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The January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm brought widespread impacts and wintry precipitation across large sections of eastern North America and parts of Canada. Forming out of a shortwave trough on January 13, it first produced a swath of snowfall extending from the High Plains to the Midwestern United States.
2021 Winter Storm was the deadliest winter storm since the Blizzard of 1996 impacting most of the midwest and southcentral United States. The state of Texas gained notable publicity due to the failure of the state's power grid, causing blackouts and power outages for 7–10 days across the state.
The winter storm was named Winter Storm Landon by The Weather Channel and was also referred to by other media outlets as the Groundhog Snowstorm, primarily due to the storm impacting on Groundhog Day. [6] [7] The storm spread a widespread swath of heavy snowfall stretching from Texas to Maine, with anywhere from 6–12 inches (15–30 cm ...
The storm was considered a "bomb cyclone" as it rapidly intensified and barometric pressure dropped at least 24 millibars over a 24-hour period. [4] The storm was given names such as Blizzard of 2022 and Winter Storm Kenan. [5] [6] Several states in the Mid-Atlantic area and New England declared states of emergency ahead of the storm as it ...
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Despite the European model consistently forecasting 6 in (15 cm) of snow from the storm, the National Weather Service of New York City initially predicted just 1 in (2.5 cm). Not until the afternoon of the storm did they raise the forecast into the 2–5 in (5.1–12.7 cm) zone, which prompted a winter weather advisory to be issued. [4]
The 2020–21 New Year's North American winter storm was a major storm system that brought a wide swath of snow and ice to parts of the High Plains and Central and Northeastern United States during the New Years holiday from December 30–January 2.
On December 21, a winter storm formed in the Rocky Mountains, triggering record temperature drops in the region. [2] Early on December 23, the storm reached New York. Across the Buffalo metropolitan area, the difference between the water temperature and air temperature triggered lake-effect snow for several days. [3]