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Again just to keep it real with facts....that April 10-12 1894 storm featured 18 inches of snow in the York - Harrisburg area

By the way from the official PA State Climatologist website - you can clearly see they also recognize the 69.8" for the month for the month of February 1899 for Coatesville, PA

It's a debate that won't be answered - I just choose to follow the facts that have stood the test of time for 122 years and not let any revisionist history change it. No doubt in 1899 they looked into all this but still chose to publish this as a record and the NCDC also followed suit as my discussion with them showed. There had been many instances of big differences between many spots between PHL to West Chester to Coatesville through the years....there were even many times Philly recorded snow and Coatesville did not. We can't pick and choose. Do you think Morgantown just 7 miles from here was also wrong with there 50" of snow with a temp that never went below 32 degrees? In that case the elevation of this area played a big difference. There are so many mitigating factors that you can't go back and try and rewrite history....

Heading to Phillies Spring Training on Saturday after missing last year with the virus hit.....Go Phils!

I remember when I purchased (yes I spent $ on this) the handwritten obs for Coatesville from the NCDC back in 1998 (the data was not yet available pre-1948 on the internet) I actually had a conversation with the center after I had received and uploaded day by day the data into excel (every day from 1894 to 1948) but prior to uploading to my website (as I did not want to publish any data or make a claim on my website that was not validated by the NCDC). I asked them if they found the totals valid? They then went back and did some research to help corroborate the data. I actually have my notes from the call. They told me that while it was the highest reported storm total - they had gone back through the records and actually referenced and reviewed in detail the National Weather Review publication summary report for February 1899. He told me that in that national report they had noted some specific mentions of unusually high snow amounts including the near 40" of snow as far south as the weather office in Washington DC. Additionally, he mentioned that in addition to the Coatesville observation he had 50" plus snow reports from multiple spots across the mid-atlantic region including Egg Harbor City NJ (near AC), Easton MD, Warrenton VA and approaching 50" in both York PA and Kennett Square in Chester County. He mentioned that the NWS Observer for Coatesville - Mr. Gordon was a very diligent observer not omitting even one daily reported figure from January 1894 till 1930. He felt I should feel comfortable posting the data on my website - which has been up and running now since 1999. If someone new at the NCDC now tries to rewrite history it won't be due to the facts....it would only be based on feelings. But of course our society today is often inclined to favor feelings over facts. The good news is my facts don't change because someone does not believe....

1st 60 degree reading since Christmas Day

Keep in mind over relatively short distances there is often huge differences in snow totals - some good examples are in the article below https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/phillylists/Historic-snowfalls-Suburbs-totals-dominate.html

Sounds woke - Let's see if we can cancel the work of a validated trained NWS observer WT Gordon - who did his daily work for the weather service for over 36 years - our current climate is all about if we don't like something - just cancel it!

When did ABE lose it's snow cover? how many consecutive days did they have 1" of snow cover?

With today's low of 24.4 we have now surpassed last year's number of sub-32 lows with our 79th such morning vs. the 78 last year - with the last sub-32 morning being recorded on May 10th

Seasonal Snowfall to date at 52.2" with now 12 events this season: 2/26-27 ((0.8") / 2/22 (5.0") / 2/18-19 (7.5") / 2/10-11 (2.0") 2/7 (8.8") / 2/5 (0.3")/ 1/31-2/3 (16.6") / 01/3 - 1.0" /12/25 (0.3") /12/16-17 (9.3") 12/9 (0.3") / 12/2 (0.3") with the 36.7 inches of snow this month this represents the 4th snowiest February in Western Chester County history going back to 1894. Of note 3 of the 4 snowiest February months have occurred since 2010. The seasonal total of 52.2" is good for the 20th all-time snow season for Chester County

Today mark's our 32nd straight day with snow cover (14th longest stretch since 1894) - today should be the last with coverage getting under 50% - still 3" in most level spots in the back -see photo Quote Average Chester County PA Snow at elevations over 660 FT ASL (1983-Present) = 35.6": Winter 2020/21 - (12) Winter Events so far with total Current Seasonal Snowfall to date at 52.2" :2/26-27 ((0.8") / 2/22 (5.0") / 2/18-19 (7.5") / 2/10-11 (2.0") 2/7 (8.8") / 2/5 (0.3")/ 1/31-2/3 (16.6") / 01/3 - 1.0" /12/25 (0.3") /12/16-17 (9.3") 12/9 (0.3") / 12/2 (0.3") / 2019/20 snow (5.8" )/ 2018/19 snow (35.1" )/ 2017/18 snow (58.5") / 2016/17 snow (24.0")/ 2015/16 snow (40.8")/ 2014/15 snow = (55.3") /2013/14 snow (80.0") . PHL Heat Island factoid 2016-20 = 169 days at 90+ while KMQS/KPTW and East Nantmeal Twp. combined 121 days! Check out my historical Western Chester County PA website at https://www.chescowx.com and follow me on twitter at https://twitter.com/ChescoWx Prev 24 25 26 27 28 29 Page 29 of 29

February 2021 Climate Summary for Western Chester County PA

This will likely be the last sunset with a solid snow cover in East Nantmeal....however we will finish the month of February with at least 1" of snow on the ground every day of the month for only the 7th time since 1894.

Total snow of 0.8" (0.5" since midnight) of snow overnight. We have now recorded measurable snow on 12 days here in February. Temps never fell below 33.1 here in East Nantmeal - 3 of last 4 days have remained above freezing - snow cover down to 4" this AM.

12:45am 0.5" of snow here in East Nantmeal....it just wants to snow this month....temp down to 33.8 and steady snow

34.0 big flakes and even driveway starting to get covered

It was certified based on the trained observer and NWS certification see attached record

62.8" in the philly burbs of Chester County our 2nd greatest February snow total behind only 1899 with 69.8"

That one got me in the newspaper http://www.chescowx.com/East Nantmeal Tops region in latest snowfall.pdf East Nantmeal Tops region in latest snowfall.pdf

1st morning since Jan 22nd that steps stayed above freezing all night...34.4 for the low - I see spots 200 feet lower are in the upper 20's....East Nantmeal where rad cooling dies!