[jp03]

Originally Posted by Cambium

You wanna hear a cool stat?
Using amount of snows per decade...

Coastal CT (Bridgeport) has gotten 100 inches of snow since the start of this decade (2010 & 2011) which is just 80 inches from beating the entire decade of the 1980s.....And we still have 8 years to do it.

Bridgeport
1980-1989 = 179"
2010 = 38"
2011 = 62"

That was an interesting thing about the 80's , 70's too..There were alot more inland snow and rain coastal events back then. You saw many storms on the coast start as snow and turn to rain..I bet Central Park has low totals too, but inland I bet was a lot higher. Now it seems snows stay intact to the coast more for some odd reason.

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by jp03

That was an interesting thing about the 80's , 70's too..There were alot more inland snow and rain coastal events back then. You saw many storms on the coast start as snow and turn to rain..I bet Central Park has low totals too, but inland I bet was a lot higher. Now it seems snows stay intact to the coast more for some odd reason.

My man...you said it on bullseye...

1980s
Bridgeport - 179"
Central Park, NY - 196"
Haverhill MA -349"
Hartford, CT - 357"
Albany, NY - 589"

Want to hear another one? Kinda shocked me... We had more snow in the 60s then the 70s.

Here's a graph I made all coastal cities here.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by Cambium

My man...you said it on bullseye...

1980s
Bridgeport - 179"
Central Park, NY - 196"
Haverhill MA -349"
Hartford, CT - 357"
Albany, NY - 589"

Want to hear another one? Kinda shocked me... We had more snow in the 60s then the 70s.

Here's a graph I made all coastal cities here.

Great chart! That is interesting, I thought the 70's were a big snow decade. That surprises me.

[7 Wishes]

Originally Posted by jp03

Great chart! That is interesting, I thought the 70's were a big snow decade. That surprises me.

No, the 70s were actually pretty lacking in snow except for the winter of 1977-78, which was similar to last winter.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

No, the 70s were actually pretty lacking in snow except for the winter of 1977-78, which was similar to last winter.

Yea, i guess as a kid you only remember certain things..I remember that year well..not indicative of the decade though for sure.

[trishguard]

I started using heat today. Feels good.

[wavehunter007]

Originally Posted by 7 Wishes

No, the 70s were actually pretty lacking in snow except for the winter of 1977-78, which was similar to last winter.

Interesting map on the snow events.

True… the 1970’s were not as snowy as the 1960’s but the winter of 76-77 and 77-78 were horrific! I think, the snowstorm of Feb 1978 – still holds the record for a non-tropical barometric pressure in the Tri-State/Middle Atlantic region (963 mb). It dumped 20 inches of snow in coastal Connecticut/Long island/NYC to this day that’s biggest snowstorm in the history of cities like New Haven and New London.

One thing I think we should all remember about any weather variable is that the peaks and troughs get smoothed out over time. Meaning that the extremes always seem to balance out. Dr Mel on channel 8 used to say this…nature has way of balancing things out. We have several wet springs, then several dry ones, several snowy (for us) winters, then several winters when little snow falls. Look at even hurricane landfalls. Between 1938 and 1955 we got hit directly with 4 hurricanes and 4 tropical storms…then from 1960 – to 1985 we had only 2 hurricanes and 2 tropical storms. Nature will always balance things out I guess.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by wavehunter007

Interesting map on the snow events.

True… the 1970’s were not as snowy as the 1960’s but the winter of 76-77 and 77-78 were horrific! I think, the snowstorm of Feb 1978 – still holds the record for a non-tropical barometric pressure in the Tri-State/Middle Atlantic region (963 mb). It dumped 20 inches of snow in coastal Connecticut/Long island/NYC to this day that’s biggest snowstorm in the history of cities like New Haven and New London.

One thing I think we should all remember about any weather variable is that the peaks and troughs get smoothed out over time. Meaning that the extremes always seem to balance out. Dr Mel on channel 8 used to say this…nature has way of balancing things out. We have several wet springs, then several dry ones, several snowy (for us) winters, then several winters when little snow falls. Look at even hurricane landfalls. Between 1938 and 1955 we got hit directly with 4 hurricanes and 4 tropical storms…then from 1960 – to 1985 we had only 2 hurricanes and 2 tropical storms. Nature will always balance things out I guess.

Averages are truly a balance of extremes...very , very true.
A 60 degree average high ..is more likely going to look like 70,50,70,50 than it is 60,60,60,60 in a 4 year period.

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by trishguard

I started using heat today. Feels good.

My kids were complaingin the house was cold but I refused to turn the heat on. Went and took a shower. I come out and I hear the water running in the baseboards. DW broke down and turned it on. I would have just told them to put on a sweater. Jay

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by JayCT

My kids were complaingin the house was cold but I refused to turn the heat on. Went and took a shower. I come out and I hear the water running in the baseboards. DW broke down and turned it on. I would have just told them to put on a sweater. Jay

Heh heh...similar thing happened in my household today!