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Different obs time? Data from CLIMOD: 26: 31 25 2.36" 26.1" 4" 27: 35 29 0.04" 0.3" 26" From the above report: 26: 31 25 0.26" 3.7" 4" 27: 35 29 2.14" 22.1" 26" Same temps, same LE, same depth readings (nearest inch) 24-30; 2/2/4/26/25/24/23. IIRC, NYC was (and still is) using noon for depth measurement. I wonder if the coop reported precip/snowfall at noon as well. Would make sense for a mid-morning start, also one newspaper article I read years ago stated that the snowfall ended shortly after midnight on 12/27.

After seeing a huge wolf spider outside her house, our arachnophobe neighbor said that if she ever saw one of those IN her house, she'd light the place afire as she ran out the front door.

The only other time I can recall when snow caused a full week's closure - Feb 1961 in NYC. The storm came Friday evening into Saturday, but with the piles left from Jan 19-20 and a couple small events (plus temps never reaching 30 between the 2 big storms), schools were closed Feb 6-10.

We're up to 26 events of 0.1" to 3", totaling 23.5" (assumes 1.0" today). The other 5 events totaled 45.4". Edit: Snow is done, only 0.8" so the 26 midgets total only 23.3". That 0.8" had just 0.02" LE, for 40:1 ratio. The final "flakes" included 6-pointed disks, shaped kind of like a starfish.

O Boy! Yet another one misses to the south. Looking more like 2002-03 here, which was very cold (DJF temp 2nd only to 14-15), nearly 2 feet BN snowfall and only one storm greater than 7.5". Like this season, the biggest event by far was in January.

Snow didn't show up until 9:30 and it's petering out now. Forecast was 1-3 and we might reach the 1, and that only because it's air-filled fluff. 2024 set the driest February with 0.95", but this month will break it - had 0.74" thru yesterday and won't reach 0.05" today. On the bright side, Feb '24 brought only 3.7" snow while we're a bit over 12" this month and snow total at 98% of YTD average. Edit: 108% of the average.

Andover, Maine - Feb. 2017 7 19 10 0.03 1.0 34 8 13 9 1.15 6.0 39 9 42 11 0 0 39 10 42 -2 0.20 6.0 44 11 10 -5 T T 44 12 11 0 0.19 6.5 50 13 19 11 0.90 14.0 62 14 22 13 0.15 2.5 64 15 25 7 0.03 1.5 65 16 27 13 0.95 14.0 79 17 26 18 T T 76 He saw those monster depths and went searching, in vain. Unfortunately, he didn't understand snow plowing in Maine, where they don't just clear the road but push back the banks to be ready for the next storm. He made a left turn in Andover and headed up the East B Road, quickly ran out of houses and then out of phone reception as he was behind the Baldpates, and with lowering gas and not knowing where he was . . . When back in RI he posted a withering critique of Maine, its roads, its snow, its reporting, etc. My snarky response suggested that his G-P-S should have been augmented by an M-A-P.

It will never be changed, and I don't know the measuring protocol in 1947, but I think that year's storm was the biggest. It's based mostly on pack increase/persistence. 2006's pack never topped 17", 2016 boosted pack from zero to 22" (and had similar LE as '47) while 1947 lifted pack from 2" to 26" (NYC's tallest) and was still at 24" two days later. (And of course, 1888 is somewhat a guess as the flakes were flying horizontally.)

Or a wind-scoured valley, like our stake in the April 1982 blizzard at Fort Kent. 4/6: 24 0 T T 27" 4/7: 17 10 1.10" 15.0" 26" Wind NW 35G60, vis near zero 4/8: 23 13 0.14" 2.0" 25" Wind NW 20G40 I doubt there was much melting, but 15-20 feet either side of the stake there were 6-foot drifts.

Other than the town of Oxford (western Maine) which had only a trace, our 0.2" is the lowest amount reported to cocorahs, as of 11 this morning. (5-6 sites reported precip but left snowfall as NA. Other sites in those areas all had at least 1" snow and up to 5". Tops in Maine is 11.3" in Washington County.)

Over the years I've assembled top-15 snowfalls for sites from Wash D.C. to CAR, using several sources. Mostly the Utah State site until it became quite cumbersome 7-8 years ago, then using the CLIMOD2 site from Cornell, also some tables seen on these forums. I'm sure there re errors and omissions, but it's been a fun task, especially when I get to revise lists due to recent events. The very light snow has stopped, but I can see a tiny bit still clinging to the Forester's windshield. GYX had reduced yesterday's 3-5 forecast down to 1-3 this morning - moving in the right direction!

I've lamented that storm frequently on this site. It was the 4th and last event that winter to verify at 1/8 (or less) of the lower end of the forecast range. Finally having some snow - at this rate we'll achieve a dusting by sunset.

Faced that scenario in Dec 2022. I'd bought the Husqvarna a few weeks early and learned that it was underpowered on its first excursion, 22" snow from 2.41" LE, powdery but solid. Even at its lowest speed, the pack would stall it within 5 feet. Had to go 2-3 feet, set over a foot, then do alternate 5-foot runs moving back and forth so only half the distance was full frontal attack.

One of the more ironic records, given that Cape May probably has the lowest average snowfall in NJ. Of course, that Feb. 1899 blast also cooled Tallahassee to minus 2.

Nothing here except wind, and the 2 flakes that flew by at 10:30. Grandkids in SNJ get to play in 15"+.