Weekly Summary

  • Article #234: October 1-12, 2000

    October 1-12, 2000 October began with some warm weather, as a high pressure center gradually moved to the east. The Midwest came under the influence...

  • Article #235: October 13-20, 2000

    October 13-20, 2000 Cool conditions gave way at mid-month to a very warm and dry second half of October in the Midwest. A weak cold front began movin...

  • Article #236: October 21-31. 2000

    October 21-31, 2000: The last week of October was dominated by dry and warm conditions in the Midwest. Only Minnesota, n...

  • Article #237: November 1-7, 2000

    November 1-7, 2000 The first week of November showed the beginning of a shift in weather patterns. The strong trough that b...

  • Article #238: November 8-14, 2000

    November 8-14, 2000 The period of November 8-14 continued the previous eastwards shift of the long wave pattern to place t...

  • Article #239: November 15-21, 2000

    November 15-21, 2000: Conditions turned markedly cooler during the second half of November, and was also drier, except i...

  • Article #240: November 22-30, 2000

    November 22-30, 2000: Since the 21st, only the extreme southern Midwest received as much as 0.5 inches of rain as a pow...

  • Article #241: December 1-5, 2000

    December 1-5, 2000 During the period December 1 through 5, two light precipitation snow events occurred in the Midwest. While th...

  • Article #242: December 6-12, 2000

    December 6-12, 2000 The week of December 6-12 started quietly but ended with a huge winter storm. Precipitation from th...

  • Article #243: December 13-19, 2000

    December 13-19, 2000: Three separate winter storms traveled through the Midwest during the week of December 13-19. Th...

  • Article #244: December 20-31, 2000

    December 20-31, 2000: A series of "Alberta Clipper" storm systems brought more snow and reinforced the very cold weat...

  • Article #246: January 1-9, 2001

    January 1-9, 2001 The beginning of the New Year was rather calm and dry in the Midwest. A few weak clipper systems brought...

  • Article #247: January 10-16, 2001

    January 10-16, 2001 Temperatures averaged well above normal during the January 10-16 period, with the largest departures a...

  • Article #248: January 17-23, 2001

    January 17-23, 2001: The Midwest continued to be dry the next week, January 17-23, although temperatures were cooler. Th...

  • Article #249: January 24-31, 2001

    January 24-31, 2001: A shift in the jet stream set a large trough to the west of the Midwest during the last week of Jan...

  • Article #250: February 1-6, 2001

    February 1-6, 2001 February started off very quietly, with small temperature anomalies and little precipitation. Two clipp...

  • Article #251: February 7-13, 2001

    February 7-13, 2001 After the very quiet week previous to this one, the Midwest was visited by a major winter storm on Feb...

  • Article #252: February 14-20, 2001

    February 14-20, 2001: The week of February 14-20 started with the establishment of a large upper air trough in the South...

  • Article #253: February 21-27, 2001

    February 21-27, 2001: The week of February 21-27 was an active one in the nation's midsection. The period started with a...

  • Article #255: March 1-6, 2001

    March 1-6, 2001 The Midwest was largely bypassed by two major precipitation-producing systems during the period March 1-6....