One effect of the persistently cold winter of 2013-2014 is showing up on the world’s largest group of freshwater lakes. According to an analysis by NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, ice covered 78.7 percent of the Great Lakes on February 6. Not since early 1996 has ice been so widespread on the Great Lakes. […]

Historic October Storm: Snow Totals and Records by Chris Dolce, Meteorologist (full story) At least 24 cities in the Northeast have had at least the daily snowfall record for October 29 or October 30 from this storm and some cities had set multiple records including record daily snowfall for any day in October, record snowfall […]

Oct 28, 2011; 4:07 AM ET From a historical perspective, the upcoming major Northeast winter storm could prove to be unprecedented in terms of its early arrival in the season and the amount of snow it will drop. AccuWeather.com meteorologists are now confident that several inches to a foot of heavy, wet, and in some […]