RCNYILWX Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 A: Tracking winter storms is what got me interested in the weather as a kid growing up in NYC so to be here for the 2nd, I mean, 3rd snowiest season on record in Chicago was pretty cool. I don't track snowfall here where I live, but the amount of snow at the office surpasses the 1995-96 season in NYC that was personally the most for me. I can also say that this winter impacted us at LOT, lots of long hours due to how busy it was and short staffing but it also probably made many of us better winter weather forecasters. The number of events to track, as TSnow mentioned the heavy banding in many of those events, the many LES events even on the IL side and instances that approached the severity of GHD for brief periods made it one for the books. Can't give the winter an A because while looking back and saying I experienced the third coldest met winter and coldest Dec-Mar on record in Chicago is fun to say, it was less fun to endure at times. By far the most relentless cold I've ever experienced, most subzero nights, lowest wind chill ever for me on 1/6 etc, and not being able or wanting to do anything outside gets old after a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherzen Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 A+ Snow-rollers! Never experienced them before and had several in my front yard this year. That combined with a solid season of snow and cold make it a top winter for me. Experiencing thundersnow is still on my list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTWeatherFan Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Definitely an A+ for my first winter in the Midwest. Never did I even dream that the amount of snow and cold we had was possible in this climate. Now I just have to remember that this year is not the norm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisconsinwx Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 C+, a slightly better version of Cyclone's winter, at least I had one 6"+ storm, but by and large, full of nickel and dimers and brutal cold that actually has me downgrading the winter slightly, as I'm a snow lover, not a relentless cold and snowcover lover necessarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Definitely an A+ for my first winter in the Midwest. Never did I even dream that the amount of snow and cold we had was possible in this climate. Now I just have to remember that this year is not the norm! Yes...this is NOT the norm. You will still see more frequent snowfall and longer lasting snowcover here in a typical winter than in CT...but not like this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 B+ for Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Road Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 A Would be a solid A+ if the Gary LES band had made it another 20 miles east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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