Nine states had their warmest winter ever recorded

In addition to a lack of snowfall compared to the historical average, these nine states had their warmest year on record.

By Jesse Ferrell, Mar 11, 2026

"Winter barely showed up the way it usually does for millions of people from #Oregon to #Texas. Nine states logged their warmest meteorological winter on record, defined as Dec. 1 through the end of February. These dates are agreed upon by meteorologists for record-keeping and comparison purposes, but the historical average dates of the lowest temperatures varies from city to city.

"NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, which has records back to 1895, said this winter was the warmest in Oregon, #Nevada, #Arizona, #Utah, #Wyoming, #Colorado, #NewMexico, Texas and #Oklahoma."

Read more:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/winter-weather/nine-states-had-their-warmest-winter-ever-recorded/1871239

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US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Updated 12:03 AM EDT, March 13, 2026

"Nearly every part of the United States is getting walloped by wild weather or just about to be.

"Days of downpours have begun in #Hawaii. The #Southwest will soon bake with day after day of record 100-degree-plus (38 Celsius-plus) #heat. Two storms will dump snow by the foot over northern #GreatLakes states. And the dreaded #PolarVortex will again invade the Midwest and East with soul-crushing #ArcticChill.

"This forecast of extremes comes as weather whiplash already hit much of the East. On Wednesday, Washington, D.C. residents walked around in shorts in record-breaking 86 degrees Fahrenheit (about 30 Celsius). On Thursday, it snowed.

" 'All of the country, even if you’re not necessarily seeing extremes, are going to see generally changing from cold to warm, or warm to cold to warm,' said meteorologist Marc Chenard of the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center in Maryland.

"Former National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Ryan Maue said he expects extreme weather in all 50 states."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/heat-dome-snow-blizzard-cold-polar-flooding-55e3baf6877e81ee1961aade3cb361c3

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Yup. Welcome to #ClimateChange. Winter to Summer (and maybe back to Winter again) in record time! Also, #Maine is going to tie/break the record for the high on #March10th

Monday soars to a springlike 68 degrees. Warmth not letting up, with a good shot of record-setting highs Tuesday.
Highs will reach the upper 60s and low 70s across the region

By Ken Mahan Globe Staff, Updated March 9, 2026

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/09/metro/new-england-forecast-warm-weather/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/YJVDy

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Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/27/us-winters-getting-shorter

According to new data released by Climate Central, an independent climate science and communication group, researchers find that across 195 US cities, 80% of major U.S. cities, winters are on average nine days shorter than they were in 1970-1997.

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