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Low was -28, only 1° from my coldest Feb morning here. That came in 2003, the winter that killed my peach tree. Planted in late May 1998, that Reliance peach would grow vigorously in summer then die back to about 2' tall each winter. Then 01-02 didn't get colder than -12, there was no dieback, and the tree produced 100+ luscious tennis-ball-sized fruit. Jan-Feb-Mar 2003 reached -20 or colder 12 times, bottoming out with that -29 in Feb, and it was lights out. A weak sprout came from below the graft, thus useless, but it died in July anyway.

Unless one goes thru the woods to cross from Estcourt Station. However, that area drains into the St. John, so IMO it's not Gaspe.

Deepest on cocorahs this morning was 32" at New Sweden, but I'm confident that the hills adjacent to the St. John Valley hold 40+. How so? You cross the border of northern Maine and you're in the Gaspe region of Quebec. Either way it north of the border and out of the U.S. Not sure why you're splitting hairs. Haven't quizzed any Quebecois on where they consider Gaspe to begin, but to me it's northeast of Riviere-du-Loup, 100 miles or so beyond Maine. (which might still be splitting hairs.) Certainly any place in the St. John watershed would not be Gaspe.

And last month was my cloudiest of 22 Januarys here. We had measurable snow on 18 days but 1"+ on only 3 as all those clouds didn't produce much snow. February has been cloudier than average as well though yesterday and today are bright.

They get plenty, but the western mountains (Rangeley, Jackman) get a bit more. So does Fort Kent though the co-op there would indicate otherwise. The 9 full winters we lived there my average ran 12-15" more than CAR and 20-30 more than Fort Kent co-op. (that co-op is a one-a-day site, 7 AM, and sometimes I think they would merely look at the snow stake and record any increase as what new snow had fallen.)

Heard some tree popping last evening as I walked the dog with temp -13, with one especially loud pop from a spot with maple and ash, undoubtedly from one of the maples. Had mid -20s this morning, about 99% chance it's the coldest morning of the winter. (And close to the median for bottom of winter here.)

Touched -25 or a bit colder here. Another 40+ diurnal range today. Saw -32 at PQI, guessing Big Black/Estcourt Station under -35.

IDK - GFS has already started losing QPF, instead of waiting to do it during the final 36 hours pre-storm.

16" at our stake. That's 4" BN for the date, logical as snowfall is 8" BN. However, we never lost all the snow following the 4" on Nov. 11-12 so barring a repeat of March 2012 (or 2010) it will another season for high-end snow cover duration. SDDs - that's a very different story.

Greatest total I spotted in Maine was 3.5" at Union and Belmont - another midcoast town - was the only other site reporting 3". North of my place had many 1-2" reports, south 1.5-3, but my 0.4" on 0.04" reflects the Route 2 snowshield going back into effect. Glad it was for a puny storm rather than one with SECS potential.

Highest SD of the 4 snowy months at my place, easily highest CV. March ranges from 0.6" to 55.5", both the least and most for any DJFM month and only Dec 1999 is close.

We felt the same way in Bergan (Norway) in August 2017 as we walked past the old (and/or reconstructed) Hanseatic League wooden buildings. It rains there perhaps more than anywhere else in the country. Good coffee there and -RA at 60° makes it taste even better. Also, Bergen claims that cinnamon buns were first made there, another plus. The all-day downpour in Oslo was less fun, especially the late afternoon 45-minute wait for the bus back toward our air-bnb during the day's heaviest rain at mid-upper 50s. Every tourist in Oslo was likely doing museums that day (understandably) and buses were often full before they got to our stop. What are you looking at other than the next week or so? The AO is forecast to fall of a cliff after that. We will get help from the arctic, and it is far from too late. I am sure you remember 1993...a dog of a winter until March. Doggy thru late Jan up here, but Feb had more snow than March, though both months had loads. FM 1993 is Farmington's snowiest for that pair, topping even 1969 (snowiest Feb) though '97" in 1993 tops 2001 by a mere 0.4". In 1993 that co-op's snowpack went from a trace on 1/31 to 56" after the superstorm. Feb won't contribute all that much this year; we'll see about March.

Final visible (thru the window screen) flakes just before noon, though ASOS at the AP was still reporting snow. Nothing interesting upstream either. Looks like CF thru N. Maine - FVE 13 with NW wind, MLT 31 and calm.

Or that light is from a train of BDs and misery mist - typical April wx in these parts.

Weenies fighting for space on the Tobin?

0.1" fell sometime 4-5 AM, just cloudy when I left home at 6:45 and didn't see anything falling until 12-15 miles south in Belgrade. Echoes above my place suggest less than 1". Current radar has a 15-20 mile wide "dry band" directly above Route 2. Is traffic so heavy it's vaporizing everything up to 10,000'? Nice burst here in AUG dropped 1"+ between 9 and 10, now back to -SN, maybe 2.5" total.

Some models predict increased snowfall in colder climates for the next few decades, as the modeled increase in precip more than balances snowfall lost to p-type issues.

Lowery day for sure. Something's in the air here in AUG - fog, dz, frdz, can't tell (could go outside, I suppose.) A number of stations reporting precip outside of the areas of radar returns; maybe it's originating too low to give a return.

Very much so. And even though I'm a bit ahead in total snow, my biggest event would rank 3rd on your list. Apart from 2005-06 which didn't have even a 6" event, I've got to go back to 1967-68 in NNJ to find a winter without a storm greater than my current 7" max. Thursday is unlikely to be that storm, but there's time.

The stat-padder produced 3.4" from 0.22" LE. If dendrite growth is decent we could double that.

Finished at3.4" from0.22" LE. No p-type change - I think the Kennebec Highlands kept the warmer air at bay, though temp touched 32 as clouds thinned during the afternoon. Stake at 17", deepest so far this season.

And 77 years ago on nearly the same date, CON hit -37 and PWM a head-exploding -39 just a stone's throw from (mostly) salt water. Even NYC shivered at -8, their 3rd coldest morning on record.

Lot of sleds on the club trail thru our woodlot over the weekend, with enough to run the groomers. Probably not great but snow-hungry sledders who don't trailer to the north country had that itch. Another 4-6 followed by cold would set up the coming weekend just fine.

3.0" of 17:1 fluff overnight. Switched to RA here in AUG, not sure what's happening at home under the dry strip. Yesterday was my 1st 20/20 day, for a mean of zero. Makes 18 of 22 winters here reaching -20 or colder. (Misses were 01-02, 05-06, 09-10, 12-13.)

3.0" from 0.18" LE at 7 AM. Not sure if anything since then, as W. Maine radar features an west-to-east dry area between areas of decent echoes. Only 10-15 miles wide but that's enough to keep my place centered in it.