A slow-moving weather system dumped feet of snow on the Rockies in mid-April 2015 (PHOTOS: ) Salt Lake City went from April 14 to picking up 5.8 inches of snow on April 15. Just over 700 feet higher than the airport, 10 inches of snow was measured at the University of Utah just before midday April 15. In the adjacent Wasatch Mountains, a storm total of 45 inches was reported at Snowbird. Snow fell at the rate of one inch...

A major late-season snowstorm is underway for parts of the northern and central Rockies and the adjacent High Plains. In fact, this winter storm has just been named Winter Storm Venus. MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Best Winter Photos 2014-2015 ...

Winter Storm Venus dumped heavy, wet snow from the Rockies to the High Plains during Mother's Day weekend 2015. At the same time snow from Venus was ongoing, on the South Carolina coast and . (MORE: ) Estimated snowfall totals for Venus. Venus first brought snow to California's Sierra Nevada and the mountains of Southern California .Palomar Mountain in San Diego County saw 2 inches of snow on May 8. that the last time it snowed there in May was...

More than 7 inches of snow fell at the National Weather Service's Flagstaff office, which is actually located just west of the city, in Bellemont, Arizona. (NWS Flagstaff) It's looking a lot like winter again in parts of northern Arizona, where a storm system has brought several inches of snow to areas near Flagstaff. The National Weather Service's Flagstaff office –which is actually located just west of the city, in Bellemont – on its Twitter page Friday morning. Areas of...

The winter of 2014-15 served up some wild weather extremes but depending on where you lived in the U.S. they were at opposite ends of the spectrum. While parts of the West experienced some of their warmest and least snowy conditions on record, the East meanwhile suffered through one of the snowiest and at times coldest winters on record. Much of this dichotomy had to do with the overall position of the jet stream across North America. Figure 2a...

The start to the Memorial Day weekend, which is the traditional start to summer, was greeted with a reminder of winter in some areas of northern New England. (MORE:) Snow came down heavy at times Saturday morning in northern New England. Visibility dropped to a quarter mile at times due to the heavy snow. The snow was due to a cold upper-level low that moved through the region. Light rain changed to snow in spots early Saturday morning as temperatures...

Snow blankets the ground in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia on July 16, 2015. (Connor Richards/Facebook) Parts of southern Queensland, Australia were blanketed by snow Thursday and Friday in what was considered by some the region's most significant snowfall in three decades. Up to eight centimeters – roughly three inches – of snow were reported in the far south of Queensland, near the border of New South Wales, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Children were seen enjoying...

Blizzard conditions have forced a delay in the construction of a large telescope in Hawaii. The National Weather Service has issued a for the Big Island's volcanic peaks of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa. The warning says that 5-8 inches of snow is possible above 11,000 feet through Thursday. Winds were forecast to be sustained at 45 to 65 mph with gusts to 85 mph possible. Blizzard Warning Webcam from the summit of Mauna Kea. May be difficult to view...

The calendar may still say August, but the first winter storm warning was issued this past Wednesday in the U.S. and you guessed it – the warning was in far northern Alaska. In addition to the snow, coastal flooding was reported in Barrow, Alaska. There was snow last week in Glacier National Park, but winter storm warnings were not issued. Temperatures dipped into the 30s into much of northern Montana, including Cut Bank, where the low hit 32 degrees Aug....

The season's first snow dusts Crystal Mountain, Washington, on September 2, 2015. (CrystalMt/Twitter) The first snow of the 2015-2016 season dusted parts of the Washington Cascades, and snow also blanketed the high country of southern British Columbia on Wednesday, whetting the pre-season appetites of skiers and snowboarders. A dusting of snow covered parts of the ground at the top of Summit House (elevation 6,873 feet) at . About 486 inches of snow falls in an average year here, according to...

It's not often you hear of a snowstorm falling on top of a raging wildfire, but that's exactly what happened Friday in Idaho. National Weather Service Incident Meteorologist Ryan Walbrun shared with us photos of the blanket of snow near the Elevenmile Fire burning in central Idaho. Location of the Elevenmile Fire in central Idaho (white circle), where snow fell on September 4, 2015. Almost four dozen other large fires were still burning in the West, as of September 4....

Now that the January 2014 deep freeze is abating, it's time to take stock of its place in history. The core of the cold came Monday, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7. Subzero temperatures affected a large swath from Montana to New York and as far south as northern Oklahoma and northern Alabama. Persistent winds pushed wind chills into life-threatening territory, reaching 40 below to 60 below zero across a large swath of the Midwest. The National Weather Service in...

A blanket of fresh snow covered New England towns Tuesday as Winter Storm Juno slammed the area. Some parts of the region have recorded heftysnow totals as the day wears on. More than two feet of snow fell in areas of Maine and New Hampshire. By Tuesday night, blizzard warnings were downgraded to winter storm warnings and advisories across much of the region. Some closures will last into Wednesday, but most day-to-day operations are predicted to resume. (IMPACTS: | |...