What will weather be like in 2018

Western Colorado went from severe thunderstorms to snow in one hour. Video captured a Texas bridge ripped apart by floodwater. Hurricane Leslie loafed, lollygagged, then ended up off Portugal.

Anchorage had a record-long wait for its first freeze of the fall Oct. Houston had its record earliest trace of snow and Monroe, Louisiana, had its record earliest accumulation. North America had its most widespread November snow cover since Airplanes triggered snow near Chicago. A tropical cyclone rained fish over India. Daily 14 Today. By Jonathan Erdman December 21, At a Glance Our roundup of 's weirdest weather had a little of everything.

Wildfire behavior made several appearances in our top 10 list. Despite Michael and Florence's impacts, two other tropical systems made our list.

It was also a strange spring in several aspects. Visible satellite image composite of the four nor'easters of March The tornado watches issued in the United States in through Nov. Alberto remained a tropical storm as far north as Lower Michigan. A Saharan dust plume can also be seen east of Ernesto. Graph of daily high and low temperatures, illustrated by the blue vertical bars, during the record-setting warm month of July in Death Valley, California. East Island, before and after being nailed by Hurricane Walaka.

Statewide temperature rankings in April first image and May second image Annual icing days index for the UK from inclusive. In a dramatic turn of events after the cold weather of March, a hot southerly flow during April saw remarkably high temperatures for the time of year. Temperatures were C across south-east England and reached 25C as far north as Whitby in Yorkshire. This set the stage for May, which, after an unsettled start, saw two further spells of warm weather. By happy coincidence, these aligned with the two bank holidays of the month and resulted in the warmest early May bank holiday since it was introduced in It was the joint warmest May on record for both Scotland and England and the sunniest on record for the UK as a whole.

After May, the weather became settled and high pressure dominated the summer. As you can see in the map below, June was exceptionally dry for southern England, with little or no rain from late May into July. In the south, some rain gauges recorded more than 50 consecutive dry days and parts of Hampshire, London and Cambridgeshire received less than 1mm during June. For the summer overall, it was the driest since and sunniest since An easterly flow, with high pressure to the north of the UK in late June, saw temperatures in the north and west reach Unusually, temperatures across Northern Ireland also exceeded 30C.

The fine and hot weather persisted through July and into early August, with the highest temperature of the year — Heat extremes were also felt across much of the northern hemisphere.

However, in contrast to the other extreme summers such as or , the UK did not experience any extended spells of exceptionally high temperatures in The summer overall was the equal-warmest for the UK, tying with , and For England, it was the warmest summer and equal fourth warmest in the Central England Temperature series from According to a preliminary analysis released by the World Weather Attribution network, the disaster was made more likely by climate change, but the data was too noisy to compute by how much.

Above: An emergency crew works at the site after a train derailed due to landslides caused by heavy rain in Karatsu city, Saga prefecture on July 7, For more details on the top climate-related stories of , check out Bob Henson's roundup at weather. This story does not necessarily represent the position of our parent company, IBM. Jeff Masters co-founded Weather Underground in while working on his Ph. Bob Henson. Tom Niziol. Christopher C. Image credit: U. Geological Survey, processed by Pierre Markuse.

Here, then, is our pick of the top ten weather and climate events of 1. Another top-five warmest year on record. The year-to-date period of January — November ranks as the fourth warmest such period on record, and is a virtual lock to be the fourth-warmest year on record once the numbers from December come in.

This means that the five warmest years on record globally will be the last five years— through Image credit: NOAA. Multiple deadly heat waves. An incredibly intense and long-lasting heat wave hit East Asia during late July and early August, breaking the all-time heat records for Japan The heat is being blamed for deaths in Japan and 28 in South Korea.

A high death toll was almost certainly experienced in North Korea, where 21 out of 24 major weather stations set all-time heat records during the heat wave, according to weather records expert Maximiliano Herrera. Mystic Lake picked up 4 inches of snow, and Red Lodge about an inch.

Over 2 inches of rain fell at Twodot and near Molt, with just under 2 inches at Rapelje. Reed Point picked up a whopping 4. The Billings airport received 1. On the evening of the 22nd, torrential rain produced 2.

During the night of the 22nd, there was flash flooding near Edgar as a culvert overflowed along US water was 10 inches deep on the highway.

On the 23rd, a funnel cloud was spotted near Billings, and quarter size hail was reported near Billings, Colstrip and Ridgeway. A spotter 17 miles south of Miles City reported 2-inch diameter hail.

May More heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This caused flooding on the east side of the Bighorn Mountains. Goose Creek also rose above flood stage at Sheridan. Billings 1. Street flooding occurred in parts of Billings in the early afternoon on the 28th. Also on the 28th, water crossed Highway about 10 miles south of Hardin. May Several severe thunderstorms impacted the region. The most severe storm produced golf ball to tennis ball 2.

Flash flooding also occurred in Roundup as nearby very heavy rain over 3 inches at Horse Thief Raws caused the Musselshell River to climb rapidly above flood stage that night and on the early morning of June 1st. Highway 12 was closed for a time due to floodwaters. The same storm produced quarter size hail near Shawmut and north of Ryegate before it intensified near Roundup. Later, golf ball size hail fell near Melstone.

June 1: More thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall and some severe weather. A severe storm produced quarter size hail from near Hardin through Forsyth to Angela. Hail accumulated 2 inches deep on parts of Highway 59 near Angela. In Billings, an early morning thunderstorm produced very heavy rain for about an hour, causing street flooding around the city.

A NWS employee reported 0. June 4: A severe thunderstorm produced quarter to golf ball size hail near Roundup and Melstone. June 7: More severe thunderstorms. In Rosebud, 65 mph wind gusts and damage downed cottonwood tree, damage to road signs. In Forsyth, multiple large trees were downed or broken, resulting in closed roads and power outages.

Near Shirley, very heavy rain and large hail 2. Some vehicles were trapped and water damaged fences. Hail accumulated on I Wind gusts in excess of 70 mph were reported near Otter and Willard.

A few other reports: 1 inch hail near Red Lodge and St. Xavier, golf ball size hail north of Hardin, 1 inch hail at Custer, half dollar size hail near Hysham, 65 mph wind gust near Crow Agency. The tornado tossed a 20 foot diameter grain bin yards, and there was some tree damage.

June 9: A severe thunderstorm produced 1. June A period of very wet weather. Billings, Miles City and Baker each received over 3 inches of rain during these 10 days. Roundup had 3. The wet weather caused more flooding on portions of the Musselshell River. Billings had 9 consecutive days with measurable rain from the 15th through the 23rd. June A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Dayton and Ranchester. June A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Joliet, and roof damage due to wind was reported near Boyd.

June Quarter size hail covered I in the Hysham Hills, causing difficult travel conditions. A funnel cloud was spotted near Lodge Grass. June Quarter size hail was reported a few miles south of Roundup, and along Highway 3 near Acton. Two inches of rain fell in the Bull Mountains. June A funnel cloud was spotted near Plevna. June During the evening, a severe thunderstorm moved across Carter County producing golf ball size hail, mph straight line wind gusts, and a EF-2 tornado touching down 4 times as it moved toward the SD border.