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Non Sequitur /Just for fun, comparing accumulated snowfall from 9/30 to 1/29, accumulated snowfall from 9/30 to 4/30, and December 31st snow cover extent, for the seasons of '08 thru '23 (apologies for the resolution, was trying to fit the size limits ). Then below that this seasons accumulated snowfall from 9/30/23 to 1/29/24 Eyeballing it; '11-'12 and '15-'16 were the worst for accumulation in New England region-wide. While on the flip side in recent years ('18-'19 onwards) NNE and the mountains seem to have had some decent seasons while the coastal plain has been way BN. There's definitely some seasons in there that had hefty amounts of snow after Jan, but in the AN seasons there was already considerably more snow on the ground at the end of January than we have currently. Also found it interesting to look at the snow cover at the end of December, it varies widely, and the '23 extent was shockingly low. While it seemed possible to eek out a marginally decent season on the coastal plain in '21-'22 with a low snow cover December, for the most part, lower December snow cover seems to coincide with BN seasons on the coastal plain in general.

just a lurker here but couldn't resist, my apologies!

I felt it just SW of Boston, I was on the second floor and it felt like a very light shaking side to side in my desk chair for about 60 seconds, I thought I imagined it but was keeping an eye out for anything in the news, thanks!

Agreed, from what I can remember of the early 90's, we lived much closer to the coast in Marshfield, and when I was about 4-5 yrs old, one winter I remember my mother building an igloo on our back porch for me that lasted months that winter, much longer than it ever would these days :/

Thought this article might be relevant: https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/snow-cover-decline-boston-study/3106352/ Quote: "Boston and Connecticut have each lost upwards of 30 days of winter snow cover between 2000 and 2022, according to Salem State University professor Stephen Young, who tells NBC10 Boston, 'the winter of my childhood is long gone' " If you're north & west of I-495 there are probably some good winters left for you. IMBY, we are solidly in the red area west of Boston, and that this area is leading globally for snow cover declines is extremely depressing, although probably not much of a surprise for those of us who have lived here all our lives. Unless this trend reverses, (or a VEI 7) I think what the professor said is true for the coastal plain