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February 2020 Discussion


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22 minutes ago, hawkeye_wx said:

That's exactly what I thought.  At first glance, it looks like your typical "southern Iowa is mild, northern Iowa is cold behind the front(or still stuck with deep snow)" map, but then you realize the "cold" is 60º.  

Yeah late February 2017 was very impressive in terms of widespread warmth.  Like a mini March 2012

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Said it somewhere else before, but to me Feb 2017 is as impressive, or maybe even more impressive than Morch was, at least for this particular area.

Very nice out today with temps in the low 50s and full sun.  Lots of people out walking/jogging.  Little do they know a foot of snow could be looming in coming days. :devilsmiley:

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35 minutes ago, cyclone77 said:

You can tell spring is almost hear.  The deafening sounds of motorcyles tearing through the neighborhood are back.  Yipee.

Made it to 57 here so far, 60 at MLI.  Very nice!

The last time it was 57 here was back in October lol. I'll take that right now. 

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Looks like we'll be writing off the final workweek of this February. With sunshine being abundant last week, we're paying for it big time this week. Since Monday, it looks to be overcast every single day through Friday. If we get any more sunshine for the rest of the month, it won't be until Leap Day this Saturday. Pretty much trying to repeat much of the final third of last month.

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Ok, this might be the coolest thing this "winter" even though it's not in our region. A super narrow corridor of snow accumulating up to 2"-4" per hour for a total of 8"-13" in the swath. No idea how to link Skilling's facebook post here, but here's the link from the post for those with Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umscheid300/posts/10156965717932196


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As we wrap up February and met winter, I'm going to throw together some preliminary stats for the month and season, I'll update again in a few days but only the temp rankings should change

For Madison this is:

51st warmest February at 23.4 F

56th driest February with 0.94"

22nd snowiest February with 13.3"

 

For the Winter:

12th warmest Winter at 26.7 F

75th wettest(or 78th driest) winter with 4.20"

36th snowiest winter at 35.0"

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Yesterday with winds gusting to 30-40 mph, blowing and drifting snow all day, and wind chills in the single digits, it was a legit deep winter day. We have not had much wind this winter, and this was the first real drifty snow we have had. I typically do prefer more even snow anyway, but it was nice to see the winter wind howling.

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Spent the last day of February and met winter in Detroit trying to get some last wintry pics. Barely got above freezing, but the almost-March sun was laying to rest the remaining snow. 
February ended up being a warm, yet snowy, month in the Detroit area. At DTW, it was 2F above average, but snowfall was also 4.5” above average. DTW finished the month with 14.7” of snow. Meanwhile, imby, I finished February with 20.0” of snow. This ended up being slightly snowier than Feb ‘18 imby, so this was the snowiest February that I’ve kept intense records for (past 3 winters). The largest storm was 6.1” from Feb 25-26th. This month also featured a surprise 2.9” heavy lake effect event that was localized along the 696 corridor. My seasonal total is now up to 44.7”, which is 0.3” higher than last season’s final total. Didn’t think with how warm it’s been, that I would still be doing alright in the snow department. 

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3 hours ago, MIstorm97 said:

Spent the last day of February and met winter in Detroit trying to get some last wintry pics. Barely got above freezing, but the almost-March sun was laying to rest the remaining snow. 
February ended up being a warm, yet snowy, month in the Detroit area. At DTW, it was 2F above average, but snowfall was also 4.5” above average. DTW finished the month with 14.7” of snow. Meanwhile, imby, I finished February with 20.0” of snow. This ended up being slightly snowier than Feb ‘18 imby, so this was the snowiest February that I’ve kept intense records for (past 3 winters). The largest storm was 6.1” from Feb 25-26th. This month also featured a surprise 2.9” heavy lake effect event that was localized along the 696 corridor. My seasonal total is now up to 44.7”, which is 0.3” higher than last season’s final total. Didn’t think with how warm it’s been, that I would still be doing alright in the snow department. 

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Awesome pictures!  You are indeed correct, while February did not place either in the warmest or snowiest top 20 list, it was definitely a milder and snowier than average February. Despite the overall mildness, 12 days had measurable snowfall and 15 days had 1"+ snowcover. Also 4° on Valentine's day finally eclipsed the record 7° on Nov 13th for coldest temp of the season.

 

After the 13th coldest November on record, Detroit saw the 9th warmest DJF on record. Season snowfall as we begin March is at 36.6", a few inches above average to date, however it doesnt look too wintry coming up. This seems like the type of season that could definitely sneak in a good late season snowstorm, but who knows. Regardless, snowfall has been ok in what has been a frustrating Winter overall.

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