An annotated map of the US showing notable climate events that occurred across the country during March 2019 (NOAA NCEI)

US Experienced Coldest First Quarter in Five Years

4/15/2019 - The so-called bomb cyclone that brought heavy snow, blizzard conditions and major flooding to the Midwest in March landed with a resounding meteorological "ka-boom!" and became one of two billion-dollar weather and climate disasters this year. The other was a severe storm that struck the Northeast, Southeast and Ohio Valley… SEE MORE