THE NEXT ICE AGE - NOW!

Date

City

Degrees
Fahrenheit

Hard Freeze for North Florida this weekend - Look out orange growers! - Sat / Sun will be below freezing in some areas in Florida, possibly Mon / Tue. Extensive U.S. snow cover into the Southeast USA for much of the next 2 weeks. Some days could struggle to get much above the freezing level with night lows in the teens to 25. (Search on different towns at www.wunderground.com)

http://www.examiner.com/x-4648-Atlanta-Weather-Examiner~y2009m12d30-Winter-with-attitude

First ten days of January to be "well below normal"
"We believe that most of the central and eastern part of the country will have temperatures well below normal for at least the first 10 days of January," says AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist John Kocet.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=3 

Thanks to Tom Meyer for this link

877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA last week
See 877 new snowfall records set or tied in the USA in the last week

191 New snowfall records - Many date back 100+ years.
Some of the most notable:

Pipestone, MN - shattered 132-year-old record by 6 inches. 
Bemidji, MN - shattered 113-year-old record by 9.4 inches.
Grand Forks, ND - shattered 116-year-old record by 7.2 inches.
Lead, SD - shattered 100-year-old record by 11.2 inches.
Lemmon, SD - shattered 101-year-old record by 14 inches.
Marion, SD - shattered 108-year-old record by 12.4 inches (over a foot).
Murdo, SD - shattered 102-year-old record by 10 inches
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records.php?ts=daily&elem=snow&month=12&day= 26&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Oklahoma digs out after record snowfall - The 14.1 inches of snow Thursday at Will Rogers World Airport set daily and event records, said National Weather Service meteorologist Bruce Thoren. Northwest Oklahoma City reported about 11 inches, Yukon reported 10 inches, about 9 inches in Norman,  and 6 to 8 inches in Tulsa.

For a while,, all interstate highways in the Oklahoma City area were closed with unknown numbers of motorists stranded. Military vehicles were dispatched to rescue them. Even a couple of state troopers were stranded.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-digs-out-thaws-after-record-snowfall/article/3427662?custom_click=headlines_widget
Thanks to Stew Stewart for this link

South Dakota - Snowfall up to 40 inches (1 meter) - Drifts up to 12 feet (4 meters) deep
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD

26 DEC 09 -     SNOW ACCUMULATIONS

8.0 INCH         MEADE SD DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET DEEP.

5.0 INCH         CAMPBELL WY               

20.0 INCH       SHANNON SD DRIFTS 6 TO 8 FEET.      

26.0 INCH       LAWRENCE SD  

24.0 INCH       CROOK WY                     

6.0 INCH         PENNINGTON SD  

10.0 INCH       MEADE SD   DRIFTS UP TO 12 FEET HIGH.

5.4 INCH         PENNINGTON SD  

40.0 INCH       LAWRENCE SD             

7.0 INCH         BUTTE SD  

17.0 INCH       TODD SD          

9.0 INCH         BENNETT SD  DRIFTS UP TO 12 FEET HIGH.      
     

THIS TABLE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE FINAL STORM TOTALS.

 INCHES 
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 40.00   LEAD SD                        

 26.00   DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH SD           

 24.00   SUNDANCE WY                        

 20.00   PORCUPINE SD  DRIFTS 6 TO 8 FEET.

 17.00   MISSION SD               

 11.00   DOWNTOWN STURGIS SD              

 10.00   BOX ELDER SD DRIFTS UP TO 12 FEET HIGH.

  9.00   MARTIN SD DRIFTS UP TO 12 FEET HIGH.            

  8.00   ELM SPRINGS SD DRIFTS UP TO 10 FEET DEEP.

  7.00   HOOVER SD              

  6.00   DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY SD            

  5.40   HILL CITY SD              

  5.00   DOWNTOWN GILLETTE WY           

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=unr&storyid=45207&source=0
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

7 inches of snow in Texas, drifts to 4 feet high  - 26 Dec 09 -  The area from the central South Plains to the far southeast Texas Panhandle received the most snowfall, with drifts of up to 4 feet. Snowfall at Littlefield and Shallowater measured 7 inches.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/?n=events-2009-20091223_snow
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Two feet of snow - Minot, ND
 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=bis&storyid=45195&source=0 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

246 snowfall records broken - many over 100 years old !!
plus 13 tied, for a total of 259
Lead, SD, shattered 100-year-old record by almost 20 inches
Sisseton, SD shattered 109-year-old record by 11.9 inches.
Lamoni, IA shattered 112-year-old record by 8 inches.
Stanberry, MO shattered 116-year-old record by 7.4 inches.
Vinita, OK shattered 114-year-old record by 9.3 inches.
Shawnee, OK shattered 108-year-old record by 6.5 inches.
Kennebec, SD shattered 116-year-old record by 6 inches. 
Pollock, SD shattered 101-year-old record by 10 inches.
Huron, SD shattered 128-year-old record by 6.5 inches.   

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/extremes/records.php?ts=daily&elem=snow&month=12&day= 25&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

I-29 closed from Canadian border to South Dakota Border - URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED ... CIVIL EMERGENCY MESSAGE ... ND STATE RADIO RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

INTERSTATE 29 WILL BE CLOSING AT 830 AM THIS MORNING FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PLOWS HAVE BEEN PULLED AND ZERO VISIBILITY IS OCCURRING IN OPEN AREAS.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=CivilEmergencyMessage
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Dallas - First White Christmas in more than 80 years - "More than 2 inches of snow was recorded at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on Thursday," the Star-Telegraph reported. "Areas to the northwest were walloped, with 8 inches falling in Nocona in Montague County and 5 to 6 inches in Wichita Falls."

While the area had a sprinkling of holiday snow in 2004 and 1997, the last time it experienced "a true, New England-style dose of snow on Christmas Day was Dec. 25, 1926," the newspaper reported.

http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1853288.html
Thanks to Brad Walton for this link

One of the 10 worst storms in Duluth's recorded history - The previous record for Christmas Eve in Duluth, which has gotten more than 22 inches in two days, was a "paltry" 3 inches in 1893, said Kevin Kraujalis, a National Weather Service meteorologist. By the time the storm is over, it could be one of the 10 worst in Duluth's recorded history.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6787166.html

Blizzards tomorrow in ND, SD, NE, WY, MN, IA and WI - The National Weather Service said blizzards would hit parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin through Saturday.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/6787166.html

Record Setting Snowfall Across Oklahoma, Most Interstates Closed - Thousands of Oklahomans remain without power after a massive winter storm dumped record-setting amounts of snow on a large part of central Oklahoma.

Oklahoma City had received 14 inches of snow by Thursday night, breaking a record set in 1914 of 2.5 inches. Winds gusted up to 65 mph in Texas, drifting the snow as deep as 5 feet in some areas.
http://www.news9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11726617

Thanks to Steven Woodcock and C. H. Stewart for this link

Biggest snowstorm in Oklahoma history -  Keep your eye on Oklahoma weather, says reader Stew Stewart. Oklahoma City TV meteorologist Mike Morgan  just said (12:07 am CST) "This is quite possibly going to be the biggest snowstorm in Oklahoma history."

Blizzard warning for Texas - THE  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... CANADIAN...PANHANDLE...WHITE DEER... PAMPA... SHAMROCK... WHEELER... CLAUDE... CLARENDON...WELLINGTON.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=TX&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link
     "Wow! Further south than I expected," says Kenneth

Blizzard Warning... Drifts to 10 Feet ! - 23 Dec 09 - "BE WARNED that travel conditions will be terribly bad to impossible in northeastern Kansas, eastern Nebraska, western Iowa, Minnesota and eastern South Dakota ... How about drifts 10 to 15 feet high? Believe, that's no joke; it's going to happen.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=2


DO NOT TAKE THIS STORM LIGHTLY ! - 23 Dec 09 - "A life-threatening blizzard." "Those that live in this part of the country ... tell horror stories about ... getting totally disoriented just trying to get from the house out to the barn ... found in a snowdrift somewhere a couple of days later."
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=0

Latest Snowfall Forecast, a Nightmare before Christmas - 23 Dec 09 - "The swirling and falling snow will create whiteout conditions ... visibility will be under 100 feet at times ... picture your neighbor's house completely disappearing. Now that's what you call a blizzard."

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=1
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for these links

Blizzard to paralyze Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux Falls - 23 Dec 09 - The blizzard will rage over the Plains Christmas Eve into Christmas Day, making travel nearly impossible. Weather.com is calling it the second "historic" storm in as many weeks. 
http://www.accuweather.com/news-top-headline.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&da te=2009-12-23_10:06
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Minnesota - Snowiest Christmas in 30 years? - "It has an uncanny resemblance to the East Coast storm last Saturday," meteorologist Paul Douglas posted Monday on his Facebook page. "I want to see one to two more computer runs, but this could be the snowiest Christmas for Minnesota in 30 years."
 

"The heaviest snowfall, 12 to 20 inches, likely will fall in a swath from Minneapolis to the Iowa border and west to the South Dakota border, said National Weather Service forecaster Jim Taggart."

http://www.startribune.com/local/79869182.html?page=1&c=y
Thanks to Steven Woodcock for this link

I-5 closed over the Grapevine in southern California because of snow - Again

Record-breaking storm closes US federal government - The federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States.
 

The heaviest snow storm to ever hit the US capital in December, it shut down train and bus service, paralyzed air traffic, blocked roads, and left hundreds of thousands without power, and at one point stretched some 500 miles (800 km) across 14 states, affecting tens of millions of Americans.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091221/ap_on_re_us/us_storm_rdp_103
Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

Philadelphia: A winter's worth of snow in 24 hours - Email from a reader in Philadelphia
Robert - Our latest east coast blizzard was a December record breaker here in Philadelphia (23.2 inches, breaking the old record of 21 inches from 1909).  It was also 2nd all-time behind a storm from 1996 that dumped over 30 inches on Philly. This is more snow than we usually get in an entire winter. 

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/breaking/news_breaking/79753317.html?cmpid=15585797

Thanks to Carl Swartz for this link

     Other accumulations include 24 inches in Medford and Atco and in Swedesboro,
     South Jersey; 15.4 inches in West Chester; and 11.4 inches in Newtown.
     And winter is still 24 hours away.

East digs out from record snow - The 13.4 inches that fell Sunday at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I., more than doubled the date's previous record -- 6.3 inches in 1995.

In New York, the storm dumped 26.3 inches in Upton (on Long Island), a record since measurements began in 1949.

Nearly 11 inches fell on New York City. The storm could be the worst the city has seen since 26 inches fell in February 2006, National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Maloit said.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-snowstorm22-2009dec21,0,6446820.story
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Another Possible Plains Blizzard This Week - As the record-breaking East Coast blizzard finally departs New England, another appears to be brewing for the Plains and parts of the Midwest next week. The exact track of the storm is still in doubt, but locations such as Wichita, Kansas City, Des Moines, and Green Bay may all be walloped by heavy snow and possible blizzard conditions.
See: http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=midwestusnews
Thanks to Tom Meyer for this link

Record snowfall in Virginia
Staunton digging out from under snowfall
The Staunton - News Leader Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:09 PM PST
Staunton, Virginia -  Residents began digging out from under a record snowfall this morning...

Heavy snow expected to continue through tonight
Culpeper (Virginia) Star-Exponent Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:02 AM PST
Heavy snowfall that began overnight is expected to continue throughout the day, leading to near-record snowfall totals approaching 20 inches for the Culpeper region.

Stagg Bowl Delayed By Winter Storm
WISC-TV Madison Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:15 AM PST
SALEM, Va. -- The 2009 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, the NCAA Division III football championship game, has been delayed Saturday due to a near-record snowfall.
Thanks to Clay Olson for these links

Up to 18 inches of snow forecast for Virginia -  A precipitation-laden storm headed for the mid-Atlantic region prompted winter storm warnings today from the Carolinas to New Jersey.
 

Up to 12 inches of snow is forecast for Asheville, NC, up to 5 inches for the northeast corner of Tennessee, up to 12 inches in Delaware, and as much as 18 inches in parts of western and central Virginia.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/story/1388674.html
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=0

NYC Preps for the White Stuff  - The National Weather Service forecasts seven to 10 inches of snow for the New York City area over the weekend.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Snow-NYC-Weather-79640492.html
Thanks to Brad Walton for this link

Up to 17 inches of snow in Washington, DC - 2-4 inches tonight, 8-12 inches on Saturday, another 2-4 inches Saturday night
http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=20012&wuSelect=WEATHER
Thanks to Brad Walton for this link

Storm dumps a record 5 feet 8 inches of snow on Valdez
Copenhagen got four inches of snow overnight? Big deal.

"Valdez got more than four inches per hour at the height of the snowstorm that began Monday" says this article in the Alaska Dispatch. "By the time the citizens of Alaska's only oil port finally caught a break, the snow was piled 5 feet, 8 inches deep; over the head of your average American woman, up the nose of your average American man. The National Weather Service called it record. Even then,  residents think the National Weather Service estimate was "probably a little low."

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/3334-valdez-socked-in
Thanks to Steven Woodcock, Benjamin Napier, Lenore Smith and Daryl Irwin for this link

     "Read how the writer attempts to shade this," says Benjamin. "Climate Change"      
      (what used to be global warming) causes huge snowstorms!

Up to 3 feet of snow in Utah - NATIONAL WEATHER SVC SALT LAKE CITY UT... WARNING IS FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL UTAH ... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODRUFF...RANDOLPH...ALTA... BRIGHTON...  HANNA...SCOFIELD...COVE FORT... KOOSHAREM... FISH LAKE.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 FEET ... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 3  FEET ON SOUTHWEST FACING SLOPES AND UPPER COTTONWOOD CANYONS.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=UT&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Four feet of global warming at Lake Tahoe - "It's DUMPING on the mountain right now!" says their website. This storm has already dumped two feet of snow on the mountain, and we expecttwo more feet in the next 48 hours, says the message on their snow phone (1-800-432-8365.)  
Here's a live web cam from their Heavenly Gondola.
http://www.skiheavenly.com/video-and-interactive/web-cams.aspx
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Snowing 5 to 6 inches per hour - "Blinding snow falling at the rate of 5 to 6 inches per hour is occurring from Redfield to Osceola in northern New York." Another 1 to 3 feet of snow possible by Saturday morning.
http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormwatch/

17 killed - Snowfall records shattered - More on the way - Temps far below normal  
10 Dec 09 - Midwesterners are bracing for bitter cold and yet more snow as they dig out from a storm that killed 17 people and brought up to 19 inches of snow to some areas.

In  Shenandoah, Iowa, temperatures plunged to minus 15 degrees, some 33 degrees below normal. Tonight, wind-chill temperatures could dip as low as minus 25 in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois, according to the National Weather Service.

As for shattered records, Hastings, Nebraska received 10.5 inches of snow, more than 4 times the previous record of 2.5 inches set in 1948, while the five inches of snow that fell in Mason City, Iowa, easily beat the 1997 record of 4.3 inches. (With 20 inches of snow, Flagstaff, Arizona also bested its previous record  - set in 1956 - by 4 times.)

Green Bay, Wisconsin's 14.7 inches of snow set a December-storm high, according to the weather service.

See: USA Today Midwest digs out from storm that killed at least 17

Record snowfall in Central Wisconsin; storm continues - "The snow continues to fall in Central Wisconsin. Newsline 9's Chief Meteorologist Justin Loew says Wausau tied a snow fall record Tuesday.

http://www.waow.com/global/story.asp?s=11646316
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Strongest winter storm in 30 years in Iowa and Illinois - NATIONAL WEATHER SVC ... EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS TONIGHT THROUGH WEDS ... BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NW ILLINOIS. TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...

IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 10 YEARS SINCE SNOWS AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND EXPANSE HAVE BEEN SEEN ACROSS THE AREA. STORM STRENGTH IS ANOTHER MATTER. IT HAS PROBABLY BEEN 20 TO 30 YEARS SINCE THE IMPACTS OF A WINTER STORM OF THIS STRENGTH HAVE BEEN SEEN IN THE AREA.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE... VINTON... CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO... IOWA CITY...TIPTON... CLINTON... MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF... DAVENPORT... SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD... MOUNT PLEASANT... BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON... GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA...

6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW... LOCALLY HIGHER... ALONG AND NORTH OF HWY 30 ... THUNDER-SNOW POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR.
See entire forecast:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=IA&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Flights in Chicago canceled as snow moves in; worst still to come - (Excerpts)
Tonight...Snow and sleet accumulation up to 2 inches. Blustery. Temperatures nearly steady in the mid 30s. .

Wednesday...Windy...cloudy. Rain early in the morning. Snow in the morning...then a chance of light snow in the afternoon. Blowing snow in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Turning sharply colder.
 

Wednesday Night ... Windy. Mostly cloudy. Much colder. Lows 3 to 7 above...except 8 to 12 above downtown. Lowest wind chill readings 10 below to 20 below zero after midnight. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Gusts up to 45 mph in the evening decreasing to 35 mph after midnight.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/weather/

Record snowfall in Arizona - More than 4 times previous record! - Northern Arizona residents were digging out today from a powerful storm that dumped more than 20 inches of snow on Flagstaff, more than four times the record of 5 inches set in 1956.  Flagstaff generally receives about 100 inches of snowfall a year.

See entire article, entitled "Northern Arizona Digging Out From Powerful Storm"
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/local/flagstaff/northern_az_storm_120809
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Large areas of USA under winter & blizzard warnings - Large areas of the country are currently under various winter storm and blizzard warnings during the next two days, extending from California thru Michigan.  
See http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/nationalwarnings.php?map=on
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link 

Blizzard warning for Minnesota - A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUES AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDS EVENING.
See entire warning:
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MN&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Urgent - Blizzard warning - Snowfall in excess of 4 feet expected in Colorado -  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO - THIS WARNING IS FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CUMBRES PASS.

 A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS COLORADO BRINGING VERY HEAVY
 SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS THROUGH
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY
 LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

 IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WOLF CREEK SKI AREA HAS RECEIVED OVER 2
 FEET OF SNOW.
 http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CO&prodtype=warnings
 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Snow and record cold in Sacramento - The National Weather Service said today that 2-4 inches of snow is expected at the 1,000-foot elevation, below Auburn and El Dorado Hills, with a light dusting on the streets of Sacramento itself.
 

Cindy Matthews, forecaster, said a dusting of snow is likely to start in the pre-commute hours in Sacramento and should continue off and on throughout the day.
 

Sacramento Valley temperatures are expected to drop to a record 27 degrees, making it the coldest December 7 since 1849, when records-keeping began.

http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/2374422.html
Thanks to Benjamin Napier for this link

Massive snowstorm and brutal cold - 6 Dec 09 - Temperatures tonight will plummet well below zero in Billings, Montana, Casper, Wyoming and Dickinson, North Dakota. Cut Bank, MT will see a low of minus 20°.

A  massive snowstorm will send the brutal cold plunging across the rest of the Midwest around midweek, including Minneapolis, Des Moines and Omaha.

http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=midwestusnews
Thanks to Phil Brennan for this link

Potential blizzards in CA, UT, CO, AZ, KS, ME, SD, IA, MN, IL, WI and MI
(Maybe we should tell the would-be tyrants in Copenhagen about this ... as if they
really care about the truth)

A Pacific storm "will grow into a monster Monday through Tuesday," says Meghan Evans of AccuWeather.com.

"One to 2 feet of snow, locally more, will bury the mountains of California, Utah, Colorado and Arizona tonight into Tuesday."

"The next stop for a potential blizzard will be Kansas, Nebraska, southern South Dakota,, Iowa, southern Minnesota,  northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan," says Evans. This could bring major travel disruptions along interstate highways, including I-15, I-25, I-40, I-70 and I-80.
http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=southwestusnews
Thanks to Tom Meyer for this link

Blizzard warning - up to 4 feet of snow expected in Colorado - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO ... WARNING  FOR THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT...INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS  AND CUMBRES PASS.

 A STRONG STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO BRINGING VERY  HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MONDAY MORNING... THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 FEET EXPECTED ... DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.  AVALANCHES  ARE LIKELY.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=BlizzardWarning
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Earliest snowfall ever in Southwest Louisiana - "Melted snow froze overnight on some southwest Louisiana bridges and overpasses, as temperatures plunged into the mid-20s. In the Baton Rouge area, ice closed parts of Interstates 10, 110 and 12 for part of the morning.
 

Up to 4 inches fell northeast of Brookhaven, Miss., and up to 3 inches was reported from Smithdale, Miss., to Fort Polk, La. North Louisiana got small amounts of snow.
 

Meteorologists said southwest Louisiana's earliest snow on record was Dec. 11, 2008, while Mississippi's was Nov. 24, 1938.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6755161.html
Thanks to Craig Adkins for this link

Houston braces for half-a-foot of snow - 4 Dec 09 - "Houston this morning broke a record with the earliest snowfall ever recorded in the city's history.

"Forecasters are still hedging their bets on the amount, but say the most likely scenario is 1 to 2 inches of widespread snowfall through the day. Some areas could get up to a half a foot."

See entire article
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl//6750042.html
Thanks to Philip Brennan and Steven Woodcock for this link
        " All due to global warming no doubt," says Phil. 

Earliest Measurable Snow Ever in South Texas - 4 Dec 09 - A rare winter storm will wreak havoc on parts of Texas and Louisiana Friday, says this article on accuweather.com. Snow is expected in Houston, possibly all the way to the Gulf coast around Galveston.

The steadiest snow and highest accumulations are first expected just inland from the Gulf coast, then spreading across central Louisiana and Mississippi into Alabama and Georgia.

See entire article:
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=0
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Snow hits desert areas of Arizona and New Mexico
Heavy snow expected in southern New England  - 4 Dec 09 - Over the past few weeks, cold air has plunged down from Canada and extended south across the Midwest and even the Southern states. Last week there were rare reports of accumulations of snow in the desert areas of Arizona and New Mexico.

Accumulating snow is expected from Texas to the southern Appalachians Friday and Friday night. Parts of the Northeast, in particular southern New England, may see heavy snowfall during the weekend
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/news/newsid_8395000/8395461.stm
Thanks to John Brown in Ardrossan, Scotland for this link

Rare Snow Sliding Into Southeast Texas, Deep South - 4 Dec 09 - "Thus far, a bit of snow has fallen in Texas, with parts of the Texas Panhandle and the west Texas Plains receiving 1 to 3 inches of snow. The heavier snow has been found in New Mexico, where 5 to 7 inches have piled up.

"As the storm pushes eastward, the snow ... could impact rush hour in San Antonio and Houston. Snow is already falling in Houston ... the earliest snow on record.

 "The white stuff will spread eastward tonight into west-central and southwest Louisiana and even into south-central Mississippi by daybreak."
See entire article:
http://weather.weatherbug.com/weather-news/weather-reports.html?story=10203
Thanks to Troy LaChance for this link

Record snow opens Winter 2009 - Grand Rapids, Mich. - A record snowfall was the opening salvo for Winter 2009, as parts of Ottawa and western Kent counties received up to 10" of snow from a narrow band of lake-effect weather.

Another 3-6" of snow will fall through midday in parts of West Michigan, with more snow  expected Monday, and possibly a "true" snowstorm by the middle of next week.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/first-winter-weather-advisory-of-season
Thanks to Clay Olson for this link

Snowing in Texas! - Maybe as far east as Houston! - Rare snow will continue accumulating in western Texas tonight into early Wednesday. Carlsbad, N.M. received nearly a foot of snow overnight,  Fort Davis, Texas received 4-8 inches, and Lubbuck could see an inch of snow tonight.

Last night, the weather channel forecast as much as five inches of snow in El Paso.
 

Up to 2 feet of snow possible in NM - A POTENT STORM OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL HEAD SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN BAJA OF CALIFORNIA TODAY BEFORE TURNING EAST OVER NORTHERN MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ... MAJOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY... MAJOR SNOWFALL IS LIKELY IN THE HIGH COUNTRY WITH ONE TO TWO FEET POSSIBLE BY LATE TUESDAY... 6 TO 12 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Winter Storm Warning
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record lows in Alaska
NORTH POLE, AK   -36.0°F

COLLEGE OBSY, AK   -32.0°F 

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record lows in Alaska
BETTLES AP, AK (PABT)    -47.0°F

GLENNALLEN KCAM, AK   -36.0°F
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Blizzard conditions in the Sierras today - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV… A FAST MOVING  STORM WILL BRING STRONG WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE SIERRA TODAY...  LOCAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING… INCLUDING SOUTH LAKE TAHOE... TRUCKEE...  INCLINE VILLAGE…  TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 16 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET... HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE  TAHOE BASIN… 3 TO 8 INCHES AT LAKE LEVEL.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CA&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record lows in Alaska 

BETTLES AP, AK (PABT)    -47.0°F

TANANA AP, AK (PATA)   -45.0°F

KING SALMON AP, AK (PAKN)    -12.0°F
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Two to three feet of snow expected in Cascades -  NATIONAL WEATHER SVC…HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS WEST FACING SLOPES OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL CASCADES THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY… SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTH CASCADES… 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS THE CENTRAL CASCADES. ..SNOW LEVELS NEAR 2500 FEET THROUGH TONIGHT THEN RISE TO 3500 FEET NORTH AND 4500 FEET CENTRAL CASCADES THURSDAY.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=WA&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record lows in Alaska
BETTLES AP, AK (PABT)    -46.0°F
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record lows in Alaska
BETTLES AP, AK (PABT)   -45.0°F
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Freeze warning for Southeast Texas Panhandle - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX… ALL COUNTIES IN THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ARE EXPECTED TO SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT … RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS IN THE WESTERN PANHANDLES TO THE UPPER 20S IN THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS PANHANDLE… INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... SHAMROCK... WHEELER... WELLINGTON…  (not sure how unusual this is for mid November) http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=TX&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

More snow for the Rockies - The heaviest snow – up to a foot at higher elevations - will fall in Colorado Saturday and Sunday, with several inches likely in Denver. Significant amounts of snow are also expected in parts of eastern Utah, north-eastern Arizona, northern New Mexico and southeastern Wyoming.

See: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2009-11-13-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm

Snow in Seattle tonight - A storm system will crash into the Pacific Northwest today, dumping snow, heavy at times, into mountain areas.  Snow levels will likely drop to 500 feet or less, leaving a slushy coating on hillier terrain just to the east of Seattle. Although accumulations are unlikely, snowflakes are expected in downtown Seattle.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=5

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

A foot of snow - or more - expected in Colorado - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING ...HEAVY SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING POSSIBLE… A FOOT OR MORE LIKELY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... COLUMBINE... TOPONAS... SKYWAY... ASPEN...VAIL... SNOWMASS... CRESTED BUTTE...TAYLOR PARK... MARBLE... BUFORD... TRAPPERS LAKE
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CO&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Weekend snowstorm for High Plains - A storm moving out of the Pacific Northwest will dump snow from southwestern Montana to northern Colorado on Saturday. Intensifying on Sunday, the storm will generate heavier snow and gusty winds from Colorado to western Kansas and eventually into the northern Texas panhandle.

See entire story:
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=6
Thanks to Tom Meyer for this link

10  to 20 inches of  snow expected in Alaska - A LARGE STORM SYSTEM ...WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE SUSITNA VALLEY STARTING WEDS MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... TALKEETNA... WILLOW... CANTWELL.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=AK&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

October 6th snowiest on record in Breckenridge, CO:
This October was the sixth-wettest since 1893, when the record-keeping began.

Snowfall total was 85 percent above the historic average 12.3 inches. The snow melted down to 2.3 inches of water, about 77 percent above average.

The average maximum temperature reading for the month, 47 degrees, was a full 8.3 degrees lower than the historic average, based on records going back to 1909.
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20091109/NEWS/911089986/1078&ParentProfile=1055

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Mt. Baker Ski Area opening early
9 Nov 09 – 42 inches of new snow already. Possibly two new feet of snow by Thurs.

See article:
http://www.mtbaker.us/snow-report/opening-day-2009-10

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link
 

See more photos - Nov 7 & 8

Backcountry skiing bliss at Mt. Rainier, WA - See photos:

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Stevens Pass, WA - Snow expected every day this week
http://www.stevenspass.com/Stevens/conditions.aspx
 

Stevens Pass webcam:
http://www.stevenspass.com/Stevens/info/mountain-cams.aspx

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Oklahoma: November came a bit early this year - disguised as October
The Oklahoma Climatological Survey lists October as having its second
coldest October on record (7° below average). It was also the fifth wettest
October on record.

See http://ocs.mesonet.org/.

Thanks to C. H. Stewart for this link

Record low in Alaska
CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS, AK   -22.0°F
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=11&day=1&year=2009&sts%5B%5D=US&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Almost 4 feet of snow in Denver foothills - The largest amount of snow - 3.8 feet - was reported near Pinecliffe in Jefferson County, while Broomfield, north of Denver, received just over 2 feet. Buena Vista in central Colorado reported 19.2 inches.
http://durangoherald.com/sections/News/2009/10/31/Denver_foothills_get_up_to_4_feet_of_snow/

Thanks to Marc Morano for this link

Denver: National Weather Service issues blizzard warning - PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH … OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS … WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EVENING HOURS ... MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...

ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. SEVERE DRIFTING  MAY CAUSE ROAD CLOSURES IN THE AREA. TRAVEL NOT RECOMMENDED EAST OF DENVER... INTERSTATE 70 CLOSED EAST OF E-470 AT MILE MARKER 292.

TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR HAS RANGED FROM NEARLY 44 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS NORTHWEST OF DENVER TO GENERALLY 15 TO 25 INCHES IN THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND 8 TO 15 INCHES FARTHER EAST… THE HEAVIER SNOWS ARE INCREASING NOW OVER THE MORE EASTERN PLAINS.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CO&prodtype=warnings

October snowfall records broken in Wyoming - A slow-moving storm dumped as much as 3 feet of snow on Colorado and the western Plains on Thursday, breaking snowfall records for the entire month of October in Wyoming, says USA Today. In the Denver area, it was the biggest October snowstorm since 1997.

      USA Today doesn't bring up the fact that the storm was a record-breaker
      until the 7th paragraph of their story. I don't know if that was intentional
      or not.

Whiteout conditions were predicted Thursday for parts of eastern Colorado, Wyoming and western Nebraska, and many roads - including stretches of  I-25 and I-80 - were closed.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/winter/2009-10-29-autumn-snowstorm_N.htm

Thanks to Joe Herr for this link

27 inches of snow thus far near Golden, CO - 12 miles W of Golden, Clear Creek County.
Heavy snow - 27.0 inches -  reported by trained spotter.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/CO/034.html#REP

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link
     “Impressive winter storm,” says Josh.“But isn't it still Autumn?”

‘Major’ winter storm strikes Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming
Five times the normal amount of snow in Cheyenne already ... and here we go again

Blizzard conditions and up to 18 inches of snow were forecast for a wide swath of the Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado plains, says this article on MSNBC. The storm also brought snow to northern Utah’s Wasatch Front.

"It's a major early season storm," said Mike Weiland, National Weather Service meteorologist in Cheyenne. "The results are going to be quite a bit of snow and a fairly long duration snow event."

With 14 inches so far, Cheyenne had already received almost 5 times its normal October snowfall. The average for the month is 3 inches.  

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33504548/ns/weather/

Thanks to Troy LaChance for this link

Huge snowstorm hammers Wyoming and Colorado - Up to four feet of snow possible  Winter storm warnings have been posted for southeast Wyoming, most of Colorado and parts of Nebraska and Utah.

With 14 inches of snow so far this month, Cheyenne has received almost five times its normal October snowfall. The average for the month is only 3 inches. Forecasters expect another 12 to 18 inches by Thursday night, and I-80 between Laramie and Cheyenne is already shut down. The Denver area could get between 10 and 18 inches, with 4 feet possible in the foothills and mountains west of the city.

Winds gusting up to 40 mph will cause extensive drifting and near-blizzard conditions across the Plains, and travel will become difficult or impossible by Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CO&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link 

Up to an inch of snow per hour expected across Nebraska Panhandle - A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY… WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL WILL ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE… SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO AN INCH PER
HOUR OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SANDHILLS THURSDAY AFTERNOON… TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 12 INCHES APPEAR LIKELY WITH AREAS IN EXCESS OF A FOOT POSSIBLE.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=NE&prodtype=warnings

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Snowfall could be measured in feet rather than inches - A powerful Pacific storm striking the Northwest today could dump “a serious snowstorm” over the Colorado Rockies and High Plains by midweek, says this article on Accuweather.com.

Colorado – including Denver - and parts of nearby Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas will likely see "significant snowfall." Accumulations could be "measured in feet rather than inches over the highest peaks of Colorado.”

This is a “potentially serious weather event.”  Be forewarned if you’re planning travel along I-25, I-70, I-80, or thru the Denver airport.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=6
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

More cold on the way – 10-15 degrees below normal - Another storm system will drench western Washington and Oregon beginning Sunday afternoon. It will spread eastward on Monday dumping more snow on the higher passes of the Cascades and northern Rockies. By midweek, high temperatures are forecast to plummet to as much as 10 to 15 degrees below normal over the West and Rockies.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=4
Thanks to Tom Meyer for this link

Snow Blanketing Central Plains – 18 inches in Colorado - The storm left 12 to 18 inches of snow across the mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. The snow will spread into northwestern Kansas and central Nebraska today (about 3-6 inches). Tonight, the snow will expand to SE South Dakota and SW Minnesota.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=3 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link 

Up to 8" of snow possible in Northern Maine - A fast-moving storm will spread snow from southern Quebec into northern Maine today, with up to 8 inches possible in far northern Maine. Snow could possibly fall at rates of an inch per hour.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=5

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record Low - Waynesboro/Fishersville, Virginia

Thanks to Robert Hoffman for this info

Freezing temps possible in central Alabama - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO...OR BELOW FREEZING … TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON... FAYETTE... DOUBLE SPRINGS... JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN... ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN... BIRMINGHAM... HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...PELL CITY...MOODY... TALLADEGA... SYLACAUGA... ASHLAND...ROANOKE...ROCKFORD... ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE... VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ALZ037&warncounty=ALC123&firewx zone=ALZ037&local_place1=Dadeville+AL&product1=Freeze+Warning
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Up to a foot of snow expected in Northeast - A new storm forming off the Carolinas will dump heavy snow across the highest mountains in Pennsylvania, upstate New York and central New England this weekend.

Parts of the Poconos and the Catskills can expect up to a foot of snow, with widespread amounts of 6-9 inches. Areas of the Alleghenies into the Green Mountains can expect 3-6 inches of a heavy wet snow, where trees and power lines already stressed by the previous snowfall could to come crashing down. 

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

Coldest Ever 1st Half of October in Minnesota & Wisconsin - Chicago, Minneapolis,
St. Paul, St. Cloud, Eau Claire - the entire Upper Midwest has endured a chilly start to October.

“Temperatures during the first half of the month in the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Minn. and Eau Claire, Wis., will go down in history as the coldest on record,” says this article on Accuweather.com. “The normal average high temperature over the first two weeks of October in Minneapolis, Minn., is 63 degrees, but this year the average temperature lurked at a mere 47 degrees.”
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=5

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Winter-like weekend for eastern USA - With temperatures averaging 10 to 30 degrees below normal, unseasonable cold will envelop much of the eastern half of the country this weekend. High temperatures will reach only the 40s and 50s across the upper Midwest, Great Lakes, Northeast, and Mid-Atlantic states both Saturday and Sunday. Up to a foot of snow is possible at higher elevations in Pennsylvania and New York state.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2009-10-16-national-weekend-weather-forecast_N.htm

Record snowfall in Pennsylvania – More on the way - “Numerous snowfall records were broken on Thursday as the rare mid-October snow storm came rolling in,” says this article on Accuweather.com.

Many parts of central Pennsylvania and southern New York report more than five inches, including AccuWeather.com’s headquarters in State College, PA.

An additional 3-6 inches could fall in central Pennsylvania through Saturday. The Catskills and Poconos could receive as much as 9 inches.

See latest snowfall map:

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

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Earliest snow on record in Pennsylvania - According to Weather.com, an unusually early storm dumped snow on parts of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey - the earliest snow on record in some areas.
 

State College, Pennsylvania received 4.5 inches of snow, with another 2 inches possible through Saturday morning. The snow, which began falling on Thursday, broke the record for the earliest snow since Oct. 18, 1901, when State College received a mere one-tenth of an inch.
http://www.newsmax.com/us/us_early_season_snow/2009/10/16/273181.html

Thanks to Rick Fulton for this link

South Bend, IN: Coldest 1^st two weeks of October on record
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THROUGH OCT 14 HAS BEEN 47.2 DEGREES...THE COLDEST FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OCT ON RECORD AT THIS LOCATION.

ADDITIONALLY...THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMP FOR THE MONTH SO FAR IS ONLY 54.4 DEGREES...MORE THAN A FULL DEGREE COLDER THAN PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1917. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE EXPECTED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF NOVEMBER.

AT FORT WAYNE...THE AVERAGE TEMP THROUGH OCT 14 HAS BEEN 49.0 DEGREES... TIES FOR THIRD COLDEST START TO THE MONTH...TWO DEGREES WARMER THAN THE RECORD OF 47.0 SET IN 1917.

Thanks to Boris Konon  and Joe D’Aleo for this info

Shattering records all over Central Washington, Northern Idaho, much of Montana and portions of Oregon - Snow on the way
Wenatchee, WA – “Long-standing records were shattered as temperatures plummeted around North Central Washington on Sunday and into today.

“The Wenatchee Valley set two record lows for Oct. 11: 23 at Pangborn Memorial Airport, breaking the previous low of 33 set in 1990; and 25 in Wenatchee, dipping below the low of 28 set in 1931.

“It’s pretty extraordinary to break records by 10 degrees or more,” said Greg Koch, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Spokane.

“New low records were also set in Plain, Ephrata, Moses Lake, Winthrop, Mazama and Omak on Sunday, and more record-low temperatures were expected to be set this morning, Koch said.

“Wenatchee could see a trace of snow by Tuesday morning, and some mountain areas could get 5 to 10 inches of snow overnight, he said.

“Today, the low temperature recorded at Pangborn was 29 degrees, beating out the previous record of 30 set in 1997.

Other record lows in North Central Washington on Sunday included:

Omak: 10, obliterating the record of 24 set in 1946.

Winthrop: 12, besting the record of 21 set in 1990.

Plain: 14, breaking the record of 23 set last year.

Moses Lake: 17, shattering the record of 26 set in 2008.

Ephrata: 22, breaking the old record of 26 set in 1990.

Koch said temperatures are breaking record lows all over Central Washington, Northern “Idaho, much of Montana and portions of Oregon.”

See entire article by Michelle McNiel:
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2009/oct/12/
record-cold-hits-region-snow-on-the-way/

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Mammoth Mountain, California – 2nd earliest opening ever - 15 Oct 09  

Hi Robert,

This was just released a few hours ago. Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort received 24 inches of snow yesterday, and is opening Friday, Oct 16, 2009! This was the 2nd earliest opening EVER! (The earliest was in 1994.)

Warm regards, Daryl Irwin

Record snowfall in Minneapolis - "The Dakotas, Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, and portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were generally dealing with 1-3 inches of snow with locally higher amounts Sunday into Monday.

"St. Paul, Minn., had 4.2 inches of snow, while Minneapolis got a record of 2.5 inches... The old record was 2.0 inches set back in 1959. It has been 7 years since Minneapolis has received accumulating snow in October !" (Exclamation point was in original article.) 

http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=midwestusnews

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Western Montana cold shatters records -
"We haven't just set new records, we've blown them out of the water."
See Western Montana cold shatters records

Cold to shatter old records by 10 degrees or more - A cold outbreak befitting November much more than October has left a trail of broken records across the Rockies, the Plains, and in western Canada.
 

Another night of record-breaking cold is on the way. Monday morning will see many new record lows from northern Wyoming and the western Dakotas to Washington, northern Oregon and southern British Columbia.

Single-digit readings will be widespread over Montana and parts of the neighboring Northwest, with temperatures in the teens over a much wider area from the northern Cascades to the northern Plains. “These readings, sometimes 20 and even 30 degrees below normal, will shatter old records by 10 degrees or more in some instances.”

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

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record-breaking 17 inches of snow in North Platte, Nebraska
An unusually early winter storm system brought snow to parts of Nebraska and Iowa this morning, with up to 17 inches of snow in the North Platte area.  This is in the top 5 for most snow in a calendar day in October for the Omaha area.  The highest daily snowfall amounts for October in inches are.

Rank  Value  Ending Date
  1       5.7      10/31/1991
  2       5.2      10/27/1980
  3       3.5      10/ 9/1970
  4       2.8      10/22/1996
  5       1.9      10/22/1979
  6       1.6      10/23/2002
  7       1.5     10/26/1967
  8       1.4     10/18/1976
  9       0.9     10/24/1981
10       0.8     10/19/1982

     Unless I’m reading this incorrectly, this looks like a record breaker – like the
     most snow on any day during the entire month of October.
 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=oax&storyid=31777&source=0 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Freeze warning for Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE AND THE NORTHWESTERN THREE COUNTIES OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 AM CDT SATURDAY. .. INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BOISE CITY...KEYES... GUYMON... DALHART... STRATFORD... HARTLEY...CHANNING

MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OF 32 DEGREES OR LOWER ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BE EVEN COLDER.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=TX&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

30 To 40 Degrees Below Normal - “An unseasonably cold air mass is preparing to invade the northern Plains and Rockies today,” says accuweather.com. “Temperatures will fall through the 20s by the afternoon across much of Montana and Wyoming, as well as the western Dakotas.”  Montana and Wyoming can expect to set “numerous” record lows.

The cold then will push southward into Colorado and Nebraska. The high in Denver on Saturday is expected to be in the mid- 30s, more than 30 degrees below the normal high of 69.

Billings, Montana can expect a high of 22 on Saturday, 40 degrees below normal.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=4 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record Cold Heading for Omaha - Much colder temperatures are on their way for this weekend, along with the possibility of snow tonight!

The most likely area to see snow looks to be across northeast Nebraska. Overnight temperatures are expected to dip into the mid to upper 20s over most areas Saturday night. Saturday and Sunday's highs will only be in the upper 30s to lower 40s.  Record cold maximum temperatures are possible on both days across the area.  Right now, the records are:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=oax&storyid=31695&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Winter So Soon! Single digits possible - Temperatures will remain well below the freezing mark throughout the day in the western Dakotas, Montana and northern Wyoming, which is almost unheard of this early in the season. The northern Plains and Upper Midwest are also readying for the harsh chill.

Overnight lows will drop to the lower teens in places like Billings, Great Falls and Helena, with single digits in the coldest locations.

In addition, 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected from southwestern Alberta to western Nebraska, with up to 6 inches in some areas. Ski resorts of southwestern Montana and northwest Wyoming will get even more.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=2

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record breaking cold and wind chills possible over weekend - A VERY COLD WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA AND NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO THURSDAY EVENING. … SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. FOLLOWED BY STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS USHERING A VERY COLD AIR MASS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...

RECORD BREAKING COLD AND LOW WIND CHILLS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND ...STRONG GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH … LOCAL WIND CHILLS  APPROACHING 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MT&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Hard freeze warning North Dakota – End of the growing season
COLD AIR WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF FREEZING TEMPS TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THURSDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE...LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY WILL BRING MORE COLD AIR... LOW TEMPS  EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID TEENS IN THE WEST TO AROUND 20 IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

A HARD FREEZE WILL MEAN THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON FOR
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ND&prodtype=warnings

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Colorado ski resort boasts earliest opening day in 64 years - Arapahoe Basin announced it would open Friday, the earliest opening in its 64-year history.

Meanwhile, Loveland opened for skiing today, its earliest opening in 40 years and the first ski area in North America to open this season.
http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_13498572
Thanks to Brad at WCCO for this link

Vegas ski resort to open a record seven weeks early - The 2009-2010 season at the Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort is underway, the earliest the resort has ever opened.
See Vegas ski resort to open a record seven weeks early
Thanks to Brad at WCCO for this link

Record low temperatures in Southern California - Record low temperatures reported at Los Angeles International Airport, Lake Arrowhead, Idylwild, Yorba Linda, Escondido and Lake Elsinore, among other places. Some broke records set in the 1920s and 1940s.

To the north, Mammoth Mountain, Yosemite and Lake Tahoe experienced the first significant snowfall of the season this week.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/recordlow-temperatures-across-la-area-as-cold-spell-hits.html
Thanks to Tom Chart for this link

This may be one for the record books – Bellevue, ID – “This may be one for the record books, not only how early this heavy fall snowstorm is, but the fact that it appears to have created the earliest snow day in the history of the Blaine County School District."
See This may be one for the record books

Snow accumulations past 36 hours western Montana/north central Idaho
LOCATION         ELEVATION (Feet)    SNOWFALL  (Inches)  
 
FLATHEAD COUNTY MONTANA...
BADGER PASS                    6900                          5.0       
FLATTOP MOUNTAIN     6299                          3.0       
 
GRANITE COUNTY MONTANA...
WARM SPRINGS                7798                          6.0         
PETERSON MEADOWS     7200                        11.0       
COMBINATION                   5600                         4.0         
DEER LODGE COUNTY MONTANA...
BARKER LAKES                  8251                        17.0       
         

SILVER BOW COUNTY MONTANA...
BASIN CREEK                     7178                           7.0       
 
LEMHI COUNTY IDAHO...
BANNOCK PASS               7300                          12.0       
SCHWARTZ LAKE           8540                            7.0       
WILLIAMS CREEK RD     7500                          10.0       
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/textproduct.php?pil=PNS
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record low max temps in Montana - 5 Oct 09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT
  
 LOCATION             NEW RECORD       OLD RECORD       YEAR SET
 BOULDER                 37                38              2000
 MILLEGAN              38(TIE)        38              2000
 BIG SKY                    35                40              1982
 
 Record high snowfall in Montana
 
 LOCATION             NEW RECORD       OLD RECORD       YEAR SET
 MARTINSDALE             2.0                1.0           2005          
 CASCADE 20SSE            3.0                0.0           2008    

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/textproduct.php?pil=RER&sid=TFX

Record low maximum in Medford, Oregon - RECORD LOW MAX OF 52 DEGREES SET AT MEDFORD YESTERDAY. TIES OLD RECORD OF 52 SET IN 1949.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record snowfall in Pocatello, Idaho- 5 Oct 09 - RECORD SNOWFALL OF 0.5 INCHES BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 0 SET IN 2002.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mso/textproduct.php?pil=RER&sid=PIH
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record snowfall - Billings, MT -  RECORD SNOWFALL OF 4.6 INCHES AT BILLINGS MT TODAY ... BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 3.1 SET IN 1972.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Snowing all weekend in California mountains
Hi Robert,
Been snowing all weekend here in Lake Tahoe. Have a feeling it's going to be a long winter!  My God is the Sun, and it pisses me off to no end hearing Gore and his band of anthropogenicists trying to convince me that humans and not the Sun affect our climate.  Anyway, sorry for the rant. Thanks for the awesome site and keep up the great work.

Regards, Chris

Unusually cold winter for East Coast - “The USA's East Coast could shiver under a blanket of unusual cold this winter,” says this article in USA Today.  

Temperatures could be 5% to 10% below normal on the East Coast, while other northern states could see a milder-than-usual winter.

“The possibility of an extraordinarily cold winter is troubling to safety officials in the Northeast,” says USA Today correspondent Oren Dorrel.
           (See Heating aid could fall short of needs)
 
Forecasters are basing their predictions on El Niño, a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific Ocean that is expected to be weaker than normal this year.

           See entire article, with forecasts for the South, the upper Midwest,
           the central and northern Plains, the Rockies, and the Northwest.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/forecast/2009-10-04-winter-cold_N.htm

Winter storm warning for Montana - A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR AREAS WEST OF BILLINGS AND THE NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL BRING A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW … THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AND WET … 2 TO 4 FEET OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES OF THE BEARTOOTHS/ABSAROKAS. 1 TO 2 FEET OVER THE CRAZYS...THE RED LODGE AND BEARTOOTH FOOTHILLS...AND THE NORTHEAST BIG HORNS. 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER LOWER ELEVATIONS… FROM BILLINGS EAST AND SOUTH... 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=byz&img=1
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Earliest opening in 64 years.
Arapahoe Basin announced it would open on Friday, the earliest opening in its 64-year history. Loveland opened for skiing today, its earliest opening in 40 years.
http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_13498572 

Thanks to Vern Peterman in Aurora, CO for this link

Snow Piling Up from Oregon to Dakotas – several feet in some areas - Portions of southern Montana, northern Wyoming and eastern Idaho will bear the brunt of the storm as it moves eastward from northern Utah over the central High Plains.

Between 6 and 12 inches is expected by Monday evening in areas such as Yellowstone National Park, Livingston, Montana and Sheridan, Wyoming.

More than a foot of snow is expected at elevations over 5,000 or 6,000 feet, while a few of east- and northeast-facing slopes could pick up several feet.

Lesser accumulations are expected from eastern Oregon through central and northern Wyoming and eventually the western Dakotas.
http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=westusnews

Thanks to tommchart for this link

Possible record-breaking cold in northern portions of United States
SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL IDAHO AND SW MONTANA LATE SUN AND MON... EAST TO NE WINDS … SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE CREATING VERY STRONG WINDS ... ATMOSPHERE WILL COOL … AND SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER.

HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST … THE NEW-FOUND CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ECMWF AND GFS ... INDICATE THAT A HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC... STRETCHING NORTH WELL INTO ALASKA.

A VERY PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES ... BRINGING COLD... ARCTIC AIR SOUTH FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORIES OF CANADA INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES ... AND BRINGING A RECORD BREAKING COLD AIRMASS ACROSS WESTERN MONTANA BY FRIDAY MORNING … THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

GIVEN HOW ANOMALOUS THIS TYPE OF PATTERN IS FOR EARLY OCTOBER ... CURRENT FORECAST MAY NEED TO BE TEN DEGREES COLDER...IF NOT MORE ... IN ADDITION ...A WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT MAY BE POSSIBLE COME FRIDAY.

 http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/forecasts/display_special_product_versions.php?pil=AFD&sid=MSO

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

109-year-old record tied for Denver - The temperature at Denver Intnl Airport dropped to 31 degrees this morning. Ties record for Oct 3 set in 1900.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/CO/034.html#REC

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Two to four feet of snow possible - Big Horn Mts, WY - NATIONAL WEATHER SVC
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM … WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOWFALL TO THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST BIG HORN MOUNTAINS...ALONG WITH ADJACENT FOOTHILLS ... INCLUDING COOKE CITY … MAY ALSO AFFECT SOUTHEAST PORTION OF MONTANA ... SUCH HEAVY EARLY SEASON SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE FORM OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ARE POSSIBLE BY MONDAY ON EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES...WITH NOTICEABLY LESS ON WEST FACING SLOPES.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MT&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low temps possible in New Mexico - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM ... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FARMINGTON... ESPANOLA...SANTA FE...MORIARTY... ESTANCIA... RATON...LAS VEGAS

VERY DRY AIR...LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES WILL RESULT IN A HARD
FREEZE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY...THE SANTA FE AREA...AND THE ESTANCIA VALLEY. A HARD FREEZE IS ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR BETWEEN RATON AND LAS VEGAS..

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE AT FARMINGTON... ESPANOLA AND SANTA FE THIS MORNING.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=NM&prodtype=warnings

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Morning temp sets new record in Michigan - “It was colder this morning in Port Huron than it has been in more than seven decades.

“The Port Huron waste water treatment plant recorded a temperature of 32 degrees at 8 a.m., one degree colder than the record low set Oct. 1, 1935, according to information from the National Weather Service in Oakland County’s White Lake Township.

“Today’s temperature is expected to reach 59 degrees. The average high for Oct. 1 is 67 degrees in Port Huron.”
http://www.thetimesherald.com/article/20091001/NEWS05/91001005/Morning-temp-sets-new-record

Thanks to Craig Adkins, Benjamin Napier, Harvey M. Haeberle and Steven Woodcock for this link

Record low Central Florida - Daytona Beach Intnl Airport reported a low of 58 degrees. That tied the previous record set in 2001. On average, temperatures drop below 60 degrees for the first time on Oct. 18.”
http://www.wesh.com/weather/21169384/detail.html
Thanks to Charles Patrick and Steven Woodcock for this link

Chance of snow in Vermont - "This Afternoon: A chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 32. West wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

"Tonight: A chance of snow and freezing rain before 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible."
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=44.544239285537394&lon=-72.81429290771484&site=btv&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en

Thanks to Brian Gettig for this link

Heavy snow in northern Utah mountains - UNSEASONABLY COLD PACIFIC SYSTEM … A ROBUST COLD FRONT MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN UTAH THIS MORNING ... FIRST SIGNIFICANT STORM OF THE SEASON … THIS WARNING IS FOR THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS AND THE WESTERN UINTA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 8000 FEET… SNOW WILL CONTINUE... HEAVY AT TIMES... WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING… TRAVELERS OVER ROADS SUCH AS GUARDSMAN PASS...THE MIRROR LAKE HIGHWAY...AND HIGHWAY 39 NEAR MONTE CRISTO SHOULD PREPARE FOR SNOW PACKED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=UT&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Snow down to 4000-foot level in Cascades - A transition from mild summer-like conditions to much cooler weather will begin today, says the National Weather Service. Snow is expected at the 4,500-foot level (at the passes) in the Cascades today, then around 4,000 feet tonight.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/alerts/or.html

Wyoming – First hard freeze of season expected tonight - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY... LOWS WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S...WITH SOME LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER AND AT TYPICALLY COLDER LOCATIONS SEEING THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE SEASON … INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... HARRISON... CHADRON... ALLIANCE ...  SCOTTSBLUFF...GERING... HARRISBURG... BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD... KIMBALL... SIDNEY... DOUGLAS... GLENROCK...LUSK...WHEATLAND... GUERNSEY... TORRINGTON... CHEYENNE...PINE BLUFFS
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=NE&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Cold front,  powerful cold front,  blustery cold front next week
Lots of cold all over the country.

Midwest: A blustery cold front marches across the area through Monday.

Northeast: A powerful cold front blows through the region Monday whipping up winds and producing scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cooler than average highs should persist throughout the remainder of the week. 

South: A blustery cold front drops through the South Monday stalling in central Florida and southern Texas Tuesday.

West: A cold front enters the Northwest coast Monday and will eventually bring colder air to the entire western half of the country during the upcoming week.

          “Powerful, blustery cold fronts already appearing in early Autumn. 
           Hmmmm....,” says reader Josh Cooley
See The Weather Channel

Denali's Eielson Center buried under two feet of snow

"Eielson Visitor Center in Denali National Park was buried under two feet of snow Tuesday, according to Kris Fister, a public affairs officer at the park.

"Despite the snow at Eielson, which is at an elevation of 3,733 feet, Denali Park Road remains open to private vehicles to the Teklanika River Rest Area at Mile 30. Visitors are advised to call ahead for weather and road information, as conditions can change rapidly at this time of the year."
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/interior/story/946639.html

Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Heavy snow likely over Rockies Front Range - HEAVY SNOW LIKELY OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE FRONT RANGE AND THE PALMER DIVIDE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDS…  SNOW LEVEL WILL LOWER TO AROUND 6000 FEET... ACCUMULATIONS BY LATE WEDS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. 
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CO&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund and Josh Cooley for this link

'Fall was cancelled and we've gone straight to winter' - Southern Wyoming this morning has already seen upward of 2 inches of snow, said Don Day Jr. of DayWeather, the Coloradoan's weather service. Parts of Larimer County above 7,500 feet saw snow this morning, including Red Feather Lakes and Glacier View Meadows. Snow may fall on Fort Collins later this week
 

"Fall was cancelled and we've gone straight to winter," he said as a joke.
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090921/UPDATES01/90921015/1002/NEWS01/
Snow+may+fall+on +Fort+Collins+later+this+week

Freeze watch for Nevada - A NORTHERLY FLOW OF AIR WILL PERSIST FOR A COUPLE DAYS OVER THE STATE AND BRING SOME COLD AIR INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. THERE WILL BE SOME FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWEST VALLEYS TONIGHT... MORE WIDESPREAD MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=NV&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Nightly dustings of snow in Central Rockies – Email from a reader
“Here in the Central Rockies we've been getting nightly dustings of snow on the peaks with 3-4 inches falling two nights ago on Mt. Bross and Mt. Lincoln in Park County, CO, and peak Autumn foliage is only a week or so away.  

Some of my autumn shots can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/retroproxy/3921271069/
Thanks to Josh Cooley for this info

Freeze warning in northern Maine - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
NORTHWEST AROOSTOOK-NORTHEAST AROOSTOOK-NORTHERN SOMERSET- NORTHERN PISCATAQUIS-NORTHERN PENOBSCOT-SOUTHEAST AROOSTOOK- NORTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT... FRENCHVILLE...PRESQUE ISLE... CARIBOU... VAN BUREN... MARS HILL...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE... CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN... MILLINOCKET... EAST MILLINOCKET... PATTEN...MEDWAY...HOULTON... HODGDON... SHERMAN... SMYRNA MILLS... DANFORTH...VANCEBORO... TOPSFIELD
http://www.talkweather.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52420

Thanks to Steven Woodcock for this link

Frost advisory for Caribou, ME - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY... LOW TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE MID 30S LATE TONIGHT...WITH AREAS OF FROST FORMING.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ME&prodtype=warnings

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

First White Christmas in Years - Email from a reader in Washington
Hi Robert,
I live in Vancouver Washington. The foothills to the east have been of interest to those of us that watch them in the winter. I think that is one person. In the past we could go two or three years and not see any snow on them and when it did snow it lasted just a few days and it was gone.

Well, the last two years it snowed in November (I think, I didn't note when it started). However, I did note when the snow was all gone. Would you believe in late June? This last year was the first White Christmas that I have seen in more years then I can remember. This coming winter has me somewhat concerned. I do a large rural paper route in the lower part of the hills and last year was about the most snow I can handle.

Thanks for all of the good work you do. 

Robert Smith

It really did snow down to 6000'! - From "Turns All Year," a trip report from Paradise Glacier on Mt. Rainier: "It really did snow down to 6000' and there really was 1-2 feet of it up high!" 

http://www.turns-all-year.com/skiing_snowboarding/trip_reports/index.php?topic=14017.0
Thanks to Josh Cooley for this link

Freeze Warning in Maine - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...FROM 2 AM TO 7 AM EDT SUNDAY … STRONG HIGH PRESSURE FROM NORTHERN QUEBEC WILL SETTLE OVER NORTHWEST MAINE TONIGHT… AIR TEMPERATURES MAY FALL TO FREEZING OR SLIGHTLY BELOW OVER THE ALLAGASH... WESTERN ST JOHN AND WESTERN AROOSTOOK RIVER VALLEYS... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH... CLAYTON LAKE... MADAWASKA... FORT KENT... FRENCHVILLE...BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT...BAXTER ST PARK... CHAMBERLAIN LAKE...CHURCHILL DAM...MOUNT KATAHDIN. 

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ME&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

South Bend - Third coldest August 31 on record
Hello Robert,
Here is a brief synopsis of August temps here in South Bend.

8/31 - Third lowest temperature for the date in South Bend, IN. The record low is 40°, the 2nd lowest is 42° and 8/31/09 reached 43°.

In August, we had more days where the high didn't break 65°(4) and days that made it down into the 40's(3) than we had days in the 90's(2). The average high was 2.2° below normal, the average low was 1.3° degrees below normal and the mean temperature was 1.5° below normal despite a stretch of 12 straight days with 80+ temperatures. It was also the 6th wettest August on record here with over 7 inches of rain, 3+ inches above normal.
Regards,
David Klink

“Impressive Late Summer Cold” Across the Carolinas and Georgia
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - IMPRESSIVE LATE SUMMER COLD AIR DAMMING REMAINS INTACT ACROSS THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH  TEMPERATURES RUNNING ABOUT 7-10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE… LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S INLAND TO THE LOWER 70S ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST... ANOMALOUS COLD AIR DAMMING PATTERN LOOKS TO STRENGTHEN WEDNESDAY … LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE ANOTHER COOL DAY FOR EARLY SEPTEMBER.

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=CHS&product=AFD&form at=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Frost threat for Great Lakes and Northeast - A strong ridge of high pressure stretching from the Plains will bring frost threats to the Great Lakes and Northeast tonight, with lows expected to drop into the 30s.

August Ends With Near-Record Cold in Chicago  - The record low for Aug. 31
is 47 degrees, set in 1872.  Overnight Sunday into Monday, the nippy readings
were close, and in some areas even lower.
See August Ends With Near-Record Cold in Chicago

Frost advisory across Northern Minnesota - OVERNIGHT LOW TEMP EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 32 TO 37 ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. ...TEMPERATURES AT GROUND LEVEL CAN EASILY REACH BELOW THE FREEZING LEVEL. THE MOST WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO TWO HARBORS...INCLUDING BIGFORK...
INTERNATIONAL FALLS...HIBBING...ELY...SILVER BAY AND GRAND PORTAGE.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MN&prodtype=warnings

Record Low Max Temps across Wisconsin- 29 Aug 09
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI

                                     MAX        OLD MAX     YEAR
CITY                           TEMP       TEMP

RHINELANDER          54                59                  1965

ANTIGO                       55                57                  1903

MERRILL(TIED)         58                58                  1915

APPLETON(TIED)      61                61                 1982

OSHKOSH(TIED)       63                63                  1929 

Thanks to David Christian for this info

Record low in International Falls, MN - RECORD LOW TEMP OF 34 DEGREES SET AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN TODAY. BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 35 SET IN 2007.

Thanks to David Christian for this info

August in New Hampshire – Temperatures dropping into the 30s
It will feel like mid to end-September – "Great," says this reader. "Obviously the CO2 emissions are so bad they are killing the sun! We need to revert back to more holistic means of traveling such as walking and jogging to save the sun and thus, save ourselves and the planet!"

"Actually the last time we had low amount of sunspot was in 1912," says another reader.  "And may I ask you? What sank that year? and what made it sink?"
See August in New Hampshire – Temperatures dropping into the 30s

Record Low Temperatures in 15 states
   Robert, The National news media as well as the local news is just flat out refusing
    to report this. Let it be a record high and it’s on the TV and radio every 15 minutes! 
    Thanks as always David Christian
See Record lows in 15 states - 24 Aug 09

Record Low El Dorado, AR - RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE IN
EL DORADO 57 … BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 58 SET IN 1923

Record Low Apalachicola, FL - RECORD LOW OF 66 DEGREES THIS
MORNING AT APALACHICOLA. BREAKS  OLD RECORD OF 68 SET IN 1981.

Record Low Jacksonville Fl  - RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 66 DEGREES
SET AT JACKSONVILLE TODAY. TIES OLD RECORD OF 66 SET IN 2001.

Record Low Greenwood, MS - RECORD LOW  OF 57 DEGREES SET AT GREENWOOD THIS MORNING...  BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 60 DEGREES SET IN 1956.

Record Low Vicksburg, MS - RECORD LOW OF 55 DEGREES SET AT VICKSBURG THIS MORNING... TIES OLD RECORD OF 55 DEGREES SET IN 1956.

Record lows over the weekend in 9 states

     Thanks to David Christian for this info

Record Low Montgomery, AL - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 61 DEGREES WAS SET AT MONTGOMERY THIS MORNING… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 62 SET IN 1930.

Record cold in South Bend,  IN - RECORD COLD MAX TEMP OF 64 DEGREES AT SOUTH BEND TODAY. BREAKS  OLD RECORD OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1970.

     As an aside, South Bend averages seventeen days of ninety degrees or higher in
     June, July and August. Assuming we do not reach ninety again in August, we will
     have had four ninety degree days during summer's peak, twice in June and twice in
    August.
Thanks to David Klink for this info

Record Low Max Bowling Green, KY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

IN BOWLING GREEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY

WAS 75 DEGREES… TIES 75 DEGREES FOR THIS DATE SET IN 1949.

Record Low North Little Rock, AR - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 63 DEGREES SET AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK

TODAY. BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 64 SET IN 1997.

Record Low Joplin, MO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

RECORD LOW 53 DEGREES SET AT JOPLIN MO TODAY… TIES OLD RECORD OF 53 SET IN 1949

Record Rainfall in Joplin, MO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO

RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.45 INCHES WAS SET AT JOPLIN MO TODAY… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 2.44 SET IN 2007.

Record Low  North Platte, NE - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 44 DEGREES WAS SET AT NORTH PLATTE NE YESTERDAY… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 46 SET IN 2004.

Record Low North Platte, NE - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE
RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE 44 DEGREES SET AT NORTH PLATTE TODAY.

BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 46 DEGREES SET IN 2004.

Record Low Houghton Lake, MN - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN HOUGHTON LAKE … ONLY REACHED 64 DEGREES… A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE...BREAKING THE OLD

RECORD OF 65 DEGREES SET IN 1975.

Record Low at Gaylord and Traverse City, MI - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE GAYLORD …ONLY REACHED 61 DEGREES… TIES RECORD FOR THE DATE... SET IN 1923.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE IN TRAVERSE CITY …ONLY REACHED 62 DEGREES... TIES RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE … FROM 1926.

Record Rainfall in Duluth, MN - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.89 INCHES SET AT DULUTH MN YESTERDAY.

Record Low Temperature in Wichita - The temperature dropped to 53 early
Saturday, a new record low for this date. The previous record was 56 in 1961.

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/54128457.html. 

Thanks to Bryant Blake for this link

“Where did summer go?” asks NOAA - Wyoming temperatures 10-20 degrees below normal - Casper on pace for coolest summer on record
Low temperatures in Wyoming last weekend were 10-20 degrees below average.  Snow fell generally above 9000 feet with a few inches in the Bighorns above 10000 feet. Brrr! 
See “Where did summer go?” asks NOAA

Record Low Casper, WY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

 A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET AT CASPER WY YESTERDAY. ..BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 39 SET IN 1987.

Record Low Seligman, AZ  - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF, AZ

Record low temp in Seligman of  37 breaks old record of 40 set in 1980

Record Rainfall Amarillo, TX - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX

A RECORD RAINFALL OF 2.30 INCHES WAS SET AT AMARILLO ON AUGUST 17TH… BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 1.65 SET IN 1904.

Record rainfall in Amarillo, TX for entire month of August - AS OF AUGUST 17 …TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2009 IN AMARILLO IS 8.00 INCHES… EXCEEDS PREVIOUS RECORD FOR AUGUST OF 7.55 INCHES SET IN 1974. WITH TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THE MONTH AND MORE RAIN EXPECTED...THIS … TOTAL WILL LIKELY INCREASE. RECORD PRECIPITATION FOR ANY MONTH IN AMARILLO IS 10.73 INCHES AND OCCURRED IN JULY 1965.

Record Low Temperatures in seven states!
        Thanks to reader David Christian for this info.

Record Low Maximum Grand Forks ND - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 65 DEGREES WAS SET AT THE GRAND FORKS INTL AIRPORT YESTERDAY... BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 66 SET IN 2002...1980...1975...1956...1950. RECORDS  DATE BACK TO 194.

Record Low Alamosa, CO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... THE LOW IN ALAMOSA AUGUST 17TH WAS 33 DEGREES... BREAKING OLD RECORD OF 36 SET IN 1987.

Record Lows in Utah - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... RECORD LOW MAX TEMPERATURES IN UTAH FOR AUGUST 17.

STATION                         NEW RECORD        OLD RECORD          YEAR 

ALTA                                      37      TIED                37                        1976

BRIGHAM CITY                   40                               43                         1960

UTAH TEST RANGE           44                               51                         1995

RECORD LOW MIN TEMPERATURES IN UTAH FOR AUGUST 17.

STATION                         NEW RECORD        OLD RECORD          YEAR 

DUCHESNE                         74      TIED                  74                          2000

Record Low Pocatello, ID - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES SET AT POCATELLO IDAHO REGIONAL AIRPORT THIS MORNING. .. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 40 DEGREES SET IN 1985.

Record Low Lander, WY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS SET AT LANDER WY YESTERDAY...BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 39 SET IN 1893.

Record Low Casper, WY - THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 DEGREES AT CASPER TIED RECORD SET IN 2002

Record Low Rome, OR -  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROME, OR YESTERDAY. BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 44 SET IN 1960.

Record Low Rome, OR - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROME, OR YESTERDAY. BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 46 SET IN 1987.

Record Lows in Nevada - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV ......RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES SET THIS MORNING...

STATION         MIN TEMPERATURE      OLD RECORD      YEAR(S)

ELY                             30                                     34                        1902 

WINNEMUCCA       35                                     35                       1976, 1972, 1954 

EUREKA                    35                                     35                       1987

Record Low High Omak, WA - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ... THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT OMAK … WAS 63 DEGREES… SETS RECORD FOR COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THIS DATE… PREVIOUS RECORD OF 66 DEGREES SET IN 1968. RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT AT OMAK SINCE 1931.

Record Low Temperatures in five states!
     “Once again the National NO-NEWS-MEDIA
       refuses to report on this!” says reader David Christian.

Record-breaking Cold in Colorado - A strong storm system drove unseasonably chilly August air into Colorado on Sunday and Monday (Aug 16 and 17).  On Sunday morning, the temperature at Grand Junction fell to 48 degrees - smashing the previous daily record low of 51 set in 1968.  Denver International Airport plunged to a record-tying low of 47 on the 16th.

South of Grand Junction, the temperature in Alamosa dropped to “an invigorating 34!”
http://www.examiner.com/x-7324-Coastal-Carolina-Weather-Examiner~y2009m8d17-National-Weath er-Highlight-for-8--17--09-Record-cold-temperatures-chill-Colorados-Rockies

Record Low in Rawlins, WY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY ... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES WAS SET AT RAWLINS WY AIRPORT TODAY… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 37 SET IN 1968.

Record Low temps in Northern Arizona - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLAGSTAFF, AZ ...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN ARIZONA

BAGDAD, AZ   56  (Ties 1949)

PETRIFIED FOREST, AZ      51 (Ties 1978)

Another record low in Rawlins, WY - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY ... A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS TIED AT THE RAWLINS WY AIRPORT TODAY. THE OLD RECORD OF 38 SET IN 1968.

Record High Minimum Grand Forks, ND - 16 Aug 09 -  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET AT GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... 

Record low maximum Salt Lake City, UT  - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT ... RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES REPORTED IN UTAH FOR AUGUST 16TH..

ALPINE, UT               72                Breaks old record of 76 set in 2005

ALTA, UT                  57                Breaks old record of 61 set in 1990

...RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURES REPORTED IN UTAH FOR AUGUST 16TH..

ALTA, UT                                   41      Ties 1990

CEDAR CITY AIRPORT, UT   45      Ties 1954

SPANISH FORK, UT                 44      Breaks old record of 46 set in 1987

Record low in Cedar City, UT  -  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT  ...  A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 45 DEGREES SET AT CEDAR CITY  ...TIES OLD RECORD OF 45 SET IN 1954. 

Record low temperature tied in Denver CO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO ... THE TEMPERATURE AT DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DROPPED TO 47 DEGREES... TIES RECORD SET IN 1978.

Another Record High Minimum Grand Forks, ND - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ... A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68 DEGREES WAS SET AT  GRAND FORKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 66 SET IN 2003. 

Record Low Report Alamosa, CO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO

THE LOW TEMPERATURE IN ALAMOSA THIS MORNING HAS BEEN 32 DEGREES. . . BREAKS OLD RECORD LOW FOR AUGUST 10TH...OF 38 DEGREES...SET IN 1996 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Record High Minimum Colorado Springs, CO - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO ... A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67 DEGREES WAS SET AT COLORADO  SPRINGS TODAY… BREAKS OLD RECORD OF 64 SET IN 1979 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

THE 67 DEGREE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TODAY TIES THE RECORD HIGH MINIMUM FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST...LAST SET ON AUGUST 3RD 2008.

Frost Advisory for Pueblo, CO - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY... FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM MONDAY… FOR DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- INCLUDING... CENTER... DEL NORTE... ALAMOSA... MONTE VISTA... MANASSA... LA JARA... ANTONITO... SANFORD... SAN LUIS...FORT GARLAND... BLANCA

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=COZ071&warncounty=COC021&firewx zone=COZ224&local_place1=3+Miles+NNE+Sanford+CO&product1=Frost+Advisory

Thanks to David Christian for this link

       “It’s amazing the national news media flat out refuses to report the news when it doesn't fit their agenda!” says David

Unseasonably early snowstorm expected in Big Horn Mountains
Winter Weather Advisory - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY

AN UNSEASONABLY EARLY SNOWSTORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9000 FEET TODAY AS A STRONG PACIFIC TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE AREA... WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AT 9000 FEET ALONG WITH UP TO 6 TO 7 INCHES AT 10000 FEET.

ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WHICH COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL.

CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR DRAMATICALLY COLDER AND WET WEATHER TODAY.

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=usa&wwa=Winter
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Yellowstone National Park – 40% chance of snow

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?minlon=-116.65&maxlon=-110.4&minlat=40.65 &maxlat=45.6&mapwidth=354&site=pih&map.x=322&map.y=74 

Thanks to David Christian for this link

Snow possible in Idaho and Montana - Much cooler weather will accompany a storm system moving across the northern U.S. this weekend. At night, lows will be in the 40s over much of eastern Idaho. The exceptions will be in mountainous areas and the Arco Desert where lows will be in the 25 to 35 degree range. Don't be surprised if some light snow occurs on the highest peaks.

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php?wfo=pih&img=2
Thanks to David Christian for this link  

Frost Advisory - Medford OR - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... BEATTY... BLY...CHEMULT.. .CRESCENT... GILCHRIST... SPRAGUE RIVER

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ORZ030&warncounty=ORC035&firewx zone=ORZ624&local_place1=3+Miles+ENE+Bly+OR&product1=Frost+Advisory

Thanks to David Christian and Chuck Clancy for this link
     "This time in the lower 48 in mid August!" says Chuck.

Interior Alaska hit by early August frost - "FAIRBANKS — An early frost hopscotched across the Tanana Valley destroying unprotected garden produce and flowers wherever it touched down Wednesday morning.

"Gretchen Kerndt of Basically Basil, off Herried Road, said Wednesday morning’s frost is the earliest she has ever seen.

"Matthew Kidwell, a weather forecaster with the National Weather Service, confirmed that morning lows across the Interior dropped below freezing in some locations. Only one record was set — the overnight low temperature at Eielson Air Force Base of 30 surpassed the old record of 32 set in 1969.

"Coldest spots: Goldstream Valley, 25; Salcha, 25; Denali Park Headquarters, 26; 42-Mile Steese Highway, 28; Healy, 29; Eielson Air Force Base, 30; University of Alaska Fairbanks West Ridge, 31; and Fort Yukon, 32.

"Below-freezing temperatures in early August fortunately aren’t a common occurrence, but they have happened before." (40 years ago)

http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/interior-alaska-gets-hit-by-early-august-fro st/
Thanks to Lance Appleby for this link

Coldest July on record for the nine-state Midwest region, based on preliminary data.  The average temperature for the region was 68.0 degrees, 4.7 degrees below normal. The previous record was 68.9 degrees in 1992, according to Mike Timlin, Regional Climatologist with the NOAA Midwestern Regional Climate Center.

It was the coldest July on record for Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; the second coldest on record for Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin; the third coldest in Minnesota; and the fourth coldest on record for Missouri. Records for the region date back 114 years.

Timlin says that more than 400 record low minimum temperatures and 1,300 record low maximum temperatures (lowest high temperature) were set during July across the nine-state region.

Many locations in the central Midwest did not reach 90 degrees at all during the month. Typically, the number of days with temperatures reaching 90 degrees or above ranges from 10 to 15 from southern Missouri eastward through Kentucky, and three to five in the northern third of the region. 

International Falls, MN did not report a single day 80 degrees or higher, and experienced its coldest July on record with an average temperature of 58.8 degrees, breaking the old record of 59.4 degrees set in 1992.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=apx&storyid=30159&source=0

Thanks to David Christian for this link

Record low temp in Watertown, NY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY

A RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 DEGREES WAS SET AT WATERTOWN NY

TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 43 SET IN 1989.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=buf&product=RER&issuedby=ART&format=c i&version=1
Thanks to John Renahan for this link

Snow expected over NW mountains in Wyoming
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON, WY
SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY ...  SNOW LEVEL BETWEEN 8500 AND 9500 FEET. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ABOVE 9000 TO 10000 FEET.

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=WYZ001&warncounty=WYC039&firewx zone=WYZ140&local_place1=Yellowstone+National+Park+
WY&product1=Hazardous+Weather+O utlook

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link 

Frost advisory Medford, OR - In early August!
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEDFORD HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES TO DROP DOWN TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.

NORTHEAST SISKIYOU AND NORTHWEST MODOC COUNTIES- NORTHERN AND EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... TULELAKE... DORRIS... BEATTY... BLY... CHEMULT... CRESCENT... GILCHRIST... SPRAGUE RIVER...LAKEVIEW

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=ORZ031&warncounty=ORC037&firewx zone=ORZ625&local_place1=5+Miles+ENE+Paisley+OR&product1=Frost+Advisory

Thanks to David Christian for this link

Below normal July temps in Jacksonville
Robert,
July in Jacksonville FL wasn't the coolest but we were 1.7 degrees below normal for the month. Strange thing as well is that their (National Weather Service) data is missing for April and May 09 when you try and access it. 

Thanks, David Christian

ROCHESTER...
...PERIOD OF RECORD 138 YEARS (1872 TO PRESENT)
...COOLEST JULY IN 125 YEARS (66.2)...2ND COOLEST EVER (TO 65.4 IN 1884).
...COOLEST JUNE-JULY COMBO EVER (64.9). NEXT WAS 65.1 IN 1992.
...COOLEST YEARLY MAX TEMP EVER THROUGH JULY...86 ON 6/25.
...FEWEST 80+ DAYS THROUGH JULY..12. NORM 35. (PREV MIN 15 IN 1926)
...FEWEST 86+ DAYS THROUGH JULY..1. NORM 15. (PRV MIN 2 IN 1958,2004)
...FEWEST COOLING DEGREE DAYS THROUGH JULY...144. NORM 356.


BUFFALO FULL RECORD...
...PERIOD OF RECORD 138 YEARS (1872 TO PRESENT).
...6TH COOLEST JULY EVER (66.9). COOLEST WAS 65.2 IN 1884.

BUFFALO AIRPORT
...PERIOD OF RECORD 67 YEARS (1943 TO PRESENT).
...2ND COOLEST JULY (66.9). COOLEST WAS 66.8 IN 1992.
...2ND COOLEST JUNE-JULY COMBO (65.7). COOLEST WAS 65.1 IN 1992.
...COOLEST YEARLY MAX TEMP THROUGH JULY...85 ON 6/25. TIES 1996.
...FEWEST 80+ DAYS THROUGH JULY...9. NORM 32. (PREV MIN 14 IN 2004)
...FEWEST 86+ DAYS THROUGH JULY...0. NORM 10. (TIES 0 IN 1996).
...FEWEST COOLING DEGREE DAYS THROUGH JULY...154. NORM 336.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/buf/products/080109pns.htm
Thanks to John Renahan for this link

All-time cold July in central Illinois - Email from reader
We here in central Illinois according to the U.S. weather bureau in Peoria set an all-time cold July. I have slept with a quilt nearly every night during the month. Normally only a sheet would be required. I used to live in northeastern Minnesota near Ely for several years and I can say I felt as though I was there again. That’s 640 miles north of here! If this jet steam continues through this winter it could possibly be -30, -40, and -50 degrees below instead of the -10 and sometimes -20 that Illinois gets. Not a pretty picture for the land of Lincoln.

Dan Toel

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
AUG 1 2009...ALL TIME RECORD COLDEST JULY AT SOUTH BEND...
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2009 WAS 68.3 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD COLD JULY WAS 68.5 SET IN 1996.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
AUG 1 2009...ALL TIME RECORD COLD JULY SET AT FORT WAYNE...
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 2009 WAS 68.9 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 69.7 DEGREES SET IN 1967.

In New York, this could be the coolest summer on record - For just the second time in 140 years, the temperature in Central Park failed to reach 90 in either June or July.
 

“Depending on Friday’s high," says this article in the New York Times, "this was the second or third coolest June and July recorded in New York. If August follows the same pattern — and the latest forecast through midmonth predicts that it will — this could be the coolest summer on record.”
 

“In the end, this will have been the coolest June and July since either 1903 or 1881.”

“One reason for the record-breaking low temperatures was the record-breaking rainfall and accompanying cloud cover. The deluge of more than 16 inches (twice the average amount) made it the second wettest June and July on record, edging 1928. The wettest June and July was 1975, with more than 19 inches.”

See all of this article by Sam Roberts

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/nyregion/01hot.html?partner=rss

Thanks to Dan Welch for this link

Record low in Colorado Springs - 31 Jul 09 – Email from reader

Hi Robert;

Here in Colorado Springs we set a record low temperature yesterday (July 30th.) of 48 degrees. We usually enjoy sunny and mild weather this time of year, but the past week has been unusually cool and wet. Our average temperature for the day yesterday was 54 degrees, a remarkable 16 degrees below the normal average of 70 for this date. Many of my friends had their furnaces come on.  Some of the higher mountains north of us received measurable snowfall (above 12,000 feet). Such snowfalls aren't terribly unusual for mid to late June. However, they are all but unheard of in late July. 

I noticed on a short hike in a lowland county park this morning that patches of leaves on a number of the cottonwoods had turned yellow already.  Sometimes you see this in late August, but not late July.  I was thinking this might be because of lower TSI and cooler weather.

Sincerely,

Jay Curtis
http://www.accuweather.com/us/co/colorado%20springs/80901/forecast-climo.asp?
partner=accuweather&traveler=0&zipChg=1&metric=0

One of the coolest, wettest Julys on record in Paducah - Through and including July 27, the average monthly temperature at Paducah was 74.9 degrees. The long-term average July monthly temperature is 78.8. … it appears this will be one of the ten coolest Julys at Paducah. The three coolest Julys are 74.3 in 1967, 75.0 in 1950, and 75.7 in 1971. The coolest July average temperature on record is 74.3 in 1967. 

EVANSVILLE: Through and including July 27, the average monthly temperature at Evansville was 73.1 degrees. The long-term average for July is 78.5. …it appears this will be one of the ten coolest Julys at Evansville. The three coolest Julys are 72.8 in 1947, 73.4 in 1967, and 74.2 in 1950. The record coolest July average temperature is 72.8 in 1947.

July, 2009 will also  be one of the ten wettest at Paducah. Through and including the 28th, the rainfall at Paducah was 8.08 inches. This ranks as the fifth wettest July at Paducah, with more rain likely. Fourth wettest was 8.68 (in 1938), third wettest was 9.14 (in 1958), second wettest was 9.28 (1928), and the record was 12.47 (in 1972).

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=29915&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low July temps in Indianapolis - The average maximum temperature so far in July is the lowest of record at 79.0 degrees.  

The average temperature for the first 29 days of July is 70.9 degrees…4.6 degrees below normal ... the second coolest of record and the lowest since 1947. 

Indianapolis has seen only 3 days with a temperature of 85 degrees or higher. This has never happened since weather records began in 1871. The previous record was 7 days set in 1875.
 

This July has already set a record for the number of days not reaching 80 degrees. There have been 13 through the 27th.  We may add a day or two more to this total.   The average is 5. The previous record of 12 occurred in 1909 and 1915.  During July a record low maximum temperature was set on the 4th, 19th, and 23rd.  

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=ind&storyid=29929&source=0
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Coldest July on record in Cincinnati and Dayton - 30 Jul 09
Third coldest July on record in Columbus   

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/headline.php?head=1
Thanks to David Christian for this link

Illinois corn crop maturing late because of cool weather - 29 Jul 09 – You’ll have to watch the moaning about near record heat in the northwest. (After all, the Weather Channel believes in man-made global warming.) But then you’ll come to the story about how this summer's very cool weather could mean a less bountiful corn harvest this fall...
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=4276&from=news_top_video
Thanks to Michael Harman in Fort Worth for this link

Coldest July on record in Chicago and Rockford, IL - “Rockford is currently on track to have the coldest July ever on record, currently (through July 26th) running nearly 2.5F colder than the previous coldest July on record. In Chicago, this has been the coldest July since the official recording station was moved away from the lakefront. Even when including the years before 1942, there are only 3 years that had colder Julys to date.

“One of the remarkable things about this July are the number of days with highs temperatures in the 60s and 70s.”

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=29889&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

New York City on Track for 2^nd Coolest July since 1869 - This month is on track to be the second coolest July on record in New York City since 1869. So far, July's average daily temperature is 71.7 degrees, some 4.4 degrees below normal. Below average temperatures have occurred on 18 out of the 20 days this month, with no above-normal temperatures.

Central Park has only reached 85 degrees once this summer and has not yet reached 90 degrees. If this continues, it will be the first year since 1996 where 90 degrees was not reached during June or July.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/07/new_york_city_on_track_for_its.html

Thanks to Travis Hill for this link

     “We're already at the peak of summer,” says Travis. “In 2 to 3 weeks, temps
      will start to transition to the cooler end of things.”

Record low temperatures in 31 states - 183 new records
AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI,
MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN,
TX, VA, WI, WV.
And where is the media in this?  The deception continues...........
See Record low temperatures in 31 states -19 Jul

South Bend and Ft Wayne flirting with Record Cold July Temps - So far, average temperatures in South Bend and Fort Wayne, Indiana are nearly 5 degrees below normal, on pace for the coldest July since records began in the 1890s. 

All-time coldest high temperatures could be realized both Friday and Saturday. 

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=iwx&storyid=29677&source=0 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record Cold High Temperature at St. Cloud, MN - THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 66 DEGREES … THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT ST CLOUD ON JULY 16TH SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1894. THE PREVIOUS RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR JULY 16TH WAS 69 DEGREES SET IN 1962 AND 1906.

MORE RECORD COLD HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. 

HERE ARE THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURES RECORDED AT
ST CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES...AND EAU CLAIRE ON JULY 17TH:

ST CLOUD         66 DEGREES IN 1927

TWIN CITIES      66 DEGREES IN 1939

EAU CLAIRE      68 DEGREES IN 1939

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mpx&storyid=29713&source=0

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link  

Record low temps in South Bend, IN - All of our local meteorologists have forecast a record low maximum temperature for Saturday. One has called for 66 and the other two 68. The current low maxes for that date are 73 (2000), 74 (1920) and 74(1913). We may also tie or break the record low of 49 according to two of them.

Also, our preliminary monthly data from NOAA has our mean temperature for July at -4.9 degrees below normal with most of the rest of the month predicted to be below normal.
http://www.wsbt.com/weather
http://www.fox28.com/Global/category.asp?C=123724&nav=menu1356_3
http://www.wndu.com/weather/
Thanks to David Klink for these links 

Record cold predicted for Friday in Madison, WI -  “The high on Friday is only expected to be in the low 60s, which would be under the record coldest high temperature in Madison for July 17 of 67 degrees, set in 1900 … while the low on Friday night could drop into the upper 40s, nearing record low territory."

Saturday's high, expected to be in the upper 60s, could challenge the record coldest high temperature for July 18 of 68, set in 1924.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/458551
Thanks to Steven Woodcock, John Williams and Craig Adkins for this link

Record low in Rochester, NY – Ties record set in 1926 - NATIONAL WEATHER SVC BUFFALO NY… THE TEMPERATURE AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT DIPPED TO 48 DEGREES ... TIES THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE SET IN 1926.     http://www.crh.noaa.gov/product.php?site=BUF&issuedby=ROC&product=RER&format=C I&version=1&glossary=0
Thanks to John Renahan for this link

Record low temperatures in Northeast - 14  Jul 09 - As politicians in Washington, DC debate what to do about global warming, Binghamton and Rochester in New York and Hartford, CT experienced record lows for July today. Temperatures in Concord, NH fell to 47-degress, the lowest since 1940. Temperatures in Portsmouth tied the lowest every recorded in July.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/record-low-temperatures-hit-northeast.html

Thanks to Craig Adkins and Don Vodopich for this link 

Record low in Fishersville, VA - Low temp of 52.2F beats old record low, set in 1940, by nearly two degrees. 
Thanks to Robert Hoffman for this info 

Low temperature record shattered in Northern Michigan - Joe Charlevoix, Channel 29/8, Traverse City, just reported that the record low of 39F last night in Cadillac and Houghton Lake, MI “shattered” the old record for this date.

Thanks to Tom Meyer for this info

More record lows for New England - Another chilly night is in store for New England tonight. “Temperatures may again approach and/or break record levels in some areas.”

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asppartner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=3 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Record low temps at International Falls 2 days in a row – The eighth record daily low in the city this year
“Temperatures in the northern Minnesota city fell to 35 degrees Monday morning - easily breaking the old daily record of 39, set on July 13, 2007, according to the National Weather Service.

It's the second consecutive day of record-low temperatures in International Falls; the morning low on Sunday also was 35 degrees. Monday's low was the eighth record daily low temperature recorded in the city this year.

http://fox21online.com/news/still-another-record-low-temperature-international-falls

Thanks to Bryant Blake for this link

Cool Summer Cuts Chlorine Costs - With pool water temperatures running about 5 degrees cooler than normal this summer, pool owners in the Northeast and Midwest may have noticed that they are purchasing fewer chemicals than normal this year.

“Heat breaks down chlorine more quickly, which in turn requires more chlorine to replace what is lost,” says AccuWeather.com’s Gina Cherundolo.
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

           “It was still too cold here in South Carolina to go swimming in early June,”
            says Kenneth.  “Normally it's warm enough mid May. “

Every day of June cooler than usual in Los Angeles
LAX breaks all-time low-maximum record

1 Jul 09 - The National Weather Service says the region has gone through "a fairly noteworthy stretch of cool weather," with downtown L.A. reporting an average daily high of  74.5 degrees, five degrees below normal.

At LAX (Los Angeles International Airport), the highest temperature for the month was 71 degrees, the lowest maximum for a June since recordkeeping began in 1944.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12730390?

Thanks to Larry Leach in Star, Idaho for this link

Chicago - Coldest July 8 in 118 years - Excerpts - "For the 12th time since June 1, daytime highs failed to reach 70 degrees Wednesday. Only one other year in the past half century has hosted so many sub-70-degree days up to this point--1969, when 14 such days occurred.

"Wednesday's paltry 65-degree high at O'Hare International Airport (a reading 18 degrees below normal) was also the city's coolest July 8 high in 118 years--since a 61-degree high on the date in 1891."  

http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/tom-skilling-blog/2009/07/wednesdays-65degree-high-the-c.html

Thanks to Norman Eugene Vermillion II for this link

Freak Summer Snowstorm Hits Yonkers, NY - “A wintry mix of hail and heavy thunderstorms downed trees and utility poles in Yonkers last night -- causing
mountains of slush and ice to build up in parking lots and on grassy areas.” Officials called in snow plows to help remove the snow, and extra fire trucks were on hand to
help with the unseasonal cleanup. 

See photos: Freak storm hits Yonkers

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07082009/news/regionalnews/snow_plows_
remove_hail_after_summer_stor_178218.htm

Thanks to Terry Batterton for this link

Record low on Mt. LeConte in the Smokies of East Tennessee  

http://weathermatrix.tumblr.com/post/136546508/rt-sercc-cool-july-4th-for-mt-leconte-tn 

Thanks to Rick Fanning, Knoxville, TN., for this link

All-time snowiest year in Barrow, says NOAA
NATIONAL WEATHER SVC BARROW AK
IT WAS A HISTORIC YEAR IN BARROW FROM JULY 08 THROUGH JUNE 09... THE SNOWIEST YEAR ON RECORD... 77.9 INCHES OF SNOW... ALMOST THREE TIMES THE NORMAL 28 INCHES...THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 75.1 INCHES FROM 1922-1923... THE SNOW BEGAN IN EARNEST IN OCTOBER...WITH 23.2 INCHES OF SNOW...THIS WAS THE ALL TIME SNOWIEST MONTH.

NOV, DEC AND JAN ALL HAD ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL WITH THE MONTHS RANKING 5TH, 11TH AND TIED FOR 5TH RESPECTIVELY... IT WAS ALSO THE ALL TIME SNOWIEST FEBRUARY WITH 11.4 INCHES OF SNOW... A HISTORIC SNOWSTORM FROM THE AFTERNOON OF MAY 30 INTO THE MORNING OF MAY 31 BROUGHT 6.7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW... THE SECOND BIGGEST SNOWSTORM IN RECORDED HISTORY IN BARROW DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.

SNOWIEST YEARS (INCHES)            
1. 77.9   2008-09                                
2. 75.1   1922-23                                 
2. 67.3   1925-26                                 
4. 61.0   1992-93                                 
5. 59.8   1961-62        
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=SXAK79PABR&type=public
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link 

Record low temperatures in 46 states during June
Meanwhile, our leaders continue passing laws to combat 'global warming.'
     No, they're not leaders, they're sheep.
          ... Or are they Judas Goats?
 

538 Records for June 2009 (As per NOAA)
New records: 307 + Tied: 231 = Total: 538
     (Includes state by state totals)
See Record low temperatures in 46 states during June
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

More record cold in Michigan
Robert,

A couple days ago it was reported on Channel 9/10 News Traverse City, that Houghton Lake and Grayling  MI had record cold daytime temperatures. Correlates with this article.

Tom Meyer
http://www.iceagenow.com/Deep_Solar_Minimum_Continues.htm

Record low in Chicago - Today is July 1 and temp was 57F – They announced on local radio that it is the COLDEST here it’s officially been on this date since 1930!
Thanks to Bob Mann for this info

Northeasterners ask, "Where is summer?" - “Cooler weather leading up to the 4th of July weekend across much of the Northeast and Great Lakes will have people wondering again: where is summer?

“AccuWeather.com's Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi says 4th of July week this year will be "cool as cucumber, rather than hot as a firecracker."Cities like Detroit and Chicago may not even get out of the 60s over the next couple of days!

“Temperatures in Boston, New York City and Philadelphia will all stay near or below normal. Each of these cities has averaged below normal for the month of June as well.”
http://www.accuweather.com/regional-news-story.asp?region=eastusnews
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low temperature in Cold Bay, AK - NATIONAL WEATHER SVC COLD BAY AK
THE TEMPERATURE AT STATE AIRPORT FELL TO 30 DEGREES THIS MORNING. THE OLD RECORD LOW FOR TODAY'S DATE WAS 33 DEGREES SET IN 1986.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Once-in-a-century rain in Michigan - Storms batter country from Utah to Maryland
“Tornadoes damaged homes from Kansas to Maryland while flooding forced more than 1,000 concertgoers to abandon their cars and residents in Utah filled sandbags to help keep water and mud out of their homes this weekend.

“Late Sunday, tornado warnings were still posted in the Midwest and heavy rain and winds pelted portions of New England.

“The worst of the rain hit western Michigan Friday night. Mark Dekelsy of the National Weather Service told reporters that the five to eight inches of rain that fell near Holland, MI, Friday is typically seen just once a century.”

See entire article:
http://www.disasternews.net/news/article.php?articleid=3909

Thanks to Susan Kim for this link

Temps to be 15 to 20 degrees cooler than normal - A large pocket of unusually cool air by July standards will settle in over the Great Lakes, Ontario, and Northeast during the middle of the week, with afternoon temperatures averaging a whopping 15 to 20 degrees cooler than they should be at this time of year! Places such as Buffalo, New York and Cleveland, Ohio will only reach the middle 60s.

Alaska Winter Weather Advisory - In the summer!
INCLUDING...FORT YUKON... VENETIE... CENTRAL ... CIRCLE... STEVENS VILLAGE... BEAVER... CHALKYITSIK... BIRCH CREEK... CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS... TWELVE MILE SUMMIT … STEESE HIGHWAY ABOVE 3500 FEET... IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 1 MILE … THIS ADVISORY INCLUDES EAGLE SUMMIT WHERE AS OF 2 PM WEDS … IT IS MODERATELY SNOWING WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=AK&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Fresh snow on Mount Redoubt in Alaska – right on the Solstice no less!

Email from meteorologist:
“I do not know if snow in mid-June on Mount Redoubt is ‘normal’ or not,” says meteorologist George Harvey. “To me, though, it flies in the face of ‘Global Warming.’”

George Harvey

Senior Meteorologist

www.impactweather.com

See webcam picture here: 

http://www.avo.alaska.edu/webcam/Redoubt_-_DFR.php
 

Jun 23 - A follow-up email from George:
Anecdotal evidence suggests summertime “snow caps” on Mt Redoubt are not uncommon. Looking at pictures archived on the Alaska Volcano Observatory site show that during past eruptive period (1989-90) showed snow on the summit during July and August of 1990.

This suggests that snowfall like this does occur at any time of the year.

Arizona coolest since 1913 - Thursday was the 14th consecutive day to stay below 100 degrees, the longest stretch of its kind in any June since 1913.

"It's been really nice," said the National Weather Service's Valerie Meyers.
 

“The lower temperatures have allowed people to sleep with windows open and drive with their arms out vehicle windows. Evenings, too, have been spent chatting with neighbors while children or grandchildren play.”  
 

See entire article by John Faherty - The Arizona Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/06/19/20090619junelovely0619.html
Thanks to Alan Caruba, Steven Woodcock, Benjamin Napier and Bill Pojedinec for this link

Summer a month late in Utah - For the last three weeks, we have had weather like Seattle probably gets this time of year. High 60’s, low 70’s, mostly cloudy and some rain most days. It just doesn’t want to become summer! They’re forecasting 80’s near 90’s next week. A month later than usual.

Happy global warming.
Doug Kastner, Price, Utah.

593 NEW record low max temps for the month of June –
and we’re only half way through the month
17 Jun 09 – Here we sit, with our fearless leaders in Washington DC trying to shove ever more global warming taxes down our throats. This, while low temperature records are being broken across the country. Where is the outrage? Where is the media coverage on this?

Many of these records go back to the early 1900s, one goes back to 1884.

If you live in one of these states, you need to call your Congressman and tell him/her to wake up! I can’t think of any polite way to put this: We are being screwed. 

Total Number of Records for June 2009
New records: 593 + Tied: 214 = Total: 807

Record low max temps in 5 states – 1 Jun 09
8 new records and 4 tied
(CO, ME, MI, MN, NY)

Record low max temps in 3 states – 2 Jun 09

5 new records and 3 tied

(CO, MT, WY)

Record low max temps in 10 states – 3 Jun 09

25 new records and 7 tied

(CA, CO, FL, HI, IN, KS, MT, NE, SD, WY)

Record low Max temps in 20 states - 4 Jun 09

22 new records and 19 tied
(AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, GA, IN, LA, MO, MS, MT,
NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, SD, TN, TX, WV)

Record low max temps in 24 states - 5 Jun 09
63 new records and 28 tied
 (AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA,
 MA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA,
 TN, TX, VA, WV)

Record low max temps in 22 states – 6 Jun 09
84 new records and 19 tied

(AL, AZ, CA, CO, GA, IA, IL, MD, MI, MN, MT,
NC, ND, NJ, NM, PA, SD, TN, VA, WI, WV, WY)

Record low max temps in 13 states - 7 Jun 09
60 new records and 10 tied

(CO, FL, IA, IL, MD, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, SD, WI)

Record low max temps in 12 states - 8 Jun 09
112 new records and 29 tied
(CO, IA, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, SD, TX, WI, WV)

Record low max temps in 15 states - 9 Jun 09
67 new records and 24 tied
(AZ, CA, CO, CT, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NM,
SD, VT, WI, WY)

Record low max temps in 21 states - 10 Jun 09
65 new records and 36 tied
(AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, IA, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO,
MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, SD, VT, WI, WY)\

Record low max temps in 18 states - 11 Jun 09
46 new records and 11 tied
(AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, KS, ME, MI, MT, NE,
NH, NV, NY, PA, SD, TX, WY)

Record low max temps in 12 states - 12 Jun 09
17 new records and 10 tied

(AZ, CA, CO, IA, MD, MI, NE, NJ, SD, TX, UT, WY)

Record low max temps in 6 states - 13 Jun 09
9 new records and 2 tied
(AK, CA, CO, IA, MN, MO)

Record low max temps in 12 states - 14 Jun 09
8 new records and 9 tied
(AK, AL, CO, IA, IL, KS, ME, MI, MO, MS, NE, OH)

Record low max temps in 11 states - 15 Jun 09
10 new records and 3 tied
(AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MS, NH, NM, UT)

Record low max temps in 6 states - 16 Jun 09
6 new records and 3 tied
(AZ, CO, IL, MO, NY, VA)

Record low max temps in 6 states - 17 Jun 09
5 new records and 2 tied
(CO, IA, MN, NJ, PA, VA)

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=lomx& month=6&day=0&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link (and for a tremendous amount of work)

Twelve inches of rain in one day in North Dakota - Bismarck, ND - A video on weather.com interviews a farmer who measured 12 inches of rain in 24 hours on his farm.  His neighbor’s rain gauges are only 6” high and they overflowed.  Yet the official reports say only this:

The National Weather Service said its reports ranged from 5.6 inches at the Bismarck airport since Monday to more than 7 inches east of the city with about an inch falling in an hour Tuesday afternoon.

“Now, 12” of rain would = 120” of snow = 10 FEET of snow!!!!” says reader Stephanie Relfe. “Remember, North Dakota was where they had some of the major snow storms.”

http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=10827&from=hp_main_tab2

June in Chicago “Coldest since records began” - “So far this June is running more than 12 degrees cooler than last year, and the clouds, rain and chilly lake winds have been persistent. The average temperature at O'Hare International Airport through Friday has been only 59.5 degrees: nearly 7 degrees below normal and the coldest since records there began 50 years ago.”

See entire article by Steve Kahn

http://weblogs.wgntv.com/chicago-weather/tom-skilling-blog/2009/06/chilly-junes-2009-open-one-for-2.html
Thanks to Stephanie Relfe, Craig Adkins, Mike McEvoy, John Williams, Benjamin Napier,  Mark Morano and Steven Woodcock for this link
            (I was in Chicago over the weekend, and thought the cooler temperature
            was quite lovely.)

Bulldozing Hail in New Jersey – It looked as if a blizzard blew through after several inches of dime-sized hailstones piled up. Residents broke out the snow shovels, officials sent bulldozers to clear the streets, and children formed hailballs.

“Plowing snow, ice, whatever you want to call it on a street in Washington Township in June. It wasn't an understatement to say folks in the neighborhood were shocked.

"Never in my lifetime, never," Karen Yates said.

In New York, Central Park has recorded more than 5 inches of rain already this month.

http://wcbstv.com/local/washington.township.hail.2.1045714.html
Thanks to John Williams, Steven Woodcock and John V. Kampen in Granada for this link

Tucson, AZ colder than normal - normally it’s 100-105 degrees this time of year, instead it’s 90-98.  I’m loving it but it’s no good for the cotton.  Forecast is for another week of sub-100 degree days. Typically here it’s 100+ degrees from May 15 to Oct 1.  Where is the heat? 

Rob Ferhmann

Historic cold in Twin Cities - Minnesota’s State Climatology Office says the temperatures in St. Paul and Minneapolis stayed below for 60 for three straight days, something that hasn't happened in June since June 1-3, 1951.

The only other years with three days in a row of high temperatures below 60 in June were 1917, 1935, and 1937.

The high temperature of 52 degrees on Saturday set a record as the lowest high temperature for that date.  

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/06/09/coolweather/

Thanks to Jack Rumpel for this link

Freeze warning for Maine - 8 Jun 09 - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOUHAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING … INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLAGASH...CLAYTON LAKE...MADAWASKA... FORT KENT... FRENCHVILLE... BAKER LAKE...BILLY-JACK DEPOT... BAXTER ST PARK...CHAMBERLAIN LAKE... CHURCHILL DAM... MOUNT KATAHDIN

FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY...
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=ME&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Florida colder than normal
Email from reader
Hi Robert,
I don't have actual statistics, but we've been going to the beach the last week (Palm Coast Florida) and we can't remember it every being cold like this.  When a cold wind blows, which it is usually, and the clouds are over, which they are mostly, it's almost cold enough for a light sweater.  And this is FLORIDA in June (admittedly, North Florida - but it is normally VERY hot by now)!!!  The water is also unseasonably cold.   One is chattering after an hour's swim, even at the hottest part of the day.  THIS IS NOT NORMAL. 

Stephanie Relfe

Snow in North Dakota - in June - It may have been only a couple of inches, but it snowed  in Dickinson, ND last night, the first time in 60 years that Dickinson residents have seen snow in June.
http://www.kxmc.com/News/386720.asp

Thanks to Phil Brennan, Benjamin Napier, Larry Leach, L. Gordy LaRoche and Lyn Clark for this link

California Highway Patrol tells drivers:
Behave "as you would if you were driving in December" - Chains are required on Highway 108 east of Strawberry, and the California Department of Transportation closed Tioga Pass on Friday because of snow. (I drove over Tioga Pass last week. Beautiful country.)
http://www.modbee.com/local/story/732997.html

Record low temperatures in 18 states - 6 Jun 09
New records: 41 + Tied: 25 = Total: 66
(AL, AR, FL, IN, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT,
ND, NH, OH, TN, TX, UT, WI)
 http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=6&day=6&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Record low temps in 15 states - 5 Jun 09
New records: 19 + Tied: 18 = Total: 37
(AR, FL, IL, IN, LA, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT,
ND, NY, OK, TX, WI)

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=6&day=5&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Record low max temps in 24 states - 5 Jun 09
New records: 63 + Tied: 28 = Total: 91
(AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, LA,
MA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA,
TN, TX, VA, WV)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=lomx& month=6&day=5&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record low Temps in 11 states – 4 Jun 09 

Record low Max temps in 20 states - 4 Jun 09

Record low temps in seven states -  3 Jun 09

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=6&day=3&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Record low max temps in 10 states -  3 Jun 09

Below-normal temperatures through mid-June for much of northern U.S.

“Holy frozen petunias, Batman, this is cold — even for us."

“The trend so far in June, and for the foreseeable future, continues a very cold and slow-starting spring across the Northland."

“The Climate Prediction Center is forecasting below-normal temperatures through at least mid-June for much of the northern U.S."

“You guys have been cold even by northern Minnesota standards,” said Pete Boulay, assistant state climatologist."
See entire forecast:

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/121867/
Thanks to David Christian for this link

Year Without a Summer? - According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a "year without a summer." The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form. The ones that do form in areas of the Ohio Valley and West are forming in places with very cold temperatures, which can lead to more electrified thunderstorms than normal this year."

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=netweather&traveler=0&zipChg=1&article=9

Third snowiest May in Barrow history - 1 Jun 09 - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BARROW AK - MAY WAS YET ANOTHER MONTH OF ABOVE AVERAGE SNOWFALL, TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION...  THE TOP STORY WAS THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL ... 9.3 INCHES IN MAY...RANKS AS THE THIRD SNOWIEST MAY IN STATION HISTORY... TRAILS ONLY 1933 AND 1923... ALSO FIFTH MONTH OUT OF THE PAST EIGHT THAT MONTHLY SNOWFALL RANKED AMONG THE TOP 10 FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE MONTHS... MOST IMPRESSIVE EVENT WAS THE SNOWSTORM ON MAY 30 AND 31...6.7 INCHES ... THE SECOND BIGGEST TWO DAY SNOWSTORM IN STATION HISTORY DURING THE MONTH OF
MAY... TOPPED ONLY BY MAY 2 AND 3 OF 1933 WHEN 7.5 INCHES OF
SNOW FELL...

IN ADDITION TWO OF THE TOP 10 SNOWIEST DAYS IN THE MONTH OF MAY OCCURRED DURING THE END OF THE MONTH ...3.6 INCHES OF SNOW ON MAY 30 RANKS AS THE FIFTH LARGEST DAILY SNOWFALL IN MAY...3.1 INCHES ON MAY 31 WAS THE SEVENTH BIGGEST SNOWFALL IN MAY...BOTH WERE DAILY RECORDS ...RECORD SNOWFALL ALSO ON MAY 28 WHEN 0.9 INCHES OF SNOW FELL...SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY THERE HAS BEEN 35.3 INCHES OF SNOW... THE SECOND SNOWIEST START TO THE YEAR IN STATION HISTORY TRAILING ONLY 1963 WITH 41.3 INCHES OF SNOW...

OCT 2008 THROUGH THIS MAY RANKS AS SNOWIEST PERIOD BY FAR... 75.9 INCHES ... 16.5 INCHES MORE THAN THE 59.4 INCHES THAT FELL FROM OCT 1925 TO MAY 1926... ALSO THE FIFTH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD... THE WETTEST MAY SINCE 1969...8 DAYS HAD MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH...THE MOST DAILY PRECIPITATION FELL ON MAY 30 … SO FAR FOR THE YEAR ... 1.43 INCHES OF RAIN... THE FIFTH WETTEST YEAR SO FAR AND THE WETTEST SINCE 1982...THE MONTH WAS ALSO WARM ... WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 25.5 DEGREES OR 5.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL... THE SIXTH WARMEST MAY ON RECORD TIED WITH 1963...
http://pafg.arh.noaa.gov/wmofcst.php?wmo=ABAK34PABR&type=public

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Frost expected across northern Wisconsin tonight - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY, WI ... AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AIR MASS … AREAS OF FROST EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT...SOME PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE FURTHER SOUTH… INCLUDING ...EAGLE RIVER... RHINELANDER...CRANDON... TOMAHAWK... ANTIGO
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=WI&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Winter weather advisory: Rocky Mountains and central Montana - SPRING SNOW TO IMPACT ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND CENTRAL MONTANA MOUNTAINS THIS WEEKEND... INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BROWNING...CUT BANK...CHOTEAU... WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREAT FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...  MEASURABLE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT LATER THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL MONTANA AFTER MIDNIGHT. .. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET ALONG THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BELOW 5000 FEET AND INTO EASTERN GLACIER COUNTY. FARTHER  SOUTH... ELEVATIONS ABOVE 5000 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL MONTANA WILL RECEIVE 3 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MT&prodtype=warnings

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

      “Still winter in some parts,” says Kenneth, “and in 3 months we'll be in fall again!”

Winter Weather Advisory for California Mountains - 4 Jun 09 - WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK-WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.. .CHESTER... QUINCY... BLUE CANYON

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE… HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ABOVE 7500 FEET FOR THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA AND LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK.

THE HEAVIEST PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY MORNING VER THE WESTERN SLOPES… 4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

CARSON PASS...EBBETS PASS AND SONORA PASS... ARE ALL EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED BY SNOW ON FRIDAY. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OVER THESE PARTICULAR SIERRA NEVADA PASSES.

CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER WINTRY WEATHER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=CAZ068&warncounty=CAC089&firewx zone=CAZ268&local_place1=9+Miles+SW+Burney+CA&product1=Winter+Weather+Advisory

Record low temperatures in seven states – Where is the media?
New records: 17 + Tied records: 10 = Total: 27
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=6&day=1&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

North Carolina breaks May rainfall records – 16-inch totals reported
Here are some NWS co-op weather station totals; however, much higher totals are reported especially in Wilkes County and along the eastern escarpment of the Appalachians up to the crest of the Blue Ridge where 16"+ totals have been reported.
Mt. Mitchell, 12.86"
Lenoir, 9.50"
Boone, 9.33"
Spruce Pine, 9.12"
Jefferson, 8.74"
North Wilkesboro, 8.63"
Waynesville, 8.37"
Beech Mtn, 8.09"
Asheville, 7.71"
Black Mtn, 6.05"
http://www.averyweather.com/Forecast/Newland
Thanks to Robert Branch for this link

June freeze watch for much of New York state and southern Vermont - Observer-Dispatch - A frost advisory has been issued for much of New York state, including Oneida County. A hard frost is likely. “Memorial Day has always been the rule of thumb for planting in the garden,” said Brad Alcott, owner of Alcott's Greenhouses in Waterville. “So June 1 is definitely late."
http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x1175994993/May-to-go-out-under-a-freeze-watch
Thanks to Craig Adkins, Jim Stoffaire, Travis Hill, Thomas Loher, Phil Brennan and Steven Woodcock for this link

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...WARREN COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FROST. WITH AN UNSEASONABLE COLD AIR MASS MOVING IN...
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=NY&prodtype=warnings
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

And according the Star-Ledger, nighttime frost could also hit northwest N.J.

Thanks to Alan Caruba for this info

Memorial Day weekend finds Oregon's high country camp and picnic spots buried beneath 8 feet of snow – “Even at lower elevations, some roads are blocked by large, impassable drifts.

"Some of our more popular spots are snowed-in still," said Rick Acosta, a

Forest Service spokesman. "A lot of those campgrounds are normally open for Memorial

Day, but this year, they are not."  

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/camping_this_weekend_many_oreg.html

Thanks to Becky Khan for this link

Record low temperatures in 15 states –  still no mention in the media
New record lows: 30 + Tied: 21 = Total: 51
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=5&day=21&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

 Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low temperatures in 21 states -and still no word from the media
20 May 09 - Several of these records are more than 100 years old 
New records: 55 + Tied: 30 = Total: 85
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint&month=5&day=20&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Record low temperatures in 28 states! – and nary a peep from the media
19 May 09 – “Wow,  99 new record lows in 28 states - more than half of the states!” says reader Chuck Clancy. “Curious, isn’t it, how we hear nothing about them. A person actually has to search for them! Many of these records are over 100 years old, and a few 115 years old.”

        If there had been record warmth in 28 states, your would have seen "we're-
        causing-global-warming" headlines plastered across the front page of almost
        every newspaper in the country, and TV hosts would have gleefully announced
        the dire news. . . . But had you even heard about this?

Total Number of Records for May 19, 2009
New: 99 + Tied: 66 = Total: 165 

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=5&day=19&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record cold highs shattered in SC, GA - going back to 1875
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC - IT HAS BEEN A CHILLY AND RAW DAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES HAVE STRUGGLED TO REACH THE MID-UPPER 50S IN MANY AREAS... IT DOES APPEAR THE RECORD LOW MAXES AT ALL THREE  SITES WILL BE SHATTERED. THE RECORD LOW MAX AT THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT DATES BACK TO 1875... A TESTAMENT OF HOW UNUSUAL THIS PATTERN IS FOR MID MAY.

RECORD LOW MAXES FOR MAY 18TH...
CHARLESTON AIRPORT... 70/1934
DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON.. 69/1973
SAVANNAH AIRPORT..... 71/1875 

http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=CHS&product=AFD&form at=CI&version=1&glossary=1&highlight=off

Record low temperatures in 24 states - Coldest in more than 100 years in many areas
– 166 records tied or broken  (New: 97 + Tied: 69 = Total: 166)
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=mint& month=5&day=18&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

Frost advisory for Nashville - NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  FROST ADVISORY... A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM POSITIONED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL ALLOW FOR CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT... WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 33 AND 36 DEGREES IN LOW LYING AREAS...DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY.  
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=TN&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info
        “This is something you hardly hear this time of year this far south,” says Ken.

Midwest, Northeast Frost Threat - A hard freeze is sure to kill any outdoor plants in the upper Great Lakes Saturday night. Temperatures will dip into the 20s throughout this area. The threat for a frost or freeze will expand to the lower Great Lakes and interior Northeast Sunday and Monday nights.
http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=4
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link

North Dakota freeze warning - AN UNSEASONABLE MASS OF COLD AIR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT AS COLD CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE DROPS OUT OF CANADA... TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BY EARLY SAT MORNING… COULD SEVERELY DAMAGE DELICATE VEGETATION.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy and Kenneth Lund for this info

Idaho freeze warming - UPPER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-LOWER SNAKE RIVER PLAIN-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IDAHO FALLS...REXBURG...RIGBY... POCATELLO... BLACKFOOT...FORT HALL...AMERICAN FALLS

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN POCATELLO HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH... IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT MORNING.
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Record snowfall in three states

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=snow& month=5&day=14&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record snowfall in 5 states

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=snow& month=5&day=13&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Jacksonville Fl - 7th coldest winter on record

Gainesville, F - 5th Coldest winter on record 

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/event_writeups/winter08_09_final/index.html
Thanks to David Christian for this link

Hard freeze expected across Northern Lower Michigan -  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN... ROGERS CITY... CHARLEVOIX.. NORTHPORT... MANCELONA... GAYLORD... ATLANTA.. .ALPENA... FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA... GRAYLING...MIO... HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE... CADILLAC...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE... WEST BRANCH.. .TAWAS CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MI&prodtype=warnings 

Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this info

Snow Returns to Northwest - Tonight, snow will fall along the Cascade Range of Washington and northern Oregon. A few inches of snow will impact travel along I-90 through Washington's Snoqualmie Pass. Farther east, snow will fall Tuesday and Tuesday night over higher areas of northern Idaho and western Montana. Snow-slicked pavement may be encountered along I-90 through Lookout Pass and over the Montana divide.

http://www.accuweather.com/news-story.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&article=5

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
11 MAY 09 - HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MONTANA AND WEST CENTRAL MONTANA.

ON TUESDAY...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING AND BRINGING
SNOW TO THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.... SLUSHY AND SLICK ROADS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER LOOKOUT AND MARIAS PASSES.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MT&prodtype=special
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for these links

Second Coolest April this Century - 7 May 09 – According to accuweather.com, the month of April globally was the second coolest April so far this century.

More than a foot of snow expected in the Sierra Nevada - THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET... FOR THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA FROM YOSEMITE TO KINGS CANYON.

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SAT MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT ABOVE 8000 FEET AND LOWER TO AROUND 6500 FEET ON SAT MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 16 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 9000 FEET ...  6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE AT THE 7500 FOOT LEVEL.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=CA&prodtype=warnings 

Robert -   

Chinook, Montana beats all-time snow record by 40 inches!!
Just nuts! Didn't hear that on the news. 

Andrew, Spokane

30 Apr 09 - The storm that brought record amounts of snow to central and north central Montana this week is now winding down. The heavy snowfall caused roads and airports to close, produced power outages and forced the closure of many area schools.

The recent snows have added to the large amounts of snow recorded over the past winter across much of the area. Some locations have recorded their snowiest season of record, with the snow season not yet finished. Following is a table with snowfall totals for the season and other record information.

For the month of April, some snow records have also fallen. At Bozeman MSU 49.4
inches of snow have fallen. This exceeds the record of 37 inches in April 1955. This is also the most measured in any month at Bozeman MSU. The old record was 44.3 inches in November 1941. This is also the wettest April of record. 4.40 inches of precipitation has fallen. The old record was 3.59 inches in 1912 and 2003.

At Cut Bank, the 11 inches of snow on the ground on April 30 is the greatest recorded on any day in A;ril. The old record was 10 inches on April 30, 1967.  

Following is a table with some of the snowfall amounts reported from Monday through Thursday morning....

ST MARY........ 60
BABB VICINITY.. 48
BADGER PASS.... 43
DUPUYER CREEK.. 34
MT LOCKHART.... 34
WALDRON........ 34
ROGERS PASS.... 26.7
PIKE CREEK..... 26
GREAT FALLS.... 25.6
BROWNING....... 24
CUT BANK 10W... 24
PENDROY........ 20
PICKFOOT CREEK. 20
CHOTEAU........ 18.7
BENCHLAND...... 18
CARTER 25N..... 18
CHOTEAU 8NE.... 16
HOBSON......... 16
CRYSTAL LAKE... 16
HELENA 3S...... 14
DAISY PEAK..... 14
GOLD BUTTE..... 13
MONTANA CITY... 13
MILLEGAN....... 13
ROCKY BOY...... 13
CHOTEAU........ 12.5
MONARCH........ 12
CASCADE 5SSE... 12
STANFORD....... 12
VALIER......... 11.7
CONRAD......... 11
MANY GLACIER... 11
NEIHART........ 10.1
http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/tfx/pdfs/April27_2009.pdf

Record Snowfall in Great Falls, MT -  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREAT FALLS MT .. THROUGH NOON TODAY...APRIL 29...9.9 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT  GREAT FALLS...THIS EXCEEDS TODAY'S RECORD OF 5.4 INCHES SET IN 1913.
 
ALSO THROUGH NOON TODAY... GREAT FALLS RECEIVED 19.0 INCHES OF SNOW.. EXCEEDING BOTH THE 2- AND 3-DAY RECORDS FOR SNOWSTORMS AT GREAT FALLS. THE OLD 2-DAY RECORD WAS 17.3 INCHES SET APRIL 19-20...1973...THE OLD 3-DAY RECORD WAS 18.1 INCHES SET NOVEMBER 26-28 ...2005.

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this info

Daily snowfall records set
Choteau, MT…12.5”
Great Falls…8.1”
Ft. Assinniboine, MT…1.1
Rogers Pass, MT…21.6”
Shelby, MT…3.0”
Valie, MTr…3.0”

Record snowfall in three states
"Just take a look at these two day's-worth of records," says reader Chuck Clancy. "Most of them are near 100 years old, and a substantial number are well over 100."

Total Number of Records for April 28, 2009
New: 11 + Tied: 2 = Total: 13
 

Ft. Assinniboine, MT…1.1
Rogers Pass, MT…21.6”
Shelby, MT…3.0”
Valie, MT…3.0”

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=snow& month=4&day=28&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records

Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Record snowfall in five states
Total Number of Records for April 27, 2009
New: 17 + Tied: 0 = Total: 17
 

Fort Benton, MT…1.6”
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/records/index.php?ts=daily&elem=snow& month=4&day=27&year=2009&submitted=Get+Records
Thanks to Chuck Clancy for this link

Storm warning changed to Blizzard Warning - THIS BLIZZARD WARNING IS AN UPGRADE FROM PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WARNING. . SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE FALLING OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT AND  ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH WEDS NIGHT. .EXPECT 15 TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PLAINS... 2 TO 3 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS.

SNOWFALL RATES COULD APPROACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR.. . COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO LIVESTOCK...TRAVEL...POWER TRANSMISSION AND ALL OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=MT&prodtype=warnings 
Thanks to Kenneth Lund for this link