week.

Eighteen inches of snow remained on the ground near the top of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak. The snow cover includes some of the 3.5 inches of fresh fluff that descended on the mountaintop Monday. More light snow is likely over northern Vermont summits today and Thursday.

High elevation snows forced the state Agency of Transportation to close Vermont 108 through Smugglers Notch on Monday night.  It might close again today if predicted new snow materializes, highway officials said.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080521/NEWS02/805210311/-1/NEWS05

Thanks to Steven Woodcock for this link

Northeast Snow in May - The unofficial start to summer, Memorial Day, is a week away, but snow is in the forecast for parts of the Northeast. With chilly air pouring into the Northeast, a weak disturbance's showers will mix with wet snowflakes in the higher elevations of northern Pennsylvania and southern New York early Monday morning. The snow will only make an appearance, not falling heavily enough to accumulate. Still, many residents would agree that the end of May is for picnics and sunshine, not snow.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=0 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Ocean County,  NJ - This morning, 5 weeks before the Summer Solstice,  the temperature dropped to 34 F at Robert Miller Airport in the Pine Barrens, Berkeley Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. 

And the global warming rolls on - not. 

Charles S. Opalek, PE

Rainfall in two days:

Shreveport, LA---10.76”
Baton Rouge, LA---3.89”
Longview, TX---3.34”
Tyler, TX---3.22”

Record low temperatures in two states:
Vichy, MO
St. Joseph, MO
Springfield, MO
Vicksburg, MS

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36

37

37

43

Rainfall in two days:

North Beach, MD---7.07”
Dunkirk, MD---6.14”
Aldie, VA---6.05”
Fredericksburg, VA---6.00”

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36

37

37

43

Cold temps delay planting and slow crop grow in Idaho

Clink on link to see chilling photo of crops encased in ice!

9 May 08 - Excerpt: Cold temperatures have delayed planting and slowed crop growth across much of Idaho this spring. Temperatures in Boise during April averaged 4 degrees below normal, according to the National Weather Service. This month has gotten off to a cold start too, with low temperatures on May 1 dipping to 27 degrees in the Jerome area, covering sprinkler irrigation lines in ice.

http://www.capitalpress.com/main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=792&ArticleID=41533

Record low temperatures in four states:
Bismarck, ND
Valentine, NE
East Rapid City, SD
Burlington, CO

24

24

26

27

May 11

Record daily rainfall:
Columbus, GA---4.54”
Reston, VA---3.73”
Alma, GA---2.81”

Washington, DC---2.63”

Wilmington, NC---2.51”

May snow in Pennsylvania - A strong coastal storm continues to spin just off the East Coast, bringing a soaking rain to the mid-Atlantic coast. It will be a miserable day with rain and chilly air in place. It was even cold enough early Monday morning for some snow to fall over central Pennsylvania.

 http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record snow in Idaho - 10 May 08 - McCall, ID – The spirit of winter is carrying well into May this year at Brundage Mountain Resort. The resort has received another six inches of fresh snow this week, allowing a final extension of lift operations for Saturday, May 10th.

This is the first time on record that Brundage Mountain has extended its season into the month of May.

“The snow keeps coming, and the warm temperatures are staying away,” said resort spokesperson April Russell. “Slope conditions have been excellent and so has the interest from our guests, so we’re staying open to share this great experience and to share our appreciation.”

Most likely the snow will break the all time record tonight. 

http://www.brundage.com/article.aspx?newsid=125 

Thanks to Keith & Ida Martin for this info 

More snow for North Dakota - URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

...SPRING STORM BRINGS SOME SNOW TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND

CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING...

.A STRONG SPRING STORM MOVING FROM EASTERN MONTANA INTO NORTH

DAKOTA THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT COLDER AIR WITH IT RESULTING IN A

SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES

OF SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM

NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NDZ045&warncounty=NDC085&firewx zone=NDZ045&local_place1=10+Miles+ESE+Shields+ND&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

May 9-10 Snowfall - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND

LOCATION WATER EQUIVALENT SNOWFALL
15 N HALLIDAY                                            6.0 INCHES
WATFORD CITY          0.61 INCHES        4.5 INCHES
MINOT N HILL             0.85 INCHES        4.0 INCHES
GARRISON                  0.73 INCHES        4.0 INCHES
GLEN ULLIN                                                1.6 INCHES
LANSFORD                 0.39 INCHES         T
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/crnews/display_story.php?wfo=bis&storyid=14627&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

2 to 7 Inches of snow for Yellowstone – NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS...RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. HIGHS 31 TO 37. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.

TONIGHT CLOUDY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 2 TO 7 INCHES. LOWS 17 TO 23. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.  

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?site=RIW&map.x=29&map.y=36

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Rainfall in one day:
Camp Springs, MD---3.84”
Charlottesville, VA---3.48”
Fort Belvoir, VA---3.43”
Washington, DC---2.88”

May 8

Rainfall in two days:
Joplin, MO---5.70”
Clay City, IL---4.00”
Flora, IL---3.30”

Seymour, IN---2.53”

Tulsa, OK---3.16”
Oklahoma City, OK---2.22”

Worst late frost in 30 years in California vineyards - April brought a series of unusually late frosts to vineyards baring the tender, green shoots of spring. The frosts hit the whole of Northern California, including Mendocino and the Napa Valley. Frost is hardly unusual in California and in some years it can be severe, what distinguishes this season is the duration and severity of the frost. The cold snap lasted twenty or more nights in some places, a first for many vintners. The last time such a brutal spell of frost occurred was over thirty years ago.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/06052008news.shtml
Thanks to John Brown for this link

Record low temperatures in three states:
Laramie, WY
Alamosa, CO
Sidney, NE
Pueblo, CO

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9

14

20

24

Nome, AK 2nd snowiest April on record -4^th consecutive colder-than-normal month this year
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
THE TOTAL SNOWFALL IN NOME FOR APRIL WAS 15.0 INCHES, BRINGING THE SEASON TOTAL TO 107.9 INCHES.  THIS MAKES IT THE 2ND SNOWIEST SEASON ON RECORD. 

IN ADDITION, 15 INCHES OF SNOW MAKES IT THE SEVENTH SNOWIEST APRIL ON RECORD. .

EIGHTEEN DAYS THIS MONTH WERE COLDER THAN AVERAGE.  ELEVEN OF
THOSE DAYS WERE 10 OR MORE DEGREES BELOW NORMAL, WITH THREE DAYS BEING 20 OR MORE DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL.  ONLY TEN DAYS WERE ABOVE NORMAL, WITH SEVEN OF THOSE DAYS BEING 10 OR MORE DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THIS MAKES APRIL THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE COLDER-THAN-NORMAL MONTH THIS YEAR.   

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Four feet of snow in Harding, SD - record monthly snowfall in Rapid City - From Thursday into Friday, an area north of Harding, S.D. received four feet of snow, while Rapid City, S.D., set a daily snowfall record for both Friday and the month of May with 11.0 inches. Strong winds whipped the snow into 4-foot drifts.

http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/news-regional.asp?region=midwestusnews

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

May blizzard shuts down parts of S. Dakota - 2 May 08 - Rapid City police said they would cite any motorists who got stuck in drifts and were traveling on any non-essential business, the Rapid City Journal reported.

City snowplows were working to clear main arteries, major intersections, emergency routes and other hazardous areas.

Officials in Spearfish, Belle Fourche and Butte Counties declared snow emergencies, closing all roads except for emergency vehicles.

Sections of Interstate 90 and Highway 79 were shut down.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/05/02/may_blizzard_shuts_down_parts_of_s_dakota/1201/

Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

Snowfall in one day:
Harding, SD---24”
Hulett, WY---17”
Snowbird, UT---15”
Rapid City, SD---8”

Snow on May Day in Colorado - Winter-like weather stormed into the Colorado Mountains on May Day bringing heavy snow, rain and high winds to Denver, according to the National Weather Service. The storm dropped up to 5 inches of snow in Douglas and Boulder County and around an inch in parts of Denver. The National Weather Service expects several inches of fresh snow in the mountains.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/02052008news.shtml

Record low temperatures in three states:

Montpelier, VT
Windsor Locks, CT
Albany, NY

Islip, NY
Bridgeport, CT
New York City, NY

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25

28

28

33

36

39

Up to 3 feet of snow expected in South Dakota – Winter Storm Warning

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD ...STRONG SPRING STORM
WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO PARTS OF THE AREA...

.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM OVER IDAHO WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TODAY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE BLACK HILLS...

IN THE BLACK HILLS 10 TO 18 INCHES OF HEAVY...WET SNOW IS EXPECTED

AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 5500 FEET...WITH 18 TO 36 INCHES POSSIBLE

ABOVE 5500 FEET IN THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS. ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 12 INCHES OF HEAVY... WET SNOW IS EXPECTED.

STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO CAUSE BLOWING AND

DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WYZ056&warncounty=WYC011&firewxzone=WYZ298&local_place1
=7+Miles+N+Devils+Tower+WY&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low temperatures in five states

Fort Wayne, IN
London, KY
Jackson, KY
Asheville, NC
Charlotte, NC
Macon, GA
Charleston, SC

29

33

33

31

37

40

41

Rainfall in one day:
Brunswick, ME---6.05”
Newcastle, ME---5.20”
Bath, ME---4.06”
Conway, NH---3.39”

Rainfall in one day:
Portland, ME---2.47”
Oxford, CT---2.41”
Rochester, NH---2.16”
New Bedford, MA---2.11”

Apr 28

Record low temperatures in two states:
Jamestown, ND
Bismarck, ND
Watertown, SD
Aberdeen, SD

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16

18

18

19

More snow on the way - Look what this big storm has in store for the Dakotas and eastern Montana Thursday. The Black Hills could get a heavy accumulation. By that we mean more than 6 inches. The High Plains in general will probably get a couple of inches of wet snow.

Normal highs are in the 60s across the Dakotas this time of year. Thursday however, the temperature will do well to reach 40 from the central Dakotas westward.
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=4

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

NO letup of winter in SW Idaho - Prepare for more cold – and possibly snow on Tuesday and Wednesday. Snow is expected to visit parts of the Treasure Valley on Tuesday night. The cold front also will bring wind gusts up to 31 miles per hour in the Boise area. It will remain cool through the rest of the week, with rain showers in the forecast through Saturday.
http://www.idahostatesman.com/newsupdates/story/364297.html
Thanks to William Sellers for this link

Anchorage digs out after record storm
Heaviest snowfall on record after April 1 - 27 Apr 08 - A day after Anchorage endured one of the city’s heaviest one-day snowfalls on record, people spent what would normally be a spring Saturday digging out and slogging through nearly 2 feet of fresh snow and slush.
 

The snowfall was the third-heaviest in a single day since the National Weather service started keeping records in Anchorage in 1915. Seventeen inches fell in West Anchorage and up to 22 inches in Muldoon.
 

Before Friday, the most snow that had ever fallen in one day after April 1 was 8.3 inches. The day’s official tally at the airport: 15.5

See http://www.adn.com/626/story/388142.html 

Thanks to Dennis Oakland and Craig Adkins for this link

Apr 27

Record low temperatures:
Stannley, ID
Greer, AZ
Pocatello, ID
Winslow, AZ

April 2008

Wettest month on record in Tulsa, OK

9.33 inches of rain this month – Old record of 9.23” was set in 1947
(average for April is only 3.95”)

11

12

22

26

Snowfall in one day:
Watertown, SD---19”
Carthage, SD---17”
Clear Lake, SD---17”
Victor, SD---16”

Snowfall clocked at two inches per hour - 26 Apr 08 - Residents of Anchorage, Alaska continue digging out from a snowfall that set a record for the day and the month. The heaviest snow fell between 3 and 6 p.m. Friday at a rate of almost two inches per hour.

The monthly total at the weather service office is now 29.7 inches, breaking a record from 1963 when 27.6 inches fell during April.
http://www.abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=6105656
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

The National Weather Service issued a Heavy Snow Warning for many Oregon counties, including parts of Multnomah County.

Up to a foot of snow is expected in the mountains.
http://www.katu.com/news/17082391.html
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 14 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS KOOCHICHING...ITASCA...AND NORTHERN CASS
COUNTIES. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST TONIGHT...AND MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

NWS Zone Forecast MNZ010-260030- KOOCHICHING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INTERNATIONAL FALLS 426 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008

TODAY
BREEZY...SNOW. DAYTIME SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 7 INCHES. HIGHS 35 TO 40. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH.

TONIGHT
BREEZY. SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 8 INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 8 TO 15 INCHES. LOWS 23 TO 28. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

SATURDAY
CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 33 TO 38. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=MNZ010&warncounty=MNC071&firewx
zone=MNZ010&local_place1=International+Falls+MN&product1=Winter+Storm+Warning

Rainfall in one day:
Waterloo, IA---4.71”
Edgewood, IA---4.17”
Dubuque, IA---3.24”
Fort Dodge, IA---2.28”

Hail the size of cricket balls (tennis balls) in Texas - High winds, rain and hail pounded North Texas as another round of severe storms moved through on Wednesday. Severe storms with hail stones the size of a cricket ball and winds of 70 mph caused damage to buildings and uprooted trees and power lines.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/news/24042008news.shtml

Friday's high of 51 degrees tied the lowest maximum temperature for April 18 in the 60 years records have been kept, and Saturday's high of 52 tied the record for the lowest maximum for April 19.

Sunday's 52 set the record low for April 20, two degrees below the previous record set in 1957 and tied in 2002. Monday's 53 degrees was one degree below the previous record for April 21 set in 1971.

Tuesday's low of 39 matched the coldest April 22 on the same date in 1971. http://www.montereyherald.com/search/ci_9023917?IADID=Search-www.montereyherald.com-www.montereyherald.com
Thanks to Michael Lantz for this link

"We broke that record by a mile," said National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Zumpfe. "The previous record of 11 was set in 1951. We broke it by 19 degrees."

Another record fell Sunday night when just before midnight it was minus 1 degree, which beat the old record of 10 above, which was set in 1927.

"Yesterday’s high of 18 degrees was a record low maximum temperature," Zumpfe said. "The old record low maximum was 24 in 1967."

The Weather Service says total snow fall was 15.1 inches.
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080421/NEWS01/80421002/1002
Thanks to Dave Ekstedt for this link

A major snowstorm could hit Montana and the Prairie Provinces of Canada as the storm moves to the east through the weekend.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=4
Thanks to Northern Sailor for this link

The National Weather Service says 7.5 inches of snow fell Thursday at Juneau International Airport. The record had been only 1.1 inches. More snow had fallen on Wednesday, bringing total snowfall at the airport to 10.5 inches.

Juneau has seen double the average amount of precipitation so far this month.http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8193058
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

According to the state Department of Transportation (DOT), by the end of March, labor and materials were far over budget. Labor costs were $3.8 million over what had been planned.

As of April 6, according to the DOT, 526 inches of snow had fallen on Snoqualmie Pass, 153 percent of the five-year average. Over the past five years, the pass received an average annual snowfall of 342 inches.

And winter may not yet be over. Snow fell this morning down to an elevation of 400 feet on the hills east of Seattle. Monday night in the Cascades, 6 inches fell at Snoqualmie Pass and 3 inches at Stevens.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004351901_wintersnow16m.html

The grand prize for the most snowfall goes to Virginia, Minn., where 32 inches piled up between Friday night and this morning.

Not far behind, 29 inches fell in northern portions of Itasca County, 27 inches in Cass Lake, 26 in Babbit, Chisholm, 25, Tower, 19, Grand Rapids 25, Wirt, 22 , and Cohasset 23.5. Lake Bemidji reported 13 inches, Wilton, 12.5, Zerkel, 18, and New York Mills, 13 inches.

Snow was coming down at the rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour on Sunday afternoon.

Heavy snow also fell in the Morris, Alexandria and Staples area of west-central Minnesota. Grand Forks reported 6 inches of snow
http://www.startribune.com/local/17342739.html
Thanks to Steven Woodcock for this link

But the snow ranger for the Siskiyou Mountains Ranger District in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest couldn't believe the reading he took Monday morning after plumbing the snow depths at the Siskiyou Summit site, near where Interstate 5 crests the Siskiyous.

The snow-water content at the summit was an astounding 559 percent of normal at 17.9 inches, which broke a 56-year-old record of 17.4 inches for the end of March set in 1952. Records have been kept of the snow survey site at 4,600-feet elevation since 1935. The average water content is 3.2 inches.

In addition to the Siskiyou Summit, Johnson measures three sites higher on Mount Ashland at the end of those months. "The story is that the mid-elevation snowpack is far above normal," he said, referring to mountain snow survey sites that are from 4,000 to 5,300 feet elevation.

Remote snow telemetry measuring devices (SNOTEL) report the Oregon coastal range sites are currently 430 percent of normal for snow-water content, he said.

See entire article - Entitled "Good news for summer" - by Paul Fattig in the Mail Tribune
http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080401/NEWS/804010312&emailAFriend=1
Thanks to R. Ray for this link

"We were 13 degrees below our normal high temperatures." said Jeff Michalski, meteorologist at the National Weather Service." The last time the Seattle area received more than an inch of spring snow was in April 1985.

Snow blanketed trees, grass and cars in West Seattle, on Queen Anne, Capitol Hill and other neighborhoods. More than an inch coated the ground in some Eastside cities. Some cities on the Olympic Peninsula reported up to 5 inches.

Forecasters say the snow will continue through the weekend, and temperatures should remain about eight to 10 degrees cooler than what is expected for late March.

More snow was expected on Snoqualmie Pass overnight — 7 to 10 inches by 6 a.m. and another 5 to 7 inches between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_
id=2004314340&zsection_id=2002227585&slug=weather28m&date=20080329

Mar 24

Snowiest  Mar 24 on record in Watertown, SD---19”

Previous record of 16” was set on Mar 24 1937

Storm Dumps 15+ Inches of Snow - Milwaukee - By the time the snow stopped around 4 a.m. Saturday, the storm had dumped 15 inches of snow in Waukesha County, up to 16 inches in Milwaukee County and 12 1/2 inches in parts of Ozaukee County.

The 12.9 inches of snow at Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport set a new daily record, smashing the old mark of 6.2 inches set back in 1992.

Snow-weary Madison, which had already shattered its record snowfall level this season, neared the 100-inch mark late Friday. Dane County Regional Airport received about seven inches to raise the season total to 99 inches, far above the previous high of 76.1 inches that fell in 1978-'79.

Kenosha also broke its winter snowfall record, said John Prijic, the city's street superintendent. He said the city had 11.4 inches by 7 p.m. on Friday. That plus the 86.5 inches that fell on the ground so far this winter broke the record of 90 inches set in the winter of 1978-1979.

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/16828166.html

It will be cold enough for a killing freeze to stretch southward into northwestern Florida early Tuesday morning with widespread frosts and freezes likely from eastern Mississippi and most of Alabama into Georgia and the Carolinas.

Story by AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Jim Andrews
http://premiuma.accuweather.com/adcbin/premium/headlines.asp?iws=3
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

The old record of 181.1 inches of snow recorded in Caribou, set in 1955, was shattered by noontime Friday when the National Weather Service in Caribou recorded 182.5 inches of snow since the start of the season.

It didn’t stop there. Heavy snow and winds gusting up to 50 mph continued throughout the day, creating blizzard conditions around much of northern Maine.

By Friday afternoon close to 15 inches of snow had fallen in central Aroostook County and a blizzard warning was still in effect from the National Weather Service. The St. John Valley saw about a foot of new snow, while southern portions of the county got around 7 inches. A couple of more inches of snow were expected to accumulate through Friday.

Snow drifts ranged from about 5 feet to 10 feet in some areas, said meteorologist Mark Bloomer. Drifts along the sides of northern Maine roads, already several feet high, were even higher with the latest storm.

The blizzard also claimed another roof in Fort Kent with the collapse of a portion on the large town-owned packing shed Friday morning. Two other storage sheds collapsed in Fort Kent last weekend.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/aroostook.aspx?articleid=161983&zoneid=175
Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

My dad wanted to play. He wanted to have a snowball fight," said Braxton Farmen.

But for right now, Dad is busy plowing the snow off of the driveway.

"It's pretty deep so the snowblower is having a tough time getting it all out but we will get it done," said Dale Farmen.

City officials would also like to remind everyone to remember to move your vehicle if you are parked along a snow plow route.
http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/16907561.html
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Normally in March, we get about 8.3 inches of snow, said Dennis Kahlbaum, a University of Michigan weather observer. So far in March, with more than a week to go, we've seen 16.7 inches. A good chunk of that came Friday night and early Saturday morning, when a storm dropped 7.5 inches of snow in Ann Arbor.

See entire article by David Jesse, The Ann Arbor News
http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/its_a_record_year_for_snowfall.html
Thanks to Tim Rian and Craig Adkins for this link

To the north, a fresh snowstorm blew into the Chicago area. Forecasters said the storm could leave as much as 9 inches of heavy snow in the region.

A blizzard warning remained in effect in northern Maine, where fierce winds had already scattered a foot or more of snow.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23694813

More than 20 inches of snow fell from Friday through Saturday at Columbus, eclipsing the city's previous record of 15.3 inches set in February 1910, the National Weather Service said. Elsewhere on Saturday, 14 inches fell at Milan, Ind.; and up to a foot fell at Louisville, Ky., Buffalo, N.Y., Cleveland, Cincinnati, and parts of Tennessee. Arkansas collected a foot of snow Friday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080309/ap_on_re_us/severe_weather_34
Thanks to Clay Olson and Peter Pesola for this link

               Talk about media bias. If Ohio and Indiana should have record warmth, it 
               would be plastered across the front page of every newspaper in the country.
              But this article about record snow was buried on page 14 of the Seattle Times.
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Madsion, Wisconsin might reach an unprecedented 100 inches this season 
before it's over. What a record that would be.

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE
540 PM CDT SUN MAR 9 2008

...RECORD SEASONAL SNOWFALL AT MADISON...

AS OF 4 PM ON SUNDAY...MARCH 9TH 2008...THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL AT
MADISON TRUAX AIRPORT MEASURED 91.8 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD OF 76.1 INCHES SET DURING THE 1978-79
WINTER SEASON.

THE RECORD WILL CONTINUE TO BE BROKEN DURING THE COMING WEEKS...AND IT IS POSSIBLE MADISON WILL END THE SEASON WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED 100 INCHES.
http://www.weathermatrix.net/archive/usrecords/0173.html
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

See entire article in The Kentucky Post
http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=2fb354e3-926a-472f-a4ea-9e2943bfcaf4
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Visibility became very limited throughout the afternoon, sometimes down to one-eighth of a mile in true white-out type situations. The snow started falling around noon Thursday in Grayson County and did not let up until well into the night, causing slick roads, fender benders and make-shift parking lots on major roadways.
http://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum
=0000QU00:0017oRV_00003Q0A&count=1204925329&attachId=2
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Arkansas' weather was part of a band of snow and rain stretching from the southern Plains to northern New England. The National Weather Service posted winter storm warnings across sections of Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, with winter weather advisories along the Great Lakes.

Up to 8 inches of snow fell in parts of southwest Missouri, snarling the morning commute in the St. Louis and Springfield areas. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/03/04/severe.weather.ap/index.html

Snowfall in one day:
Russellville, AR---11"
Danville, AR---8"
Springfield, MO---8"
Exeter, MO---6"

Parks and Recreation Director Herb Greene notes that the cancellation of 2 events was due to poor road conditions and snow-filled parking lots.

Of the three events originally scheduled for Wednesday, the Cardboard Box Sled Derby has been rescheduled to Friday morning.
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7940256&nav=4QcS
Thanks to Tim Rian and Steven Woodcock for this link
          "Strange how this kind of stuff just never seems to make the news," says Steven

An unoccupied summer pizza shop collapsed at Weirs Beach in Laconia, N.H, officials said, while in Ossipee, N.H., several people fled as the roof fell in at the Over Easy Cafe.

"People can't keep up with the snow. They think it's going to stop, but it's just not stopping," said Shawn Greenwood, owner of Greenwood Construction, in St. Johnsbury, Vt.

"I've been roofing for 20 years and this is the worst I've ever seen," he said. "I was shoveling a roof off one day two weeks ago and the house next door caved in."

With 144.5 inches of snow so far this season, Caribou, Maine, is on pace to break the record of 181.1 inches for the entire season.

Farther west, snow piled up nearly a foot deep in northwest Indiana. Snow also blew across the Ohio Valley and farther south into parts of Ohio, Kentucky, middle and eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. Some areas in the mountains of western North Carolina could see up to 10 inches of snow.
http://www.newsmax.com/us/winter_storm/2008/02/27/76174.html
Thanks to Travis J. Hill for this link

Last week, Grand Rapids, Mich., shattered its December-February snowfall record of 85.1 inches set in 1951-52. As of Tuesday afternoon, 90.4 inches had fallen. With three days left in the month, the city has also set a new February record of 37.1 inches.

On Tuesday, snow fell from Illinois to New England, dumping more than 6 inches on northern Indiana and Ohio. Up to 16 inches of snow was possible across northern Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.

In Chicago, more than 50 inches has fallen since the beginning of December, 15 inches above normal. It’s the first winter since 1978-79 with more than 50 inches of snow.

"It's been endless," said Roland Swanson in South Bend, Ind. "It just keeps coming. It's killing us by the inch."

See entire article by Don Babwin
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080227/D8V2CFRO0.html
Thanks to Peter Pesola for this link

• One Hundred and Sixty-Seven Inches of Snow Fell in January (14 feet in one month!)
• Base Depth: Over 100 Inches
• Snowfall So Far This Season: Over 300 Inches

South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV— 7 Feb 08 — Heavenly Mountain Resort received 167 inches of snow in January, marking the most snowfall in a single month since the resort began keeping snowfall data in the 1975-76 season.

"We’re in one of those epic snow cycles that the Sierra mountain range is famous for,"" said Blaise Carrig, Heavenly’s chief operating officer. "We beat the next closest month by 20 inches. There is no destination in the U.S. that has the kind of snow we have right now."

In addition to the record snowfall, Heavenly’s snow pack is 23 percent higher than average, its base depth ranges from 78 to 100 inches, and it has received over 300 inches of snowfall to date this winter. In response to this amazing amount of snow, Heavenly has announced that it is extending its season into May. The resort had planned to close for the season on Sunday, April 20, 2008, but now has an expected closing date of Sunday, May 4, 2008.
http://blog.skiheavenly.com/2008/02/07/heavenly-extends-its-season-into-may-2008/
Thanks to Perry Morris in Lodi, CA for this link