It is entirely likely that several winter storms would be rated if NCEI rated winter storms that moved through the West, including Kai, Lucian, Maya and Nadia. The RSI is not used in the West or Southwest due to the sparsity of population in areas that get snow. Each storm brought snow to nearly 24 million people. NCEI rated winter storms Petra and Quiana category 1 storms in the Plains and Upper Midwest. By mid-month, the pace of winter storms quickened enough to put the 2018-2019 winter storm season ahead of schedule despite starting 5-10 days behind. The peak month for winter storms, February, came with no nor'easters, but instead was headlined by several cross-country storms that began their reigns in the Northwest and finalized their impacts in the Great Lakes or Northeast.Įvery single day of February had at least one active winter storm crossing the country. In January, the season's only Category 2 storm, Winter Storm Gia, brought heavy snow to the Ohio Valley, including St. (Six winter storm seasons were used in averages.) Storms of the 2018-2019 winter storm season from November to January. More information on all of the winter storms can be found two sections below. Winter storms Avery and Bruce were also rated category 1 storms in the Northeast, Ohio Valley and northern Plains. Diego brought very heavy snow to parts of the Southeast in December. The RSI rates storms based on how much snow they drop, how much area is covered by snowfall and how much population is covered.

In fact, Winter Storm Diego was rated a Category 3 storm by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) using the Regional Snowfall Index (RSI). The first two months brought several high-impact winter storms. Widespread high-impact winter storms frequented cities roughly every two weeks.ĭespite the common track through the Plains, most winter storms this season were named due to population criteria. Much of the first half of winter storm season was dominated by a slower than usual pacing of storms. This number of storms is near the 6 year average since storms have been named by The Weather Channel.Ī common track from the Great Basin and Intermountain West through the Central Plains and into the Great Lakes emerged during the season while typical nor'easters were largely absent minus a few weaker storms. There were a total of 24 named winter storms in the season, which began when Avery formed in mid-November and ended in late April when Xyler dissipated. The winter storm season of 2018-2019 brought a persistently wet storm track from the Southwest to the Midwest that helped bring a big spring flood to many of the rivers in the nation's heartland.

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