hm8 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 28.8" here in Feb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Ended up at 3" for FEB. Of which .3" came last night. WOOHOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Somehow picked up 0.5" late last night/overnight. Will probably melt off quickly. Up to a whopping 3.8" of snow IMBY for February. Smells like more rain here for next Monday-Tuesday. I think the next system will go south of us.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 HPC becomes the WPC on March 3. That will take some getting used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 As aggravating as slushfest 2013 has been here, it cannot be overlooked that we have YET again managed a crazy February. What is happening in these parts in February (in terms of consistency) lately is simply unheard of. No other way to put it. Barring any unexpected snow this evening, February snowfall will wrap up at 23.5" at DTW and 22.0" IMBY. This makes it the 8th snowiest Feb on record for Detroit!Top 10 snowiest Febs at Detroit since 1881 01.) 38.4" - 1908 02.) 31.7" - 2011 03.) 28.5" - 1881 04.) 28.0" - 1900 05.) 28.0" - 1926 06.) 27.0" - 2010 07.) 24.2" - 2008 08.) 23.5" - 2013 09.) 20.8" - 1986 10.) 19.6" - 1898 Feb snowfall at Detroit since 2007 2007- 14.1" 2008- 24.2" 2009- 8.5" 2010- 27.0" 2011- 31.7" 2012- 10.2" 2013- 23.5" Longterm Feb avg: approx 9.5" 4-yr avg: 23.1" 7-yr avg: 19.9" 11-yr avg: 16.0" NCDC will have to do some of their patented "quality control" when the next set of normals come out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 With many places seeing accumulating snow without ever getting below freezing, it made me wonder what the most has fallen here. I looked at calendar days with lows at or above 33 and found 7 occurrences of 4" or more since 1948 at CLE. The most being 7.8" on december 2, 1974 where the high was 37 and low was 33. I'm curious what other cities records are. Looking at the hourly obs for DTW..... From Feb 26-28, 1.00" precip fell in the form of snow. Total snowfall accum was 7.1". Peak depth was 5". Current 1pm depth is 3". Temp during all snowfall ranged from 33-35F. In fact, Feb 27 calendar day had 4.0" snow with a high/low of 36F/33F. IMBY I estimate 0.75"-0.80" liquid fell as snow, total accum 5.1". Peak depth 3", current depth 1-2" (spots of 2" but also some bare spots). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Down to 30° with some flurries. Snow is rock solid now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 This month will end at 24.7" for Northeast Oakland County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Well nighttime is about to fall on the last day of meteorological winter. A snowy Feb ends with large snowbanks but unfortunately in my area, snowcover is about half covered/half bare. Its actually seems like half of lawns have 2", half are bare (outside the piles) or have just a few patches. So im calling depth 1". Its not scenic, but at least theres resemblance of winter rather than spring as we head into March. I too think ma Nature is not done for this region snowstorm-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Surprising amount of melting today. Made it to 38 and lost at least 3". Down to about 3" of cement already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Well nighttime is about to fall on the last day of meteorological winter. A snowy Feb ends with large snowbanks but unfortunately in my area, snowcover is about half covered/half bare. Its actually seems like half of lawns have 2", half are bare (outside the piles) or have just a few patches. So im calling depth 1". Its not scenic, but at least theres resemblance of winter rather than spring as we head into March. I too think ma Nature is not done for this region snowstorm-wise. December get an F, January gets a C, February gets a B-. Overall Met winter gets a C-. Last winter got an F-. The Christmas Miracle snow saved the first half of winter from a full F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 24.2" for Feb imby. All days except the 7th had snowcover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 24.2" for Feb imby. All days except the 7th had snowcover. Congrats. We all knew you were due. You've had 9" more in Feb than I've had all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Congrats. We all knew you were due. You've had 9" more in Feb than I've had all winter. Big March coming for FWA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Looks like February is going to close out with some light LES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Big March coming for FWA! Hopefully we can squeeze in 6-10" for March atleast, that way YYZ will end up with a normal snowfall season and compared to the last few marches only 2011 was actually decent, lol since 2008. This month was extraordinary, way above average snowfall. Loved it It was worth the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Temperature-wise, it looks like Toronto will finish right around average. Here's hoping for a March with a blend of 1870, 1960, 1984 and 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Temperature-wise, it looks like Toronto will finish right around average. Here's hoping for a March with a blend of 1870, 1960, 1984 and 2008. March 1870 was insanity, that aint never happening again LOL . But i like the other analogs, they have more reasonable snowfall tally's haha. Lets hope its a good month then i'm ready for Spring in April, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Finished with 11.4" of snow for Feb. Not a bad rally after the most abysmal start to winter I've ever seen. Met winter finishes with 2 days below zero. Coldest temp of the winter was only -3. Last winter's lack of sub zero temps (one or two days) combined with this winter's lack of sub zero weather is truly astonishing. The QC averages 10 days below zero on average. So that's nearly 20 days less than average regarding below zero days combining this winter with the last. Extremely cold air can be kind of interesting to experience and forecast, but it's definitely been a big money saver on the ol' heating bill the last two winters. Feb '13 http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/febm.jpg/'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Well this month was one snowy and cold month! This was the snowiest February I've experienced. It beat out February 2008 by 0.9". 4th snowiest month I've seen here. All but 3 days this month had an inch+ on the ground. 13/28 days had measurable snow. Highest temperature: 49°, lowest: -2°. Departure: -2.96° Average highs: -3.39° Average lows: -2.54° Rainfall: 0.71" Snowfall: 37.3" Snowfall water eq: 4.05" Total moisture: 4.76" Cloudy days: 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Februarys snowfall will come in at 54.2cm (20.6") at YHM with a mean temp. of -5.6°C compared to an average of -5.2°C. However, the snowfall report is likely underestimated for a few events. The Feb. 8 storm comes in at 24.8cm despite the fact that every report from around the city measured at least 32cm. I wonder if YHM uses a Nipher gauge as well? Regardless, still a very snowy and cold month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 UofM finished with 29.9" for Feb. Unfortunately I can't seem to fins anywhere ranking the top snowiest Febs....NOWData will only give me maximum daily snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Februarys snowfall will come in at 54.2cm (20.6") at YHM with a mean temp. of -5.6°C compared to an average of -5.2°C. However, the snowfall report is likely underestimated for a few events. The Feb. 8 storm comes in at 24.8cm despite the fact that every report from around the city measured at least 32cm. I wonder if YHM uses a Nipher gauge as well? Regardless, still a very snowy and cold month. Don't follow YHM too closely but from what I've seen they're usually ok. May have been a one off thing. Had Pearson measured Feb 8 correctly they'd be pushing 30" this month. Although, had they measured the wet snowfalls correctly that would have brought that number down some I guess. You gotta take the good with the bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Better than I thought. 24.3" through 1 am is good for 4th all time for YYZ. Have a chance to crack the top three with these scraps of snow rotating through. Only need 0.6" more for 3rd spot. 0.7" more brings YYZ to an even 25.0" for the Feb 2013. 3rd all time. Feb 2008...30.2" Feb 1950...26.2" Feb 2013...25.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OntarioWX Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Don't follow YHM too closely but from what I've seen they're usually ok. May have been a one off thing. Had Pearson measured Feb 8 correctly they'd be pushing 30" this month. Although, had they measured the wet snowfalls correctly that would have brought that number down some I guess. You gotta take the good with the bad. Yeah. The actual snowfall number probably isn't too far from the truth though likely lowballed. The airport actually measured 22.4cm with the last storm we had while that number was more like 10cm imby (if that) so ~55cm is probably a good estimate of what I saw this month. And 3rd all-time snowiest February? That's hard to fathom after what an atrocious start we had. Wouldn't have seen that coming from a mile away, not even after the Feb. 8 storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 February 2013 statistics for Indiana sites. Bloomington Mean temperature: 32.2º -0.9º Total precipitation: 2.55" -0.21" Evansville Mean temperature: 36.1º -0.5º Total precipitation: 2.77" -0.40" Total snowfall: 1.3" -2.5" Fort Wayne Mean temperature: 27.5º -0.8º Total precipitation: 1.86" -0.18" Total Snowfall: 8.2" +0.5" Indianapolis Mean temperature: 30.9º -1.2º Total Precipitation: 2.27" -0.05" Total snowfall: 2.6" -3.9" Indianapolis Eagle Creek Mean temperature: 30.6º -1.4º Total precipitation: 2.27" +0.14" Lafayette Mean temperature: 29.2º -1.3º Total precipitation: 2.28" +0.52" Muncie Mean temperature: 31.3º +1.6º Total Precipitation: 1.52" -0.79" South Bend Mean temperature: 27.3º -0.5º Total Precipitation: 2.49" +0.54" Total snowfall: 26.7" +11.7" Terre Haute Mean temperature: 32.2º -0.2º Total Precipitation: 2.08" +0.15" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 February 2013 statistics for Indiana sites. Bloomington Mean temperature: 32.2º -0.9º Total precipitation: 2.55" -0.21" Evansville Mean temperature: 36.1º -0.5º Total precipitation: 2.77" -0.40" Total snowfall: 1.3" -2.5" Fort Wayne Mean temperature: 27.5º -0.8º Total precipitation: 1.86" -0.18" Total Snowfall: 8.2" +0.5" Indianapolis Mean temperature: 30.9º -1.2º Total Precipitation: 2.27" -0.05" Total snowfall: 2.6" -3.9" Indianapolis Eagle Creek Mean temperature: 30.6º -1.4º Total precipitation: 2.27" +0.14" Lafayette Mean temperature: 29.2º -1.3º Total precipitation: 2.28" +0.52" Muncie Mean temperature: 31.3º +1.6º Total Precipitation: 1.52" -0.79" South Bend Mean temperature: 27.3º -0.5º Total Precipitation: 2.49" +0.54" Total snowfall: 26.7" +11.7" Terre Haute Mean temperature: 32.2º -0.2º Total Precipitation: 2.08" +0.15" What happened in Muncie? Heat exhaust vent near the site? That's GISS legit though... So no worries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 What happened in Muncie? Heat exhaust vent near the site? That's GISS legit though... So no worries. MIE usually runs cooler, ironically. Localized warm bubble I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 0.7" more brings YYZ to an even 25.0" for the Feb 2013. 3rd all time. Feb 2008...30.2" Feb 1950...26.2" Feb 2013...25.0" Very impressive. When you take the downtown stats back to 1930, February 2013 still ranks third! Essentially, this was the third snowiest February experienced by most people alive in Toronto today. Intriguing also, how it finished so close to 1950 - another year which had a cold November and a January of wild temperature swings before getting a cold February and March. Funny to think of the CTV reporter asking a lady on the street in late January what she thought of temperatures in the mid 50s in January. Her response, "it's scary. Clearly there's something wrong with our climate. We should be doing something about it". Ummm, very similar pattern to winter 1950... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Well this month was one snowy and cold month! This was the snowiest February I've experienced. It beat out February 2008 by 0.9". 4th snowiest month I've seen here. All but 3 days this month had an inch+ on the ground. 13/28 days had measurable snow. Highest temperature: 49°, lowest: -2°. Departure: -2.96° Average highs: -3.39° Average lows: -2.54° Rainfall: 0.71" Snowfall: 37.3" Snowfall water eq: 4.05" Total moisture: 4.76" Cloudy days: 19 Amazing, you had more snow in February than I've had in the past 2 entire winters combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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