Track the amount of snow that's fallen in your area during the biggest storm of 2026 so far.

A colossal winter storm brought deep cold, ice, sleet, and snow to millions across a huge swath of the country. The storm caused numerous power outages and triggered thousands of of flight cancellations.

In a way, yes - but not because the snow itself has color. According to IFL Science, when sunlight penetrates a snowpack, the snow absorbs the red and yellow wavelengths of the light spectrum more readily, leaving blue light to be reflected back to our eyes. The effect becomes more noticeable as snow gets deeper.

Sheriff’s offices and departments collaborate with county emergency managers to determine whether current conditions with the weather and roadways constitute issuing a snow emergency level. LEVEL 1: Roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow.

Cardiologists say shoveling snow can increase a person's risk of experiencing a heart attack.

Macungie’s Flower Park is covered with snow early Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. A winter storm was predicted to drop about 12 inches of snow on the region. More than five inches had already fallen in parts of Lehigh County before noon, according to National Weather Service observers. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)

Forget robotaxis — a man and his robo-snow blower were the envy of X during the weekend's winter storm.

The latest forecast puts Central Park at 12 inches of snow, and that’s still the highest snowfall seen there in several years. The last time New York’s weather station in the park saw more than a foot of snow from a single storm was in 2021.