Thundersnow is exactly what the name suggests – a snowy thunderstorm. But the winter version of a thunderstorm is far less frequent than the spring and summer thunderstorms most people are used ...

A rare weather phenomenon rumbled across several eastern and central U.S. states this weekend as Arctic air continues to bring heavy snow and freezing temperatures to millions of Americans.

When Patrick Market began researching thundersnow more than two decades ago, he received two very different kinds of responses. “One type was, ‘Thank you for doing this, I knew that I’d seen ...

It's closer this time, and it seems to resound from the sky. This booming may be a rare wintertime phenomenon: thundersnow. While most of us equate thunderstorms with hot, humid summer weather ...

Residents captured the streaks of lightning illuminating the sky while icy snow plummeted to the ground — a phenomenon known as thundersnow. Thundersnow is a dramatic weather phenomenon which ...

But sometimes it’s a flash high above the surface that really steals the show. Vivid bouts of thundersnow are a rare but beautiful phenomenon that some folks are lucky to experience during the ...

Friday's storm brought an unusual weather combination to metro Detroit — thundersnow. The rare phenomenon happens when thunder and lightning accompany snowfall. Let's take a closer look at ...

What you heard was 'thundersnow'. Not only can lake affect snow produce incredibly high fall snowfall rates, and very low visibility, but also thunder and lightning. The process by which the ...

How about a little thundersnow. Reports of lightning flashes and thunder embedded in this intense storm system sweeping across Michigan were reported in the Ann Arbor area, Flint and Detroit on ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A rooftop cityscape captured the moment when thundersnow roared over Buffalo. People in Buffalo heard those deafening rumbles of thunder and saw lightning strikes as the lake ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A brief round of thundersnow made its way through the Pittsburgh area overnight as a winter storm system arrived in western Pennsylvania. Snow arrived in the Pittsburgh area ...

The conditions needed to create thunderstorms are very rare, and can be dangerous, meteorologists warn. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...