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Will MSP reach 60 inches of snow for the season before ORD reaches 6"?

cyclone77

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MSP currently at 48.3", ORD has 4.5" for the season.  

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  1. 1. Will MSP reach 60 inches of snow for the season before ORD reaches 6"?


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Hoosier

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I went no, but the notion that it's even on the table is pretty crazy.

Fwiw, I did some research and there has never been a year when Minneapolis reached 60" before Chicago reached 6".  Possibly the closest time was back in the 1991-92 season when MSP was at 60.9" and ORD at 7.5" as of 12/5/1991.

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Hoosier

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17 minutes ago, Hoosier said:

I went no, but the notion that it's even on the table is pretty crazy.

Fwiw, I did some research and there has never been a year when Minneapolis reached 60" before Chicago reached 6".  Possibly the closest time was back in the 1991-92 season when MSP was at 60.9" and ORD at 7.5" as of 12/5/1991.

A little follow-up on this...

In 1991, ORD crossed 6" on December 2, while MSP crossed 60" on December 5.  

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Hoosier

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1 hour ago, michsnowfreak said:

Hoosier, it's probably quicker for you to figure this out lol, what is the greatest difference in a snow season between Chicago and Minneapolis each way?

 

For Detroit...

1982-83: MSP 74.4", DTW 20.0"

 

2004-05: MSP 25.5", DTW 63.8"

 

 

Believe it or not, the greatest differences between Chicago and Minneapolis happened back to back.

1916-17: 

Chicago 23.7", Minneapolis 84.9"

Difference:  +61.2 Minneapolis

 

1917-18:

Chicago 64.1", Minneapolis 30.8"

Difference:  +33.3 Chicago

 

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michsnowfreak

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2 hours ago, Hoosier said:

Believe it or not, the greatest differences between Chicago and Minneapolis happened back to back.

1916-17: 

Chicago 23.7", Minneapolis 84.9"

Difference:  +61.2 Minneapolis

 

1917-18:

Chicago 64.1", Minneapolis 30.8"

Difference:  +33.3 Chicago

 

Looking in all the data, it really does show how some of your storm tracks are just favoring a certain area.  Obviously Minneapolis should beat Detroit more often than not seeing as though they average  about 7 more inches,  And Detroit recently had a good stretch where they beat Minneapolis 9 out of 15 times from 2002-03 to 2016-17.  But what's really surprising is there's quite a few years where one city beats the other by 20+ inches.

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Hoosier

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32 minutes ago, michsnowfreak said:

Looking in all the data, it really does show how some of your storm tracks are just favoring a certain area.  Obviously Minneapolis should beat Detroit more often than not seeing as though they average  about 7 more inches,  And Detroit recently had a good stretch where they beat Minneapolis 9 out of 15 times from 2002-03 to 2016-17.  But what's really surprising is there's quite a few years where one city beats the other by 20+ inches.

Yeah I noticed that as well.  There have been quite a few times when Minneapolis beat Chicago by like 20-40 inches.  Obviously Chicago has done that too, but not as many times.

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Hoosier

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1 minute ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

That back to back flip between MSP and CHI is wild. Just shows how every year is different. Mid continental troughs are the death kiss for any precip here. 

Maybe a good sign for Chicago next year if Minneapolis continues to run away with it this year.  :P

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12 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

That back to back flip between MSP and CHI is wild. Just shows how every year is different. Mid continental troughs are the death kiss for any precip here. 

 Not to derail the thread but back-to-back flips are actually fairly common for any given area. But I can't think of anything more dramatic than the flip Detroit saw many many years ago:
1880-81: 93.6"
1881-82: 13.2"

1880-81 still stands as the 13th coldest Winter on record and for over a century stood as the snowiest Winter on record until 94.9" in 2013-14 dethroned it.  That is the Winter that Laura Ingalls Wilder's book "the long Winter" was about and you see those pictures of trains in the Dakota's buried in snow.
1881-82: This Winter stands as the 2nd least snowy on record, only 0.3" off #1. But more impressively its by far the warmest Winter on record. The 2nd warmest winter is 1.2° colder. Usually rankings in top 20 lists for long term climate sites are separated by tenths of degrees if that.

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Cary67

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17 minutes ago, Sciascia said:

Looks like the trend will need to be the same yet again where February/March are the golden winter months for N/NE IL in terms of snowfall.

Has March been a big cash in winter month for Chicago? 

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If we get to Feb.15th without a decent snow(>3") would rather just see futility records roll out and mild air. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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