tamarack

Probably close to your average. I think Minneapolis avg is closer to 60".

Especially away from salt water.

The winter that wrecked my grading system. DJFM temperature was the mildest of my 25 winters here and had only 2 days with true bottom-of-winter cold. However- - - there were no extended thaws, no freakishly high temps, one of the few DJFM periods that failed to top 50. " to Even the 3.25" mega-Grinch only dropped the pack from 15" to 12. Normally that avg temp would rate an F, but the avoidance of long thaws, or serious RA after 12/23, probably merits a D. Snowfall is at 115% of avg thru this morning. The 22" dump in mid-Dec is the 3rd largest snowstorm here and all but guaranteed continuous and AN pack - SDDs are running about 20% above avg, depth peaked at 36" and stayed 19" or deeper for 10 weeks. Snow total, assuming little/no more, would be a B+ but the big storm and good pack will raise the grade a bit.

My little pickups (1992 Ranger inherited from dad, 2004 Mazda, 2011 Ranger) have all been 2WD and this was the 29th winter I've been driving them, so I'm not too concerned.

Farther downeast, even June wx can be problematic. During our honeymoon, we drove up Cadillac Mountain with 2 cooked lobsters on June 24, planning to enjoy cracking them for lunch as we enjoyed the view. Unfortunately, there were 3 problems: --We forgot to bring napkins. --The water at the summit had not yet been turned on. --Visibility was less than 100 yards in fog. (Lobsters were great, mess and all.)

If/when my 2011 Ranger dies, I'd like to find a reasonably priced used Ford Maverick, the only true small truck out there. Hybrid version muchly preferred.

March 2023 numbers: Avg. max: 40.42 +1.75 High - 50, 27th Avg. min: 21.42 +4.88 Low - zero, 1st. Only the 2nd March w/o subzero low (2010, low was 11) Avg. min was 3rd highest Mean: 30.92 +3.31 Precip: 2.85" -0.61 Jan-Mar: 9.84" +0.09" Greatest day: 0.91" 4th Snow: 27.9" +11.0" 6th highest and only March in the 20s. Snowiest: 12.1" 4th Pack: Avg. 22.8" +4.8" Peak: 36" 4th DJFM temp: 25.49 Mildest, topping 25.21 in 2015-16. Temp Snow DEC +5.04 +4.4 JAN +9.14 +9.9 FEB +1.48 -6.3 MAR +3.31 +11.0 Of course, in this wacky winter, the month closest to avg temp was the only one with BN snow.

Had 1.5" of 37.5-to-1 feathers (0.04" LE) 7-9 last evening, another 1.5" of more common spring snow (0.18"/8.3-to-1) thru sunrise. The ratio for the 3.0" total, 13.6-to-1, doesn't quite describe the snow. Currently RA- and low 30s. Trees were gorgeous at 7 AM, most snow off the hardwood branches by now.

Only 1.8" from cracking the century mark. However, the past two Aprils had 1.6" and 0.2". Had 100.5" in 2010-11, maybe 99.5" this year?

Down to 15" here but it's dense, probably ~50% LE. Fortunately, it looks like a slow release is likely, at least for the next week. Dry 50s with cool overnights would get the job done.

When CAD bites back. Nothing like 37° RA on April Fool's Day.

re: 2002-03, or 2009-10 if one includes the MA. BWI with 7" more snow than CAR is something one would never see again in several lifetimes.

Had exactly 50 on Monday. Month's low was zero on the 1st. That 50° span is the lowest for any March here. (In contrast, March 2012 had a range of 90°, greatest I've recorded for any month, anywhere. Next is 87 in Jan 1979 at Fort Kent, with 40/-47.)

3 weeks ago, I cored the (then 30" pack, finding 9.31" SWE for a 31% water content. Tuesday afternoon did it again; SWE down to 8.01" but with the pack down to 17" the water was up to 47%. Even if the 2 icy layers, about 2" total, had 75-80% water content, the remainder would still be over 40% and thus ripe. Hoping for not much RA on Saturday.

Batting gloves with (faux) fur lining? Slept thru the CF but 0.7" meets my definition of SNSQ. Had to have finished with big flakes given the mottled snow surface. Only 0.03" LE and windy so what doesn't melt will sublimate.

Only fringed in the NYC area. Central Park 0.5" with only 0.14" LE, EWR 3.1"/0.31" LE.

Mid-Feb storm and equinox paste bomb totaled 40"+ at our NNJ place, where the average is +/-40". Latter storm was 24" even though it started as light RA.

AN? Probably - most recent BN month here was Sept. Torch? - need the April definition of the term. 5° AN? Several days of 15°+ AN?

Works for NYC, but not for the local long-term (1893-on) co-op. AN November temp, snowfall averages 94% of average. BN temp, 107%. May not be statistically significant as annual snow is quite variable (though not as variable as at NYC).

Boston reigns alone!

For 3 Maine sites - CAR, PWM, Farmington for which I've compared snowfall for ENSO status, the difference could hardly be different. 3-site averages: Strong, 116%, highest for any ENSO. Very Strong, 74%, lowest ENSO. CAR is slightly lower in a moderate Nino; otherwise, the highest/lowest fits for each site. you realize 2002-03 and 2009-10 were both borderline strong, right? the placement of the anomalies matters more, anyway. I would much rather have a strong Modoki instead of a weak-moderate east-based Nino Both winters killed our area with suppression, but the temps and precip could hardly have been more different. 2002-03 was very cold and driest of 25 winters here. 2009-10 was very mild and wettest of 25.

I've found only 9 for BWI - may have missed one. PWM/BGR also have 9. 2/1899 1/1922 3/1942 2/1979 2/1983 1/1996 2/2003 2/2010 1/2016 #10: 2/9-10/2010, 19.5"

Maybe like the flurry we had about 3:30; lasted for 5 minutes but even if it had been 25° at 5 AM it wouldn't have covered the ground.

We've had scads of chickadees at the feeder all winter, along with downy and hairy woodpeckers, juncos and bluegluttons (jays). Since mid month we've had some sightings of male and female cardinals. Spring sightings (not at the feeder): one robin late last week, the barred owls are calling and downy/hairys are doing their "machine gun" pecking calls.

A significant proportion of New England sites (perhaps other places as well) have PORs that began Augus 1, 1948. Touched 50 yesterday, first time since Nov 30. Clouds will keep temps to mid 40s today. Pack down to 17".