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Not an official mistake, but CAR's least snowy winter was undoubtedly 1943-44. Unfortunately, there's no records for March, but using nearby/similar sites (Fort Kent; PQI measurements are off-base low) would show that CAR that season had ~60". Long ago (early '80s) I read that 43-44 had 58.5 but I've not seen corroborating evidence.

I'd take another 4/28-29 snowfall. ORH got 17", biggest of that snow season. The flood peaked on 4/1 or 4/2, depending on where on the river. Katadhin with 54" Undoubtedly at Chimney Pond - the ridge 2,200' higher would never hold that much; its wind probably isn't all that much less than at MWN. In 2017 the depth at Chimney reached 94", tallest in Maine records.

I think that Maine code requires 80 lb/sq.ft. bearing strength, which would be nearly 16" SWE. (In NJ it was 40 lb.) In the Sierras with relatively dense snow (compared to the Rockies) the code might be 150 lb but that's only a guess.

New Sweden reported 24" pack this morning. That's farm country - to the west add at least another foot, with more to come. And you know how good the grooming is there. Mid 40s here with snow echoes overhead, but the DP deficit of 25°+ ensures that nothing makes it to the ground.

Or worse, we get another May 2005 and met summer 2009. Analog there is G6 in the '86 series. After that, losing G7 was anticlimax.

Not all back-loaded here. It may be a stretch, but this snow season reminds me of G6 of the 1975 WS - Sox jump out to a 3-0 lead (the mid-Dec 22" dump) then the Reds catch up and pass, leading 6-3 late (the 12/23 deluge and record warm Jan). The Bernie Carbo 3-run dinger to tie the game was like the 29" we've had Feb 28-on. Now we just need Fisk's barely fair walk-off analogy, like a 32-33° blue bomb. (or 2 )

Not too deeply, for ~6". (PWM 10.2", Brunswick 4.8")

Except for The County, perhaps. Central Aroostook is upper Midwest and the north is PQ/Acadia. You should start a NNE circle jerk thread for the 3 people and 4 deer that care- Moose

Centerline goes right over Jackman, pop <800. Might be a bit more crowded there for this event. Given that the most recent 4-5 lunar eclipses have been cloud-spoiled here and typical early spring wx, I try not to get too excited. Saw a story about it (burying electric utilities). I had always thought it was $1 million per mile. This report had it $4-6 million per mile. An older study had pegged Massachusetts as needed $1 trillion to bury then statewide. Probably twice that for Maine - only a quarter the population but 6 times the area (though the land between Moosehead Lake and Allagash Village won't cost much). At $6 million/mile our 2000-foot gravel road with 3 customers would take more than $2 million.

One sign of a good book is that it's better when read ag second time. UMaine wildlife professor highly recommended Sand County Almanac when I was there about 1973, and I've probably read it 8-10 times since. Pack down to 21", same as on Feb 27 and we've had 29" since then. Peak was 36" on March 4.

Without that blast, this winter would've been peach-safe at my frost pocket. After 3 years of dieback/regrowth, 2001-02 with its coldest a mere -12 was followed by 100+ luscious fruit. Then came 02-03 with 12 minima of -20 to -29, some with wind, and the tree was dead. Was nice to get that crop before being firmly shown that trying to grow peaches here was a fool's errand.

Geese may not have much temporal wx knowledge but they must have some geographical. When they're flying north at night during early spring, investing hundreds of miles of effort, their survival can depend on their finding open water in the morning. (Thanks to the late Aldo Leopold and his "Sand County Almanac".) This winter is one the strangest and is wrecking my grading system, which is based on both temp and snow. Month Temp Snow DEC +5.0 +4.4" (123%) JAN +9.1 +9.9" (149%) FEB +1.5 -6.3" (72%) MAR +4.1 +5.8" (135%) thru the 16th, snow compared to full month. Snowfall inverse to cold?

The storm was down to flurries at our place by 8 AM that Sunday morning. Checking the hourly obs from GYX, I saw that BGR had light snow and calm wind, while 65 miles SE at Mt. Desert Rock, wind was 55kt.

That storm lived up to all the hype in all of the east coast states, but not at our Gardiner home as warm air aloft turned 1.70" LE into 10.3" of heavily rimed flakes, with modest winds. Also, February had produced 4 warning criteria storms, the top 3 dumping 11" to 14.5". However, the 31" pack on March 14 was our tallest in 13 winters there.

Probably, but it's likely more than that, as Nov plus Dec 1-15 snow averages 15", only about 17% of the current 89.6" total.

Only one site though a long one (130 years) - Farmington co-op shows a solid correlation between Nov temp and snowfall. Nov AN temp, avg snowfall 84.4" Nov BN temp, avg snowfall 95.9" Irony: The co-op's snowiest winter (164" in 68-69) and lest snowy (43" in 80-81) both had BN temps in Nov. (Another topic: Farmington co-op obs stopped in the middle of last Oct. It would be sad if that 99%+ complete data has come to an end. In recent years, century-plus obs have ended at Lewiston, Bridgton and Gardiner.)

Using Google Earth, I found that Saugerties-area sites within 3.7 miles of each other that had up to 2,400' difference in elevation.

Why is Hydro Quebec's rate for Miami, 2000 miles from the turbines, only about 40% of Boston's rate, less that 1000 miles away? NIMBY would make sense if price-gouged power is in play.

And mowed it a week later after the run of 80s?

12.5" here, best storm of the season.

And I'm a few months older!

Longest closure I had was 9 days in Jan 1961, because a fire wrecked nearly a third of the HS. Lots of cold ice fishing, as it was in the midst of NYC's record 16-day run of maxima 32 or lower - mildest during the streak was 29. Then the blizzard of Feb 34, a Fri-Sat event, closed school on Monday, the only 3rd-day closing for snow I've had. Better than NYC, though, as their schools lost that entire week.

That was the evening forecast from CAR on April 6, 1982 - windy, cold (daytime 20s) and flurries. By 2 AM we had S+ and the WSO recorded 26.3" from the blizzard, biggest snowfall there at the time, now #4, and the most powerful snow event I've experienced. We only had 17" - I think, as 60 mph gusts made measurement a challenge and pack at the stake actually lost 2". Best bust ever!

From Mitch's post: LE on Tuesday and Wednesday was found by coring the snow on top of the snow board using the outer cylinder of the Stratus rain gauge and then melting it down as this amount of snow easily overflows the outer cylinder multiple times over. The melted water was then measured with the funnel and inner cylinder. That's exactly what I do for cores of storm and for pack SWE. For depths taller than the Stratus, I slide my flat shovel into the snow horizontally 9-10" below the top, carefully lift and invert gauge/shovel while leaving the rest of the pack intact, then empty the gauge into a bucket. Wash/rinse/repeat until reaching board or ground. I need to keep a written score for packs like last week's core showing 9.31" SWE - do not wish to lose count.

Were you up there later that month? Farther east at Eustis, 1,260' asl, March 22-24 brought 34.5" - they had 64.6" for the month despite only 3.3" from the 5-7 storm. BPL was finishing a timber harvest on the Redington public lot (5 miles SW from 'Loaf summit) at 2,500+, with the last load coming out just as S++ arrived - probably a 40-spot there. 16" paste at my place. I got 26" in 2016-17 which was the biggest since we moved into our house in 2013. Seems like 30+ is a big hurdle I've been interested in wx since the Jan 1953 ice storm in NNJ and the biggest storm I've seen over those 70 years (yikes!) was 26.5" at Fort Kent in March 1984. 30s are rare most everywhere. (Note: Farmington co-op reported 40" for 12/6-7/2003. We had 24" and were at church 1.5 miles from the co-op site as final flakes fell, and the snow there looked much like the snow at my home. 30"? maybe. 40? slant stick or in a drift.)