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March 2023 General Discussion


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2 hours ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

The streak is over. Meanwhile most of the metro still has 6”+ on the ground. Too bad it won’t matter in the record books. 
 

 

Pretty massive snowpack in place here.  Probably won't be gone until first week or so of May, which'll end up being around 6 months with snow otg.

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Northern lights thursday night at 1 am.

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3 minutes ago, weatherbo said:

In all the 9 years I've been here, this was the brightest and highest I have ever seen.  I watched from 12-4 am.

Welll, a Kp of 7.55+ and timing out good for North America has not happened in many decades so that is no surprise. Glad you were able to enjoy it. 

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4 hours ago, cyclone77 said:

Picked up a brief period of freezing rain this morning with little warm air advection wing.  

Some serious rippage out northwest of Des Moines.  Carroll at 1/8 mile in heavy snow for a few obs now.

Up to 9 inches of snow has fallen in the western Iowa weenie band this morning.  These late March systems are producing very heavy banding.

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This March has been one for the record books when it comes to snowfall at Madison and Green Bay. At Madison, there has been 25.3" of snow recorded this month. This is good for the 4th snowiest March on record. This total also enters 2022-23 into a very elite club of winters with 4 consecutive months of double-digit snowfall. This has only been done 3 times previously. 2007-08, 1992-93, 1985-86, and 1886-87. 07-08, 92-93, and 1886-87 were all Dec-March while 85-86 was Nov-Feb. Along with this, the strech from 03/09 to 03/12 tied for 2nd for most consecutive days with a daily snowfall >1" with 4. 

At Green Bay, the monthly total is 25.5" of snow, which is the third snowiest March of all time. With the caveat that GRB really missed out on the highest totals in both of the major storms this month, so this may be as high as 32" in some areas of the Green Bay metro. Overall, 2022-23 is now up to 73.5" of snow for the season. This slots it in between the esteemed winters of 2013-14 and 2018-19 for annual snow. Which is incredible, considering that Green Bay only had 27.5" for the season as of February 20th. We have recorded 46.1" of snow in 35 days. That is more snow than 18-19 did in the same span of time. 

Overall, the last month and change have been an all-time stretch of snow for both Madison and Green Bay. Now hopefully we are done with this and can finally move on to actual Spring weather. And maybe Friday can be Green Bay's first 50+ of the year...on March 31st...

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13 hours ago, rainsucks said:

This is the time of year where Chicago and points north are usually on the miserable side of the front.


No doubt. Days like yesterday make me crave that 75 degree day with towers building in the distance. Getting close my friends. What a rally winter made though. 

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On 3/27/2023 at 9:04 AM, OrdIowPitMsp said:

Officially in the record books. 

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The 1981-82 winter (3rd on the above list) was a beast for MSP, highlighted by extreme cold and two large snowstorms in January.

Duluth is now at 133 consecutive days with 1"+ snow cover, with 32" still on the ground.  They could hit 150 days when all is said and done, assuming a major thaw doesn't occur over the next two weeks.  Record is 164 consecutive days, from 11/10/1995 to 4/21/1996.

Duluth's seasonal snowfall is 125.4" so far; the record is within sight (135.4" in 1995-96). :snowing:

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6 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Shocked. Just shocked… that the warm front got hung up on I-80. 
 

It’s that time of the year where it’s 65 in LaSalle and 45 in DeKalb. 

The default surface map for late March/April according to the northern IL and southern MI posters.

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6 hours ago, SchaumburgStormer said:

Shocked. Just shocked… that the warm front got hung up on I-80. 
 

It’s that time of the year where it’s 65 in LaSalle and 45 in DeKalb. 

Happens every year brother. Jealous of the I-80 folks in winter, and thanking the weather gods for being down state in the spring. 

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On 3/27/2023 at 11:01 AM, beavis1729 said:

:thumbsup:

The 1981-82 winter (3rd on the above list) was a beast for MSP, highlighted by extreme cold and two large snowstorms in January.

Duluth is now at 133 consecutive days with 1"+ snow cover, with 32" still on the ground.  They could hit 150 days when all is said and done, assuming a major thaw doesn't occur over the next two weeks.  Record is 164 consecutive days, from 11/10/1995 to 4/21/1996.

Duluth's seasonal snowfall is 125.4" so far; the record is within sight (135.4" in 1995-96). :snowing:

 

That Duluth record is surprising as that was a huge winter ( 95-96 ) along i95 from VA/coast on north. A number of seasonal records fell that winter with a few coastal locations ( DE/NJ/MD )blowing the doors off the record books. 

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Mean March maxima for various cities in the Midwestern U.S. Using high temperatures here to minimize impacts of urban heat island effect. Any thoughts? Seems a lot more of an increase than I would have expected, considering the warming is said to be about 1C.

Cleveland, Ohio

1872-1900: 40.9F

2010-2022: 48.2F (+7.3F)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1874-1900: 37.1F

2010-2022: 44.1F (+7.0F)

Detroit, Michigan

1874-1900: 39.7F

2010-2022: 47.4F (+7.7F)

Chicago, Illinois

1873-1900: 40.9F

2010-2022: 47.6F (+6.7F)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

1873-1900: 36.7F

2010-2022: 43.3F (+6.6F)

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