Snow Stats for My Backyard for last 10 winters

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I've measured every event since 2004-05.  Here are some stats. Feel free to add yours.

 

2004-05 - 2011-12 - Mt. Pleasant

2012-13 - Old Town

2013-14 - Thomas Circle

 

04-05: 17.0", 05-06: 17.5", 06-07: 13.5", 07-08: 7.0", 08-09: 10.25", 09-10: 67.5", 10-11: 12.5", 11-12: 2.25", 12-13: 5.0", 13-14: 36.5"

 

Average Seasonal: 18.9"

Median Seasonal: 13.0"

Biggest winter: 67.5" (09-10)

Smallest Winter: 2.25" (11-12)

10 biggest events: 2/5-6/10 - 22.25", 12/18-19/10 - 18.5", 2/9-10/10 - 12.5", 2/11/06 - 11.0", 2/12-13/14 - 8.75", 3/16-17/14 - 7.75", 3/1-2/09 - 7.5", 1/26/11 - 6.75", 1/30/10 - 6.5", t) 2/24/05 and 1/21/14 - 4.5"

Average number of measurable (0.25"+) events per winter: 7.3

Most number of measurable events: 13 (13-14)

Least number of measurable events: 3 (07-08)

Winter with a:

1" storm: 10/10

2" storm: 9/10

4" storm: 8/10

6" storm: 5/10

Measurable Events per month: 

October: 1, November: 1, December: 14, January: 21, February: 25, March: 10, April: 1

[CAPE]

I know the last 5 winters IMBY off the top of my head, all from 2 miles NW of Greensboro MD...

 

09-10:   68"

10-11:   20"

11-12:   1.5"

12-13:   9.5"

13-14:   41"

 

I have data going back much further on a hard drive somewhere. I do know that the NCDC long term avg of 18.5 inches is about right for here. I know some prefer to use shorter term avg snowfall data, but I am not a believer in that. The larger the sample set the better, unless one is convinced the climate has already changed, and data pre-1980 is no longer representative. 

[PhineasC]

Really puts this winter into perspective. It wasn't as exciting as 09-10 but it will still rank amongst the greats for a number of reasons not the least of which was snowfall.

[CAPE]

Really puts this winter into perspective. It wasn't as exciting as 09-10 but it will still rank amongst the greats for a number of reasons not the least of which was snowfall.

It was great and just as enjoyable as 09-10. While that winter was amazing for the 3 big storms, there was some long droughts in there, esp the latter part of Dec and most of Jan. Plus winter ended early. This winter the cold would not quit, and we had some bonafide arctic shots, plus the frequency of snowfall. It snowed a lot. And topped off with a pretty epic March with most getting 2 and in some cases 3 warning criteria snow events.