Unprecedented May Snowfall Hits West Virginia and Maryland
West Virginia experienced its biggest May snowfall on record, with up to 16 inches of snow in some locations, due to a slow-moving zone of low pressure. The weather pattern has produced much-below-average snowfall in the actual winter months. The unprecedented May snowfall is because of the sprawling zone of low pressure lodged within a stuck dip in the jet stream over the northeast United States. The storm began plaguing the Great Lakes and Northeast last weekend, and it will take almost until the coming weekend to fully depart.