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Just shows how on the line we are between solid winters and weak winters. As I always say, I feel like our winters are often Washington DC-esq aka lame.
I can go for a front loaded winter. We're overdue for that. Memorable recent October/November snowfalls include November 2014, November 2012, October 2011, and October 2009. I thought there was snow in October 2010, but I guess not. Couldn't find data on a late October 2008 snowfall, but here's an article:
10 seems quite high given we only avg 15 days of snow cover of 1" or more. That seems like every winter we get one big snowstorm that results in huge snow cover that then takes 10 days to melt. It does seem that our only real snow comes from coastal noreasters and others barely give more than a dusting.
Be good for once to simply have each winter month be close to average. Doubt that will happen but the overall winter mean could come close to avg as Ben Noll shows for my area.
10 seems quite high given we only avg 15 days of snow cover of 1" or more. That seems like every winter we get one big snowstorm that results in huge snow cover that then takes 10 days to melt. It does seem that our only real snow comes from coastal noreasters and others barely give more than a dusting.
Sometimes there can be smaller snowfalls that stick around during colder/dryer winters, but I don't think that's as common.
I certainly don't want a third consecutive warmer than normal winter. But if we had a repeat of the winter of 1977-78 or 1978-79 we could both be happy.
I'd really like to know what's influencing these high snowfall totals. NYC's 1991-2020 snowfall average will be a very significant increase over its 1981-2010 average. To me, it feels like we've been seeing fewer snowfall events overall, especially in December, but far more major storms. And all it takes is one major storm for us to reach or exceed our annual average.
I hope we're on the milder side of the north/south divide, with very little cold/warm battleground crap. Below average snow totals would be a nice change of pace as well.
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