National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

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 >

Rank Number of Days Beginning Date - Ending Date
1. 292 05/17/2003 - 03/03/2004
2. (t) 248 08/08/2013 - 04/12/2014
  248 07/16/1990 - 03/20/1991
4. 245 07/04/2016 - 03/05/2017
5. 234 07/04/1976 - 02/22/1977
6. 220 08/24/1977 - 03/31/1978
7. 200 08/08/1955 - 02/23/1956
8. 193 09/06/1978 - 03/17/1979
9. 192 10/22/2017 - 05/01/2018
10. 189 10/11/1969 - 04/17/1970
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