Scarlet Pimpernel

Nice shutout for February! A "T"...that's like getting no-hit instead of a perfect game thrown against you, I guess. IAD and DCA also recorded a trace, I believe. I think I saw a flake or two at some point during the month, so yeah...a trace for me as well. So, in the time I've been here (since 2001), this winter now stands as the worst for snow (though not sure if necessarily the warmest, but must be close!). I measured maybe 2.0" total I think, the biggest event being 1.5" in January. 2011-12 had been the worst (closely followed by 2001-02), but this one...just a stinker all around, gate-to-gate and no letup. Now of course, we'll get a slushy 2" sometime in March to mess that up, right?!

That should get us into early December. I'm all in!! Start a thread!

Very cool, @WxWatcher007! And like I said before, great photos/videos...what an event to experience! Now...get back home safely! (ETA: I particularly liked the "Park Farther Walk More" sign, buried in snow!! Just seems a bit ironic somehow, haha!)

Yeah, Jan '77 was absolutely brutal state-wide (hell, for a wide region outside there too!). Even for someone who likes cold and snow, it was a bit much! I recall Cleveland did not go above freezing from about the last week of December through the first week of February. I think that was true for the entire state pretty much. And several below zero days/nights through that time for sure. We didn't get an excessive amount of snow, but whatever fell collected and stuck around for a good, long time. Average temperature at KCLE for that January was 11 degrees! That's still their coldest January and coldest month on record. Lots of days off from school too, I remember. They were putting sand and crushed coal on the roads simply because it was too cold for regular salt to do any good, and at least that gave you some traction.

Yeah, with the right wind, those Lake Michigan streamers can get all the way to southwest and central Ohio! Cool to see on radar when it happens. I would doubt Lake Erie froze over this year, and would not be surprised if it had far less ice than usual. I don't recall the stats, but it doesn't always freeze completely even most years, but a good percentage of it typically does (it's the shallowest of all the Lakes!). Of course, I remember back during the record cold January 1977, a couple bozos decided to "walk across the lake" from Ohio to Canada, as it was definitely frozen over that year. What they didn't realize is that even frozen over and record cold, the ice is still thin in the middle part of the lake and they got trapped. I think an ice cutter had to go in there to rescue them, maybe they were the wiser for it afterward! Oh, and then there's the annual Polar Bear Club that picks what normally is one of the coldest days of the year...and these guys jump into Lake Erie with only swim trunks on. I'm sure tons of alcohol beforehand kept them warm enough, hahaha! Those crazy Ohioans!!!

Yup, the relative warmth this year certainly has kept the lake effect machine running more than usual. Lake Erie nearly always gets decent ice cover at some point, I think this year was very little if any? Growing up, I distinctly remember a "lull" in lake effect snows in the Cleveland area from about the 2nd week of January through most or all of February, due to ice on Lake Erie. Then it would start back up again in March during cold outbreaks when the ice began to let up (November-December were also good for that!).

Awesome stuff, @WxWatcher007!! Great photos and videos, it's really cool you were able to "chase" that remarkable event. Thanks for sharing!! But dayum, does that ever make me miss lake effect snows!! Grew up with that in northeast Ohio, lots of fun and some of the most amazing snow rates I've seen.

March 25, 2013 comes to mind. Now, that wasn't as bad as this winter has been, but it was loaded with disappointment (especially when we got screwed earlier that month).

Let's just take p02 or p19 and be done with it!

Well, it actually did snow in Oz, you'll recall...when Dorothy et al. were on their way to the Emerald City, Glinda the good witch made it snow to wake them up. Enough to cover the grass and stick to the pavement (yellow brick road) even, I believe!! I don't know what the sun angle was, however. (ETA: The Emerald City itself got fringed by that event!!!)

Thanks, appreciate that...

Well, to be fair, I myself also look back fondly at April 1982 and that winter in general (I'm assuming you mean Apr. 5-6 that year). But that's from the perspective of northeast Ohio, not NYC, and nowhere near this place. KCLE got ~12". That was a great storm in the midwest, and I honestly at the time had no idea what it might have done outside there. Plus, it's the storm that put KCLE over the top for snowiest winter on record there at the time (it's since been broken), by a good margin thanks to that event.

This winter has been so bad...("How bad was it??" yells the crowd!)...it's been so bad that we even get a leap day this February just to add one more day this month that it won't snow!!

Start a thread post haste!! Maybe even a radio show! (Yeah, I used the term "post haste"!!)

That was indeed a classic rant post...bravo @Jebman! I remember that post well from the time. If ever AmWx could give some kind of literary award for top posts, this would win hands down! Oh, and yeah, that was the year we got screwed for much of the winter. Then things turned around and lined up right for us over the next 3-4 weeks, and we did really well in that time. Very true! I had actually forgotten @Jebman posted that in Panic Room that year (though I did read it at the time)! Back in the early days of the Room, when you didn't have all the fine amenities, waiters to serve you drinks, dance floors, etc.!!

Wouldn't be prudent...at this juncture!

Now to be fair, I think we may have gotten into CFS range a time or two back in late December or early January. But otherwise, yeah, not so much!!

Did @Jebman steal your account info?

You think that one hurts? You should have been here (maybe you were?) for the infamous "Storm Which Shall Not Be Named" in December 2010 (ahem...Boxing Day, oops, I said it!). I think that's what started @Bob Chill and many others harming bunnies and other cute furry animals of varying types when things go wrong!

Close to a lock for a solid #2 seed, I'd imagine? (Assuming things remain constant to selection Sunday).

@Bob Chill, today was an awesome day for a ride (which you probably knew already)!! Yesterday would have been fine too, but I was unfortunately busy and didn't get out. However, I wasn't going to let anything deter me this afternoon. Even to get out there for a relatively short time, it was great to go for a spin. I hope you were able to take advantage of this weather either yesterday or today yourself and hit some trails!

You've come to the right place, then!!

Don't let it bother you too much, though at the same time I might suspect Rvarookie might just be trolling for fun. Seems to happen a lot in here lately, hahaha! There have been a lot of crap posts or worthless ones for what's supposed to be a "discussion" thread here, but it is what it is. Yours are far from the "worst", and I'll admit to making my own snarky non-relevant comments in here too (rather than in Banter). Now, if we ever get a storm mode, different story!! (and at this point, fat chance we'll have reason for "storm mode" any time soon, haha!!)

Meh...Get Off My (snow-free) Lawn!!

Well, I can totally get that, when looking at what appear to be "dead zones" of snow events in the climatological record. It's an interesting phenomenon, not sure how much of that is "luck". Then again, we supposedly had no real events the middle 2 weeks of January either, historically speaking. Then 2016 happened... (ETA: I seem to recall some end of February events, even in the metro DC/Balt regions. Feb. 25, 2007...a 5-6" pasting that originally was supposed to be ice and rain. And in 2003, around that same date (25th, there about??), we got a decent event, a couple weeks after PD-II).