DavisStraight Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Yeah its hard to beat that couplet...at any time in recorded history, not just relatively recently. BOS had over 180" at 83.9" and 96.3" and of course the 1993-1994 winter had great snow pack and epic cold. 92-94 and then 95-96 was also good, too bad 94-95 was so putrid or we could have had a great 4 year stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weathafella Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 The snow in 1976-77 just didn't measure up to epic seasons so that one doesn't make it to me. I think for those I've lived through 1992-94. For before my birth keeping in mind I was born in 1946 and remember most winters from about 1954 on, I probably would have to go back to 1892-94. We've had much better snow winters post 1950 vs prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 The snow in 1976-77 just didn't measure up to epic seasons so that one doesn't make it to me. I think for those I've lived through 1992-94. For before my birth keeping in mind I was born in 1946 and remember most winters from about 1954 on, I probably would have to go back to 1892-94. We've had much better snow winters post 1950 vs prior. It did in my area....it was the antithisis of '93-'94, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I messed up and interpreted as best stretches possible, especially as Dendrite chose 58-69 and 07-08..lol. Anyways in the modern era..I'd go with 92-93 and 93-94. 95-96 and 96-97 are close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I messed up and interpreted as best stretches possible, especially as Dendrite chose 58-69 and 07-08..lol. Anyways in the modern era..I'd go with 92-93 and 93-94. 95-96 and 96-97 are close. '96-'97 was not all that terrible, although January had a lot of inside runners. We had a decent early March snow event that was supposed to be mostly down the drain is SE MA and we all know about 4/1/97. Plus we had a mega coastal almost 2 weeks later that brought 80mph winds. People forget about that storm. FMH gusted to 96 believe. Ray hates it, but the December 5-8 '96 had the one overachiever for me, which was satisfying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I guess I'd have to go with '92 - '93 and '93 - '94 for my couplet. It's probably the best two season stretch that I remember for storms, snow retention and snow depth. Can I relive the whole season, July through July? Summer 1992 was my favorite, lol. There was a lot of good weather events in that time period. December '92, March '93 and January '94's cold & snow. For non-consecutive seasons of all time, it's kind of tough. 1888 had the big storm that would be awesome to see, '96 had storm after storm and great depth and than '11 had that too and more but only for January and a little bit of February. After that it was kind of a dud. Even though I had greater depth in 2011, I think would go with 1887 - 1888 and 1995 - 1996. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 '92-'93 was good for me where I grew up, but would be even better where I am now. '93-'94 would be better to my south than where I am..but that combo can't be beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 '96-'97 was not all that terrible, although January had a lot of inside runners. We had a decent early March snow event that was supposed to be mostly down the drain is SE MA and we all know about 4/1/97. Plus we had a mega coastal almost 2 weeks later that brought 80mph winds. People forget about that storm. FMH gusted to 96 believe. Ray hates it, but the December 5-8 '96 had the one overachiever for me, which was satisfying. I had 18" on that one... I had a bet witha buddy of mine on the seasonal snow total that year and I went with normal snowfall for the valley, about 50". Through mid-March I was short and was sure I was going to loose....then BAM. Needless to say, I won the bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 I had 18" on that one... I had a bet witha buddy of mine on the seasonal snow total that year and I went with normal snowfall for the valley, about 50". Through mid-March I was short and was sure I was going to loose....then BAM. Needless to say, I won the bet. The first low gave me about 6" of paste with TSSN. Fine for me, considering rain was expected. I knew I was screwed with storm 2, but even that storm brought the ra/sn line to about 15 miles to my west. We had a storm right before Thanksgiving too that gave a couple of inches south of BOS. 4/1/97 was an enigma. Never seen anything like it to this day. A true paralyzing storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 March 1984 had two big events...the first one was Mar 13-14 but that actually changed to rain before ending, but it still produced like 10-12" of snow. Tamarack in Maine is obsessed with that storm. Obviously Mar 28-29, 1984 was the big one. There was a modest 3-5" event before the Mar 13-14 storm too. So you could be thinking of any of those. Guilty as charged. It's the biggest I've measured (26.5") and brought the deepest snowpack (65"). Many contenders for best couplets: 59-60 and 60-61 (NNJ) 75-76 and 76-77 (Ft.Kent except BGR prior to 1/1/76) 92-93 and 93-94 (Gardiner) 07-08 and 08-09 (New Sharon) Probably go with Ft.Kent - 315" total, would've been 330" had I been in FK for Nov-Dec, '75. Would like to have seen: 1887-88 with either neighbor (assuming NNJ location - 3/88 was meh for Maine) 21-22 and 22-23 (264" total in Farmington) Not sure if 70-71 and 71-72 would count. Farmington had 274", largest ever for 2 cons, but my then NNJ home might not have had 50". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I guess I'd have to go with '92 - '93 and '93 - '94 for my couplet. It's probably the best two season stretch that I remember for storms, snow retention and snow depth. Can I relive the whole season, July through July? Summer 1992 was my favorite, lol. There was a lot of good weather events in that time period. December '92, March '93 and January '94's cold & snow. For non-consecutive seasons of all time, it's kind of tough. 1888 had the big storm that would be awesome to see, '96 had storm after storm and great depth and than '11 had that too and more but only for January and a little bit of February. After that it was kind of a dud. Even though I had greater depth in 2011, I think would go with 1887 - 1888 and 1995 - 1996. Have to be consecutive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I guess I'd have to go with '92 - '93 and '93 - '94 for my couplet. It's probably the best two season stretch that I remember for storms, snow retention and snow depth. Can I relive the whole season, July through July? Summer 1992 was my favorite, lol. There was a lot of good weather events in that time period. December '92, March '93 and January '94's cold & snow. For non-consecutive seasons of all time, it's kind of tough. 1888 had the big storm that would be awesome to see, '96 had storm after storm and great depth and than '11 had that too and more but only for January and a little bit of February. After that it was kind of a dud. Even though I had greater depth in 2011, I think would go with 1887 - 1888 and 1995 - 1996. Hurricane Andrew during the summer....still my fav hurricane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 '92-'93 was not quite epic where I grew up in Brockton, but it was special. Not only did Dec '92 break the back of crap winters...it brought the return of snowpack, snow forts, and all around winter fun that was missing for years. Cheers to December 1992. I may have almost cried getting screwed by that storm..but it started a run of excellent winters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 No argument. But my '94 total was rather pedestrian....OTH, '96 was far an away my largest seasonal total, and '97 had far and away my favorite event. Still don't know what the hell Jerry was talking about, but love him, anyway lol Maybe he thought 77-78 meant the winter starting in Dec 1977 through Spring 1978. You and I and others meant winter 1977 and winter 1978 (Dec 1976 through March 1978) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 this is easy for me.... 92-93 and 93-94 i spent those winters in ottawa, and it was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 this is easy for me.... 92-93 and 93-94 i spent those winters in ottawa, and it was fantastic. I didn't realize Canada counted (or mattered). j/k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baroclinic Zone Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 92 to 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapturedNature Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I guess I'd have to go with '92 - '93 and '93 - '94 for my couplet. It's probably the best two season stretch that I remember for storms, snow retention and snow depth. Can I relive the whole season, July through July? Summer 1992 was my favorite, lol. There was a lot of good weather events in that time period. December '92, March '93 and January '94's cold & snow. For non-consecutive seasons of all time, it's kind of tough. 1888 had the big storm that would be awesome to see, '96 had storm after storm and great depth and than '11 had that too and more but only for January and a little bit of February. After that it was kind of a dud. Even though I had greater depth in 2011, I think would go with 1887 - 1888 and 1995 - 1996. Have to be consecutive. See above...I should have made it a little clearer. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECT Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 12/10 - 1/11 was more than memorable. Buildings were collapsing. I had to make paths for my dog to pee and poop. There was more snow than SNE was used to handling. We did not have roof structures that could handle the weight of the snow, and if we did, we wondered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 this is easy for me.... 92-93 and 93-94 i spent those winters in ottawa, and it was fantastic. If they have to be consecutive these would be my 2 as well.Runners up would be 33-34/34-35 and 70-71/71-72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 If they have to be consecutive these would be my 2 as well. Runners up would be 33-34/34-35 and 70-71/71-72. I almost chose this one as a runner up but '70-'71 was not quite good enough here (still good, but not top 15 stuff)...if I had been choosing for 15 miles north of here I might have picked that couplet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larvay Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 thread if there ever was one. Notice that skiMRG hasn't posted in it, as any two random consecutive winters in GC would be incomparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40/70 Benchmark Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 thread if there ever was one. Notice that skiMRG hasn't posted in it, as any two random consecutive winters in GC would be incomparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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