When the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, people living along the coast of the U.S. mainland are going to get a new set of alerts from the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

In the U.S., this past year has had more than enough reminders of how weather can affect our lives.

The same weather pattern that made the West warm and dry and the Northeast cold and snowy has contributed to keeping the rest of the U.S. relatively free of tornadoes so far this year.

Boston received 2.9 inches of new snow Sunday, finally breaking the 19-year-old seasonal record.

After lingering at 99.9 inches for a day or so, Boston finally passed the 100-inch barrier for snowfall this season. And normal life, so hard for weeks now, just seems to get more and more difficult.

This winter hasn't been all snow, ice, and cold. In the western U.S., the story has been the opposite that of the East.

The latest menace dealt by New Englands historic snowbound winter -- the creak, crack and boom of collapsing roofs -- may get worse as the region heads into a weekend forecast of rain.

Boston has had more snow this year than Fairbanks, Ala. and Fargo, N.D.