It’s been quite a cold winter thus far across the Great Lakes, the northeastern United States & the Mid-Atlantic states. December and January have had well below average temperatures across the northeastern United States, the Great Lakes and the northern Plains states.

December Temperatures As Compared To Average:

January Temperatures As Compared To Average:

As for snow, a majority of the snow so far has been confined to the northern Plains states, the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic states & the Northeastern US.

It should be noted that last night’s major winter storm significantly impacted a large part of North Carolina and parts of South Carolina with upwards of over a foot of snow. Severe blizzard conditions occurred last night on the North Carolina Outer Banks. Also, as expected, snow flurries were observed as far south as Tampa & even into parts of southwest Florida. Without a doubt, this was a historic storm that’ll probably not happen again for a long time.

Snow Totals So Far This Winter (Note – Last Night’s Carolina Winter Storm Is Not Included In These Totals):

Looking Ahead To The Month Of February – It looks like it’s going to be a cold month across much of the eastern United States with a majority of this cold centered across the Mid-Atlantic states and northeastern United States.

It also looks as though we are far from being done with snow as longer range weather guidance are pointing towards the potential for quite a snowy month across the northeastern United States.

So, for those of you in the eastern United States that are sick of winter, I’m sorry!! Winter looks to hang on for at least another month.

February Temperature Outlook:

Possible Snow Amounts During The Month Of February (Ignore The Snow Amounts In The Carolinas As This Model Was Run Yesterday & Included The Big Storm):