2023 proved that extreme winter. Southern California saw an unusual amount of snow and rain, months of unseasonably warm weather hit New England with an unseasonable Nor’easter, and an ice storm in Texas cut power to more than 170,000 homes in Austin.
In terms of extreme snowfall, data will soon show how this winter compares to the last century. At this point, Stacker Citing data from NOAA Find out when Navajo County, Arizona will have its heaviest snowfall by the summer of 2021.
Navajo County, Arizona set a snow record 56 years ago. On December 14, 1967, the county received 38 inches of snow in 24 hours.
The largest nationally recorded snowfall occurred in Boulder County, Colorado, on April 15, 1921, with a snowfall of 76 inches. In the two days that followed, he reached 98 inches of cumulative three-day snowfall.
Overall, many parts of the United States had snow drop down NOAA data shows that 80% of weather stations are reducing the percentage of precipitation reaching the atmosphere as snow.
However, warmer temperatures don’t mean less snow overall. In areas with frequent cold weather, more snowfall is possible.warm climate Further accelerate evaporation of waterways and oceans And warm air contains more of that vapor. Eventually, it is released as rain in warmer regions and as snow in sub-zero temperatures.
That’s why global climate models Forecast an increase in extreme snowfall even if the earth warms.
