New England snowstorm memories.

[CoastalWx]

That's a great recap. Jan 2011 was epic weenie month in CT, esp western, SW CT. I have no issues with that month again though up this way. That 6 week stretch was great NW of PYM, but an under the radar epic screw job from Diane's old hood through the Cape. I guess they made up for it later on in the decade.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

8 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

As per request, a fan favorite. Feb 7-8th 2013 blizzard.

 

 

The Ridgefield Newtown zone is questionable. Radar loop confirms those reports were off. 

[Hoth]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Wait a minute..lol. I melted? I don't think I melted prior to Feb 13. 

I'm pretty sure you were in a bad way at the end of Jan '13. I could be wrong, but 2012 into '13 was a rough stretch for both of us.

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, Hoth said:

I'm pretty sure you were in a bad way at the end of Jan '13. I could be wrong, but 2012 into '13 was a rough stretch for both of us.

Probably in Jan 2013. LOL. But I think it started looking better at the end of the month in terms of the pattern. Only storm where I melted a few days prior, was in 2015 and if mets don't agree they're lying..lol. I thought for sure the system two days before Juno would kick it OTS. Never thought we had room for that to come closer. Boy was I wrong on that, but I think most mets would agree 9/10 times that is a kicker. 

[EastonSN+]

9 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

As per request, a fan favorite. Feb 7-8th 2013 blizzard.

 

 

Don't know if you go back that far, but how about the largest snowfall of all time for SW CT the blizzard of 1996. 27 inches reported in Darien Westport Norwalk and Fairfield.

 

[Hoth]

29 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Probably in Jan 2013. LOL. But I think it started looking better at the end of the month in terms of the pattern. Only storm where I melted a few days prior, was in 2015 and if mets don't agree they're lying..lol. I thought for sure the system two days before Juno would kick it OTS. Never thought we had room for that to come closer. Boy was I wrong on that, but I think most mets would agree 9/10 times that is a kicker. 

Yeah, I remember well thinking the same thing, then waking up one morning to posts about the Euro burying us. Then the NAM crushed, and by afternoon almost all guidance was on board. That was a fun couple days.

[EastonSN+]

16 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Don't know if you go back that far, but how about the largest snowfall of all time for SW CT the blizzard of 1996. 27 inches reported in Darien Westport Norwalk and Fairfield.

 

Plus evidence

[The 4 Seasons]

That snowfall distribution is very similar to Jan 2016 blizzard

[EastonSN+]

8 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

That snowfall distribution is very similar to Jan 2016 blizzard

Agreed just a bit further north. The CT valley cold drain dry slot is evident too.

[CoastalWx]

96 was definitely better up this way vs 2016. My first 2' event. 

[EastonSN+]

10 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

I’m glad I’m too young to remember 96. That would have broken my heart here in The Valley. 

You still managed 15.1 I think.

[The 4 Seasons]

7 hours ago, EastonSN+ said:

Plus evidence

I love the way they used to word ZFPs back in the 90s and early 00s. So bad ass...just seemed, i dunno, much more human sounding.

 

[EastonSN+]

5 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I love the way they used to word ZFPs back in the 90s and early 00s. So bad ass...just seemed, i dunno, much more human sounding.

 

Only one of 3 20 plus storms in my lifetime

22 in 2013

20.5 in 2006

[The 4 Seasons]

7 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

96 was definitely better up this way vs 2016. My first 2' event. 

For sure, i just think the radar and overall distribution was about as close as you can get. I believe 2016 ranks 4th all time on the NESIS scale and it's a Cat 4.

Cat 5 on the RSI scale.

[The 4 Seasons]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

For sure, i just think the radar and overall distribution was about as close as you can get. I believe 2016 ranks 4th all time on the RSI and it's Cat 4 on the NESIS scale, cat 5 on the RSI scale.

We've had a bunch here but as luck would have it, i missed them ALL, lol.

[The 4 Seasons]

I can explain why i missed every single monster storm since 2000 but i doubt anyone really cares. Fate is just against me to experience a monster storm i.e. 20+ or 24+ or 30+ or even 40"

The biggest storms ive ever experienced were just over 11" for example Feb 01, Mar 01, Feb 06, Feb 15, Jan 16, Feb 16, Feb 17, Jan 18, Mar 18, Mar 19...all those storms were 11-15"

Feb 01 is my #1 all time

Mar 01 is #2

[Hoth]

1 hour ago, EastonSN+ said:

Only one of 3 20 plus storms in my lifetime

22 in 2013

20.5 in 2006

What did you get in Jan '11? Would've thought you'd crack 20 there easy. 

[EastonSN+]

11 hours ago, Hoth said:

What did you get in Jan '11? Would've thought you'd crack 20 there easy. 

The first storm 16 second 18. I was in Norwalk until 2014 2015 season

[The 4 Seasons]

14 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

So...when are you headed out of town next?

Whenever the next 18-30" storm is forecast

[The 4 Seasons]

Just now, WxWatcher007 said:

In all seriousness, hopefully you’re around when we get our late January, early February, and mid March KUs. Having missed the only big dog storm last November it’s the worst to see your town get turned into a winter wonderland from afar.

I wouldnt call that a big dog, we had 7" but in March we had a major storm that covered most of interior CT with 10-15" i believe we got around 11 that storm

[EastonSN+]

Here is a good question. Which decade was better 2000 to 2009 or 2010 to 2019.

Both amazing decades. I experienced only 3 below average snowfall winters in 2000 to 2009 and 2 below average in 2010 to 2019. I would go with 2010 to 2019.

The 2 best 5 year periods I'm are 2010 to 2014 and 2000 to 2004. Of the 2 I would pick 2010 to 2014 but almost a coin toss.

 

[The 4 Seasons]

The elevation snow storm of 2006. The map doesn't really do the elevation part justice but it was a very anamolous event for CT. Snow totals varied drastically over just a couple hundred feet up or down. I remember getting virtually white rain all day that only accumulated to about 1" of pure glop probably close to a 1:1 ratio snow. Roads were just wet, driveways wet, grass was slightly covered, overall pretty lame.

I drove up just a few miles north to Wallingford/Meriden around 300ft elevation and they had 7" with plows going by, snow blowers going, it was like winter wonderland. 

Some CT towns in New Haven and Fairfield county varied as much as 10" in a single town alone from up high around 500-600ft to near sea level snow amounts ranged from 1-10".

 

 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Here is a good question. Which decade was better 2000 to 2009 or 2010 to 2019.

Both amazing decades. I experienced only 3 below average snowfall winters in 2000 to 2009 and 2 below average in 2010 to 2019. I would go with 2010 to 2019.

The 2 best 5 year periods I'm are 2010 to 2014 and 2000 to 2004. Of the 2 I would pick 2010 to 2014 but almost a coin toss.

 

2010s id have to say. Storms in the 24-40" range in 2011 and 2013 of which the 2000s had none. 

As a kid i was definitely more impacted by the 2000s though. I experienced my first thundersnow which was epic CG. And experienced my first 12"+ snow that i can vividly remember as well as the 54 hour epic Mar 4-6th event.

[The 4 Seasons]

PNS statements, you can really see the elevation part of it. Wolcott/Waterbury are very hilly towns probably a lot of reports ranging a great deal.

[tamarack]

33 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Here is a good question. Which decade was better 2000 to 2009 or 2010 to 2019.

Both amazing decades. I experienced only 3 below average snowfall winters in 2000 to 2009 and 2 below average in 2010 to 2019. I would go with 2010 to 2019.

The 2 best 5 year periods I'm are 2010 to 2014 and 2000 to 2004. Of the 2 I would pick 2010 to 2014 but almost a coin toss.

 

Hard to choose here in the foothills.  Using calendar years (mostly), 2000-09 averaged 92.4" while 2010-19 had 91.6" with perhaps a bit to be added in the next 8 days, though not the 8" it would take to match 00-09.

--00-09 and 10-19 each had 4 years with 100"+, though curiously the 10 seasons 99-00 thru 08-09 had only 3 while 09-10 thru 18-19 did it 6 times.  Advantage 10-19.
--My top 3 calendar years are 2007, 2008, and 2001 in that order.  (Seasons:  It's 07-08, 00-01 and 16-17 in that order.)  Advantage 00-09.
 --My 2 largest snowfalls came 12/6-7/03 and 2/22-23/09.  Of the top 10, 6 came 00-09, top 20 had 12 in 00-09.  Advantage 00-09
--00-09 (actually 99-00 thru 08-09) had 2 ratters, 3 meh winters, 5 good ones including the two snowiest.  09-10 thru 18-19 had 3 ratters, one meh, and 6 good winters.  Advantage 10-19.

For extreme events, it's 00-09.  For consistency, it's 10-19.  For snowpack, 10-19 leads in days with 1" to 29" while 00-09 is ahead for 30"+ and for average of winter's deepest, 31" to 30".   Call it a draw.

[The 4 Seasons]

Compared to our normal average and storms >10" we have been very lucky these past 5 seasons in the New Haven County area.

Past 5 Seasons Totals:

2014-2015: 67.4" (Well Above)

2015-2016: 37.5" (Near Normal)

2016-2017: 51.8" (Well Above)

2017-2018: 59.1" (Well Above)

2018-2019: 28.7" (Slightly Below)

5 Year Average: 48.9"     Normal Season Average: ~35"

Past 5 Seasons # of Storms >10"

2014-2015: 1 (Feb 2nd 11.5")

2015-2016: 2 (Jan 24th 14.4" Feb 5th 10.4")

2016-2017: 1 (Feb 8th 14.5")

2017-2018: 2 (Jan 4th 11.8" Mar 7th 13.5")

2018-2019: 1 (Mar 4th 11.5")

5 Year Average: 1.4 storms  >10"      Normal: N/A

 

[Thunderblizzard]

2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

The elevation snow storm of 2006. The map doesn't really do the elevation part justice but it was a very anamolous event for CT. Snow totals varied drastically over just a couple hundred feet up or down. I remember getting virtually white rain all day that only accumulated to about 1" of pure glop probably close to a 1:1 ratio snow. Roads were just wet, driveways wet, grass was slightly covered, overall pretty lame.

I drove up just a few miles north to Wallingford/Meriden around 300ft elevation and they had 7" with plows going by, snow blowers going, it was like winter wonderland. 

Some CT towns in New Haven and Fairfield county varied as much as 10" in a single town alone from up high around 500-600ft to near sea level snow amounts ranged from 1-10".

 

 

Was young but I remember this one... I remember being jealous I had like 6" at 220' in Southington but my friend in Wolcott had 15". 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, Thunderblizzard said:

Was young but I remember this one... I remember being jealous I had like 6" at 220' in Southington but my friend in Wolcott had 15". 

LOL at least you got plowable snow. This was a non-event for me.

I remember being jealous I had like 1" of slush, glop, liquid snow that barely coated the grass and decks but left the roads and driveways bare but my step father in Meriden had 7".

 

[Thunderblizzard]

16 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

LOL at least you got plowable snow. This was a non-event for me.

I remember being jealous I had like 1" of slush, glop, liquid snow that barely coated the grass and decks but left the roads and driveways bare but my step father in Meriden had 7".

 

My weenieism was already in full force, lol. Ended up being very satisfied by the blizzard a month later.

[The 4 Seasons]

My #2 all time favorite. An event that lasted Sunday afternoon until almost midnight on Tuesday. Forecast was a bust and we still got about 12-18 statewide.

I remember watching NBC30 while in VT when watches just went up. I believe Bob Maxon had 24-36" in the NW hills, 18-24" for central CT and 12-18" for southern and SE CT.

I also remember Paul Kocin talking about this is likely going to be the biggest storm in over 50 years (prob a ref. to the blizzard 1947).

This was a huge bust for the cities, Central Park only received 3.5" and Boston received 9.8". Both those cities i believe were in the 1-2 foot range maybe 3 feet. This was a huge interior event with southern NH, VT and NY getting up to 3 feet.

My #1 all time coming soon...

One of the cleaner, esthetically speaking, looking maps I've made.