NNE Cold Season Thread 2024-2025

[powderfreak]

14 hours ago, Boston Bulldog said:

Couldn’t recall if that stat was just a single station or the whole state. I thought whole state, but the anomaly would be crazy high for such a large area. I’m assuming this is BTV or Morristown now that I’m thinking of it.

Insane statistic regardless, and pretty surprising that snowfall numbers were still pretty good up high. Lots of elevation dependent events that year

What's interesting though is that it is still plenty cold enough to snow at those departures.  It gets close, but it's just cold enough in the MVL climate.

Dec '23... +7.8 (37/24, mean temp of 31F)

Jan '24... +8.1  (30/17, mean temp of 23F)

Feb '24... +8.4 (37/15, mean temp of 26F)

Average... +8.1

So despite being +8... the climate is such that it is still salvageable for snowfall as the mean temps are all below freezing.  What's crazy to me is a +8 in January is still a solid 30/17 month that averages out well below freezing.

Add in elevation and the mountains are certainly still cold enough for snowfall even at those departures.  However, I go look at BTV, which was averaging around +6 to +7 during that time, and their mean temperatures show a more difficult to snow profile.  Which likely fits with a sharper low level gradient that winter.

[mreaves]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

What's interesting though is that it is still plenty cold enough to snow at those departures.  It gets close, but it's just cold enough in the MVL climate.

Which made these winters exceedingly awful from a winter sports perspective, aside from skiing at a resort with good snowmaking.  The pack would repeatedly get wiped or severely reduced.  The ground never froze and ice was sketchy on the lakes and ponds.