Category Archives: Seasons

Do Major League games get canceled due to snow?

Posted on April 3, 2017 by WeatherGuys Editor

In this country, Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season is more likely to be considered the start of spring than the vernal equinox that precedes it by two weeks each year.

However, as committed baseball fans surely know, the start of the season does not mandate the start of the warm season. In fact, though no definitive record of the total number of Major League games postponed by snow exists, quite a number of opening weeks have experienced widespread disruption as a result of early season snow. Most recently, opening weeks in 2007 and 2013 were plagued by numerous cancellations across both leagues. Continue reading →

Category: Seasons, Severe Weather

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Is springtime pothole season?

Posted on March 27, 2017 by WeatherGuys Editor

Many drivers probably consider early spring to be pothole season.

A pothole is a structural failure in a road surface.

Potholes result from a combination of traffic and water in the underlying soil. Continue reading →

Category: Seasons, Weather Dangers

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Is there a “State Tournament Snowstorm” legacy?

Posted on March 21, 2017 by WeatherGuys Editor

A persistent anecdotal piece of weather lore around Madison is that the WIAA’s boys state basketball tournament is always accompanied by a snowstorm.

With the help of Edward Hopkins at the State Climatologist’s Office, we looked into this perception with cold, hard data. Continue reading →

Category: Meteorology, Seasons

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How did this winter compare to others?

Posted on March 7, 2017 by WeatherGuys Editor

Now that the traditional winter season (December, January, February) is over, we can consider how this season stacked up against the preceding 69 winters in terms of its hemispheric intensity. One way to measure this intensity is to consider the … Continue reading →

Category: Meteorology, Seasons, Uncategorized

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How is the ice cover on the Great Lakes?

Posted on February 13, 2017 by WeatherGuys Editor

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) monitors and reports on the ice coverage of the Great Lakes. The average concentration of ice on Lake Superior is currently 5.7 percent, compared to 4.6 percent last year and 55.5 percent in 2015. … Continue reading →

Category: Climate, Meteorology, Phenomena, Seasons

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