December 2024 - Best look to an early December pattern in many a year!

[512high]

26 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I thought this month was largely disappointing big time here considering the airmasses we had. Hopefully Jan produces.

Agreed, we had the airmass, but for most, sucked. Closed out last season, with 31.5" , season before 42"+/-, 

[Lava Rock]

0.82" for the event. back to grass

[dryslot]

54 minutes ago, Lava Rock said:

0.82" for the event. back to grass

All gone but some piles, Not that we had a lot anyways.

[Layman]

A wise man once said “when the weather gives you lemons, make smash burgers”. Me and the little lady heeded the call. Beautiful afternoon out there, hope you got to enjoy it. 

[Damage In Tolland]

22 minutes ago, Layman said:

A wise man once said “when the weather gives you lemons, make smash burgers”. Me and the little lady heeded the call. Beautiful afternoon out there, hope you got to enjoy it. 

Lay it in .. Man!

[wokeupthisam]

low of 30.9F, completely bare ground with a heavy frost and sunny skies.  Beautiful late Octember morning!

[tamarack]

Storm total 0.95" but still 6" at the stake, 27 for the low and half of a 5-gal bucket of ashes for the driveway.  Entertainment yesterday was 2 guys extracting and hauling out an ancient truck with a logging crane, last used in early 2008, all this during the heaviest rain and with temps still in the mid 30s.  They had coats on but neither one was wearing a hat.  

[Allsnow]

 

[Great Snow 1717]

9 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

 

same goes for many parts of the Michigan UP...

[jbenedet]

2 hours ago, Allsnow said:

 

It doesn’t get better over the next two weeks— another rainer then all the confluence—-> dry
 

What this is, is a key difference from previous years when caribou really cashed in. The biggest regional difference vs persistence of past 5 years I’d wager.

My hope and expectation is this translates to an earlier start to spring. Better weather in later March and early April than in recent years.

 

[Allsnow]

59 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

It doesn’t get better over the next two weeks another rainer then all the confluence—-> dry
 

What this is, is a key difference from previous years when caribou really cashed in. The biggest regional difference vs persistence of past 5 years I’d wager.

My hope and expectation is this translates to an earlier start to spring. Better weather in later March and early April than in recent years.

 

I think February into March will be a good snow month for that area if we get a typical late winter Nina pattern 

[Lava Rock]

48F torch

[Chrisrotary12]

19 hours ago, 512high said:

Agreed, we had the airmass, but for most, sucked. Closed out last season, with 31.5" , season before 42"+/-, 

We suck.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Stunning afternoon in Western Massachusetts.   Feels like April. 

[powderfreak]

3 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Stunning afternoon in Western Massachusetts.   Feels like April. 

Same up here.  45F and sun.  Rec Path has people running in shorts.  Very March/April vibe.

[tamarack]

2 hours ago, jbenedet said:

It doesn’t get better over the next two weeks— another rainer then all the confluence—-> dry
 

What this is, is a key difference from previous years when caribou really cashed in. The biggest regional difference vs persistence of past 5 years I’d wager.

My hope and expectation is this translates to an earlier start to spring. Better weather in later March and early April than in recent years.

 

That "rainer" is a mix at CAR; their forecast has a few inches on the ground by Friday morning.  Far NW Maine might reach double digits.

[SJonesWX]

56 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Stunning afternoon in Western Massachusetts.   Feels like April Christmas. 

FYP

[WxWatcher007]

Looks like a good rainer inbound here in CT tonight 

[klw]

6 hours ago, powderfreak said:

Same up here.  45F and sun.  Rec Path has people running in shorts.  Very March/April vibe.

I made the mistake of stopping in the Stowe Market in the mid-afternoon for a couple of things.  Wow, just wow.  Just so many clueless, self involved folks.  When the aisle in front of the register is 3 feet wide, maybe find another spot for your conversation.

[powderfreak]

6 minutes ago, klw said:

I made the mistake of stopping in the Stowe Market in the mid-afternoon for a couple of things.  Wow, just wow.  Just so many clueless, self involved folks.  When the aisle in front of the register is 3 feet wide, maybe find another spot for your conversation.

Dude we are swamped.  It's the city comes to the mountain town.

[Go Kart Mozart]

Holy boomers, good call WeatherWiz!

[Go Kart Mozart]

-1.3 at BDR for the month.

[dendrite]

21 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

-1.3 at BDR for the month.

CAR +1.9
BDL +1.2
ORH +1.1
BTV +0.5
BGR +0.1
BOS -0.4
CON -0.6
PWM -0.8
PVD -1.0
BDR -1.3

[dendrite]

Considering BDL is a rad pit I think they are still running a little high. ORH was running big anomalies at the end of the month because of the torched mins so that can be explained.

[qg_omega]

48 minutes ago, dendrite said:

CAR +1.9
BDL +1.2
ORH +1.1
BTV +0.5
BGR +0.1
BOS -0.4
CON -0.6
PWM -0.8
PVD -1.0
BDR -1.3

What a cold December

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

CAR +1.9
BDL +1.2
ORH +1.1
BTV +0.5
BGR +0.1
BOS -0.4
CON -0.6
PWM -0.8
PVD -1.0
BDR -1.3

Now do DAW lol

[tamarack]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

CAR +1.9
BDL +1.2
ORH +1.1
BTV +0.5
BGR +0.1
BOS -0.4
CON -0.6
PWM -0.8
PVD -1.0
BDR -1.3

0.5 BN here
December 2024:
Avg max:   30.9   Within 2 hundredth of the average.  Mildest, 48 on the 12th
Avg min:    12.4   -1.2    Coldest, -7 on the 27th
Mean:        21.7    -0.5

Precip:   5.08"     +0.21"    Wettest (and all RA), 1.34" on the 11th
Snow:    22.5"     +3.3"    Had 9.1" on the 5th   297 SDDs, not quite twice the avg (157).

2024 averaged 44.38°, warmest of the 26 full years here, 0.13° above 2010.

Annual precip:  52.08"   +2.81"   8 of 12 months were AN.  2024 had our driest February and wettest March.

[dendrite]

57 minutes ago, SJonesWX said:

Now do DAW lol

Not sure what GYX is using for normals, but they have +3.5.

[jbenedet]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

Not sure what GYX is using for normals, but they have +3.5.

Should do PSM. Fawgettabout DAW in winter. 

[ORH_wxman]

5 hours ago, dendrite said:

Considering BDL is a rad pit I think they are still running a little high. ORH was running big anomalies at the end of the month because of the torched mins so that can be explained.

ORH is still running too high anyways. Been that way since 2020. Crazy that it’s almost 5 years worth of data now. 
 

I meant to put together a spreadsheet but haven’t done it yet…but now that we have all the months through the end of 2024, I may line up all the monthly anomalies for first order SNE sites and then graph them. That would be the ultimate tell.