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Well, aside from piles by corners, parking lots the snow is gone. Very mild today but a steady south wind at 25-30 mph, gusts to 40 mph, very Spring-like for mid-March!
It will be interesting to see if winter has one last gasp for us seeing as it did not show up much this year!
I never thought you got so much snow in valleys in eastern Idaho, I guess being just west of 13,000+ footers helps.
Some pics I took two weeks ago in the Jura highlands, around 1,100 m / 3,600 ft asl in eastern France bordering Switzerland. The snowpack was a tad below average because of the numerous rainy thaws they got this winter. Still much better than the disastrous situation they were in last year.
There are plenty of sinkholes in this region, like this one:
There's a weather station down there but it's quite recent unfortunately.
It went down to -7.3°C/18.9°F last July and -37.4°C/-35.3°F last February.
Here's a comparison of the min temps recorded just outside the frost hollow (Amburnex) and inside of it (Amburnex-Combe) since the beginning of the year: Comparison
On February 20, the low was -14.7°C/5.5°F at the former and -30.3°C/-22.6°F at the latter, only 23 m lower. Almost one degree Celsius per meter!
Mouthe, labelled as the "coldest town in france", went down to only -25°C/-13°F. Since the record low since 1960 or so in Mouthe is -41°C/-42°F (1985), I think the temperature in the Amburnex sinkhole can dip below -50°C during a big coldwave.
Mont Blanc (4,810 m/15,782 ft) in the distance:
There was some ice left on the banks of lake Geneva (here in Yvoire):
I don't think there was a thread for seasonal snow fall totals. My snow totals for the year:
Oct: 6.5 inches
Jan: 5.3 inches
Mar: 5.6 inches
Total: 17.4 inches
If the numbers are right, both December and February recorded no snow. 2009-2010 was almost as snowless but the snow was actually during winter. Total was 20.4 inches. Last year's total was 58.6 inches (might be missing data).
I don't think there was a thread for seasonal snow fall totals. My snow totals for the year:
Oct: 6.5 inches
Jan: 5.3 inches
Mar: 5.6 inches
Total: 17.4 inches
If the numbers are right, both December and February recorded no snow. 2009-2010 was almost as snowless but the snow was actually during winter. Total was 20.4 inches. Last year's total was 58.6 inches (might be missing data).
We got 75 inches in 2009-2010, which I think was less than most of the Mid-Atlantic region. Last year was right around the 1971-2000 average of 50 inches.
This year the NWS says 13 inches, but I think it was more around 17 inches.
A pitiful 0.4 in. I think it snowed for about 10 hours to produce this amount, and that was at below 20°F, to give an idea of the strenght of the "snowfall".
Last year was 20.1 in., which is good for here, so it's only nature balancing things I guess.
We got 75 inches in 2009-2010, which I think was less than most of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Bizarre since I remember that season as an unusually snowless season. We're less than 150 miles apart. Interesting how the storm tracks were that season.
Snowiest season I've experienced was 79.9 inches; high but not as high as I thought I had experienced.
We got 75 inches in 2009-2010, which I think was less than most of the Mid-Atlantic region. Last year was right around the 1971-2000 average of 50 inches.
This year the NWS says 13 inches, but I think it was more around 17 inches.
I'll never forget 2009-10 because South of me had a ton more snow and Feb 6, 2010 especially because the cut off point was so clear that Pelham, NY in Westchester county(near NYC) was the rain snow line. Snow to south, rain to north.
That year was another odd year where NYC southwards saw more snow then northwards.
Here are some totals for few select cities. I'll also wont forget it because Baltimore got 50 inches of snow in 10 days. (3 Storms) 2 back to back blizzards. They had 3 days to clear a foot of snow because another was coming with 2 feet. That year was sick for the Mid Atlantic. DC - Winters
2009-10 Snow totals:
Boston, MA: 35.7"
Hartford, CT: 30.6"
Bridgeport, CT: 38.1"
Central Park, NY: 51.4" Baltimore, MD: 77" (normal since 1950 is 20") Philadelphia, PA: 78.7"
Agreed. It was crazy hearing about all the snow down in Philadelphia and the DC/MD area. Even Myrtle Beach, SC recorded a couple inches of snow one day that season.
The pathetic snow totals that abound in figures that were posted today fit with what I've been saying all along about pathetic winters and the necessity to maintain high(er) standards for classing a climate as actually wintry.
I got 0 inches in December, 0 inches in January, 6 inches in February and 1 inch in April
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