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Cyclical pattern FTW!!!

Congrats! You will be held to a higher standard now. The peanut gallery will be on the lookout... 48F already, 10:55am, Sunny as can be...

If we can ease out of winter would be most preferred —keep the lawn pack protected until climo eliminates risk of a hard freeze. Should that happen could make for a most beautiful April… One could wish.

Next winter will be normal and we’ll have to hear how much it sucks all year

Effff even the big snow potentials at this point. 10 types a gawge out there now.

-sd's (some -10's) around the area this morning. Cold day in the teens with another cold one to start March tomorrow.

Glad this fizzled...traveling to Saddleback tomorrow.

very light snow just started here

I think the first map is mislabeled. I believe the date was March 22, 2018, not March 29.

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February 28 1981: Ice is out on Lake Minnetonka. Boats are enjoying the early thaw. For Saturday, February 28, 2026 1900 - A massive storm spread record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals ranged up to 17.5 inches at Springfield IL and 43 inches at Rochester NY, with up to 60 inches in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. (David Ludlum) 1952 - An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape without electricity. Winds gusting to 72 mph created mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which buried Nantucket and Hyannis. A barometric pressure reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the storm. (The Weather Channel) 1987 - A powerful storm produced severe thunderstorms in Louisiana and Mississippi early in the day. About mid morning a monstrous tornado touched down near Moselle MS and grew to a width of two miles as it passed near Laurel MS. The tornado traveled a distance of 40 miles killing six persons, injuring 350 others, and causing 28.5 million dollars damage. The tornado swept homes right off their foundations, and tossed eighteen wheel trucks about like toys. Strong straight line winds associated with the powerful storm system gusted to 70 mph at Jonesboro AR and Carbondale IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - Thunderstorms in California produced severe weather during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 74 mph, downed trees in the Sacramento area. Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S. The afternoon high of 71 degrees at Portland OR was a February record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Thunderstorms in the southeast corner of the nation produced winds gusts to 58 mph at Fort Lauderdale FL, and a total of seven inches of rain. Heavy snow whitened parts of the Northern Plateau and the Northern Rockies, with ten inches reported at Marion MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Showers and thunderstorms over the Southern Plains Region capped a record wet February for parts of Oklahoma. Totals for the month ranged up to 9.11 inches at McCurtain, with 4.63 inches reported at Oklahoma City. Snow and sleet fell across northern Oklahoma, with four inches reported at Freedom and Jefferson. Snow also spread across southern Kansas into Missouri and Arkansas, with six inches of snow reported at Harrison AR. In Alaska, February temperatures at Nome averaged 21 degrees below normal, ranging from -38 degrees to 29 degrees during the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 2012 - The first confirmed February tornado in Nebraska state history struck Lincoln and Logan Counties shortly after 4PM. The EF-0 tornado was on the ground intermittently for up to six minutes and traveled 3 miles before dissipating in southwest Logan County. The path of the tornado was over open rangeland and cropland where limited damage occurred. Patches of snow were still on the ground at the time. (NWS North Platte)

Glad to help @The 4 Seasons! You could vectorize those images using QGIS (free software). It'd be incredibly tedious though. You'd have to geo-reference the images, then trace the contours. I think it'd be worth it

Almost 47⁰ here already and we have had more clouds than sun so far...will feel great once they move out

Congrats!

My kid's birthday party is today otherwise we'd be at the closest playground.

Friends, the drought guy here has shown my experience now. I finally had enought time the last few weeks to gather my educational background information to provide the board with earning my met tag. Thanks guys

I don't remember this one. How much did area locations get?

In Fort Kent we had 27" at the stake on April 6, 1982. 24 hours of temps in the low-mid teens and 15" later, we had 26". Also had a bit of wind.

Feb EWR: 3.31 LE / EWR: 29.3 (snow)

I imagine this winter might be further down the list if it ranked the two best consecutive months, rather than all three. This is ranking very high for end to end cold and snow, but I have the perception that there have been many "deeper" winters in modern times. I guess one example is 2014-2015 when the warm December of 2014 kept a great winter from making that list (although it did have a noteworthy March). Since 3 months is a long time to keep a consistent weather pattern in NYC, I suspect there would be a different distribution of slightly shorter, but more intense winter rankings. However, mulling over your data in this mindset, I have gained some respect for the historical context of the concluding meteorological winter, especially in a warming environment.

I know that Jan. 13, 2024 was at/near astronomical peak tides, but I was still surprised that it didn't make the list, as it set a new high water record that day, by 0.3 ft breaking the record set three days earlier. (Unless later calculations have changed those peaks)

Yup it was a good winter but after yesterday and today’s beautiful weather, I’m ready for the warm up! Already have grass showing in south facing areas on the lawn so should only be a couple more days now - so much better than what we dealt with from the January sleet storm

Still FULL snow cover…by a lot. 41F Havent seen grass since the first storm

Man, I've had enough. And why is it that every time the PV splits, it heads right for the northeast? Why can't it go west once in awhile?