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Rare Southern U.S. Winter Storm; Dangerous Cold Weather For Much of the Eastern U.S.; Critical Fire Weather for Southern California

A rare winter storm impacting the Southern U.S. will move offshore Wednesday morning. Behind the storm, arctic air will continue encompassing the eastern two-thirds of the Nation with only a slow return to normal temperatures expected by the end of the week. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds and low humidity will maintain Critical fire weather conditions in southern California into Thursday. 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 5 108 85 66 17 3 1 193 83 4 87 285
Apr 24 311 292 177 48 17 1 603 225 18 242 870
May 122 699 569 262 89 29 6 1268 351 35 386 1776
Jun 14 255 160 83 24 3 0 415 107 3 110 539
Jul 4 39 51 25 2 0 0 90 27 0 27 121
Aug 4 37 40 14 2 0 0 77 16 0 16 97
Sep 3 77 24 17 1 2 0 101 18 2 20 124
Oct 13 83 72 19 7 1 0 155 26 1 27 195
Nov 2 34 53 20 7 3 0 87 27 3 30 119
Dec 2 6 12 15 3 0 0 18 18 0 18 38
Total 202 1668 1394 724 202 60 8 3062 926 68 993 4258
Note: F? refers to tornadoes (-) that did not received a Fujita Scale or Enhanced Fujita Scale rating.