Amarillo, Texas Amarillo emergency personnel assist a stranded motorist on the I-40 service road Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Michael Schumacher) Winter Storm Rocky packed heavy snow and strong winds left six people dead in Kansas, hundreds of vehicles crashed or stranded in Wisconsin, and tens of thousands of utility customers without power in Michigan. "It's the heaviest snow we've received all winter long, as far as the largest quantity and it's wet," said Mark Rupnik,...

Skiers and snowboarders are towed back to their cars in this Feb. 10 photo by a 1954 Bombadier snow tractor after a weekend of skiing at Meany Lodge in Stampede Pass, Wash. At Meany Lodge, it's as if time stood still where a Chevy truck engine still powers the longest of three rope tows. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Craig Hill) STAMPEDE PASS, Wash. (AP) — The instructions for time travel are as follows: Step one: On a winter weekend, follow...

Amarillo, Texas Amarillo emergency personnel assist a stranded motorist on the I-40 service road Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/The Amarillo Globe News, Michael Schumacher) Here are some selected snowfall reports from Winter Storm Rocky as it made its way from the mountains of the Pacific Northwest through the Rockies and into the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast from Thursday, Feb. 21 through the following Thursday, Feb. 28. Also on the list are selected ice accumulation reports from freezing rain that...

Winthrop, Mass. A state police cruiser parks along Winthrop Shore Drive just after high tide as side streets were flooded during a storm that left as much as a foot of snow in some areas, March 8, 2013. (Darren McCollester/Getty Images) WHITMAN, Mass. -- The late-winter storm that buried parts of the country was forecast to be little more than a nuisance for most of New England. Try telling that to Connecticut and Massachusetts residents who spent two days shoveling...

Saturn's Eastern Storm Reports The Weather Channel named Winter Storm Saturn on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Snow hit the central and northern Rockies on Sunday, March 3, and spread into North Dakota by Monday, March 4. By Tuesday, March 5, the most significant snows had shifted into the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region. On March 6, snow took aim on the Appalachians and areas to the west of Washington, D.C. From March 7 to March 8, Saturn...

Winona, Minn. Seven inches of wet snow from Winter Storm Triton caused this tree branch to snap in Winona, Minn., on March 11, 2013. (iWitness Weather/Tom Grier) Winter Storm Triton's snowy blast began at the beginning of the weekend, dumping more than a foot of snow on Flagstaff, Ariz. before moving into the Rockies. Blizzard conditions could be present as the storm moves east in the coming days, so caution should be urged. Here are some images from the areas...

Winter Temperature Rankings Statewide winter temperature rankings for December 2012 through February 2013. Numbers indicate ranking among the last 118 winters; for example, Utah had its 20th-coldest winter while Florida had its tenth-warmest. Source: NCDC/NESDIS/NOAA The winter of 2012-13 was another warmer-than-average one, according to data released by NOAA's National Climatic Data Center on Monday. The report, which covers the recently-concluded "meteorological winter" from Dec. 1 through Feb. 28, shows that 2012-13 was the 20th-warmest winter of the past 118...

Luna Winter Storm Reports Winter Storm Luna initially produced an icy mess Sunday morning, January 27 in parts of the Upper Midwest. This spread into the interior Northeast by Monday morning, January 28 and into New England that afternoon. Our clickable map above shows all icing reports in the Upper Midwest and East through late Monday afternoon. Click on each icon to see the ice report. Ice accumulations from 1/4 to 1/2 inch were observed in northeast Iowa, northwest Illinois...

The Weather Channel named Winter Storm Triton on March 7, 2013. Triton brought a swath of snow beginning March 8 in California and continuing through March 11 in Upper Michigan. Lake-effect snow in the wake of Triton added to the totals in northern Michigan into March 12. California Top snow total: 7 inches at Bear Valley Springs, just southeast of Bakersfield. Arizona Top snow total: 26 inches at Forest Lakes. Official Flagstaff snow total: 12.3 inches on March 8 and...

Beaumont-Hague, France A gendarme wipes the snow off a car's registration plate on March 13, 2013, on the D901 (secondary road 901) near Beaumont-Hague, northwestern France. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images) Snow-choked European cities are struggling to get planes, trains and roads moving again after a surprisingly intense, late-season storm. A few flights were canceled Wednesday and many were facing long delays at Paris' Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports and the Frankfurt Airport. (MORE: ) "This has been an exceptional storm,...

Last Hurrah for Bitter Cold Current Wind Chill (Bitterly cold wind chills increase the risk of frostbite and hypothermia.) The Arctic air first plunged into the Upper Midwest on Saturday, Jan. 19, reaching northern parts of North Dakota and Minnesota where temperatures tumbled throughout the day. By Sunday, Jan. 20, parts of this region stayed below zero all day, including Grand Forks, N.D., and International Falls, Minn. The bitter cold spread south and east on Monday, Jan. 21. Minneapolis-St. Paul...

Beaumont-Hague, France A gendarme wipes the snow off a car's registration plate on March 13, 2013, on the D901 (secondary road 901) near Beaumont-Hague, northwestern France. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images) BUDAPEST, Hungary -- A major snowstorm and violent gusts of wind forced thousands of people to spend the night in their cars or roadside buildings after being stranded on a major Hungarian highway. Rescue officials said wind gusts of up to 100 kph (62 mph) and trucks jackknifed across the M1...