Coltsfan1217 Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I thought we would compile a ratings list of all of the factors that go into grading our winter. Then give an overall grade... I thought this winter definitely went out with a bang with one of the best March winters I can remember. Even for never really getting a Major storm (My biggest was 9) this was still a great winter for the persistent cold and record breaking lows. It's a shame December was so warm, or else this may have gotten an A Criteria Consistent Cold: A Snowpack consistency: B- Number of Snowfall events: B+ Major Snow Event(s): D December: D+ January: C February: A- March: A+ Overall Grade: B+ Feel Free to add your own criteria! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 PHI hit 27" even today with .1" snow. ABV Snow season ranks 2014/15 at 35th snowiest of over 125 years record keeping, I call that Solid B for PHI. MBY, solid A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman56 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 B+ - consistent cold was exceptional, snow was backloaded with a lot of sun angle issues. No storms greater than 9 inches. One biggie would have pushed this to an A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JERSEYSNOWROB Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 A. Yeah we had a slow start to winter, but still ended up with above average snow, combined with below normal temps which created a snowpack that seemed to last forever! That was awesome! I could have taken my kids sledding anyday I wanted from late January till early March!! ha ha ha That's unheard of! Typically we only have a few days to go sledding after a storm before it melts. Doesn't happen too often in a typical winter around here where we have a snowpack like that! Plus all the ice on the local waterways was incredible. Yeah we missed out on a Kocin storm this year in Central Jersey, which would have been icing on the cake, but I can't complain at all. This was a great winter overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbourton Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I think I may have to rate this winter as an anomaly. With the AO and NAO neutral to mostly positive, the PDO went wildly positive (record levels) creating the -EPO that was sustained from mid January on.. May not see something like this year for a long while. Considering what may have happened I'll give it an A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSky Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 A+ Cold and most snowy November i have seen imby ever, i like early winter. Dec flopped but the cold January and ludicrous cold February and March made up for that. Sixth snowiest winter for me back to 78 and impossible to know the exact number of days with snow on the ground but near 96 levels and even surpassed last year. Now if i had to choose an A+ winter to relive it would certainly be 96, 78 or last winter to this one. But for me this one was better than 2010 and 2003, more impact locally and colder. Certainly a dividing line type winter with upper SEPA on a line northeast to NYC benefiting from elevation and latitude. Some may see this as over generous but I take into consideration this is the mid atlantic and not Boston or New England with my rating 2014 A+ 2010 A+ 2003 A+ 1996 A+ 1978 A+ Some others would be 2011 A 1987 A 1994 A 2004 B 2005 B 2009 B- 2013 C+ 2002, 2008, 2012 0.0 F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattinpa Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Reposting my grade from The NYC forum: B+. Almost completely missed the Jan blizzard here. Holidays were warm and snowless. Total snowfall just slightly above average. But Feb was one of the most memorable winter months ever for cold. Prolonged cold from Jan-Mar. And lots of tracking. I tend to like winter coldest from the Holidays through January if there has to be a split, so that also helped keep it from an A. Seems I just missed some of the larger accumulations that would have made it an A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Positives: Continuous cold Lots of threats to track Significant snowcover nonstop from late January to the first 1/3rd of March Negatives: Fringejobs again No 6"+ events Snow didn't live up to the bitter cold Average snowfall while everyone south and east had big positive departures and in some cases more snowfall for the season December Overall grade: C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 B+. November snow but then a lag to get winter going but cold Feb and snow cover since end of January well into March upped the grade. No 12"+ storm keeps this from A range but still almost 50" this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treckasec Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'll give this winter a B. This winter has trolled me pretty hard which was pretty painful. Also, the cold was a little overdone, but amazing to think about. 3 degrees in March is pretty insane. Most of the winter was disappointing, with a lot of dry arctic air and overall crap storms. There were a couple "big" ones, and they were both in March. 5.5 and 7 inches both in March, along with some surprise snows too. The other months were insanely dissappointing, with an estimate of 15 inches of snow. There was a pretty long stretch of snow cover this year, something we might not see in a while. Though, there were just a bunch of minor events, and a couple with high anticipation and dream-destroying results, most notably the January "blizzard." Though, the winter was interesting, but the pattern change we saw in December got pushed out in to oblivion. I wonder what we would of saw if that pattern change really happened. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KamuSnow Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 The grade here is a B also. Mainly due to a solid A from mid February through March 20th, even beyond with the snowpack that stuck around for a few days. The cold gave a more modest snow cover almost as much staying power as last winter's. While here we didn't achieve the days of continuous snow cover we had last winter, it was still impressive. With the exception of the Jan. 6th clipper, January into early February was a series of teases and fringe jobs here. November and December reminded me of why I would always trade November snow for December snow. Still, the finish was awesome, and as much as it's tough hanging in there waiting for a backloaded winter, I'm going into spring feeling "winter-satisfied". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluescat1 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I give it a C+ , the reason is a waste of cold air combined with a lack of southern stream interaction.The only thing that saved us is the late season storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easternsnowman Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Positives: Continuous cold Lots of threats to track Significant snowcover nonstop from late January to the first 1/3rd of March Negatives: Fringejobs again No 6"+ events Snow didn't live up to the bitter cold Average snowfall while everyone south and east had big positive departures and in some cases more snowfall for the season December Overall grade: C Northern Pa, north and eat of Scranton did quite well, but Avoca area like last year got screwed with the snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmorninglight Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Solid B for me. November was cold but Dec and much of Jan disappointed. After expectations were tempered, the rest of winter was pretty good. Loads of frozen salt water was awesome. Too bad we missed out on a big coastal. We had 3 good plow able events here and that's better than average these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 For Ewing I give it a B+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChescoWx Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Overall a solid A winter Criteria Consistent Cold: (A) (2nd coldest 1st quarter in the last 122 years!) Snowpack consistency: (A) 48 consecutive days of snow cover - 3rd to last year (50 days) and the 63 days in 1995/96 Number of Snowfall events: (A) 22 winter events Major Snow Event(s): (C+) only one 6" plus storm but it was major with over 11" December: (C-) January: (B-) February: (A+) March: (A+) Overall Grade: A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treckasec Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 76 degrees on my weather station. Too bad there isn't any instability or good enough shear, and it doesn't help that it's desert-dry out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Gaines Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 B. Remember the first half was horrid but the second half was excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 B. Remember the first half was horrid but the second half was excellent.I'm curious Mitch, what was Mt Holly's NWS snowfall total this season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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