Many cities across the U.S. are experiencing the snowiest starts to the winter season in decades

Powerful Northeast snowstorm followed by utmost cold

FOX Weather Correspondent Katie Byrne is unrecorded successful Chester, Pennsylvania with a recap of the almighty snowstorm that covered the country implicit the weekend, present followed by life-threatening acold impacting astir 2 twelve states and raising question concerns. Latest:

After years of a snow drought, the Northern Tier is seeing an highly snowy commencement to the meteorological winter season, with immoderate locations seeing much than 400% supra their mean snowfall.  

Currently, galore cities are sitting connected astir 2 feet supra normal. 

This is seen successful South Bend, IN, wherever they person 36.3 inches, portion Chicago has recorded 17.3 inches this play with much than 15 inches falling betwixt Nov. 29 and Dec. 7. 

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Snowy scenes passim Chicago amid archetypal circular of clipper system

(FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray / FOX Weather)

It’s not conscionable the Midwest that is experiencing accrued snowfall this season. Cities crossed the Ohio Valley are supra mean arsenic well. 

In Indianapolis, they recorded a full of 14.7 inches of snowfall this twelvemonth with 11.2 inches of that falling successful December. 

So far, this is Indianapolis' second-snowiest commencement to wintertime since their records began successful 1871 and if the metropolis gets immoderate much snowfall this month, it volition fertile 3rd spot for the snowiest December connected record.

Another metropolis that has caught the FOX Forecast Center’s oculus is Cincinnati, OH, which has recorded 13.4 inches of snowfall truthful acold this year. For December alone, the metropolis saw 10.8 inches of snow. 

If an further 5.8 inches autumn earlier the extremity of the month, it volition necktie for the snowiest December connected record. 

In Syracuse, NY, they are presently sitting connected 40.6 inches of snow, putting the metropolis astatine astir treble what they typically spot during this clip of year. 

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Several factors person contributed to this snowy wintertime season. First, the presumption of the pitchy watercourse has allowed for repeated surges of moisture to expanse done the Midwest and Northeast. The pitchy watercourse placement has besides opened the doorway for continued Arctic aerial to spill into the east. The operation of colder temperatures and tempest patterns has created a cleanable paring for endless snow. 

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA  DECEMBER 13: A idiosyncratic adjacent Seminary Kroger bends implicit to enactment connected their gloves successful the snow, connected December 13, 2025 successful Bloomington, Indiana. 

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But a longer-range forecast is predicting that galore of these areas volition spot warmer temperatures astatine the extremity of the month. 

Locations from Iowa done Pennsylvania volition person constricted snowfall sum arsenic a lukewarm unit strategy sweeps done the area, which volition origin the snowfall to melt. 

This doesn’t mean each areas volition afloat flight the snow, but determination whitethorn beryllium a batch less.