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While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice, which in 2016 occurred on December 21, and ends at the March equinox, which in 2017 occurred on March 20. [4]
It will feel like an extended winter for those living from the northern Plains to the eastern U.S., as cold and snowy conditions stretch into spring 2017.
In 2017, Watertown, New York and Buffalo, New York each had it coldest final week on record for the year. [10] In St. Louis, Missouri temperatures dropped to −6 °F (−21 °C) on New Year's Day. On January 2, a daily record low in Sioux City, Iowa was set at −28 °F (−33 °C).
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]
The March 2017 North American blizzard also known as Winter Storm Stella was a major late-season blizzard that affected the Northeastern United States, New England and Canada, dumping up to 3 feet (36 in; 91 cm) of snow in the hardest hit areas, mainly New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and southern Quebec.
[16] [17] In New York City, a person was killed when a huge construction crane, in the midst of being moved and secured due to the weather, collapsed and fell on him. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] While only 2.5 in (6.4 cm) of snow fell in Central Park , amounts totaled much higher in parts of the metro area, including as high as 13 in (33 cm) in Woodbridge ...
As the weather pattern transitions to La Niña this fall, warm weather is predicted across much of the eastern United States. 2016 US fall forecast: Northeast to dodge season's chill; Severe ...
The city received 1.8 inches of snow, according to a reading in Central Park, which was just enough to turn the city into a Winter Wonderland. New York City on average receives its first ...