Parts of New York braced for yet another lake effect snow event that brought nearly 5 feet of snow to a town just east of Lake Ontario. This additional snowfall was accompanied by yet another blast of bitterly cold wind as it slid across the northern U.S. The new cold surge whipped up a ground blizzard across parts of the Upper Midwest Thursday of last week. A lake-effect snowband in Michigan played a role in a that occurred Friday morning...

took a long December vacation, but a significant pattern change opened the Arctic freezer door as 2014 came to a close. Wednesday morning put an exclamation point on the cold snap, as the tiny unincorporated village of Daniel, Wyoming, plummeted to 48 degrees below zero. That wasn't the wind chill -- that was the actual temperature. It's the coldest temperature recorded anywhere in the contiguous United States in all of 2014. The cold is already suspected to be the cause...

Winter Storm Hektor brought snow and freezing rain to the Ohio Valley and Northeast, leaving behind a swath of messy roadways and two deaths. Local police said was killed when his vehicle lost control on icy roads and careened into a utility pole in Chester, New York, the Times-Herald Record reports. Over the weekend, Winter Storm Hektor killed at least one person in Arkansas. In the Ozarks, 49-year-old Mark Londrie and flipped early Sunday morning, KY3 News reports. Hektor slowed...

Accompanying a ,for some, Winter Storm Astro brought the season's first snow to a swath of the north-central U.S. from Sunday, Nov. 9 through Tuesday, Nov. 11. In a few cases, records were set. (MORE: ||) Snow Reports/Totals The heaviest snow from Astro came in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where cold winds blowing across Lake Superior helped boost totals. An observer 7 miles north-northeast of Ishpeming, Michigan, reported 42.5 inches of snow as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Some of this was...

Winter Storm Frona's unusual journey finally ended after an an 8-day jog through parts of the Southwest, Midwest and Northeast, finally moving into eastern Canada fully eight days after arriving in the Pacific Northwest on December 27. Frona has been blamed for at least 16 deaths along its winding path as well as impacting traffic during the holiday season. (MORE:) Montreal was particularly hard hit, with some 140,000 Hydro-Quebec customers lacking power as of Sunday afternoon due to the effects...

Winter Storm Gorgon raced across the country at near-freeway speeds, bringing a swath of snow more than 2,000 miles long from Washington state to New Jersey in barely 48 hours. (MORE: | ) This fast-moving system prompted winter storm warnings, and advisories for parts of 22 states from Washington all the way to New Jersey, as well as the District of Columbia. Snow and Ice Reports Northeast: Bands of snow snarled the morning commute in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore...

Winter Storm Hektor brought some light snow to parts of the Northeast. Early Jan. 12, light ice accumulations were reported in parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia. Up to one-third of an inch of ice accumulation lead to traffic accidents and a few power outages in parts of Indiana throughout the morning. (NEWS:) Light freezing rain also fell along parts of the Interstate 95 corridor from northern Virginia to the New York City area. Sidewalks became slidewalks, and...

Once again, snow, freezing rainand sleet made a mess of the morning commute from the Southeast into the Mid-Atlantic on the heels of a wintry mess from . The wintry mess set up when fresh, cold air surged down the Piedmont and coastal plain of Virginia and the Carolinas. Then, a disturbance in the jet stream swooped in with sufficient moisture and rising air to generate precipitation over that wedge of cold air at the surface. (MORE: | ) Whileprecipitation...

The United Kingdom has endured a number of storms over the past few weeks, one of which - named "Rachel" in Europe - brought strong winds, heavy rain and snow to parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland. According to Senior Meteorologist Stu Ostro of The Weather Channel, "a mid-upper level disturbance which kicked out of the Northeast [joined] up with the system, [giving it] a big boost of energy, [allowing it to] turn into a large, strong cyclone as...

We are now halfway through meteorological winter, December through February, and many cities are still starving for snow. Some cities in the Northeast and Midwest have seen less than half the amount of snow that they would in an average season so far. Below-average temperatures were seen across the East for much of November and , but December was mild compared to average for much of the country. Even with cold air in place at times, the snow just has...

A storm system that brought light icing to the Northeast caused hundreds of accidents on Jan. 18, 2015. Heavy rain and some snow also accompanied the storm. The storm did not meet for warning-level winter weather required to be a named winter storm. However, at one point freezing rain advisories – less serious than an ice storm warning, which would have counted toward those thresholds – included some 32 million people on the morning of Jan. 18, 2015. Though the...

Photo from Labrador City. Image used with permission from the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary on Twitter. Heavy snow and high winds hit Labrador in far eastern Canada early this week. , 78 centimeters, or about 30 inches, fell in the town of Wabush. Winds peaked near 40 mph, The combination of heavy snow and wind led to considerable drifting. The that transportation was halted and that schools and businesses were closed Tuesday. Some schools remained closed Wednesday. Below are more incredible...

BREAKING NEWS: This system has been named Winter Storm Iola. You can find the latest forecast details at the link below. (MORE: ) MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Winter Storm Nemo – February 2013 New Haven, Conn. A neighborhood near New Haven, Conn., is buried in snow in the aftermath of a storm that hit Connecticut and much of New England. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) ...