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Getting back to the discussion about the 80s since it was off topic....if you think we are all embellishing it, think again. How many years in a row did Worcester go without a double digit storm? At least 4, Will??  It was to the point where my family kept telling me how the winters when they were a kid were so snowy. It got me angry and depressed. A 3-6" got me bouncing off the ceiling. Think about that. We scoff at those nowadays. So remember....treasure the good storms and the good years because when it's bad.....it can be real bad.

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30 minutes ago, #NoPoles said:

Nope, no bueno at all!!! Some years the strain knocks you out but recovery is quick. This year I'm hearing people are knocked out for at least a week...some almost 2

Thankfully we each only had the 2-3 day version.  Wife and child were throwin', I was goin'.  Worst part for me was about 24 hours of extreme nausea and chills.  

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7 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Getting back to the discussion about the 80s since it was off topic....if you think we are all embellishing it, think again. How many years in a row did Worcester go without a double digit storm? At least 4, Will??  It was to the point where my family kept telling me how the winters when they were a kid were so snowy. It got me angry and depressed. A 3-6" got me bouncing off the ceiling. Think about that. We scoff at those nowadays. So remember....treasure the good storms and the good years because when it's bad.....it can be real bad.

1980 to 1990 2000 to 2010 2010 to 2015 without Wills missing early 90 years 

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Year
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Season
Mean 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 3.9 9.6 16.3 11.2 8.9 4.8 0.0 0.0 55.5
Max 0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1988
7.5
1979
11.5
1986
24.6
1981
46.8
1987
32.1
1983
30.9
1984
21.0
1987
0.3
1986
0.0
1989
93.6
1987
Min 0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1987
0.0
1979
2.1
1979
1979-1980 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5 0.0 2.1 0.8 6.5 9.7 T 0.0 0.0 26.6
1980-1981 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 6.8 12.5 11.4 3.3 T T 0.0 43.0
1981-1982 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 24.6 16.7 6.5 11.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 73.9
1982-1983 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 6.4 18.6 32.1 3.5 2.3 T 0.0 63.4
1983-1984 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.1 17.2 24.1 3.3 30.9 T T 0.0 76.6
1984-1985 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 7.0 9.7 11.0 7.2 4.9 0.0 0.0 39.8
1985-1986 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 9.1 5.8 14.5 2.3 0.1 0.3 0.0 39.0
1986-1987 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.5 4.9 46.8 3.0 6.4 21.0 0.0 0.0 93.6
1987-1988 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.2 12.9 25.2 15.8 6.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 71.1
1988-1989 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 T 5.0 2.8 7.7 8.5 3.7 0.0 0.0 28.1
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Year
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Season
Mean 0.0 0.0 T 1.4 1.6 14.6 22.5 24.8 10.2 1.7 0.0 T 75.7
Max 0.0
2016
0.0
2016
T
2010
16.0
2011
7.8
2012
31.4
2008
50.9
2005
53.4
2015
30.9
2013
10.0
2016
0.0
2016
T
2005
119.7
2015
Min 0.0
2016
0.0
2016
0.0
2016
0.0
2014
0.0
2015
0.3
2011
3.9
2007
4.7
2012
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2006
0.0
2012
0.0
2016
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2016
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2000-2001 M M M M M M M M M M M M M
2001-2002 M M M M M M M M M M M M M
2002-2003 M M M M M M 22.0 38.9 8.3 5.1 0.0 0.0 M
2003-2004 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 T 21.5 13.0 5.9 7.6 T 0.0 0.0 49.5
2004-2005 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 11.9 50.9 23.9 24.6 0.0 0.0 T 114.3
2005-2006 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 3.2 18.0 24.1 18.9 T 1.5 0.0 0.0 65.7
2006-2007 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 3.9 20.8 20.8 2.5 0.0 0.0 49.1
2007-2008 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 27.1 12.3 22.6 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.1
2008-2009 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 31.4 24.7 7.7 13.1 T 0.0 0.0 76.9
2009-2010 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.4 T 20.7 18.8 20.9 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 64.6
2010-2011 0.0 0.0 T T T 14.0 48.4 23.0 3.4 3.8 0.0 0.0 92.6
2011-2012 0.0 0.0 0.0 16.0 T 0.3 13.6 4.7 5.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.7
2012-2013 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.8 18.5 7.3 44.4 30.9 T 0.0 0.0 108.9
2013-2014 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 18.9 20.0 41.5 3.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 85.2
2014-2015 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.2 1.5 46.5 53.4 10.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 119.7
2015-2016 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 1.4 9.7 20.6 5.5 10.0 0.0 0.0 47.2
2016-2017 0.0 0.0 0.0 T T 17.5 M M M M M M M
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Mean 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.2 3.5 3.6 4.5 2.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 6.8
Max 0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1988
T
1988
5.9
1987
11.9
1981
9.0
1988
11.5
1983
9.1
1984
10.8
1982
0.0
1989
0.0
1989
11.9
1981
Min 0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1988
0.0
1987
0.0
1988
0.6
1985
0.4
1986
0.3
1984
0.2
1983
0.0
1981
0.0
1989
0.0
1989
3.1
-1980 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.5 0.4 5.3 3.0 T 0.0 0.0 5.3
1980-1981 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 3.2 3.0 1.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2
1981-1982 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 11.9 7.0 3.1 1.7 10.8 0.0 0.0 11.9
1982-1983 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.4 2.7 11.5 0.2 T 0.0 0.0 11.5
1983-1984 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 1.8 5.9 0.3 9.1 T 0.0 0.0 9.1
1984-1985 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 2.1 1.9 5.7 1.9 2.0 0.0 0.0 5.7
1985-1986 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.6 0.4 3.5 2.0 T 0.0 0.0 3.5
1986-1987 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 2.7 5.3 3.6 1.2 3.2 0.0 0.0 5.3
1987-1988 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9 6.2 9.0 7.6 3.4 T 0.0 0.0 9.0
1988-1989 0.0 0.0 0.0 T 0.0 3.1 0.8 2.1 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 3.1
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23 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Thankfully we each only had the 2-3 day version.  Wife and child were throwin', I was goin'.  Worst part for me was about 24 hours of extreme nausea and chills.  

My 4 year had it Wed, I got last night, came in like freight train. Man is it not a fun time. Hoping my wife and 2 yr old can fend it off somehow. Seems to be the 2-3 day version as well.

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38 minutes ago, NECT said:

There were some very dry, but iirc still cold winters in the 80's. I remember one Feb when Sugarloaf had three or so trails open. Dreadful snowfall.

I'm guessing it was Feb. '81.  That was Farmington's least snowy winter of 123 on record (1" less than the winter before, so could've been 79-80), and Feb temps ran 12-15F AN.  Lot's of bare ground on Aroostook potato fields in late Feb when snow should be at/near its deepest, and the ice ran on the St. John and Allagash.

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23 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I'm sure ORH had less years than that. They got bombed in March 84 and April 87 and those are warm storms. I thought will said the longest stretch was 1988-1992.

Yeah 1988-1989 through 1991-1992 winters had zero double digits storms in ORH. 

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2 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Thankfully we each only had the 2-3 day version.  Wife and child were throwin', I was goin'.  Worst part for me was about 24 hours of extreme nausea and chills.  

These viruses scare me because my parents are old and my mom isn't very mobile...seniors, children, and those that aren't 100% healthy always get hit so hard.

Same with the Flu and pneumonia

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5 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Getting back to the discussion about the 80s since it was off topic....if you think we are all embellishing it, think again. How many years in a row did Worcester go without a double digit storm? At least 4, Will??  It was to the point where my family kept telling me how the winters when they were a kid were so snowy. It got me angry and depressed. A 3-6" got me bouncing off the ceiling. Think about that. We scoff at those nowadays. So remember....treasure the good storms and the good years because when it's bad.....it can be real bad.

I can just picture you at recess beating up other kids because you had no snow days. 

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4 hours ago, tamarack said:

I'm guessing it was Feb. '81.  That was Farmington's least snowy winter of 123 on record (1" less than the winter before, so could've been 79-80), and Feb temps ran 12-15F AN.  Lot's of bare ground on Aroostook potato fields in late Feb when snow should be at/near its deepest, and the ice ran on the St. John and Allagash.

Could be. It was definitely early 80's. SL vastly expanded snowmaking after that.

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19 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

I can just picture you at recess beating up other kids because you had no snow days. 

The thing is, it was the norm so we didn't know any better. I will say the those dark years had some good convection in the warm season. Pretty cool to have a tornado touch down a couple of miles from my house in July 89.

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1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

The thing is, it was the norm so we didn't know any better. I will say the those dark years had some good convection in the warm season. Pretty cool to have a tornado touch down a couple of miles from my house in July 89.

Big for the tropical weenies too with Gloria and Bob following up in 1991.

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17 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

The thing is, it was the norm so we didn't know any better. I will say the those dark years had some good convection in the warm season. Pretty cool to have a tornado touch down a couple of miles from my house in July 89.

That outbreak effed up my old neighborhood in Hamden in July '89. Until recently there was a huge oak that had a chunk of slate shingle embedded several inches in its trunk like a tomahawk.

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I think we'd need a 1938 to make up for the lack of snow in the 1980s and early 1990s. At least for me  

January '87 was a pretty epic month but outside of that it's pretty bleak...'81-'82 was probably the only truly very good winter. Lots of events and lots of cold. '86-'87 was epic January but not a whole lot else until the April 87 event. February did have a huge event on the Cape. 

'83-'84 was decent (probably excellent up north though) but had a hideous February that would have left a sour note...but that winter did probably have the storm of the decade...March 28-29, 1984. That storm was uncategorically a beast. 

But the ratters that decade were just awful...way too many of them and it continued for 3 winters in the early '90s. 

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