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3 hours ago, It's Always Sunny said:

Ratios are going to be insane in MN tomorrow. Easily 20-25:1. Pure fluff.

EDIT: Technically today, lost track of the time 

I would have thought that fracturing would cut the ratio nearly in half given the extreme winds. Maybe not? Super excited for this afternoon. Was gonna go skating with the kids on the lake. Now thinking we’ll find something indoors to do. 

On 1/18/2019 at 4:21 PM, Chinook said:

Since median is defined as a half-way point for a data set, I listed the "Minneapolis Area" snowfall totals in order (1884-1885 through 2017-2018) and the middle of this chart is the half-way point. The average of this data is 46.3", median could be about 42.8" - 43".

Wow. Thanks for the stats!

10 hours ago, XfireLOW said:

 

One of the great myths believed by general public about Minnesota is that it snows a lot here.  Minnesota has the potential for large snowstorms but outside of the Northeast/Arrowhead where Lake Superior can supply extra moisture, the timing of moisture (from gulf of mexico) traveling north and cold air dropping south from Canada has to be perfect.  More often than not, the cold high pressure dominates.

Years like 95-96, 96-97, 2000-2001, 2008-09, 2010-11, and 2013-14 distort the average yearly snowfall statistics of Minnesota terribly.  I'd be interested to know exactly what the median snowfall is versus the average. Taking it even further the numbers get distorted even more because the biggest snowstorms (large precip) in Minnesota are generally early (pre-thanksgiving) or late (after March 15) due to the cold high pressure dominating Dec-Feb.

 

I think median is about 45 inches. 

57 minutes ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

I think you mean April 2018 which was incredible and the snowiest April ever at MSP. Last year was pretty good in my opinion, I believe we finished with over 70”

However it has been really bad here this winter, especially watching the rest of the sub-forum cash in lately.  

Outside the sloppy 2” which transitioned into 0.75” of rain in late December, MSP hasn’t recorded an inch of snow since early December. Only a Trace has been recorded this month. 0.6” is the low bar and honestly the futility record feels in play.

Yes you are right, April 2018. Last winter started off weak but the back half was epic. The previous 3 winters were mild with minimal snow... in fact my sister in Virginia (the state not the town up north) beat us a couple years. So aside from the second half of last winter, winters have been meager after the ‘13-‘14 icebox. Hopefully the back half delivers this year but long range look pretty dry. Need that clipper track to shift north about 100 miles. 

This is my fifth winter living in MSP and I can now officially say MSP is a snow lover’s hell. Don’t move her if you like snow. Everything either goes north, south, east or west of here. I was hoping this upcoming pattern would get the clipper train going for us... nope. Congrats FSD and ORD. You would have a better chance playing pick up sticks with your butt cheeks than finding a good snowstorm here.*

*April 2017 excluded