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More snow in Florida than Utah? Why weird weather has dominated the US in 2026
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The weather pattern has kept western US unusually dry and plunged the eastern two-thirds into bitter cold.
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Amy Graff
The weather has been a bit weird across the United States this winter. As historic amounts of snow fell in the Carolinas and bitter cold gripped practically everywhere else east of the Rockies, some western states have basked in high temperatures more typical of late spring than the dead of winter.
Perhaps no other contrast tells this story better than the fact that, since the start of 2026, Florida has recorded more snow than Salt Lake City.
