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Doesn't look likely this year, but 4 of my 22 winters here had their coldest temp in March: 00-01, 06-07 (on the 9th, the latest so far), 10-11 and 18-19, all in the range -20 to -25.

The Feb. 10-11 storm (my 21" dump and 3rd and most recent TSSN) grew up as it moved north, though ORH got 5.6. That said, BOS had 32" for Feb/Mar and ORH 48, not up to Jan's monster snow but also not bad for "letting up".

Biggest 04-05 snowfall here prior to Feb 10 was a measly 3.4". Then the next 31 days brought 60", including storms of 21, 11.5 and 11 inches, for a slightly AN snow season.

We did it for our rescue thru Maine Lab Rescue in 2017. Her appearance is all/most yellow Lab, has the webbed feet, short somewhat coarse coat (less inner hair than the purebred black Lab we enjoyed 2003-16) and general body form of a Lab. She also has the pink nose and white blaze on the back of her neck that describes a "Dudley Lab". However, the DNA results had her with 1/8 each of 4 different breeds, Lab being one but another was Corgi(?) and while I don't recall the other 2, I do remember they were nothing like a Lab. The other 1/2 was listed as "mixed", so we learned essentially nothing. Despite the Lab appearance she doesn't particularly like water (Abby the black Lab was unable to walk past it without a wallow - at any temp) and "retriever" is not part of her character. However, the Lab personality is all there, enthusiasm, friendliness, tolerant of kids, cats and most everything else.

I'd go for that, but even more for 2001 - 55.5" including 35 after the equinox. Had 48" OG on 3/31.

Mid 30s at 7 this AM though it was about 30 last evening. Just had a couple decent gusts come thru, maybe 25-30 mph. I thought the wind was coming tomorrow. Yesterday's high of 40 was the warmest here since the wee hours of 12/26 as we coasted down from the Grinch-torch.

Blackflies are easily outrun, though there may be even more of them where you run to. It's the deerflies that are barely subsonic- hyperbole but I've watched squadrons pacing my vehicle at 20+ mph. And while mosquitos sip daintily thru their straw and blackflies merely scrape enough skin so they can lap up their lunch, a deerfly bite feels like the beast has carved off a slab and flown off with it. I did learn that if one stands still (feeding the smaller pests) the deerflies lose interest. It's like T.Rex in Jurassic Park - those little horrors feel like they have similar dental equipment though on a smaller scale.

Concerning huge Morris Cty totals, IMO it would be a bit sad if Mount Arlington's 35.1" officially eclipses the current record, mainly because I like the irony of the least snowy spot in the state having recorded the biggest snowfall.

GFS op has had that early March cold on about 2/3 of the runs I've seen over the past week. The other1/3 has been different, sometimes much different.

Thanks. Someone from Fayson Lakes where I grew up said18, but it looked like more there and was more elsewhere in Morris County.

I've run the machine for 3 storms, the mess of Jan 16 (during moderate RA), Feb 3 (morning after the event) and the 2/16 sleet - only 2" but nasty for walking or driving. Last evening's 3" will be well settled by tomorrow sunset, no need to remove it beyond the porch stairs and the cars.

Definitely looks catlike, and while lynx have been expanding south thru Maine I doubt they've made it to your place. When I lived in N. Maine (76-85) the trappers there caught only bobcat. Latest surveys related to the lynx' Threatened designation show few bobcats north of Moosehead and there have been reliable lynx sightings in the Rangeley country and some even farther south. Probably some seen in Coos County as well. Those critters are doing so well that USFWS is pondering their being delisted in the East.

Most fisher tracks I've seen are in pairs, one paw slightly ahead of the other and back paws landing almost exactly in the forepaw impressions. Seen that same pattern from weasels, mink and marten and have seen all those mustelids loping along. If that pic showed a fisher, it was likely moving faster than the ones that have left the pairs tracks.

Had to look it up, despite living within 30 miles for 20+ years. Lots of Jersey boys here. Temp was slowly rising before sunrise, trees were pretty but will be empty by this afternoon.

Nice! I'm guessing my home growing up. a few miles to your south but at 700', has gotten more snow than here in the Maine foothills. Yesterday's 3" brought the pack to the same 20" and total snowfall to 48.4. How much did you measure from the Feb. 1-2 bomb?

12 miles west from GYX and 340' higher made all the difference.

IMO, this gets an A+. We finished with 3.0" from 0.31" LE and 2" fell between 7 and 9 PM. Snow ended by 10.

Sounds like a plan! Surface temps here mid-upper 20s so no issues there.

As soon as I sent the last post the light snow became almost no snow, now very light. The brighter echoes seem to be sliding to our south except for the patch now past that gave us its southern fringe. Stuff directly upstream needs to bulk up a bit or we'll have problems reaching the bottom of the 2-5 forecast.

After 3 hours of occasional flakes that amounted to nothing, steady light snow/tiny flakes began about 3:15, maybe 1/4" now.

Only 22 winters here, but our biggest events have come in weak ENSO. Maybe NNE is different in ENSO? ENSO N Lg Event Avg lg #15"+ VS Nino 1 8.5" 8.5" 0 S Nino 0 n/a M Nino 2 13.8" 12.3" 0 W Nino 4 21.0" 15.4" 3 La Nada 7 24.5" 15.6" 4 W Nina 4 21.0" 17.4" 8 M Nina 4 12.5" 1.5" 1 S Nina 0 n/a

82-83: Warmest winter of my 10 in Ft. Kent; 1983 was the warmest year there. 97-98: Ice, ice baby! 15-16: Least snowy winter at my residence since 73-74 in BGR.

Jeff's BY is about 3 colors better than mine (though that spot of 0.20-0.25 centered over my roof is tiny.)

Here's the average percentages of their snowfall normals at CAR, PWM and Farmington for various ENSO states, 50-51 thru last winter: Avg S N EL NINO Very strong 73.8% 3 Strong 116.3% 3 Moderate 83.5% 6 Weak 101.8% 14 LA NADA 101.6% 22 LA NINA Weak 101.7% 13 Moderate 115.4% 6 Strong 90.8% 3 Tables I've seen do not show any very strong Ninas. And that average snowfall map for 1981-2010 will look different when the 1991-2020 data is published, as 2011-20 had a whole lot more snow in most places than did 1981-1990.

Must be the 10 flakes per minute crashing all power north of PWM. Getting serious, this last event produced fluff in southern Maine and nothing here, so I've no idea where those trucks are heading to or returning from.