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WXnation.com's Top 40 Weather Days
of 2006
Determined by number of WXnation.com's
unique users, Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2006: (Also, see
Top 40 city pages visited in 2006)
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Nov. 30: Winter Storm From S. Plains To Great Lakes: Okla.
gets up to foot of snow; N. Texas prepares for wintry mix; Foot of snow
possible in KC, slick roads cause traffic problems; Several inches of
rain, ice, snow likely in St. Louis; Mo. braces for winter weather; 9
inches of snow possible in Chicago; Seattle breaks one-month
precipitation record in snowy weather; NW facing new snowstorm Blog entry |
2 |
Dec. 29: 2nd Colo. Snowstorm/Texas Tornadoes: Denver gets blitzed
by another snowstorm; Life-threatening blizzard paralyzes plains; Second
storm in as many weeks breaks Cheyenne's Dec. snow record; One dead as
tornadoes move across Texas; Bush, first lady seek tornado cover Blog entry |
3 |
Feb. 12: NYC Blizzard Breaks Record: Biggest snow from single
storm in NYC since records began in 1869: More than 2 feet of snow;
Blizzard blasts into New England Blog entry |
4 |
Dec. 1: Chicago Snowstorm/St. Louis Ice Storm: Chicago flights canceled, foot of snow
forecast; Ice storm cuts power in St. Louis; Major snowstorm hits
Plains, Midwest Blog entry |
5 |
Dec. 21: Colorado Blizzard: Thousands stranded
overnight, Thurs. at Denver Int'l Airport, home; 2 to more than 4 feet
of snow in areas; DIA won't reopen until noon Fri. Blog entry |
6 |
Mar. 20: Winter Storm In Nebr., Ill., Iowa: 25 inches of snow
reported in Nebr.; Winter storm aims at C. Ind.; Snow, sleet heads for
KC, St. Louis Blog entry |
7 |
Aug. 29: Tropical Storm Ernesto heads for S. Fla.; Hurricane Katrina: One year later Blog entry |
8 |
Nov. 29: Winter storm in forecast for N. Texas, Okla., Mo.; Seattle rain at 15.26, closing in on monthly record 15.33 Blog entry |
9 |
Dec. 20: Denver, Plains blizzard dumps 2 feet or more of snow in
places, strands 5,000 at Denver Int'l Airport Blog entry |
10 |
Apr. 7: Severe weather outbreak kills at least 10 in Tenn., hits
several states; High risk for severe storms, tornadoes in Plains,
Midwest, South Blog entry |
11 |
Feb. 11: NYC, Boston, Providence under blizzard warnings as major
winter storm arrives Blog entry |
12 |
Oct. 13: Rare Oct. snowfall dumps 2 feet of snow in Buffalo, NY,
area; 392,000 without power; Parts of Ontario hit hard Blog
entry |
13 |
Mar. 13: Tornado, severe storm outbreak in Midwest; Birmingham
under tornado warning Blog entry |
14 |
Feb. 16: Blizzard warning for Green Bay, WI; Storms race across
Midwest; Winter storm watch issued for parts of North Texas Blog entry |
15 |
Mar. 19: Dallas/Fort Worth flooding: More than 9 inches of rain;
Winter storm warnings in Plains states; Hawaiian islands heavy rain;
Australia's 'Hurricane Katrina' Blog entry |
16 |
Mar. 21: Storm moves east after dumping snow on Plains; Hits:
Nebraska digs out after up to 28 inches of snow fell Blog entry |
17 |
Aug. 28: Tropical Storm Ernesto weakens after becoming hurricane, S. Fla. under hurricane watch Blog entry |
18 |
Feb. 13: NYC gets back to business after record-breaking
nor'easter blankets Central Park with 26.9 inches of snow; New England 2
gets feet of snow Blog entry |
19 |
June 19: More than 10 inches of rain prompt flood watch, road
closures in Houston area Blog entry |
20 |
June 12: Depression becomes Tropical Storm Alberto; Hurricane warnings issued in Fla.; Alberto expected to generate heavy rain for S. Fla Blog entry |
21 |
Mar. 12: Tornado warning for KC; High risk of severe storms in
Okla., Kansas, Mo., Ill., Iowa Blog entry |
22 |
Sept. 1: Just short of a hurricane, Tropical Storm Ernesto makes
landfall in N.C.; D.C. declares state of emergency in preparation for
storm Blog entry |
23 |
Dec. 22: Legions join great Denver sleepover, snow cancels 2,000
flights; Rain across eastern half of U.S.; 65,000 without power one week
after Wash. storm Blog entry |
24 |
Aug. 30: Tropical Storm Ernesto makes landfall in upper Fla.
Keys, then SW Miami-Dade Co., Fla. Blog entry |
25 |
July 4: Space shuttle Discovery lifts off; Independence Day
webcams Blog entry |
26 |
Feb. 10: Major winter snowstorm forecast to descend on East, Up
to foot of snow possible in NYC, Boston, Philly, Hartford Blog
entry |
27 |
Aug. 2: Eastern U.S. swelters in heat wave; N.Y. dims lights;
Chicago evacuates hundreds; NYC may reach 115 degree heat index Blog entry |
28 |
Mar. 9: Storms advance into Birmingham; Storm batters W.
Washington Blog entry |
29 |
Feb. 18: Winter moves south, chilly temps across much of U.S.:
Record low of -36 in NE; Philippines landslide death toll reaches 1,800 Blog entry |
30 |
Oct. 16: 3 dead in Texas thunderstorms, flooding; 100s evacuated,
Hawaii aftershocks after 6.6 quake; Buffalo area, Ontario cities
recovering from freak storm Blog entry |
31 |
Feb. 17: Wintry blast begins: Foot of snow covers Colo., Neb.;
Weird mix hits Wis.; Freezing rain chance all weekend in D/FW? Blog entry |
32 |
June 26: Serious flooding in Md. spurs state of emergency: Total
of 10 inches possible; Record rainfall poses flooding threat for
Harrisburg, Penn. area Blog entry |
33 |
Apr. 6: Storms in Kansas, Neb., Okla., Texas; Severe weather
outbreak likely today from Plains to Midwest, South Blog entry |
34 |
Aug. 31: Ernesto may hit N.C. as Cat. 1 Hurricane tonight after
weakening over Fla.; Carolinas on alert as weakened Ernesto moves north Blog entry |
35 |
July 21: National Guard in St. Louis for storm duty, 435,000
still without power; Tropical Storm Beryl passes over Nantucket; Bay Area heat; Heat wave's death toll to 16 Blog entry |
36 |
Jan. 2: Severe storms move across Ohio Valley, SE; Reno's worst
flood in 9 years; Fires ravage Okla. City, Texas towns Blog
entry |
37 |
June 22: Severe storms pound Midwest, Great Lakes; N. Ohio hit by
storms; Heat bursts occur across Nebraska early Tues.; Wildfires in West Blog entry |
38 |
Mar. 30: Tornado warning in Des Moines area, sighting in Omaha Blog entry |
39 |
Apr. 3: Tornado outbreak in Midwest, South: Storms kill at least
27, including 23 in Tenn.; Almost 800 storm reports Sunday; Severe
storms in Mid-Atlantic Blog entry |
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June 28: 9 dead in worst flooding in eastern U.S. for decades; Up
to 200,000 ordered evacuated in Penn. flooding; Flooding expected along
the Delaware Blog entry |
Top 40 City Pages Visited In 2006:
Jan. 1-Dec. 31, as determined by WXnation.com page views
(Last year's rank follows)
Biggest gainers: Denver, S. Louis, Oklahoma City, San
Francisco, Buffalo, Omaha
New to Top 40: London, U.K., Nashville, Phoenix,
Philadelphia, Louisville, Knoxville, Columbus
Biggest fallers: New Orleans, W. Palm Beach, Miami,
Cleveland, Los Angeles
Out of Top 40: Key West, Mobile, Ala., Cape Coral/Ft. Myers,
Panama City, Pittsburgh
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