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Depends on location (Of course). Most Maine sites get more in December.

Pinkham Notch Edit: WV had 31" also - just checked GYX listing

Probably Feb 3-4, 1961. I call in 24" but with the howling wind who knows. That storm, plus the 20" on Jan 19-20 and a string of very cold days, brought the pack into the mid 40s - Canistear Reservoir reached 52". We also had 24" on Mar 18-19, 1956 and Mar 20-21, 1958.

Highest I found since 12/2003 was 30", in the 5-day slopfest in late Feb 2010 - with 6.49" LE! (I had 10.7" from 2.68" LE, with no IP nor ZR but 1.14" of 33-35° RA - while NYC was getting their 20.9" 'Snowicane' ) Final tally (assuming no more): 21.5" from 2.37" LE, 3rd biggest snowstorm since moving here in May 1998. #1 is 24.5" on 2/22-23/2009 and 2nd is 24.0" (with blizzard criteria) on 12/6-7/2003.

IIRC, that ZYZYGY (spelling optional) storm was Jan 2-3, 1987. It was odd in that snow reached PWM about 4 AM but didn't get to AUG until after noon. Then it went from 1st flakes to white wall - 1/8 mi vis - in less than 60 seconds. 2nd biggest snowfall in our 13 winters in Gardiner and first of 5 storms that month, for 49" total.

Nice. Looks like the view out my window.

It's a bit bigger than my new Husky.

Yup. We've had 3 storms of 21" in our 24 winters here but only 2 that were bigger, so this one might reach 3rd place - only needs another inch+ since the 11:30 measure. A 3rd Farmington site, farthest north of the bunch, reporting 20". So far, all the top depths in Maine are Franklin-Oxford Counties. Edit: That Farmington 20" was a 9 AM report - no wonder it was the highest.

3" more by 11:30 to reach 20, and it's still accumulating. Power came on just before 10, so 5 hours on the genny. New blower was out straight trying to move this sticky stuff; more work to do but the machine ran out of gas about the same time I did. Shovel work was nasty - unless I banged on the handle as I threw, half of the load would stay on the blade.

It would take another 12/25/2020 to do that, and there would be a lot more snowmelt to increase flooding this time.

Finally, a report from northern Oxford - 20.0" of 9:1 at Andover. Top 5 atm: 20.0" Andover 17.5" Farmington 4.2NW 17.0" MBY 6.8" Palmyra (one town west from Skowhegan) 6.1" Abbot (3 towns south from Greenville) Strange distribution. Edit: New #5 - 6.5" in North Berwick, western York County. If there's an observer in Parsonsfield (NW-most town of York) we'd likely see a 12"+.

Latitude too (along with miles from saltwater) as I'm not that much higher than your place - couple hundred feet? Biggest storm since 19.9" on 3/7-9/2018, and we may get past that one as well.

Not far from that here at 390' - had 17.0" at 7 AM (1.83" LE) with light-mod SN continuing. Last check of cocorahs had the observer from the NW part of Farmington at 17.5" and 3rd place was only 6.8". No reports from Temple (at 1220') nor northern Oxford (Bethel, et al) but it looks like that county and Franklin got the real stuff. Genny kicked on at 4:56 this morning and 30 minutes ago CMP was at 40k outages. Will be a worthy debut for the new snowblower.

I should've known. GYX jinxed itself by dropping their 10-16 forecast for here down to 8-12 yesterday afternoon, though they would've busted low even withe earlier number. Had 17.0" of 9:1 sticky snow (1.83" LE) at 7 AM with light-mod snow continuing - biggest snowfall since 3/7-9/2018 and 3 more inches would top that one. Trees are extra loaded, and we went to generator just before 5 AM. My first check of Maine cocorahs totals had our 17" with 2nd highest a mere 6.8", which seemed very odd. Recheck a few minutes later showed an observer from the NW part of Farmington with 17.5". Places like Temple, Bethel, Bridgton haven't sent in their reports yet.

GYX just chopped our 10-16 forecast to around 8-12. Not surprised, given how long the snow took to get here. Even 8" would be very nice.

Maybe 1/4" here.

Light SN arrived about 2:30. Some nice parachutes but not many at present.

Still waiting. There's been echoes overhead since late morning but nothing has reached the ground since some tiny mood flakes about 11 AM.

Tops here isn't much higher - 16" in 2018 thanks to that day's 8" of pow. Only 2 other years had more than 10" - 13" in 2012 and 14" the next year. Tallest anywhere was 30" in Fort Kent, 12/25/83.

It's into York County - had a few 1"+ reports, 7 AM cocorahs. Just a dusting here, with a few tiny flakes drifting by as dry air is eating the rest.

Temp never went down during the overnight, makes me wonder if the current 12-18 forecast is an overreach. Dusting has slightly lightened the color of the ground, though I don't see anything coming down atm.

Maine's tallest snow depth is 94", at Chimney Pond in 2017. No competition for Pinkham Notch in Feb 1969 (164") but quite respectable. Most I've measured was 80", at Big 20 Twp on 3/15/84.

Farmington was 9-14-17 four hours ago; liking the trend. Snowfall Totals by Location Experimental - Leave feedback 12/15/2022 0700PM to 12/18/2022 0100AM What's this? County: All Selected -- ME -- Androscoggin, ME Cumberland, ME Franklin, ME Kennebec, ME Knox, ME Lincoln, ME Oxford, ME Sagadahoc, ME Somerset, ME Waldo, ME York, ME -- NH -- Belknap, NH Carroll, NH Cheshire, NH Coos, NH Grafton, NH Hillsborough, NH Merrimack, NH Rockingham, NH Strafford, NH Sullivan, NH Location Snow Amount Potential Chance of Seeing More Snow Than Low End Snowfall Expected Snowfall High End Snowfall >=0.1" >=1" >=2" >=4" >=6" >=8" >=12" >=18" Portland, ME 0 <1 4 50% 41% 30% 14% 5% 1% 0% 0% Lewiston, ME 4 12 15 94% 93% 90% 83% 74% 62% 31% 2% Augusta, ME 3 11 14 93% 91% 88% 80% 69% 55% 23% 0% Farmington, ME 11 17 20 100% 100% 100% 99% 98% 94% 77% 23% Bath, ME 0 2 6 57% 49% 41% 23% 11% 4% 0% 0% Rockland, ME 0 <1 4 48% 38% 27% 12% 4% 1% 0% 0% Manchester, NH 0 2 4 65% 53% 38% 14% 3% 0% 0% 0% Nashua, NH 0 <1 2 46% 23% 6% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Concord, NH <1 5 9 88% 83% 76% 58% 38% 21% 3% 0% Portsmouth, NH 0 <1 1 41% 16% 3% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Keene, NH 2 5 11 97% 94% 89% 74% 55% 37% 12% 1% Rochester, NH 0 4 8 79% 73% 64% 45% 26% 12% 1% 0% North Conway, NH 12 18 21 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 97% 85% 36% Laconia, NH 5 11 14 99% 98% 97% 92% 82% 67% 26% 0% Lebanon, NH 9 13 17 100% 100% 100% 99% 96% 89% 59% 9% Berlin, NH 11 15 20 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 96% 78% 23%

And that's without most of the 3-7" currently forecast here for Saturday.

Current forecast for Farmington, considerably higher than last evening's version: Today Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Tonight A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Friday Snow, mainly after 11am. High near 31. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. Friday Night Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 28. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible. Saturday Snow before 1pm, then rain and snow between 1pm and 5pm, then snow after 5pm. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 34. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible. Saturday Night Snow showers likely before 7pm, then rain and snow showers likely between 7pm and 8pm, then snow showers likely after 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 70%.