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Until the record-smashing 22nd/23rd, it was an odd coincidence that the 2 highest March temps came on the same day of the month. Our 28.3" is well over the 20.0" average (includes this month) and 3rd highest January, trailing 2015 and 2019. The month is also running 9.1° AN and will probably finish right about there. Previous mildest January was +7.4° in 2006.

If one is old enough (like me) one can dig thru memories. From March 1956 thru February 1961 our NNJ place in the hills at 700' had 7 events dumping 18-24", the last one possibly more as the wind was screeching and the pack gained more than 2 feet. Even in Fort Kent we never had that kind of big snow period.

It was 2012. The Farmington Maine co-op has records back thru 1893 and their 5 warmest March days are below: 83° 3/23/2012 82° 3/22/2012 80° 3/20/2012 79° 3/20/1903 78° 3/18/2012

LAT/LON for that obs is very near (-0.03/-0.02 difference) to the New Gloucester obs, which makes sense even if the reported total doesn't.

Absolutely. News reported that 2 men in Penobscot County died while clearing snow this morning.

That's probably about what I'd have reported had I gone out with the yardstick at 4 AM. At that time, we had SN- at upper teens and there was 4-5" on the porch railing. At 5:30 it was mid 20s with pounding IP and maybe 1.5" on the railing and at my 7 AM obs time we had light ZR at near 30, the railing was down to <1" and I could only report 5.3" of very soggy stuff. I'm not looking forward to running the snowblower as shoveling was awful - no matter how hard I tried to hurl the stuff, only about half the load would detach from the blade. Total precip thru 7 was 1.12" and I estimated the ZR at 0.10" using the accretion amount. Assuming 7.5" at 4 AM, perhaps ~0.60" LE followed by ~0.40" LE from IP. QPF was consistent with the forecast 8-12" but this one makes up for the 22-23 overperformer.

The 5.3" from the current event brings it to 28.3". Had I gone out to measure at 4 AM before the change to sleet, the month would be over 30".

This month looks to destroy my grading system - the temp, mildest of 25 Januarys by far - merits F-minus. If we get snow in the forecast 8-12 range, that makes the month worth an A. Even with snow weighted 2x temp, the results would look inappropriate. (I'm not opposed to subjective adjustments. )

Uffda!

Our ~25 year old furnace began leaking in spring 2013. I was at work when the service guy came and checked out everything. Then he told my wife that there was good news and bad news. "Let's have the good news." "Today is Friday." "Bad news?" "The boiler is cracked; you need a new furnace." Fortunately, our Jan-Mar timber harvest had produced enough to pay the bill.

1/4" ice shouldn't cause much tree damage unless it's atop a big snow load, but it would make shoveling/snowblowing a lot more challenging.

Seems a bit odd that our 10.1" made the map but not the list; also odd that we were 3" or more above Temple/Farmington (7.1"/6.8") - usually it's the other way, and other nearby obs look a lot closer to our 10" than to 7". Also missed was the cocorahs obs of 20.5" from Parsonsfield, York Cty. (Unless that total was checked and tossed) From Ginxy: Boy I was surprised when I got to the top of my hill 775 feet I am 515. A good 1.5 to 2 more than me just maybe 500 yds up my hill. I had 2.75. One of the best differences in a short walk I have see here. Most dramatic elevation effect I've seen came in NW Jersey back on 4/23/86. We were staying at a friend's place in Blairstown, near the Del. Water Gap, at perhaps 1,100' and a deformation band after a cold rain dumped 13" in about 9 hours. Downtown at 500-600 they might've had 5".

High ratio is why it overperformed here. 10.1" with 0.66" LE, 15.3-to-1.

That would make for the 3rd snowiest January here. Need only 4.6" to get there, but 10" to reach 2nd and 14 to pass 2015.

Highest I've seen in Maine is 20.5" at Parsonsfield, NW-most town in York County. Friends at the western part of Wells lost power for 30 hours; probably 6-8" plus ZR there.

This month will finish between 9 and 10° AN, about 2° above our 2nd mildest January in 2006, and snow is already 3"+ above average. Jan 2006 was 5" AN though that month had rain with almost every event and nothing bigger than 5.9" - that month's 11" max depth is the most pitiful mark for any winter here while we've got 24" at the stake with more to come (unless the forecast has a really radical change). December was 4"+ AN for snow and 5° AN - I can't recall having 2 significantly mild months with AN snow in both. NNE bonus. Makes up for January 2014, which was 3.5° BN with 120% precip that produced 27% of average snowfall. Its snow also ranked 129th of 130 Januarys at the Farmington co-op.

Super! Your area really got pounded during the day. We had 6.3" by 7 AM and I was pleased with another 3.8" to reach double digits and a 24" pack, but you must've had 9-10" after 7.

Trace at PQI thru 1 PM, nada CAR/FVE but at least they're cloudy - 2 hours ago they were partly sunny.

SSTs off the Maine coast at 45F today (50 at Georges Bank), and while I don't have the 100-year data, I'd guess the current temps are ~5° AN. Probably awful for the coast, maybe more snowy qpf farther inland?

Much better than today for the far north.

Back up to moderate at about 1 PM, now at 9" but the back edge may leave us below 10 - still an overperformer. Over 20k outages in southern Maine, chiefly York County, with perhaps the worst in Wells. Noon news showed a pic there with a large tree across a road, another with a tiny twig fatttened to at least 1/2" by ice. ZR+wet snow for the loss. Farther north, Versant listed 3 customers (Why me?) w/o power.

Note that the stake has acquired a slight lean thanks to the 12/23 deluge. Therefore, a pack touching the 2-foot bar is actually only 23.92"

Advisory upped to warning overnight. Started about 8 PM with a bang - 1.3" by 9, then backed down to moderate, 5.0" more by 7 AM, another 2"+ since then. Near the 2-foot mark at the stake though the high (14:1) ratio means siggy settling.

Getting close to 2 feet.

6.3" of 14:1 pow by 7 AM, 2"+ since, currently lgt SN and mid 20s.