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Well that sucked. I always assumed that Lancaster City and Columbia Borough were the last 2 districts to close, but I didn't pay attention that super close.

WSBA also had Operation Snowflake! And yes, I would wait anxiously when the new update would come on and the guy would say "we have a long list of schools that were previously delayed that have now decided to close." I used to get mad, Octorara was always the first to close followed by Pequea Valley. Of course, as an adult, it's easy to understand why they were closed. Fortunately, Penn Manor was "rural enough" that we closed more often than not. I got really fired up when Hempfield closed and Penn Manor didn't. Stupid Hempfield. Yeah @Mount Joy Snowman I'm looking at you right now.

We got spoiled by so many big daddy storms over the past 15-20 years that a lot of younger snow freaks think it's much more common than what it really is. Having said that, you're right. It seems like forever since a true Miller A came lumbering up out of the Gulf and headed for the benchmark. I think we're due for that...

Thank you! Being a snow hound/weather nerd was obviously a lot different when I was growing up. I mostly relied on TV/radio forecasts, NOAA weather radio and watching Weather World. Even as a kid I was keen in picking up on clues as to whether or not it was time to get excited. Elliott Abrams was my go-to radio guy, Weather World was the authority on TV. I'm such a geek, I even remember the names of the NOAA radio guys I listened to 45 years ago...Bob Kurl was my favorite - "at 9pm, NOAA weather radar indicates a rapidly expanding area of snow...the snow extends from central PA down into Central VA, and is moving slowly to the northeast at 10mph." At that, I would be literally dancing through the house. That was the only "visual" that I had. On school nights, I would tuck my little transistor radio in bed with me and once my parents were asleep I would turn that baby on and listen to overnight updates on WSBA (AccuWeather) while getting out of bed multiple times and turning on the floodlight to see if snow had arrived yet. I was like this until...well, when I was...60. Wait. That's how old I am now.

The second blizzard in 1978 was in February, that storm dropped another 16" at my house. That was an epic east coast bomb that obliterated New England. I think Philly did well with that one, while the one in January targeted the mountain regions. 1978 was the first big winter in my lifetime, and outside of the blizzard of 1983 (I was a senior in high school) was the only real winter excitement during my entire childhood. Those were some very lean years...big snows when I was a kid were of the 3-5" variety most winters. I'm done reminiscing.

You have a great memory. I have pretty vivid memories of the blizzard, it was the first time in my life that bushes in our front yard were completely buried. I honestly have little to no memory of the first 2 storms that week.

Obviously, I was still fairly young in 1978 but I suspect that if I was a little older, that week might have been my best week of winter weather and not the weeks in 2010 or 1996.

1977-78. I had 71" that winter in Manor Township. That winter featured a true blizzard in late January that was the 3rd storm to hit in 7 days. My records (I was 13 at the time) was 11" on 1-13 followed by 7" on 1/16 and then the blizzard dropped 18" on 1/20. My notes indicate that we had a drift measuring nearly 10' high in our driveway the morning of 1/21 and had to have the township's V-plow dig us out. Edit: I compiled those notes with the help of my late father - they should be pretty darn accurate, or at least as accurate as 13 year old weather freak could be. The blizzard of 1978 was very unique in that snow totals were highest in NW PA and lowest in Philly. Uncommon for huge east coast storms.

Happy birthday Jon!

Overachieving temps out there today...up to 57 in Maytown.

Yes sir, I had a brief shower that dented the gauge to the tune of 0.1" between 9pm and 10pm.

I actually think about those 2 weeks a lot. My greatest snow depth in my lifetime (I'm 60) occurred in 2010. I had more snow (43" versus 40") in 2010 as well. And the 2nd storm in 2010 was a legitimate blizzard with probably the most intense 6-8 hours of snow/wind that I've witnessed other than perhaps the 1978 storm. On the flip side, that week in 1996 was wall to wall winter. As was mentioned, there were 3 separate events spaced out on Sunday, Tuesday and Friday. And it was cold all week. The 5 days between the 2 February 2010 storms was quite benign. They were both incredible. I guess from a "wow" factor, standing outside in the blizzard on February 10, 2010 was surreal between the rate of snowfall, wind speed, visibility and snow depth. So with that, I give a very slight edge to 2010 because I highly doubt I will ever see that much snow in my yard again in my life.

Huh. If I quoted you to my wife, I'd likely have no joy left in my life...

Thank you for sharing! My final 2025 precip came out to 54.27". Interesting in that I'm closer to MDT than you but still managed more total precip even though amounts dropped off significantly to my NW. My seasonal snowfall stands at 5.8".

To be completely fair - My first love when it comes to weather is snow. A close second is winter in general. And that is likely why MOST of us are here... This is; however, the American Weather forum. It is not solely about winter weather. There is a very active tropical thread that has the "hot" tag during every US tropical threat/event. Others are here for Severe weather...there are a couple in the MA thread that almost exclusively post only during the spring/summer storm season. I'll add here that I enjoy tracking weather events that are not snow producers in our area...one of the greatest storms I've tracked in my lifetime was Sandy. I just want to make sure that we all respect what each person happens to enjoy. I will also say that complaining about winter weather won't gather much sympathy since most here are rooting for just that. Including cold weather.