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[Indystorm]

South Bend, Indiana

105,262

41.3

48.1

These are some figures I found as of Feb. 9th. Population, current snow total, average snow to this date

[michsnowfreak]

With this mornings 1.2", we now sit at 22.4" imby and 21.6" at DTW, just 7" below normal to date. All things considered (ie whats going on around us) thats not too shabby. Though today was just the 18th day with 1"+ snowcover.

[michsnowfreak]

AppsRunner, on 14 February 2012 - 08:42 AM, said:

The gradient between FWA and TOL is ridiculous. Depending on what TOL records, here, the difference will likely be over 15" (Currently 13.1" on the season there)

Fairly decent between TOL and DTW too...seems like youve done better in your neighborhood than TOL a few times though
FWA: 31.3"
TOL: 14.7"
DTW: 21.6"

[IWXwx]

Chicago WX, on 14 February 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

I cracked 20" for the season with this past system (20.8" to exact) and FWA got to/exceeded 30". What an odd island of normal to above snowfall to date...in an otherwise crappy winter for the region. Pretty damn lucky.

AppsRunner, on 14 February 2012 - 08:42 AM, said:

The gradient between FWA and TOL is ridiculous. Depending on what TOL records, here, the difference will likely be over 15" (Currently 13.1" on the season there)

IWXwx, on 14 February 2012 - 06:08 PM, said:

See below.

FWA is now +6.3" for the season. They keep jackpotting with these nickle and dime events. I want to jackpot with the big dog!!!

I just lol'd because when I posted the above, I hadn't even read you guys' posts. I just now scrolled though and saw them.

I live about 20 miles from FWA and they have received 1/2 to 1 inch more than me almost every event. Talk about a gradient island.

[Justin]

cyclone77, on 14 February 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:

MLI still chasing the futility record. Yesterday's snow bumped them up to 9.4". Still 1.7" below the record lowest snowfall. Really don't see any snow prospects, so it's still possible.

Cyclone, my gut tells me we won't set the record. We'd have to go the rest of February, March, and April with only 1.6" or less. For sure a top five least snowiest seems all but certain...but its only mid February and as fickle as the models have been they probably shouldn't be trusted for to much beyond five days or so.

Your post earlier in the threat asked if March would be the first in a few years to get a decent snowstorm.... To be quite honest, I could see it happening this year- a nice big sloppy/wet snow that probably melts in two or three days just like all snow here this Winter.

[buckeye]

I was watching the local news last night and the OCM said Port Columbus is recording 11.3" for the season so far.

bullsh*t....even he said that seemed odd and most areas in central ohio probably have seen 5 or 6" tops

[pondo1000]

buckeye, on 15 February 2012 - 10:02 AM, said:

I was watching the local news last night and the OCM said Port Columbus is recording 11.3" for the season so far.

bullsh*t....even he said that seemed odd and most areas in central ohio probably have seen 5 or 6" tops

Saw the same thing. I want to meet the person who does the measuring down there!

[wishforsnow]

Got an official number for Houghton. Had 104.6 inches since October - January which is a snow deficit of 44.2 inches.

[snowstormcanuck]

17.4". I have a gut feeling (and this is huge for someone who's more negative than not) that my 23" futility record set back in 2009-10 is safe.

[SpartyOn]

wishforsnow, on 20 February 2012 - 05:09 AM, said:

Got an official number for Houghton. Had 104.6 inches since October - January which is a snow deficit of 44.2 inches.

Many of the Northern Michigan lake belts are currently running staggering deficits. The last 3 years have been remarkable in respect to this.

[michsnowfreak]

Sitting at 22.4" imby, just 19 days with 1"+ or more of snow on the ground.

I have kept snowfall tabs since 1995-96, and my least snowy winter was 27.2" in 1997-98. I have kept snowcover tabs since 2000, and my winter with the least amount of 1"+ snowcover days was 2001-02 with 35 days, so this winter certainly has a shot at being my barest winter since 2000. Ironically my whitest was last winter, with 81 days.

[Trent]

michsnowfreak, on 20 February 2012 - 06:57 PM, said:

Sitting at 22.4" imby, just 19 days with 1"+ or more of snow on the ground.

I have kept snowfall tabs since 1995-96, and my least snowy winter was 27.2" in 1997-98. I have kept snowcover tabs since 2000, and my winter with the least amount of 1"+ snowcover days was 2001-02 with 35 days, so this winter certainly has a shot at being my barest winter since 2000. Ironically my whitest was last winter, with 81 days.

What makes the paltry number of days with snow cover this year even worse than what they are is the number of days where the snow was in melt mode. There are only a handful of days where you can really say it looked wintry outside. Often times even an official inch or two or three of snow on the ground is accompanied by huge bare patches scattered about. That's what makes this winter feel hardly like winter at all; I think we were lucky to have at most 3 consecutive days of snow on the ground where it wasn't melting.

[michsnowfreak]

Agree Trent. After 81 days of 1"+ cover last winter, most of which were 6"+....I can actually go over every day this winter, and yes, if anything, some days werent even a full day of snowcover. But to be fair, thats how it always has been (snow depth is obs time).

In addition to 19 days of 1"+ snowcover we had 20 days with a T of snowcover.

Nov 30- 1" --- actually 0.6", which was a T by afternoon

Dec 06- 2" --- wet 2" snow, a T by evening
Dec 09- 1" --- 0.9" of powder, cold
Dec 10- 1" --- powder but settled to T through the day despite cold

Jan 14- 2" --- cold, powder
Jan 15- 3" --- cold, bright, powder
Jan 16- 2" --- snow melted by afternoon
Jan 20- 1" --- cold, powder
Jan 21- 3" --- cold, powder
Jan 22- 3" --- cold, powder
Jan 23- 1" --- melted by late morn
Jan 27- 1" --- melted by noon, and actually 0.7"
Jan 30- 1" --- cold, powder
Jan 31- 1" --- melted by 10am

Feb 11- 5" --- cold, powder
Feb 12- 4" --- cold, powder
Feb 13- 4" --- mild but still wintry
Feb 14- 3" --- refresher snow
Feb 15- 3" --- white all day, melted mostly late

[Snowstorms]

22.5" thus far with about 6.9" in February thus far. Way below avg. Should be around 38-40" at this time of the year.

[AsheCounty48]

Ashe County, NC 3.8 inches from this last storm.. 8.3 inches this winter. 74 inches last year, so kinda below avg.

[snowstormcanuck]

AsheCounty48, on 20 February 2012 - 07:22 PM, said:

Ashe County, NC 3.8 inches from this last storm.. 8.3 inches this winter. 74 inches last year, so kinda below avg.

That much that far south? You must be an elevation boy.

[roardog]

The total here would be similar this winter to MBS. They have 33 inches so far. I'd say we are close to that here since our accumulations have been similar this winter.

[AsheCounty48]

snowstormcanuck, on 20 February 2012 - 09:04 PM, said:

That much that far south? You must be an elevation boy.

Yea, I'm about 2300 ft up so it ain't too bad.

[dmc76]

Cracked the 30" mark today our 12th 1-2" event

[weatherpsycho]

I have now seen 55" fall this winter (not all directly at my house).

[Thunder Road]

see my sig for updates.

21.7" (with a margin of error of + or - 2") I've seen. VPZ's total is actually a little bit higher from whatever they saw while I was home in PA on winter break. Didn't see even a trace at home the whole 3 weeks of break.

[michsnowfreak]

dmc76, on 21 February 2012 - 08:51 PM, said:

Cracked the 30" mark today our 12th 1-2" event

Sitting at an even 23.0" imby.DTW is at 22.2". If not one flake of snow fell the rest of the way (obviously not happening) this is only good for 13th least snowy winter. If DTW gets just 3" more (very very likely) they have already escaped the top 20 least snowy winters, and 5.5" more and they have escaped the top 30. Again, when all is said and done in April, 2011-12 will NOT be grabbing any futility attention in the record books.

[cyclone77]

The 0.4" of wet snow last night bumped Moline up to 9.8". Still 1.3" to go before tying the all time record low. Still an outside chance. 12.6" here now.

[hm8]

I'll get this in here before tomorrow's storm...

Ann Arbor sitting at 33.6" for the season. Probably the lamest 33" in the history of forever though...

6 events >2"
2 events >3"
- - - so about 15", or about around half of the current total has come from < 2" events

Max storm total (3.5")
28 days with 1" of snow on the ground
7 days with 3" on the ground
Max snow depth: 4"

[Chinook]

For all you Michgan friends out there:
I've had 49.6" this winter. I saw some nice size snowbanks in Denver on Feb. 9th.
Snow crushed my tree when there were green leaves on it.

hm8, on 23 February 2012 - 12:53 AM, said:

I'll get this in here before tomorrow's storm...

Ann Arbor sitting at 33.6" for the season. Probably the lamest 33" in the history of forever though...

6 events >2"
2 events >3"
- - - so about 15", or about around half of the current total has come from < 2" events

Max storm total (3.5")
28 days with 1" of snow on the ground
7 days with 3" on the ground
Max snow depth: 4"

[michsnowfreak]

hm8, on 23 February 2012 - 12:53 AM, said:

I'll get this in here before tomorrow's storm...

Ann Arbor sitting at 33.6" for the season. Probably the lamest 33" in the history of forever though...

6 events >2"
2 events >3"
- - - so about 15", or about around half of the current total has come from < 2" events

Max storm total (3.5")
28 days with 1" of snow on the ground
7 days with 3" on the ground
Max snow depth: 4"

Our stats..23.0" on season through 2/23/12. Worst winter we have seen in a long time, but in hindsight it could be worse.

0.1-0.9" events: 12
1.0-1.9" events: 3
2.0-2.9" events: 3
3.0-3.9" events: 0
4.0-4.9" events: 1

39 days with T+ on the ground
19 days with 1"+ on the ground
8 days with 3"+ on the ground
Max snow depth: 5"

21 calendar days with measurable snow

[Justin]

With the newest snowfall, I have finally cracked the one foot mark at 12.1" for the season. Pretty pathetic but its better than a lot of Midwestern/Lakes locations. Very beautiful this morning. One of the prettiest snows I've seen in some time...looked like a Christmas Card type scene outside.

[cyclone77]

Up to 16.5" now here.

[Geos]

26.6" as of 9am this morning! If these snow showers continue tonight, might pick up an extra couple tenths.

[wisconsinwx]

Assuming my measurements of 7.7" are right, we are at 25.7" for the season.

[AppsRunner]

michsnowfreak, on 14 February 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

Fairly decent between TOL and DTW too...seems like youve done better in your neighborhood than TOL a few times though
FWA: 31.3"
TOL: 14.7"
DTW: 21.6"

The gradient continues between TOL and DTW now. 16.8" here at KTOL, 27.4" (which will likely be revised down a tad) at DTW, and 31.6" at Fort Wayne. I can't believe they've managed that much, almost double our snowfall here. If no snow fell again, we would end up 9th in least snow in a season... if we get another 2009 or 2010 March, it's entirely possible.

[michsnowfreak]

AppsRunner, on 24 February 2012 - 07:43 PM, said:

The gradient continues between TOL and DTW now. 16.8" here at KTOL, 27.4" (which will likely be revised down a tad) at DTW, and 31.6" at Fort Wayne. I can't believe they've managed that much, almost double our snowfall here. If no snow fell again, we would end up 9th in least snow in a season... if we get another 2009 or 2010 March, it's entirely possible.

The 4pm climate report yesterday for DTW was in error. The season total sits at 25.2" now, which is an exact match to my backyard, though its a product of sometimes having a little more there, sometimes a little more here, sometimes the same. Also checking the top 20 snowiest/least snowy winters list, #20 least snowy is 25.1" in 1988-89, so Detroit officially wont even make the top 20 least snowy winters this year! If they get 2.5" or more the rest of the way, they wont even make the top 30 . You can say a LOT of negative things about this winter and its lack of snowcover and lack of stretches of freezing weather, but we really have done decent with snowfall considering this has almost nationwide become known as the "year without a winter".

Also, TOL is at 16.9" on the season, which places them 11th least snowy. If they get 2.7" or less the rest of the way, they will make their top 20 least snowy winters list. I see that much like Detroit and many other cities in this region, Toledo has 5 of their top 20 snowiest winters having come in the last 10 years. We really were due for something like this, as much as I didnt see it coming and HATE to admit it.

[weatherpsycho]

I have now seen 59" fall this winter (not all directly at my house).

[hm8]

hm8, on 23 February 2012 - 12:53 AM, said:

I'll get this in here before tomorrow's storm...

Ahhgh, this must have been what jinxed it guys. My bad.

Actually ended up with 4.6" of snow over 48 hours from the in AA total from the storm and lake effect...but snow depth was never over 3". >_>

Season total at 38.2"

[snowstormcanuck]

snowstormcanuck, on 20 February 2012 - 08:25 AM, said:

17.4". I have a gut feeling (and this is huge for someone who's more negative than not) that my 23" futility record set back in 2009-10 is safe.

What looked like a nice 2 week period of semi-decent snowfall chances managed to yield a whopping 1.3".

18.7" for the season. Only divine intervention is going to save us from the embarrassment of breaking the futility record twice in three years.