First came “Snowmegeddon.” Then came “Snowtorious B.I.G.” The most recent white out to take New York City by storm has a nickname too: “Snowicane.” There’s a reason for that, meteorologists at the popular forecasting website Accuweather explain. The current blizzard shows wind patterns and abnormally low barometric pressures most often associated with hurricanes. But to National Weather... 

Snow in all 50 states? While Olympic officials are scrambling to ensure there is enough snow for the Vancouver Winter Olympics, many parts of the United States are seeing more than their share of the white stuff. As odd as it may seem, if reports are accurate, this calendar year will be the first in quite a while where there has seen “snow cover” at some location in all 50 of the United States.... 

“Let it snow, let it snow, let it…….nooooooooo!!!!!!!!” That’s the refrain in The Washington D.C. area lately. As the inches added up so did some other numbers. Hundreds of thousands of homes were left without power in D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Hundreds of motorists were left stranded. Thousands of trees were knocked down. There were numerous roof collapses –... 

An official with Environment Canada said Sunday that the temperatures reached in the Edmonton area Sunday night were the coldest in the country. Peter Spiker, meteorologist for the federal agency said a record cold had been registered at the Edmonton airport: -46 degrees Celsius. With the windchill, the temperature was -59. He added that the previous mark was -33 in 1968. Mr. Spiker, said record...