Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain are unfolding across the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest on April 2, 2026, as a low-pressure system tracks northeast. A second winter storm is forecast to intensify from April 3–4, worsening the ongoing hazardous travel and increasing the risk of power outages across the Great Lakes region.
A late-season winter storm is forecast to impact the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region from late April 1 through April 3, 2026, bringing widespread freezing rain, sleet, and snow across multiple states. Ice Storm Warnings, Winter Storm Warnings, Winter Weather Advisories, and Winter Storm Watches are in effect, with ice accumulations up to 10 mm (0.4 inches) and snowfall exceeding 45 cm (18 inches) in some areas, creating hazardous travel conditions and potential power outages.
A late-season winter storm combined with severe convective activity will affect the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes from April 1–3, 2026, producing heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain, and thunderstorms. The system is expected to generate hazardous ice accumulation and support severe storms capable of damaging winds, hail, and tornadoes.
A bright fireball streaked across Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Ontario at 01:31 UTC on March 24, 2026 (21:31 local time on March 23) before disintegrating over Michigan.
A major winter storm is affecting the Northern Plains and the western Great Lakes in the United States on March 15–16, bringing heavy snowfall, strong winds, and widespread blizzard conditions. Snowfall rates of up to 7.5 cm (3 inches) per hour and wind gusts of up to 95 km/h (60 mph) are forecast across parts of eastern South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan as a strengthening low-pressure system moves toward southeastern Canada. Travel conditions are expected to become extremely dangerous across the affected region.
Winter Storm Warnings remained in effect across parts of Montana, Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wyoming on Friday, March 13, 2026, as a broad winter storm brought heavy snow, blowing snow, and hazardous travel conditions from the northern Rockies into the Upper Midwest. Forecast totals ranged from several cm in some lower elevations to 150 cm (5 feet) in parts of Idaho’s higher terrain, while parts of Montana’s mountain ranges were forecast to receive up to 120 cm (4 feet).
Winter Storm Warnings have been issued from the Rocky Mountains to the Upper Midwest and parts of the Northeast, with heavy snow, strong winds, and mixed precipitation forecast through March 14, 2026. Warnings will remain in effect from March 12 to 14 across much of Montana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, and Maine, with more than 90 cm (3 feet) of snow forecast in some areas.
A large and prolonged outbreak of Arctic air is spreading across the United States, prompting extreme cold watches across much of the northern and central United States from Thursday, January 22, 2026, through Friday, January 24. This Arctic outbreak will bring one of the most dangerous cold spells in recent years, with the greatest threat lasting from Thursday night through early Saturday morning.
Heavy snow and strong winds continue across the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. on January 19, 2026, with winter storm warnings and advisories in effect across the region. Snow accumulations are forecast to reach 15–-35 cm (6–14 inches) in Michigan and up to 120 cm (4 feet) in parts of northern New York.
Blizzard warnings have been issued across the Upper Midwest from Sunday into Monday, December 28–29, 2025, as a powerful winter storm moves toward the Great Lakes, bringing blizzard conditions to large parts of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
