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Dangerous Heat in the East; Critical Fire Weather in the Southwest

Dangerous, record-breaking heat will intensify across most of the central and eastern U.S this week. Heat indices will likely exceed 100 degrees. Heat is likely to continue across the eastern U.S. through the Independence Day holiday weekend. Critical fire weather conditions will continue today and likely Tuesday across portions of the Four Corners and northern High Plains. Read More >

La Nina Winters Tend to have the colder temperatures and more significant snowfall toward the second half of the winter.

 


The chart above is based on all La Nina winters from 1949 to the present, there were 21 winters,  1949-50, 1953-54, 1954-55, 1963-64, 1966-67, 1969-70, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1983-84, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2009-10, 2012-13 and 2016-17.