Winter 2025–2026 Outlook A Transitional Pattern With Northern Chill and Southern Warmth ENSO Forecast: From Weak La Niña Toward Neutral ENSO predictions from the Columbia Climate School’s International Research Institute […]

The National Weather Service seeks the help of thousands of volunteers and trained spotters to record snowfall measurements. The proper way to measure snowfall is on a piece of plywood […]

Dense fog contains water droplets that can freeze on exposed surfaces when temperatures drop below freezing. These surfaces include vehicles, tree branches, sidewalks, rails, and road surfaces. Fog can occur several different […]

Meteorologists generally categorize winter into 3 months: December, January, and February; with “meteorological winter” beginning on December 1st and ending on February 28th (or 29th if a leap year of […]

An upper level ridge was building across the Western United States on January 17th, 2016 that resulted in a corresponding trough or dip in the jet stream across the Eastern […]

February 2019 was a record-setting month in the Upper Midwest in terms of snowfall, particularly across north central Iowa, southeast Minnesota, north central and northwest Wisconsin, and portions of the […]