Brutal Winter of 2014 Update

On February 4th, this storm prompted winter storm warnings from the Southern Plains to the Northeast:

This storm produced 2" of sleet at Cape Girardeau, IN, 0.33" of freezing rain at Northeast Philadelphia, and 0.25" of freezing rain at Central Park, NY. 0.50" ice of accumulated at South Ozone Park, Queens, NY; Wilson, AR; Atoka, TN; Martin, TN; Manchester, MD; Metuchen, NJ; and 0.75" of ice accumulated at Marion, KY.

Snowfall amounts include 11.5" at Hutchinson, KS; 13.2" at Topeka, KS; 15.5" at Eskridge, KS; 15" at Sayre, PA; 11.4" at Montague, NJ; 15" at Bainbridge, NY; 12.5" at Torrington, CT; 10.6" at Boston Logan, and 13.2" at Lunenburg, MA. At Chicago, the 7" of snow from this storm pushed the seasonal total to 59.6", already making it the 8th snowiest season since 1884, and the 3rd snowiest up to February 5th.

Also on February 4th, a 944 mb storm hit the British Isles, this time further south than previous storms from this season had:

Yesterday morning (Feb 5), the temperature at Denver dropped to -19. A record low maximum temperature of -1 was set on February 5th.

So far this winter, Waco, TX has had a record setting 53 freezes.

Starting in November, and continuing through January, temperatures have been far below normal for the Midwest, and below normal for almost the entire eastern two-thirds of the US:

In Siberia, temperatures were as low as -73 at Ojmjakon on February 1, and at Verhojansk on February 3 and 4.