December 2010 Recap

[Chicago WX]

First, the temperature and precipitation departure maps. And a full listing of all available snowfall amounts (and departures) found via the NWS sites.

[Chicago WX]

December 2010 snowfall totals and departures.

R=record monthly snowfall

ILLINOIS

Chicago ORD: 16.2" (+7.5")

Lincoln: 9.2" (+3.7")

Moline: 17.0" (+8.6")

Peoria: 19.2" (+12.6")

Rockford: 19.2" (+8.4")

Springfield: 7.9" (+1.9")

INDIANA

Evansville: 6.6" (+3.8")

Fort Wayne: 10.9" (+2.6")

Indianapolis: 16.6" (+10.2")

Lafayette: 21.8" (?)

South Bend: 23.6" (+4.4")

IOWA

Cedar Rapids: 12.7" (+4.9")

Davenport: 24.4" (?)

Des Moines: 9.7" (+2.0")

Dubuque: 27.5" (+17.0")

Iowa City: 10.2" (?)

Mason City: 27.5" (+19.5")

Sioux City: 10.2" (+3.9")

Waterloo: 24.7" (+17.2")

KENTUCKY

Bowling Green: 8.3" (+7.4")

Jackson: 18.5" (+14.1") R

Lexington: 12.4" (+10.4")

Louisville SDF: 6.2" (+4.2")

Paducah: 5.6" (+4.1")

MICHIGAN

Alpena: 22.9" (+3.3")

Detroit: 9.3" (-1.8")

Flint: 12.1" (+0.5")

Grand Rapids: 11.4" (-7.4")

Houghton Lake: 17.5" (+1.6")

Lansing: 8.1" (-5.1")

Marquette: 57.7" (+19.2")

Muskegon: 13.8" (-15.5")

Saginaw: 9.6" (-0.6")

Sault Ste Marie: 18.5" (-17.8")

MINNESOTA

Chanhassen: 36.4" (?)

Duluth: 18.1" (+3.2")

International Falls: 18.5" (+5.8")

Minneapolis: 33.6" (+23.6") R

Rochester: 41.3" (+29.7) R

St. Cloud: 18.2" (+9.6")

MISSOURI

Columbia: 8.4" (+4.0")

Joplin: T (-2.8")

Kansas City: 2.9" (-1.4")

St. Joseph: 2.5" (-0.5")

St. Louis: 7.9" (+3.0")

Springfield: 0.9" (-3.1")

OHIO

Akron/Canton: 19.5" (+10.0")

Cincinnati: 16.6" (+12.9")

Cleveland: 12.7" (-0.4")

Columbus: 7.3" (+2.3")

Dayton: 9.4" (+4.0")

Mansfield: 10.5" (+0.8")

Toledo: 6.0" (-2.3")

Youngstown: 53.1" (+40.9") R

WISCONSIN

Eau Claire: 30.0" (+19.6")

Green Bay: 22.2" (+9.6")

La Crosse: 32.3" (+22.7")

Madison: 20.8" (+8.2")

Milwaukee: 8.3" (-3.4")

Rhinelander: 26.6" (+11.1")

Wausau: 22.9" (+9.4")

ONTARIO

Hamilton: 4.9" (-9.6")

London: 50.1" (+30.0")

Ottawa: 9.2" (-13.3")

Toronto Downtown: 4.8" (-7.9")

Toronto YYZ: 2.8" (-8.7")

Windsor: 13.2" (+1.3")

[AppsRunner]

Bowling Green, KY gets more then Bowling Green, OH.

[IWXwx]

It looks like the same general area that suffered through the drought got shorted again in Dec.

Specifically Western KY, Southern IL, Southern and NE IN.

[Chicago WX]

Sites that had a top 10 snowy December.

Akron/Canton OH

1) 29.4"...1974

2) 25.4"...1960

3) 24.3"...1962

4) 20.3"...2000

5) 19.6"...1951

6) 19.5"...2010

7) 19.3"...1977

8) 19.0"...1981

9) 18.8"...1944

10) 18.6"...2003

Bloomington-Normal IL

1) 27.5"...Feb 1900

2) 26.2"...Jan 1918

3) 25.9"...Mar 1960

4) 24.6"...Jan 1979

5) 22.9"...Jan 1939

6) 22.0"...Feb 2007

7) 20.9"...Dec 1973

8) 18.9"...Jan 1987

9) 18.1"...Dec 2000 & Dec 2010

10) 17.8"...Feb 1960

Dubuque IA

1) 37.6"...2000

2) 32.0"...1887

3) 27.5"...2010

4) 26.4"...1977

5) 24.3"...2008

6) 21.4"...1969

7) 20.9"...1987

8) 20.7"...1961

9) 20.6"...2007

10) 20.5"...1951

Eau Claire WI

1) 31.4"...1968

2) 30.0"...2010

3) 25.3"...1972

4) 25.0"...2008

5) 24.2"...1969

Indianapolis IN

1) 27.5"...1973

2) 21.5"...1895

3) 16.6"...2010

4) 16.3"...2000

5) 15.6"...1981

6) 15.2"...1977

7) 14.6"...1996

8) 14.1"...2005

9) 13.1"...2004

10) 13.1"...1915

Jackson KY

1) 18.5"...2010

La Crosse WI

1) 32.7"...2008

2) 32.3"...2010

3) 30.4"...1990

4) 26.6"...1968

5) 25.5"...2000

5) 25.5"...1927

7) 24.9"...2009

8) 24.2"...2007

9) 21.9"...1911

10) 19.8"...1969

Lafayette/West Lafayette IN

1) 25.5"...1929

2) 24.0"...1983

3) 21.8"...2010

4) 21.6"...1973

5) 20.8"...1914

6) 20.5"...1977

7) 20.3"...1909

8) 17.5"...2000

9) 17.3"...1934

10) 15.5"...2007

Minneapolis MN

1) 33.6"...2010

2) 33.2"...1969

3) 30.2"...2000 (@ Chanhassen)

4) 28.7"...1968

5) 25.0"...1950

6) 24.0"...1902

7) 23.7"...1996

8) 22.8"...1927

9) 21.0"...1983

10) 20.9"...2009

Moline IL

1) 32.9"...2000

2) 22.0"...1887

3) 21.7"...1978

4) 21.3"...2008

5) 20.8"...1977

6) 19.6"...2007

7) 18.9"...1983

8) 17.0"...2010

9) 16.7"...1951

10) 16.3"...1909

Peoria IL

1) 21.7"...1977

2) 21.0"...2000

3) 19.2"...2010

4) 18.9"...1973

5) 18.0"...1909

6) 15.9"...1983

7) 14.6"...2009

8) 14.4"...1914

9) 14.2"...1978

10) 11.7"...1997

Rochester MN

1) 41.3"...2010 (snowiest month on record)

2) 35.3"...2000

3) 30.6"...1969

4) 28.6"...2008

5) 26.3"...2009

6) 21.4"...1950

7) 20.8"...1990

8) 20.7"...1968

9) 19.6"...1996

10) 18.8"...1977

Rockford IL

1) 30.1"...2000

2) 28.9"...2008

3) 26.5"...1909

4) 25.1"...1978

5) 23.3"...1977

6) 21.7"...2007

6) 21.7"...1987

8) 20.0"...1973

9) 19.2"...2010

10) 18.4"...1951

Urbana IL

1) 32.0"...Mar 1906

2) 28.3"...Jan 1979

3) 22.2"...Jan 1982

4) 20.9"...Mar 1960

5) 20.4"...Dec 2010

6) 20.2"...Jan 1987

7) 20.0"...Feb 2007

8) 19.1"...Dec 1983

9) 18.8"...Jan 1977

10) 18.8"...Jan 1999

Waterloo IA

1) 34.0”...2000

2) 24.7"...2010

3) 23.0”...1904

4) 20.5”...2008

5) 20.1”...1961

6) 19.5”...1969

7) 18.0”...2005

8) 16.9”...1977

9) 16.0”...1897 and 1951

10) 15.7"...1941

Youngstown OH

1) 53.1"...2010 (snowiest month on record)

2) 29.5"...1987

3) 23.3"...2007

4) 23.0"...1963

5) 22.4"...1962

6) 21.9"...1944

7) 21.6"...1968

8) 21.6"...1945

9) 21.2"...1969

10) 20.7"...2004

ARX write up about the snowy December: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=arx&storyid=61462&source=0

[Hoosier]

First, the temperature and precipitation departure maps. And a full listing of all available snowfall amounts (and departures) found via the NWS sites.

It was about halfway through the month that I realized that my winter outlook was in trouble.

It's not just what happened in December...it's what's continuing to happen. We had a few torch days but the cold signals are intensifying for the end of the week. Then later January could get interesting.

[Chicago WX]

It was about halfway through the month that I realized that my winter outlook was in trouble.

It's not just what happened in December...it's what's continuing to happen. We had a few torch days but the cold signals are intensifying for the end of the week. Then later January could get interesting.

Mine is in the trash can. Much respect to blocking and the sun...ENSO be damned.

[wishforsnow]

According to John Dee and he lives up in Keweenaw county north of where I live. We received 37.5 inches of snow for the whole month of December, which is very low for here. If you add November totals it would be 63.5 inches so far.