So how many days were there between the SSW in 2018 and the first wintry event after that? Let's do some calculations and transpose that interval onto the projected date of the SSW this March and when the first wintry event may occur after that?
Let's say it's 20 days.... so we're talking about right after the Equinox to the middle of April to get something decent....we could have two wintry events in that time.
we average around an inch of snow in April don't we? It's a once in decade event to get a decent April snowfall, so it's rare but not unique.
October 2011 was unique.
I think we've had one decent April snowfall in every decade I've been around.
I'm just going by JFK numbers (snowfalls of 4 inches or higher)
April 1982..... 8 inches
April 1996..... 4 inches
April 2003...... 6 inches
April 2018........ 6 inches
Can we use this to figure out what the exact temp was in a given location? Looks like there's an area NW of FOK that radiates even better than they do.
Proves my point that 20+ should be considered HECS. You've had 2 of them in that period, I've had 3 (I didn't have Feb 2013 in that list and you didn't have PD2 and Jan 2016, my number 1 storm, in your 20 inch list.)
There's a higher than normal number of people dying of heart attacks from shoveling and doctors think it might be pandemic related....if people dont want to shovel I dont blame them.
Furthermore February 1978 was a MUCH more widespread and MUCH larger storm, remember that Mt Pocono got 30 inches with that storm, it still stands as that location's storm of record and it was a crippling blizzard all the way down to DC. This event was like a grain of sand compared to the vast desert of Feb 1978