uncle W

2020 has nine days with a minimum 32 or lower this month in Central Park...the record is 4 set in 1932...10 in 1990 and 2006...11 in 2002...1932 had one day in the 20's and it came on the last day of the month...

NYC is averaging 33.2" for a season since the 2010-11 to this year so far...the decade of the 1890's averaged 34.8" from 1890-91 to 1899-00...if no more snow falls this winter the 2010's would come in second...

I did the bridge tunnel route thru Delaware into Virginia...also route 301...both a little slower but more scenic...I95 in Virginia just past Dc is always slow and sometimes at a standstill...pick your poison...

don't take I81 unless you want to drive behind a line of trucks...its also colder than I95 ...I like to avoid the DC area...its roads are as crowded as ours...

The coldest December on record in NYC is Dec 1831... NYC averaged 22.2...-2.7 lower than the lowest December in Central Park...Average came from Fort Columbus on Governors Island NY...I found a daily record from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn NY...Highs and lows are the morning observation and afternoon observation...Highs and lows could be a little higher or lower each day... day max...min...snow...depth... 01... 32.....23.....T.......1" 02... 32.....23.....0.......1" 03... 26.....22.....0.......1" 04... 30.....20.....2"......3" 05... 25.....14.....0.......3" 06... 25.....15.....0.......3" 07... 26.....14.....0.......3" 08... 28.....20.....0.......3" 09... 32.....24.....0.......3" 10... 30.....20.....0.......2" 11... 35.....20.....0.......1" 12... 27.....18.....0.......1" 13... 25.....16.....0.......1" 14... 23.....17.....1"......2" 15... 21.....13.....2"......4" 16... 25.....11.....0.......4" 17... 26.....11.....T.......4" 18... 17.......9.....0.......4" 19... 26.....18.....0.......4" 20... 26.....18.....0.......4" 21... 38.....24.....0.......2" 22... 24.....10.....0.......2" 23... 24.......8.....0.......2" 24... 38.....26.....2"......2" might have started as rain... 25... 34.....26.....1"......2" White Christmas... 26... 30.....20.....1"......3" 27... 25.....18.....0.......3" 28... 29.....21...10"....13" 29... 33.....24.....0.....13" 30... 24.....13.....0.....13" 31... 32.....18.....2"....13" http://www.glenallenweather.com/ex9/Very%20Cold%20Periods%20in%20the%20Eastern%20US.pdf

28 imby this morning...I wonder how cold it would have been 150 years ago when they started keeping records...hardly any uhi around central park back then...

my two top analogs are on Westchester's list...1960 and 1993...

since 1956 these are the winters that had its biggest snowfall in March after a well below snowfall winter... 1955-56... 1958-59... 1959-60... 1967-68... 1975-76... 1979-80... 1980-81... 1981-82...April storm... 1983-84... 1991-92... 1992-93... 1997-98... 1998-99... 2006-07...

1905-06 was a very slow starting winter...there was a 6" snowfall that changed to rain on 2/9...March had two storms...there was 6.5" of snow and sleet on 3/14-15...5" of wet snow that ended as rain on 3/19...1905-06 is kind of similar to this year...it ended with 20" for the season...

for reference purposes...NYC winter stats... winter average temperature Dec-Feb...lowest minimum...coldest 30 day period... total snowfall...most snow in 30 days...4" snowfalls or biggest snowfall... season......ave temp …...Min ...coldest 30 days... snowfall..most snow in 30 days..largest snowfalls... 1869-70..........34.5..........10...….......29.2...………..27.8"...………...15.8".………......5.0"...8.0"...6.0"... 1870-71..........30.9............0.............24.9...………...33.1"...………...28.0".…….........9.0"...5.0"...7.0" 1871-72..........29.3...........-2...….......28.3...……......14.1"...……….....4.9"..................3.0"........ 1872-73..........28.3...........-1...….......26.5...………...60.3"...………...26.8"...……......18.0"...4.0"...6.0"...5.8"...4.8"...4.0" 1873-74..........34.0............3...….......30.9...………...36.9"...………...19.1"………...….5.0"...6.5"...5.0"...6.5"...7.5" 1874-75..........27.6...........-3...……....22.7...………...57.8"...………...18.0"...…..……10.0"...5.0"...4.0"...5.5"...4.0"...10.0" 1875-76..........34.1............5...……....31.5...……......18.3"...………...14.8"......…...…11.0" 1876-77..........29.8............3.............23.2...………...40.4"...………...27.9".......……....4.3"...13.0" 1877-78..........33.3............7.............29.6...…………..8.1"...……….....8.1"......…...…..7.0" 1878-79..........29.2...........-4....…......22.9...………...35.7"...………...22.3"......……...13.0" 1879-80..........38.5............7....…......34.0...………...22.7"...…………..8.3"...………....4.0"...4.0" 1880-81..........26.6...........-6...…......22.1...………...35.5"...………...19.9"..…………..4.0"...6.5"...4.0" 1881-82..........34.5...........-6......…...28.9...………...31.4"...………...25.5"......….…….8.0"...9.0" 1882-83..........28.7............1......…...23.5...………...44.0"...………...15.1"......…..…....4.5"...9.0"...5.0"...8.0"...4.5"...4.0"... 1883-84..........30.2...........-1...……...24.2...………...43.1"...………...24.9".......….…….5.0"...7.6"...5.0"...4.5"...5.0" 1884-85..........28.6...........-3......…...20.8...………...34.2"...………...15.1"......………..4.0"... 1885-86..........30.0...........-4......…...21.5...………...20.8"...………...18.8"......….…….5.0"...4.0"...5.0" 1886-87..........30.2............4......…...25.6...………...32.9"...………...10.6"...……….….5.3"...4.0"...5.0" 1887-88..........28.7............0......…...21.6...………...45.6"...………...22.3"...…...……...5.5"...21.0"... 1888-89..........32.7............3......…...27.9...………...16.5"...…………..7.0"...................4.0"........... 1889-90..........37.9............7......…...35.6...………...24.3"...………...17.0"...……..........6.0"...6.0"...4.0".. 1890-91..........33.4............9......…...30.0...………...28.8"...………...11.4".........………7.0"...8.0"... 1891-92..........35.7............9......…...30.6...……......25.4"...………...12.2"......…….......6.0"...8.0"... 1892-93..........28.4............1......…...21.0...………...49.7"...………...23.1"......…..…....4.0"...6.0"...5.0"...9.1"...6.0" 1893-94..........32.2............1....……..28.8...………...36.1"...………...22.6"......……......6.5"...7.0"...4.0"...8.0"... 1894-95..........30.3...........-4......…...23.5...………...27.0"...……......17.0".........……...4.0"...4.0"...5.0"... 1895-96..........33.3...........-6......…...27.4...………...46.3"...………...32.0".........…….10.0"...4.0"...12.0"...4.5"... 1896-97..........32.7............6......…...28.8...………...43.6"...………...18.0"......……......5.0"...7.0"...6.0"...10.0"...8.5"... 1897-98..........36.5............8......…...34.2...………...21.1"...……….....8.9"...…………..5.0" 1898-99..........31.9...........-6......…...24.7...………...55.9"...………...26.5"......……….10.0"...6.0"...4.0"...6.5"...16.0"... 1899-00..........33.4............5......…...29.9...………...13.4"...………...11.9".........………6.1"...5.0" 1900-01..........31.7............4......…...26.4...…………..9.1"...………....8.8"...………......4.0" 1901-02..........32.0............8...….…..27.1...………...30.0"...………...20.8"............…..10.0"...4.0"...6.5"... 1902-03..........32.0............4......…...29.1...………...28.7"...………...14.4"............……6.3"...6.5"...4.0"...9.5"... 1903-04..........27.4...........-1......…...24.3...………...32.3"...………...14.4".........……...8.0"...4.7"... 1904-05..........28.1............4......…...22.2...………...48.1"...………...24.7"............……4.0"...6.0"...7.0"...11.0"... 1905-06..........36.7............7......…...32.8...………...20.0"...………...11.5"...............….6.0"...6.5"...5.0"... 1906-07..........31.7............4......…...25.9...………...53.2"...………...26.8"............……6.0"...5.0"...11.0"...6.0"...4.0"...6.0"...5.0"... 1907-08..........33.3............1......…...26.8...………...33.4"...………...23.8"............…..10.0"...8.0"...4.3"... 1908-09..........36.7............5......…...32.2...………...20.3"...………...11.4".........……....5.1"...4.0" 1909-10..........30.5............1......…...25.8...………...27.2"...………...19.0"...............….8.0"...10.0"...5.0"... 1910-11..........32.5..........11......…...29.8...………...25.2"...………...15.6"......………....4.0"...4.5" 1911-12..........30.6...........-3.....…...22.8...………...29.5"...………...14.5"......………….7.0"... 1912-13..........37.2..........11......…..31.7...………...15.3"...………...11.5"...………......11.4" 1913-14..........31.9...........-5......…..24.7...………...40.5"...………...35.2"......………....9.7"...5.3"...14.5"... 1914-15..........34.0............3......…..28.6...………...28.8"...………...17.9"......………....4.4"...7.7"...10.2"... 1915-16..........32.5............2......…..26.8...………...50.7"...………...25.6"......……...….6.0"...6.0"...5.3"...7.6"...4.0"...5.0"... 1916-17..........31.8............0......…..26.5...………...50.7"...………...21.8"......….........12.7"...4.3"...6.7"...6.5"... 1917-18..........25.7..........-13...…....19.0...………...34.5"...………...14.1"......………...9.5"...5.9"... 1918-19..........36.6..........10...……..34.5...………….3.8"...……….....2.7"......………...1.4" 1919-20..........27.4...........-2.....…...22.4...………..47.6"...………...25.3"...………….17.5"... 1920-21..........34.9............4...….....31.4...………...18.6"...………...15.1"......………..12.5"... 1921-22..........31.4...........-2......…..27.4...………...27.8"...………...13.7"...……….......6.5"...5.8"... 1922-23..........30.0............7...….....24.6...………...60.4"...………...23.1"......………….4.0"...9.0"...7.8"...6.3"...6.3"...7.3"... 1923-24..........34.6............5......…..28.0...………...27.5"...………...11.9"......………….4.9"...8.5"... 1924-25..........33.4...........-2......…..28.2...………...29.6"...………...27.4"...……….....11.5"...7.0"...5.1"... 1925-26..........32.0............5...……..26.9...………...32.4"......…...…26.3"...……….....10.4"...12.0"... 1926-27..........32.0...........-1.....…...28.6...………...22.3"...………..11.8"...………...….7.9"...5.1"... 1927-28..........34.6............7.....…...31.5...………...14.5"...………….9.2"...…………....5.3"... 1928-29..........34.7............8...……..31.1...………...13.8"...………...10.6"...…………....9.2"... 1929-30..........35.4............7........…28.8......……...13.6"...…………..6.3"...…….…......3.9"... 1930-31..........33.8..........10......…...31.9...………...11.6"...……….....6.0"...………...….3.9"... 1931-32..........40.1..........15......…...35.8...………….5.3"...…………..2.1"...……………2.0"... 1932-33..........37.8..........11......…...33.9...………...27.0"...………...15.4"...………...….7.2"...10.0"... 1933-34..........29.2.........-15......…...19.6...……......52.0"...………...28.0"...………......11.2"...9.8"...7.6"...9.3"...5.6"... 1934-35..........31.2...........-1......…...24.3...………...33.8"...………...24.3"...…………..13.0"...5.1"...4.5". 1935-36..........28.3...........-3......…...20.4...………...33.2"...………...18.5"...………...….4.1"...9.2"...4.7"... 1936-37..........37.9..........13......…...34.9...………...15.6"...…………..8.8"...…………....5.7"... 1937-38..........34.3............6......…...31.4...………...15.1"...……….....6.6"...……….…...6.4"... 1938-39..........35.4............6......…...29.3...………...37.3"...………...13.2"...…………….8.8"...4.0"...8.8"...4.5"... 1939-40..........31.6............7......…...24.9...………...25.7"...………...12.0"...…………….9.0"... 1940-41..........33.0..........10......…...28.8...………...39.0"...………...23.9"......……...…..5.2"...4.0"...18.1"... 1941-42..........32.9............5......…...29.0...………...11.3"...…………..6.4"...…………....3.2"... 1942-43..........32.2...........-8.........…28.7...………...29.5"...………...13.2"...………….....4.1"...8.4"... 1943-44..........33.4..........10......…...28.8...………...23.8"...………...10.3"...…………….7.3"...4.8"...6.5"... 1944-45..........30.5............2...…......23.8...………...27.1"...…...……18.6"...………….....6.7"...4.0"... 1945-46..........32.3............5......…...31.4...………...31.4"...………...18.1"...…………....8.3"...7.5"... 1946-47..........34.8............7......…...29.3...………...30.6"...………...23.2"...…………....4.0"...5.2"...10.7"... 1947-48..........30.0............0......…...21.5...………...63.2"...………...43.2"......………...25.8"...5.1"...5.4"... 1948-49..........38.5..........10......…...36.3...………...46.6"...………...26.8"...…………....5.3"...16.0"...4.5"...4.6"...9.4"... 1949-50..........37.5............6...…......31.6...………...13.8"...………….8.9"...…………….3.8"... 1950-51..........35.9............9...……..33.0...………...11.6"...………….5.0"...…………....3.0"... 1951-52..........37.0............8...….....31.9...………...19.7"...……….....8.6"...…………….5.8"...4.0"... 1952-53..........38.1..........12......…..35.5...………...15.1"...……….....7.5"...…………....4.5"... 1953-54..........37.4............7......…..30.3...………...15.8"...………...12.7"...…………....7.8"... 1954-55..........34.0............0......…..28.6...………...11.5"...…………..5.2"...…………....3.9"... 1955-56..........32.7............5......…..27.6...………...33.5"...………...25.3"...…………....6.5"...11.6"...4.2"... 1956-57..........35.6............0......…..27.8...………...21.9"...………...15.2"...…………....4.9"...6.4"... 1957-58..........33.3............3......…..28.1...………...44.7"...………...16.1"...…………....8.0"...4.5"...4.5"...7.9"...4.1"...11.8"... 1958-59..........30.9............7...….....28.5...………...13.0"...…………..6.7"...…………...5.5"... 1959-60..........36.2............9......…..30.3...………...39.2"...………...18.5"...…………..13.7"...14.5"... 1960-61..........31.7...........-2...….....24.6...………...54.7"...………...34.1"...……….....15.2".....9.9"...17.4"...... 1961-62..........33.3............4......…..30.9...………...18.1"...……….....9.6"...…………....6.2"... 1962-63..........30.0...........-2...….....25.9...………...16.3"...……….....7.8"...…………....4.2"... 1963-64..........33.3............9......…..31.1...………...44.7"...………...20.7"......………….6.6"...12.5"...6.8"...4.9"... 1964-65..........33.3............9......…..28.0...………...24.4"...………...14.4"...…………....6.3".....4.6"... 1965-66..........35.9............8......…..28.5...………...21.4"...………...18.0"...…………....6.8".....6.3"... 1966-67..........34.1............4......…..28.6...………...51.5"...……...…25.6"......………….7.1"...12.5"...9.8"... 1967-68..........31.3...........-1......…..25.1...………...19.5"...……….....9.1"...…………....6.6" 1968-69..........32.9............9......…..30.4...………...30.2"...………...22.2"......………….5.2"...15.3"... 1969-70..........30.5............3......…..24.0...………...25.6"...………...14.7"...…………....6.8".....4.0"... 1970-71..........32.1............4......…..24.2......……...15.5"......……….11.4"...…………....6.4"... 1971-72..........35.1............5...….....28.6...………...22.9"...………...19.6"......………….5.7".....5.2"... 1972-73..........35.8............7...….....32.0...………….2.8"...…………..2.6"...……………1.8"... 1973-74..........35.5............6......…..32.3...………...23.5"...………...10.6"...…………....4.7".....6.0"... 1974-75..........37.5..........15......…..33.0...………...13.1"...………...11.3"...…………....7.8"... 1975-76..........34.4...........-1......…..27.1...………...17.3"...………....9.6"...…………….4.2".....4.0"... 1976-77..........28.5...........-2......…..21.9...………...24.5"...………...16.9"......………….5.2"... 1977-78..........30.3..........10......…..26.2...………...50.7"...………...37.2"...…………...13.6"...17.7".....4.2".....5.0"... 1978-79..........32.7............0......…..26.0...………...29.4"...………...20.1"...………….....5.0"...12.7"... 1979-80..........35.4..........10......…..30.9...………...12.8"...………….7.3"......…………..4.6"... 1980-81..........32.7...........-1......…..22.2...………...19.4"...………….9.7"......…………..4.9"...8.6"... 1981-82..........32.6............0......…..25.2...…………24.6"...………...11.8"...………….....5.8"...9.6"... 1982-83..........37.9..........12......…..32.9...…………27.2"...………...23.4"...………......17.6"... 1983-84..........35.2............4......…..26.1...………....25.4"...………...12.1"...…………....6.9"...5.1"...4.6"...... 1984-85..........36.4...........-2......…..27.5...…….......24.1"...………...16.9"...…………....4.8"...4.1"...4.3"...5.7"... 1985-86..........33.4............8...….....31.0...………...13.0"...………...12.1"......…………..4.5"...4.5"... 1986-87..........34.8............4......…..29.3...………...23.1"...………...16.4"...……………..8.1"...4.2" 1987-88..........34.7............5...….....28.3...………...19.1"...………...16.5"...………….....5.8"...5.2"... 1988-89..........35.9............5...….....32.4...……….....8.1"...…………..5.3"...………….....5.0"... 1989-90..........35.7............6......…..25.3...………...13.4"...…………..5.4"...……………..4.7"... 1990-91..........39.2..........10......…..34.5...………...24.9"...………...15.6"...……………..7.2"...5.7"...8.9"... 1991-92..........37.2..........11......…..30.3...………...12.4"...…………..9.4"...………….....6.2" 1992-93..........35.0............7......…..31.0...………...24.5"...………...19.5"......…………..4.3"...10.6"... 1993-94..........31.2...........-2......…..23.5...………...53.4"...………...30.8"......…………..4.0"...4.5"...9.0"...12.8"...5.0"... 1994-95..........37.1............6......…..31.5...………...11.8"...………...11.6"............……..10.8"... 1995-96..........32.3............5......…..27.7...………...75.6"...………...35.2"...………….....7.7"...20.2"...7.5"...10.7"...4.6"...4.6"...4.1"... 1996-97..........37.8............4...….....31.7...………...10.0"...……….....6.1"...……………..3.5"..... 1997-98..........39.6..........14...….....37.3...……….....5.5"...……….....5.0"...………….....5.0"... 1998-99..........38.7............9...….....31.3...………...12.7"...……….....6.5"...………….....4.5"... 1999-00..........36.2............3...….....26.2...………...16.3"...………...14.7"...………….....5.5"... 2000-01..........33.5..........14......…..29.9...………...35.0"...………...20.3"...…………....12.0"...6.0"...5.7"... 2001-02..........41.5..........19...........35.4...……….....3.5"...……….....3.5"...…………......3.0"... 2002-03..........31.2............7...….....25.9...………...49.3"...……......29.6"...……………..6.0"...5.0"...5.3"...19.8"...4.0"... 2003-04..........32.4............1...….....22.5...………...42.6"...………...19.8"......………….14.0"...5.8"...5.7"...10.3"... 2004-05..........35.4............5...….....29.5...………...41.0"...………...20.2"...…………....13.8"...5.0"...6.0"...7.7"... 2005-06..........37.3..........14......…..33.5...………...40.0"...………...28.9"...……………..5.8"...26.9"... 2006-07..........36.5............8...….....25.8...………...12.4"...………….7.8"...……………..5.5"... 2007-08..........36.4..........10...….....35.7...………...11.9"...……….....9.0"......…………...6.0"... 2008-09..........34.2............6...….....27.9...………...27.6"...………...13.3"...……………..4.5"...4.3"...8.3"... 2009-10..........33.8..........13...….....31.6...………...51.4"...………...38.2"...…………....10.9"...10.0"...5.0"...20.9"... 2010-11..........32.7............6...….....28.1...………...61.9"...………...37.6"...…...……….20.0"...9.1"...4.2"...19.0"... 2011-12..........40.5..........13...….....37.0...…………..7.4"...……….....4.5"...………….....4.3"... 2012-13..........36.9..........11...….....31.5...………...26.1"...………...13.7"...…………......4.7"...11.4"...4.0" 2013-14..........33.0............4...….....28.5...………...57.4"...………...42.1"...…………......5.0"...6.4"...11.5"...8.0"...4.0"...9.5" 2014-15..........31.7............2...….....23.9...………...50.3"...………...22.6"...……………..9.8"...5.3".....4.0"...4.8"...7.5"...4.5" 2015-16..........41.0...........-1......…..34.4...………...32.8"...………...31.9"...…………...27.5" 2016-17..........39.3...…...14...….....35.4...………...30.2"...………...11.0"...……………...9.4"...7.6"...5.1" 2017-18..........36.2......…..5...….....27.1...………...40.9"...………...17.5"...…………......9.8"...8.4"...4.6"...4.4"...5.5" 2018-19...……..36.2.…..……2...….....30.8...………...20.5"...………...13.0"...……………..6.4"...4.0"...5.0" 1869-70-- 2018-19...……33.6...…...4.3...…..….28,2...………..27.5"...…………

it was colder with more snow on average than we get now from what I've read and researched...It did have some mild winters with one snowstorm...six years after the year without a summer in 1816 the 1822 summer was warm even by todays standards...same for 1825... 1836 'big snow' from the NY herald from 1/10/1836... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030311/1836-01-11/ed-1/seq-2/

six inch storms for NYC since 2000 12/2000.....12.0" 1/2001...…….6.0" 12/2002...….6.0" 2/2003...…..19.8" 12/2003.....14.0" 1/2004...…..10.3" 1/2005...…..13.8" 2/2005...…….6.0" 3/2005...…...7.7" 2/2006...….26.9" 2/2008...…….6.0" 2/2009...…….8.3" 12/2009.....10.9" 2/2010...…..10.0" 2/2010...…..20.9" 12/2010.....20.0" 1/2011...…….9.1" 1/2011...….19.0" 2/2013...….11.4" 1/2014...…….6.4" 1/2014...…..11.5" 2/2014...…….8.0" 2/2014...…….9.5"-rain-3.0" 1/2015...…….9.8" 3/2015...…….7.5" 1/2016...…..27.5" 2/2017...…….9.4" 3/2017...…….7.6" 1/2018...…….9.8" 3/2018...…….8.4" 11/2018...…..6.4"

since 1869 the average January minimum is 7.3 degrees...

these are the years with the warmest 'coldest consecutive 30 days''...average is about 28.2...the last real cold month was Feb 2015 when 30 days average 23.9...this year could make this list... 1997-98.....37.3 2011-12.....37.0 1948-49.....36.3 1931-32.....35.8 2007-08.....35.7 1889-90.....35.6 1952-53.....35.5 2016-17.....35.4 2001-02.....35.4 1936-37.....34.9 1918-19.....34.5 1990-91.....34.5 2015-16.....34.4 1897-98.....34.2 1879-80.....34.0

2009-10 was below average by todays standards...

you mentioned 1895-96 which didn't really get started until February and had a great March....another analog of hope would be 1913-14...it was worse than this year until Feb. 10th...1992-93 didn't get started until February...same for 1994-95...1995 did not have a good March...March 1993 had the super storm...March 1914 had a super storm...March 1896 had a foot of snow mid month...some other el nino winters that started late...1899-00 had hardly any snow until Feb. 17th...1991-92 was terrible until the last week of winter and first day of Spring...some other years... 1905-06...1923-24...1918-19 was the worst winter for snow did have its biggest snowfalls in March...the worst of all the el nino winters was 1997-98 and a last minute snowfall in March save it from being the worst snow season...Last winter had a good first week in March...I'm hoping we will get a good if not great March to salvage this winter...

changed here to sleet and freezing rain...29 degrees...1.2" of snow...6.7" for the season...

if it is 29.9" its because they undermeasure small events...

we are in a better place weatherwise than we were in the 1950's...pollution is down...it doesn't get to cold...we have plenty of water to waste...if you live in a flood zone disregard this post...

1950... http://bklyn.newspap...image/52910802/ http://bklyn.newspap.../image/52911107 1950...city hires rain maker... http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/nyregion/wallace-e-howell-84-dies-famed-rainmaker-in-drought.html

the difference between a weenie and a pro is a weenie does not need a scientific reasoning but a pro does...

the drought lingered on and off to the summer of 1966...in 1950 the city hired a rain maker in April and it snowed instead...there has and always be wild swings in the weather...maybe not as cold but wild none the less...

101 in June 1934...-3 in Jan 1936...

1907 and 2005 were similar with a very warm first half of January and a cold and snowy second half...both had major storms later and both ended up with over 40" of snow...

reminds me of the 1930's...