(iWitnessWeather/ArcticFoxx) April 2013 was the coldest in over a decade for the U.S. Then, early May featured a freak snowstorm, with accumulating snow falling as far south as Arkansas. Fortunately, if you're not a winter fan, mid-May's higher sun angle and climatology finally shoved this cold out of the U.S. Well...except for one state. Map of temperature anomalies from April 1 through May 14, 2013. Strongest cold anomalies (4-5 degrees C or more) indicated by deep purple contours. (Image: NOAA/ESRL...

Instead of shorts and t-shirts, parts of northern New England and northern New York have been shivering and shoveling snow over the Memorial Day weekend. According to Christopher Burt of wunderground.com, snowflakes were observed at elevations as low as 750 feet from May 24-26, 2013. Accumulations were confined to elevations of 1,500 feet and higher in northern New York, northern Vermont and northern New Hampshire. As shown in the video above, Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks of New York measured...

Winter Storm Athena The storm that followed closely behind Superstorm Sandy left huge snowfall totals in some areas. Leading the way were Monroe and Clintonville, Conn., receiving 13.5 inches of snow each. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Another season of winter weather is upon us, and for the second year in a row, The Weather Channel announced it will be naming winter storms that fit appropriate criteria. Twenty-seven winter storms were named in the 2012-13 season, going one name beyond the predetermined...

(Mario Tama/Getty Images) For the second year in a row, The Weather Channel will be naming winter storms that fit certain criteria. Winter weather can bringfreezing temperatures, flooding, power outages, travel disruptions and other inconveniences caused by snow and ice storms. These can be life-threatening situations if the proper precautions are not taken in the hours and days leading up to a winter storm's arrival. The decision to begin naming storms came about as part of The Weather Channel’s program...

The Weather Channel meteorologists Tom Niziol, Peter Neilley and Stu Ostrohave determined that a storm expected to soon hit a large swath of states in the Rockies, Foothills and Plains fits all the criteria to be named Winter Storm Atlas. It is the first named storm of the 2013-14 winter weather season. The decision was based on the current level of forecast confidence, expected effects meeting National Weather Service winter storm warning criteria across a sizable area and this storm...

Northeast The interactive map above is not compatible with Internet Explorer 9, but does work with IE8, IE10, Chrome, Firefox and Safari browsers. JUMP TO ANOTHER REGION:|| When can you expect the season's first measurable snow? We've plotted National Weather Service 30-year average dates of the season's first measurable snow, the earliest-in-season snow on record and average annual snowfall for dozens of cities on the interactive map above. Click on a snowflake icon in the interactive map to see when...

The Weather Channel announced that after a successful first year, winter storms that fit a certain criteria will be named again during the 2013-14 season. Many of the requirements for a winter storm to earn a name haven't changed, as pictured in the image above. If a storm is expected to break records or get etched in our memory as a monster event, it will receive the next of our alphabetically-ordered, predetermined names on the list. (MORE:|) One difference isn't...

During the government shutdown, the 122 , issuing potentially life-saving forecasts and warnings. "Neither snow nor rain" is part of the unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service. However, NWS employees in Rapid City, S.D. seem to have taken that motto to heart. Like most other federal workers during the shutdown, the NWS meteorologists are not getting paid right now, and are hoping to receive back pay for work performed during this period. Not only are the meteorologists working for...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — Counties in western South Dakota impacted by last weekend's Winter Storm Atlas are seeking help from the federal government. Commissioners in the counties of Pennington, Meade, Lawrence and Butte all have declared disasters. That's the first step toward getting federal aid. Requests must first go through the governor. (MORE: ) Pennington County Commission Chairman Lyndell Petersen says he's confident the region will get federal help because of the size of the storm. It dumped up to...

iWitness Guzva84 captured this photo of mailboxes encased in snow in Spearfish, SD. The calendar has flipped to October, and while it is only Fall, it is not too soon to be talking about snow. Winter Storm Atlas dumped more than three feet of snow in parts of South Dakota. Heavy snow also fell in Wyoming and Montana. Here are photos that capture the power of the first winter storm of the 2013-2014 season. (MORE: Winter Storm Atlas Forecast |...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Two 20-foot-deep disposal pits opened in western South Dakota on Monday to help ranchers dispose of tens of thousands of livestock carcasses piling up since an early October blizzard decimated herds. Up to 4 feet of snow fell in the Black Hills area during the storm, killing at least 10,000 to 20,000 head of livestock, state officials say. The South Dakota Stockgrowers Association estimates this part of the state lost at least 5 percent of its...

Winter Storm Atlas delivered feet of snow from the northern Rockies to the northern High Plains Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 3-5. As the region recovered, late reports continued to trickle in as late as Monday afternoon, long after the storm had ended. Here's a roundup of the impacts of Atlas: Snow totals from Winter Storm Atlas. Wind gusts from Winter Storm Atlas. Top historical snowstorms in Rapid City, S.D.; two of the top three have occurred in 2013. South Dakota...