snowmanwx Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 CAVEAT: Records for Midland KMAF begin only in 1930. KMAF "normally" receives 5.2 inches of snow per winter. In a subtropical semiarid climate with a winter climatological dry season, it's hard to expect much more. This winter already would be a memorable one at KMAF (Midland, Texas) after both of these snow storms: 2.5 inches: 4-7 December 2011 6.4 inches: 23-26 December 2011, the 5th greatest snowstorm on record That's a total of 8.9 inches, good enough for 10th place all-time for an entire season (and now 3rd place for one month). But today, KMAF has a total of 10.4 inches and still snowing. To put that in perspective, the previous all-time record for a single storm was 9.8 inches on 11 December 1998. December 1998 held the record for the snowiest month on record with those 9.8 inches. That makes January 2012 the snowiest month of all time. Until today, the snowiest season ever in KMAF was 1946/47 with 13.9 inches. Add the snowfall totals for December 2011 and January 2012 to get a whopping 19.3 inches. ========== Great. Now, what other major or mid-size American cities have seen more snow this season? Let's see if I can find one. New York (NYC): 2.9 inches Los Angeles (CQT): none Chicago (ORD): 1.9 inch Philadelphia (PHL): 0.5 inch Miami (MIA): none Dallas (DFW): none Boston (BOS): 1.0 inch Washington (DCA): 0.2 inch Detroit (DTW): 6.7 inches Houston (HOU): none Atlanta (ATL): trace San Francisco (SFD): none Phoenix (PHX): none Seattle (SEA): trace San Diego (SAN): none Minneapolis (MSP): 10.3 inches Saint Louis (STL): 2.0 inches Baltimore (BWI): trace Tampa (TPA): none Denver (DEN): 30.4 inches *****WINNER****** Cleveland (CLE): 10.6 inches Pittsburgh (PIT): 7.6 inches Portland (PDX): none San Jose (SJC): none Riverside (RAL): none Cincinnati (CVG): 0.7 inch Virginia Beach (ORF): trace Sacramento (SAC): none Kansas City (MCI): 0.1 inch San Antonio (SAT): none Las Vegas (LAS): none Milwaukee (MKE): 1.7 inch Indianapolis (IND): 3.2 inches Providence (PVD): 2.3 inches Orlando (MCO): none Columbus (CMH): 0.9 inch New Orleans (NEW): none Buffalo (BUF): 5.5 inches Memphis (MEM): 1.4 inches Austin (ATT): none Bridgeport (BDR): 4.0 inches Salt Lake City (SLC): 9.5 inches Jacksonville (JAX): none Louisville (SDF): trace Hartford (BDL): 12.3 inches Richmond (RIC): trace Charlotte (CLT): none Nashville (BNA): trace Oklahoma City (OKC): trace Tucson (TUS): none Honolulu (HNL): none Dayton (DAY): 2.9 inches Rochester (ROC): 7.3 inches El Paso (ELP): 3.2 inches Birmingham (BHM): trace Omaha (OMA): 7.6 inches Albuquerque (ABQ): 4.3 inches Allentown (ABE): 6.8 inches Springfield (CEF): ? Akron (CAK): 4.5 inches Sarasota (SRQ): none Albany (ALY): 6.5 inches Tulsa (TUL): trace Fresno (FAT): none Concord (CCR): none Raleigh (RDU): none Grand Rapids (GRR): 9.8 inches Mission Viejo (OKB): none New Haven (HVN): ? McAllen (MFE): none Toledo (TOL): 5.2 inches Baton Rouge (BTR): none Colorado Springs (COS): 16.3 inches Worcester (ORH): 16.5 inches Charleston (CHS): none Wichita (ICT): 0.4 inch Columbia (CAE): none I could go onward (and probably will), but it's late here. I already spot-checked the usual suspects. If I got them all, Midland now stands in 4th place nationally in a class of 256 major and mid-size cities (behind only Anchorage, Denver, and Pueblo). That's quite impressive, especially for so late in the season. So if y'all want to know where the snow is, ... head to southwest Texas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green tube Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 that's pretty amazing.... especially considering how late into the season we are, and it's not one fluke storm that we're dealing with. i've been through that area of texas (I-20). that is one freakin desolate area of the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSt6804 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Pittsfield Ma got 18" in the Oct. snowstorm, followed by a couple of 6 in" storms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewave Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 It's good to see that there is a spot on the map that can benefit from the big +AO pattern that we have been experiencing. Several of the snowy Decembers there were during a +AO pattern. It must be the colder pocket of temperatures relative to the means found over the SW combined with a active southern branch of the jet stream. http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/precip/CWlink/daily_ao_index/monthly.ao.index.b50.current.ascii.table http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf/?n=cli_maf_pcpn_december_topten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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