snowstormcanuck Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This is probably a dumb thread idea, but it's boring otherwise, so indulge me. If you could sew together the perfect winter using any previous winter months (ONDJFMA), what would it look like? Eg, for me: Oct, who cares Nov 2002 Dec 2000 Jan 1999 Feb 2008 Mar 2008 April 2003 Sometimes the choices are obvious, other times it's a bit of a struggle to choose. Dec 2008 had more snow here, but Dec 2000 featured that quick hitting blizzard that I'm a big fan of. The seasonal total for all those months is 140.1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Joking Answer: I am going to go with the patchwork quilt my grandmother made for me bout 10 years ago. Real Answer: I'll just do Dec-March. Dec 2000-Jan 1999-Feb 2011-March 2008. Those 4 months in succession would be 25.1 + 27.3 + 31.7 + 21.0 for a total of 105.1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Based on years Ive lived through: Nov 1996 Dec 2000 Jan 1999 Feb 2011 Mar 2008 Apr 2003 Based on any year 1880-present Nov 1966 Dec 1974 Jan 1978 Feb 2011 (1908 a close runner up, slightly more snow, but went with 2011 bc I SAW how awesome it was) Mar 1900 Apr 1886 May 1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 NOV 2002 (whatever one dropped 4-5" of snow) DEC 2000 JAN 1999 FEB 2011 MAR 2008 April 1886 (24.5" from 1 storm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 My NOEL quilt that great grandmother gave me. On the back it is the Christmas Star. Lol. I'm with kab on his picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This is probably a dumb thread idea, but it's boring otherwise, so indulge me. If you could sew together the perfect winter using any previous winter months (ONDJFMA), what would it look like? Eg, for me: I'd rather choose Nov 1950 (20"), Dec 1951, Jan 1966 and I'm fine with the other three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'd rather choose Nov 1950 (20"), Dec 1951, Jan 1966 and I'm fine with the other three. Yeah, I only chose months I experienced. There are some historical choices which are more apposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Oct 2006, NOV 1996, DEC 2000, JAN 1999, Feb 2011, March 1999, April 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 For the Detroit folks, what was so special about November 1996 locally? I just don't see it... Anyways, my quilt... October 2006 or 2007 November 1966 December 1974 January 1978 February 2011 March 2008 April 1886 (or 1982 or 2009) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 For a moment I thought this was a regional knitting thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This is probably a dumb thread idea, but it's boring otherwise, so indulge me. If you could sew together the perfect winter using any previous winter months (ONDJFMA), what would it look like? Eg, for me: October '89 November '66 Dec '00 Jan. '78 or '09 Feb. '11 March '08 April '57 May '23 For a grand total of.... 135.7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 For a moment I thought this was a regional knitting thread. I'm surprised no one's posted a winter quilt graphic yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 For the Detroit folks, what was so special about November 1996 locally? I just don't see it... Anyways, my quilt... October 2006 or 2007 November 1966 December 1974 January 1978 February 2011 March 2008 April 1886 (or 1982 or 2009) I just did it for my life on what I experienced. 1996 Was very snowy and cold. Lots of LES up north. That year I experienced a huge LES event in Kalkaska county,MI Where I seen 8" in 3-4 hrs. Over 2 feet in 4 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 How about this for Detroit folks: Oct. 1963 Nov. 2001 Dec. 1889 Jan. 1933 Feb. 1998 March 1946 April 1955 May 1998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 How about this for Detroit folks: Oct. 1963 Nov. 2001 Dec. 1889 Jan. 1933 Feb. 1998 March 1946 April 1955 May 1998 What's the seasonal total? 0.6"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 What's the seasonal total? 0.6"? 0.4" ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'll use LAF snow numbers and months since 1975. Oct 1989: 6.7" Nov 1980: 5.2" Dec 1983: 24.0" Jan 1978: 27.8" Feb 2007: 26.7" Mar 2002: 10.0" Apr 1982: 9.3" May 1989: T Total: 109.7" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 I'll use LAF snow numbers and months since 1975. Oct 1989: 6.7" Nov 1980: 5.2" Dec 1983: 24.0" Jan 1978: 27.8" Feb 2007: 26.7" Mar 2002: 10.0" Apr 1982: 9.3" May 1989: T Total: 109.7" Holy sh*t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Holy sh*t Lock it up? I was born in Chicago, so if I go back and do the numbers for there since 1975, it looks like this... Oct 1989: 6.3" Nov 1975: 10.8" December 1978: 31.4" January 1979: 40.4" February 2011: 29.0" March 1999: 18.2" April 1982: 10.6" May 1989: 0.5" Total: 147.2" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 For the Detroit folks, what was so special about November 1996 locally? I just don't see it... Anyways, my quilt... October 2006 or 2007 November 1966 December 1974 January 1978 February 2011 March 2008 April 1886 (or 1982 or 2009) I just picked it based on Novembers experienced/in memory. Nov 1996 with 3-5" on the ground on Thanksgiving was definitely the best of the otherwise crummy Novembers of late (Nov 1997 wasnt bad either). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 How about this for Detroit folks: Oct. 1963 Nov. 2001 Dec. 1889 Jan. 1933 Feb. 1998 March 1946 April 1955 May 1998 Ahh..taking the least snowy of each month. Heres the snowiest of each month. Oct 1989- 2.7" Nov 1966- 11.8" Dec 1974- 34.9" Jan 1978- 29.6" Feb 1908- 38.4" Mar 1900- 30.2" Apr 1886- 25.7" May 1923- 6.0" Season total- 179.5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I just picked it based on Novembers experienced/in memory. Nov 1996 with 3-5" on the ground on Thanksgiving was definitely the best of the otherwise crummy Novembers of late (Nov 1997 wasnt bad either). Ah, I see. Otherwise it seems like it was just slightly better than what should be an average November. I don't know if that's quilt worthy overall though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Ahh..taking the least snowy of each month. Heres the snowiest of each month. Oct 1989- 2.7" Nov 1966- 11.8" Dec 1974- 34.9" Jan 1978- 29.6" Feb 1908- 38.4" Mar 1900- 30.2" Apr 1886- 25.7" May 1923- 6.0" Season total- 179.5" It was interesting doing that as I found that January was the only month that has never been snowless in recorded history for Detroit!! I did not know. Oh I believe all those months I picked were within the top 5 warmest for the respected month too. So it would end up being the warmest winter ever too if it happened. I mean if it was going to be snowless it better be warm too. Anyway I was doing that for fun!! I wow can you image 179.5" in Detroit (though personally I would like to skip the 6" in May). Heck the schools would have to keep classes going into July in order to catch up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 I'd rather choose Nov 1950 (20"), Dec 1951, Jan 1966 and I'm fine with the other three. If I add up the monthly snowfall for my Winter months of choice I get this; Nov 1950: 20" Dec 1951 34" Jan 1966 28" Feb 2008 30.3" Mar 1870 62.4" (LOL) Apr 1939 12.8" Total: 187.5" haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 It was interesting doing that as I found that January was the only month that has never been snowless in recorded history for Detroit!! I did not know. Oh I believe all those months I picked were within the top 5 warmest for the respected month too. So it would end up being the warmest winter ever too if it happened. I mean if it was going to be snowless it better be warm too. Anyway I was doing that for fun!! I wow can you image 179.5" in Detroit (though personally I would like to skip the 6" in May). Heck the schools would have to keep classes going into July in order to catch up!!! Actually, December 1889 is the only winter month (DJF) thats ever been completely snowless, for some reason the format DTX uses in their top 20 lists shows a trace as 0.0. Since 1880 November 1998, 2001, and 2009 had 0.0" snow (an additional 15 Novembers just had a trace) December 1889 had 0.0" January 1933 had 0.4" February 1998 had a trace March 1946 and 2010 had a trace April 1925, 1941, 1946, 1981, 1998, and 1999 had 0.0" (an additional 26 Aprils just had a trace) But yes, Id even take the May snow It melted in less than 2 days anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherpsycho Posted December 11, 2011 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Actually, December 1889 is the only winter month (DJF) thats ever been completely snowless, for some reason the format DTX uses in their top 20 lists shows a trace as 0.0. Since 1880 November 1998, 2001, and 2009 had 0.0" snow (an additional 15 Novembers just had a trace) December 1889 had 0.0" January 1933 had 0.4" February 1998 had a trace March 1946 and 2010 had a trace April 1925, 1941, 1946, 1981, 1998, and 1999 had 0.0" (an additional 26 Aprils just had a trace) But yes, Id even take the May snow It melted in less than 2 days anyway To avoid the pointless arguments that tend to ensue on forums, I will just say that January is the only month that has never recorded a non-measurable snowfall month in winter for DTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 For a moment I thought this was a regional knitting thread. i knit, you gotta problem with that? i have a bad memory for snow stats...i guess i would rather sew mine together with certain storms...some members love the idea of building a huge snow pack...that's not my fetish...my fetish is experiencing intense snowfall rates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropical Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Here's my quilt. Oct 2007 Nov 1999 Dec 2001 Jan 2006 Feb 1999 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 Give it to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Based on months I've actually lived through, Nov. 1996 (8.3") Dec. 2000 (35.9") Jan. 1999 (34.2") Feb. 2011 (34.7") Mar. 2008 (31.3") Apr. 2005 (11.8") For a grand total of 156.2" of snow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 19, 2011 Author Share Posted December 19, 2011 How about this for Detroit folks: Oct. 1963 Nov. 2001 Dec. 1889 Jan. 1933 Feb. 1998 March 1946 April 1955 May 1998 Here's my quilt. Oct 2007 Nov 1999 Dec 2001 Jan 2006 Feb 1999 Mar 2010 Apr 2010 Give it to me! I often conflate those two months. Both mirror images of satan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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