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We were so spoiled by the period March 1956 thru Feb 1961 that anything near the long term averages would seem terrible. MY memory of the mid-1960s is that 63-64 was okay and 66-67 was great - thundersnow on Christmas Eve, 15" with single digit temps in early Feb, 30" total in March (also Dec and Feb) plus the 3" surprise on 4/27.

The sig tells the tale. Even Sunday night's little event was even littler, with its 0.8" in the "Small events" basket. Your 3 snows totaling 23.5" were 8.7" here. Missed the good bands for the 2 biggies - Dec 5th was elevational this far north, 11.5" at 1220' in Temple, 18" at 1300' in Carrabassett Valley.

They only had 11" in 12/94 and 14.6" four years later. Pretty sure they've already passed those. Still could finish well under the 55" average.

My place is near the top of that snowless polygon in central Maine - will solidify my position near the bottom of the snow table.

I'll be surprised to reach 40 in my CAD catcher location sheltered behind the Kennebec Highlands.

Slightly off topic, but this is what MSM does and it's frustrating. Last night on the 6 PM news a respected news anchor was addressing the very real negative economic impacts due to COVID-19. The example given was a woman who lost her job and took one for far less money, her income dropping from $6,000/month to $255/week. Not $6,000 down to $1,385 or $1,105 down to $255. The impact was huge but IMO the presentation was dishonest and makes one ponder whether other data from that source is similarly spun. I know cold spell wasn't long, but any Hydro issues due to ice jams in the smaller rivers and streams? I don't think there's enough ice - thickness nor extent - to pose a problem, at least in our area.

The damage to massive masonry buildings at Assumption College was mind-blowing.

For eastern NNE, the 2010 retro that ate winter came in early January.

My dad's name for 17 was butcher boulevard - probably has been used for many roads. Couple years ago my son-in-law's cellphone lady put us on that road while driving from SNJ to Cornwall, NY - may be shorter, or quicker if no one else is on the road, but - yuck. Coming home late that evening I said "No thanks" to the lady and did my usual GSP/Turnpike route, about 30 minutes less time.

That's often the forecast for torch-deluge to CF events, and we rarely get the snow. Our 6" pack has about 2" LE so I expect a skating rink after the Grinch - glad I have a pair of 5-gal buckets filled with wood ash.

Yesterday's 0.8" locks in my 36th-place standing, 4th of 4 Mainiacs. Weird season - will climo assert itself?

Keep the chains. If it's as warm and wet as currently modeled, you may need them to get thru the mud.

That 2010 map hurts my eyes (and my memories.)

450 miles of 24-44" - incredible.

Kinda hard to invert the big tube for a core. My Stratus lives indoors in the cold season, only let outside to take cores. Despite the claim of safety, I'm not confident that it would survive a heavy rain followed by freeze. Two years ago we had a 2"+ downpour while we were in SNJ for Christmas. When we got back, the 5-gal used for winter precip held an ice-discus that had bowed the bottom nearly an inch without breaking it - returned to normal once emptied and warmed. If there's much over 11" on the board I'll take the core in 2 steps, usually by carefully sliding my snow shovel (uncurved blade) at the halfway point, pushing the tube to contact and then very carefully lift/invert the shovel while holding the tube, taking care to swing away from the snowboard. I'll have a 2-gallon wash pail to dump the 1st partial core and just put the tube upside down into the pail with the 2nd. I do the melt/measure like dendrite.

I may be mad but I'm not angry.

I waited until some hours after last flakes to measure my 1.9". What an awesome band, both for intensity and length - Bradford County in north-central PA all the way to Oceanstwx. At least 350 miles.

GFS has BML reaching 50 with 1.2" qpf. Has looked a bit worse with each run, time to start moving the other way?

50s with 1-2" RA AUG-RUM. Grinch with a cage full of skunks. We going back to bare ground? Not impossible but doubtful, with the crusty stuff beneath yesterday's dump. If it's warm/wet enough to go to brown ground, expect some flood warnings.

That's something one might expect at Mammoth or Rainier! Both visibility (1/4 mile) and flake size are at their lowest in Augusta. I don't think there's as much outside the office here as that hourly average in VT.

Hawaii ought to have a record listed. Both Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea get occasional snow, sometimes a lot, and the latter peak supports a ski club!

49.5? Did they toss Berlin's 55" in Nov 1943? Pinkham's 77" in 2/69 ("mountain" sites not admitted?) That said, this event may have the broadest span of 30"+ of any in the Northeast. Maybe not (or maybe so) for total area but for spanning from north-central PA thru NY, VT and NH and possibly into York County, Maine

Would not have furnished at MWN for the storm of late Feb 1969. (Close, though)

Then there was late Feb 2010, with 10.7" mush and 2.68" LE , followed by 1.1" for 33-34F RA. This left about 7" of stuff with perhaps 40% water atop an unfrozen (thus high-friction) driveway. Was far harder to clear with the scoop than the 24.5" a year earlier.

That worked well for me in 24", might be tougher in 30+ though it's the best choice. Also had to do 24" with a snow scoop- 1st task was to shovel out a place to start dumping with the scoop. Could not make a run with the scoop like the usual, but merely take off a scoop-size bite and run it up the snowbank. Maybe 3" in Augusta. Almost half came 10-11 this morning as we caught the north edge of the megaband and had some real flakes. Then it returned to the teeny-tiny ones that reduce visibility equally but don't accumulate nearly as fast.