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[Alek]

BeastFromtheEast, on 21 January 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

well played

(might tack on another inch to that total, monster flakes falling)

[Chicago WX]

BeastFromtheEast, on 21 January 2012 - 12:41 PM, said:

Damn it, I trolled him first.

http://www.americanw...owiest-seasons/

[Nic]

Around 5 most likely, 4 more to go. Might make it to normal for the month.

[BeastFromtheEast]

Chicago WX, on 21 January 2012 - 12:51 PM, said:

Damn it, I trolled him first.

http://www.americanw...owiest-seasons/

My bad.. You can have the next one.. Im sure theres plenty of bump worthy material to be found for just about everyone

[Chicago WX]

BeastFromtheEast, on 21 January 2012 - 12:55 PM, said:

My bad You can have the next one.. Im sure theres plenty to be found

Ha ha.

Anyways, 16.7" so far. Not bad.

[BeastFromtheEast]

Im just hoping for one more biggie 6-12, a few other mediums sized storms, and nickel/dimers over the next two months to get to right about normal snow for the season..

[Thundersnow12]

14.6"

[Thunder Road]

13.5"

[Geos]

14.1"

[gaylordweather]

47.8" - still good enough for the lowest season to date total since 1939. Can't complain though...been a nice stretch of wintry weather the past week.

[IWXwx]

See below

[hm8]

Ann arbor at 23.1"

[SpartyOn]

Not sure about MBy. But I'm almost sure it's still a sad sub 20.

[Jonger1150]

All lower peninsula snow will be deleted by Tuesday morning.

[Stebo48858]

Not official, but I would probably guess around 9-10" at home. DTW is at 13" for the year.

[weatherbo]

28" around here..... winter still feels like a dud with the way its played out so far.

I think it's amazing to note that South Bend started this month with a season total of only 5.7" of snow and 33.3" later is at 39".

[michsnowfreak]

SpartyOn, on 21 January 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

Not sure about MBy. But I'm almost sure it's still a sad sub 20.

I would say 14-17" for yby. Last several snowfalls have been pretty close, but a few of the Dec snowfalls you got noticeably more than DTW-south.

[Nic]

Don't complain if you have above 20 inches, we get that much in Ohio in a year and it seems to be enough.

[Madmaxweather]

1.5 nches

[Chicago WX]

Season snowfall totals to date, through this evening's climate reports. There's something really wrong here.

LAF: 17.2"
La Crosse: 16.9"
Flint: 16.4"
Madison: 16.2"
Dubuque: 16.2"
Duluth: 14.5"
Minneapolis: 14.4"
Rockford: 13.4"
Milwaukee: 13.2"
Detroit: 13.0"
Green Bay: 12.9"
Chicago: 12.9"
Fargo: 10.6"
Des Moines: 10.0"
Moline: 8.1"
Bismarck: 5.5"

[michsnowfreak]

Chicago WX, on 25 January 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:

Season snowfall totals to date, through this evening's climate reports. There's something really wrong here.

LAF: 17.2"
La Crosse: 16.9"
Flint: 16.4"
Madison: 16.2"
Dubuque: 16.2"
Duluth: 14.5"
Minneapolis: 14.4"
Rockford: 13.4"
Milwaukee: 13.2"
Detroit: 13.0"
Green Bay: 12.9"
Chicago: 12.9"
Fargo: 10.6"
Des Moines: 10.0"
Moline: 8.1"
Bismarck: 5.5"

lol nothing like being the snow magnet in a snow drought. If you had shown those numbers to 100 weather gurus in August and said "these are seasonal snowfall totals on Jan 25th...guess what has the weather pattern predominately been", Id bet 90 out of the 100 would say its an extremely cold, dry winter with extreme storm suppression causing significant snowfalls in the mid-south.

[Powerball]

The snow magnet has been where MI/OH/IN intercepts.

They've been hit by LES, and pretty much every single synoptic snow event this season.

[michsnowfreak]

Powerball, on 25 January 2012 - 09:49 PM, said:

The snow magnet has been where MI/OH/IN intercepts.

They've been hit by LES, and pretty much every single synoptic snow event this season.

That is true. My comment was sort of in jest anyway.

[Powerball]

michsnowfreak, on 25 January 2012 - 09:51 PM, said:

That is true. My comment was sort of in jest anyway.

Oh, I know. My post wans't directed to any one person.

My point was this would be the area, if any, that would have 25-30"+ totals for this season so far (that aren't in traditional LES snow belts).

[an uncanny otter]

As of Jan. 20th I've seen around 21" of snow. More than a third of this came from the freak snow on Jan. 13th. If that storm hadn't occurred we would be sitting at barely a foot.

[NEOH]

33.3" inches so far. About 50" more to get to normal.

[weatherbo]

Chicago WX, on 25 January 2012 - 08:38 PM, said:

Season snowfall totals to date, through this evening's climate reports. There's something really wrong here.

LAF: 17.2"
La Crosse: 16.9"
Flint: 16.4"
Madison: 16.2"
Dubuque: 16.2"
Duluth: 14.5"
Minneapolis: 14.4"
Rockford: 13.4"
Milwaukee: 13.2"
Detroit: 13.0"
Green Bay: 12.9"
Chicago: 12.9"
Fargo: 10.6"
Des Moines: 10.0"
Moline: 8.1"
Bismarck: 5.5"

Duluth at 14.5" is just insane. I should be happy with my 30", and I am... kinda.

And Bismark, WTF?!

[Stebo48858]

weatherbo, on 26 January 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

Duluth at 14.5" is just insane. I should be happy with my 30", and I am... kinda.

And Bismark, WTF?!

Yeah some of those numbers are absolutely incredible.

[Stebo48858]

I have the best one yet though, Williston North Dakota is at 1.8" of snow for the winter and that all fell before Dec 1st. That has to be a record by a wide margin too.

[beavis1729]

Stebo48858, on 26 January 2012 - 04:16 PM, said:

I have the best one yet though, Williston North Dakota is at 1.8" of snow for the winter and that all fell before Dec 1st. That has to be a record by a wide margin too.

Actually, it looks like all 1.8" fell on January 13. One day of measurable snowfall all winter in Williston.
From today's daily climate report:

MONTH TO DATE 1.8
SINCE DEC 1 1.8
SINCE JUL 1 1.8

Last season, they had 70" through this date!

[hm8]

Is there any sort of record keeping or measurments for nation-wide snow departures from average? I knew things were bad but looking at those numbers is really remarkable.

[weatherbo]

Stebo48858, on 26 January 2012 - 04:16 PM, said:

I have the best one yet though, Williston North Dakota is at 1.8" of snow for the winter and that all fell before Dec 1st. That has to be a record by a wide margin too.

As harsh at their Winters are, I'd bet the locals there aren't too bent over the snowless weather. It's not like their lakes aren't frozen over. That's been the biggest complaint here, the lack of ice on the lakes, even tho some of the shallower ones have had enough to fish on, but barely.

[OHweather]

33.1"...LES has bailed us out time and time again, although except for a few localized areas two weekends ago, hasn't been too extreme. We have probably seen 10-15" of pure synoptic snow, nothing more than about 3" from a synoptic storm. I'm not very close to an official observing site which means a lot in lake effect prone areas where elevation and small changes in location do make a notable difference in annual snowfall. 5 miles to my NW, where I resided the first 18 years of my life likely averaged about 75-80" given the past 15 years or so of snowfall data on CLE's website...my guess is I average 70-75" at my new and tempory place of residence.

[RogueWaves]

Powerball, on 25 January 2012 - 09:49 PM, said:

The snow magnet has been where MI/OH/IN intercepts.

They've been hit by LES, and pretty much every single synoptic snow event this season.

Yep, 28.7 inches here (and got jipped with less than 2" on the big event last Friday). I called this the "snow magnet zone" earlier this winter and really thought it would be a historic winter - lol. Historically laughable for the most part, though my total is nothing to sneeze at for this non-LES area. My season average is like 49", so I'm close to 59% of my seasonal average at this juncture. I need (10) more 2 inchers to make my average for the year. Me thinks its gonna be close..

[Trent]

OHweather, on 26 January 2012 - 05:22 PM, said:

33.1"...LES has bailed us out time and time again, although except for a few localized areas two weekends ago, hasn't been too extreme. We have probably seen 10-15" of pure synoptic snow, nothing more than about 3" from a synoptic storm. I'm not very close to an official observing site which means a lot in lake effect prone areas where elevation and small changes in location do make a notable difference in annual snowfall. 5 miles to my NW, where I resided the first 18 years of my life likely averaged about 75-80" given the past 15 years or so of snowfall data on CLE's website...my guess is I average 70-75" at my new and tempory place of residence.

Up to 21.1" here at the shoreline. A few of those early events kept us wet, while a mile or two inland picked up an inch or two.