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There is a huge variation in the climatic conditions of Himachal Pradesh due to variation in altitude (360–6500 metres). The climate varies from hot and sub-humid tropical (450–900 metres) in the southern low tracts, warm and temperate (900–1800 metres), cool and temperate (1800–2400 metres) and cold glacial and alpine (2400–4800 metres) in the northern and eastern high elevated ...
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
December 1 – February 28: Astronomical winter: December 21 – March 20: First event started: November 19, 2016: Last event concluded: May 1, 2017: Most notable event; Name: March 2017 North American blizzard • Duration: March 11–15, 2017 • Lowest pressure: 974 mb (28.76 inHg) • Fatalities: 16–19 fatalities • Damage: Unknown ...
December 20, 2016 at 10:46 AM. ... Snow, wind and rain could threaten travel over a large part of the central United States this weekend, centered on Christmas Day.
As the year began, a tropical low was over Australia, [4] and Cyclone Ula was moving toward Tonga. [5] Ula was followed by another 16 tropical cyclones, [6] [7] including Cyclone Winston, which was the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, with 10 minute sustained winds of 280 km/h (175 mph), and a minimum pressure of 884 mbar (26.1 inHg).
Snow fell 85 times within ten days of those 642 times — that’s only 13% of the time. Will snow follow a ring around the moon? Another wives’ tale says a lunar halo, or a ring seen around the ...
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
Disasters and accidents At least 49 people die in Irkutsk, Russia after consuming hawthorn-scented bath essence as if it were alcohol. The product has been found to contain methanol. (The New York Times) (BBC News) 2016 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash An Indonesian military Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Papua province killing all 13 people on board. (AP ...