EastCoast NPZ

Oops, forgot about that one, since I didn't post it in the winter thread. My total for that season would then be 4". So, I stand a good chance of setting the futility record, then.

What did you get in '11 - 12? I had like 2" here. This year I've already got 2.6".

Jan. '96 Feb. '83 Jan. '16 Dec. '09 Feb 5, 2010

LOL. I forgot about that.

Jan. '96 Feb. '83 Jan. '16 2/5/10 Dec. '09 It's interesting that 3 of the top 5 have happened in the last 6 years.

I want to watch a worm torch.

I think you want the delusion room... it's the next door down, on the left.

The good news is that every snowless winter day that goes by brings us 1 day closer to October, and makes me less depressed for the arrival of spring and summer.

In my memory I thought it preceeded Greaseman by just a little too.

I don't recall when the watches for Feb. '87 were issued. The first I heard of an impending storm was late Sunday afternoon. We were playing basketball (outside, so that should tell you a major snowstorm commencing in less than 6 hours was a bit surprising) when someone mentioned it. The rates that night were intense.

Good. This is the time of year I like boring weather. The drought is busted; let the leaves do their thing, and get outside and enjoy the season. Hopefully, in two months it gets very exciting.

This again? Jan '96 eats Feb. 5, 2010, and defecates snowmageddon. Feb. '83 had the greatest rates I've ever seen: 32" in about 16 hours, including thunder-snow and low teens temps. Rates 5" per hour for a time. Dec. '09 for the time of year it occurred, and since it had been so long since we'd had a good snow storm, much less a good winter. Feb. '03 for the cold. Temps fell to 0F during the afternoon that Saturday and stayed in the single digits until after the storm. Oct. '79, well, because it was pure insanity.

100" or bust!!!

I'll take that inference even further; since this is the warmest May ever, then we must also be due for the best nino winter ever!

Good to know. Thank you.

That's interesting; didn't know that. I also assumed that each airport used automated sensors, am I wrong?

Hard to believe that IAD didn't record a 90F this month, OKV had 3.

That 3-day stretch sounds brutal; glad I don't remember it. But it does illustrate how bad this May was by comparison Remove those 3 ridiculous days that occurred at the end of May and this May blows 1991 out of the water. This May didn't reach that extreme, but it's been hot nearly door-to-door, and that is far worse to me than a few days of extreme heat. Great stats look-up, btw. Thanks.

Easily the worst May in my memory. Worst for heat. Worst for rain. Worst for pollen.

yep.

IF??? Now, that's funny.

And I bet they think Michael Jordan was better than Wilt Chamberlain.

I didn't get anywhere close to 19". We had 2" in mid Dec. and 7" on Jan. 26. Other than that I don't remember a single significant event. Got some light snow either Christmas Eve or early Christmas morning and some flurries from the boxing day fiasco. Got lots of cold wind that winter, though. I'd like to have punted that winter clear into orbit.... much like this one.

Actually, we had a pretty -NAO in '10-11 and the winter still sucked. Only index that matters for us is TPCS. In its semi-decadal relaxation period we have a chance to score.

Been here since birth in 1970. I've seen 'em all... and I can tell you that for sheer snow amounts; it's '96 and '83 ... and the rest of the pack is far, far behind.