Heavy Rain and Snow from Central California to the Northern Rockies through Midweek; Ice and Snow Returns Later This Week to the Mid-Atlantic and New England

Moderate to heavy rain with a risk for flooding will continue for northern and central California, with heavy mountain snow in the Sierras, southern Cascades, and northern Rockies through midweek. Low pressure tracking through the Ohio Valley and off the Northeast U.S. coast Wednesday into Thursday will bring moderate to locally heavy rain south of it's track and ice and snow to the north. Read More >

Not only was 2012 a warm year in the Northland, it was also a warm year across the globe and one of the warmest on record, according to an article published by the American Meteorological Society.

Read more about it here.

To refresh your memory and compare temperatures from 2012 to 2013, below are graphs depicting the average temperatures through the years of 2012 (on the left)
and 2013 (on the right) for International Falls, MN, Duluth and Hayward, WI. Click on each image for a larger view.
Read more about the Northland's warm year- Northland's Weather of 2012.