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Winter Storm Bringing Widespread Hazardous Weather to the Eastern U.S.

A rapidly-intensifying winter storm continues to bring heavy snow, high winds, and blizzard conditions over the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes through today. An Arctic front will lead in a period of gusty to high winds and sharply colder temperatures over the entire eastern U.S. Heavy lake effect snow is then expected from Lakes Erie and Ontario through New Year's Day. Read More >

Month F? F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Weak Str. Vio Sig. Total
Jan 7 7 7 8 0 1 0 14 8 1 9 30
Feb 2 12 29 18 2 1 0 41 20 1 21 64
Mar 5 109 86 66 17 3 1 195 83 4 87 287
Apr 30 322 326 179 50 18 1 648 229 19 248 926
May 131 714 592 266 91 30 6 1306 357 36 393 1830
Jun 14 255 160 83 24 3 0 415 107 3 110 539
Jul 5 39 51 25 2 0 0 90 27 0 27 122
Aug 4 37 40 14 2 0 0 77 16 0 16 97
Sep 3 78 24 17 1 2 0 102 18 2 20 125
Oct 13 83 74 19 7 1 0 157 26 1 27 197
Nov 14 41 65 22 10 3 0 106 32 3 35 155
Dec 2 6 12 15 3 0 0 18 18 0 18 38
Total 230 1703 1466 732 209 62 8 3169 941 70 1011 4410
Note: F? refers to tornadoes (-) that did not received a Fujita Scale or Enhanced Fujita Scale rating.