John1122

The following winters to the years mentioned above. Jan 1962, roller coaster of roller coasters. There was a nearly 80 degree spread in temps that month. A -10 low and a 68 degree high late in the month. The cold and moisture met well. There was a 4 inch snow event on New Years, a 14 inch snow event on the 8th, 9th and 10th that led to single digit highs and the -10 degree temp. After the 68 degree high, it snowed 2 inches on Jan 28th. With the extremes, the month was about -2 overall. Winter took a hiatus in February, a few cold days and a few days of snow showers but nothing major. There was a 4.5 inch snow event on March 5th/6th and a 6 inch event on March 9th. (Back when March was always good for 4-8 inches of snow it seemed like) Jan 1968 was -3 overall. Coldest low was 0 on back to back days, 8th and 9th. It snowed 3 inches on the 9th, changed to rain and freezing rain the next day. It then snowed 2 to 3 inches a day for 3 days in a row. Finally warmed into the 60s a week later, then by the 24th rain changed to snow and 4 inches fell. February 1968 was an ice box but fairly dry. Snow fell on 10 days but the biggest was 2 inches until leap day, when 5 inches fell on the 29th. February finished -11. March was around -2 and a 2.5 inch ran to snow happened on March 23rd. 1969/70 I already talked about January, December 1969 was cold early, a little bit of snow on 6 different days between 12-12 and 12-23, then a big daddy hit Christmas day and the 26th, 10 inches total. Knox had around 8-9 inches that Christmas too and I believe is their biggest Christmas snow ever. February of 1970 was just as harsh as January. It was true wall to wall winter. It snowed 4 inches on February 3rd and was -9 on February 4th, and -7 on the 5th. It snowed 1/2 inch on Feb 6th, then 3 inches on Feb 9th. After that, February had a few more cold days, and some warm ones but no snow events. It finished around -4 for the month. March stayed around -2 but 1.5 inches of snow on the 16th was it for the month as far as accumulating snow. It also snowed a dusting on April 4th and 15th that year.

I'll look more at the remainder of those winters later tonight. I'm about to go to the Tennessee game. I will say that January of 1970 was extremely cold and snowy. We were below zero 7 times, and in the single digits 5 more times for lows. Not just -1 either. -10s at times. We had 3 days below -10 and 20 days of snow on the ground.

12-7-1961 was two days after we hit 65 degrees, the warmest temperature of the month. It bounced around a little for the next few weeks. It was 38/13 on the 9th. It was 59/46 on the 12th as a cold front approached. It was 60 on the 13th but the low was 19 just before midnight. It was in the 30s for the high on the 14th. It warmed through the 20th. Christmas was cold, with an unofficial White Christmas, since it was 3/4ths inch of snow and not one inch. A major cold front passed on the 27th, which briefly saw warming ahead of the front. From 33 for the high on the 26th, up to 52 on the 27th. An Arctic front passed and squeezed out 1.5 inches of snow with a high of 27 on the 28th. It was below 0 the next two mornings. It warmed to 34 on New Years eve and snowed 4 inches. 1967 it was the start of almost two weeks of well AN temps. It flipped two days before Christmas, with a high of 39 on the 23rd. (It was 69 on the 20th). Christmas was 40s/20s. Big cold arrived just after Christmas. 30s and 10s. 8 inches of snow on December 28th. 30s and single digit lows to close the year. November 1969 it was basically normal temps for the period with a quick cold/snow system on the 14th. It snowed 3 inches. The low was 9 on the 15th. We rode the roller coaster between normal and below normal temps the rest of the month. A big rain system ended as snow on the 19th/20th and it covered the ground. November ended cold, around 10 degrees below normal the last couple of days.

That happened in the 1962-63 winter. It's England's coldest winter since the little Ice Age. Major +PNA/-EPO combo in December and January. -10 to -20 temps in mid December here and nearly half a foot of snow on Christmas eve.

I'm currently at 29.5 degrees, around 10 miles away as the crow flies at the Jacksboro airport it's 41. I noticed it was 43 in Knoxville. A simple reminder that where you live can really affect heating costs!

Looks like my snow will survive the day in the shady/north facing areas. It's only made it to 40 today and this is about peak sun here this time of year. It will be behind the mountains to my west by 3pm.

I was out on a muzzleloader hunt when it started that afternoon. I didn't even know it was supposed to snow that I can recall. (no internet back then). I can distinctly remember my grandpa stating it was his first white Halloween that evening when around 3 inches had fallen. In 1995 we got dusting in mid-October. The top of the mountains around here got more, I recall driving on top of Cross Mountain that night in moderate snow with around 1/2 inch on the ground. It was either October 18th or 19th.

Made it down to 18 degrees this morning.

The event today is probably notable enough to go here. MRX claimed it was 2 days shy of the 2nd earliest snowfall ever in Knoxville. They claimed on Facebook that Tri didn't see measurable snow Halloween 1993. I am certain that isn't true. Records show 1.3 inches for Tri on October 31st 1993. I know there was close to 3 inches here, Oneida and Tazewell. I would guess the 1.3 is probably light for Tri. I know for sure Tri got more than a trace Halloween 1993. However, it's a rare early November day to see snow fall essentially all day long with highs that stay below 35 for most of us, and 20s for some of us. I'd say that 2+ inches of snow fell over most of the areas that got the bands, but it didn't quite manage to stick to any depth due to the nature of it. Either way, early November snow isn't common these days.

Steady snowfall since dark. Not showing on radar but consistent nickels falling.

I had two hit like that, each lasting about 20 minutes, about 5 minutes apart and that spurred most of my accumulation.

Back to back bands without sun dropped 3/4ths of an inch. After the second band the sun returned. Cloudy again now with another band minutes away.

You don't expect to have to sweep your satellite out in November.

It's a fog cloud look out there right now. You hope for this on a good day in Dec-Feb.

We have been in another whiteout. About 1.5 inches today approximately.