Meteorologist Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel is known to be a fan of extreme weather, covering major hurricanes, tornadoes, and much more throughout his storied career. But nothing seems to get the guy going quite like thundersnow.
While covering Winter Storm Hernando as it batters the East Coast with heavy snow, high winds, and more extreme weather, Jim Cantore experienced some thundersnow in Plymouth, Massachusetts, the exact place he experienced thundersnow 11 years ago during Winter Storm Neptune.
Thundersnow is a rare thunderstorm where snow is falling as the primary precipitation instead of rain. When it does occur, it’s generally spotted in the Great Lakes area of the United States and Canada, the Midwestern United States, the Great Salt Lake, and in the Northeast. It generally happens in or around March, though there’s an average of fewer than 10 events per year.
