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The 2007-08 winter snow season is underway. We should (we did!)be (were)drier and wetter in January. February is beginning like December did. I love it! I love the white stuff! 122.50" and counting!
The end of March brought 6 1/2" of heavy wet snow, cancelling schools once again! The historic winter snowfall continues! March 15th brought a warm snowfall of 2.25", and it quickly melted. March 12th brough a daylong snowfall, but just 0.50". The temp was in the high 30's and low 40's, but it kept snowing. Leap Year brought on 6.5" of snow by days end, as it snowed lightly all day. What a winter! On Feb 26, another heavy burst of snow caught most off-guard as 9" of the white stuff fell in a few short hours. This led to the worst commute of the winter season. The next day, the tail of the storm provided us with another 1.5" A light, all day snow even brought 5.0" of the white stuff. This was the worst commuting snow storm of the season, as dozens of vehicles were stuck on Hackett Hill during the evening hours. Snow plow drivers simply steered around them!!! We are in a stretch where frozen precip has fallen for 10 of the past 12 days (some immeasurable), with 8.25" falling on February 13th. Ice/sleet was mixed in, as well as rain, which kept the total down. Some 3.0" fell on the 9th, with an inch falling the next day. The past week has been pretty cool, as a few small snow events moved through the area, totalling 1.25" of ice and 6.5" of snow (so far). Feb. 2nd brought over an inch of ice. Feb 5-8 brought light snowfall each day, totalling only 6.5". What a winter we are having!
The Tv weather guys missed yet another storm this season. We received a 2.0" of snow January 27th. The predictions around New England called for 1-3. What they missed was the foot or more that blanketed Southeastern MA! You would figure with all the technology that more accurate forecasts would be made! A messy mix sprinted thru the area on January 18th. For the immediate area, it started as snow, dropping 3.25". Then it switched to sleet, then to rain, before mixing again before noon. The sun was out in the afternoon. Easy commute (around here, anyway), as the slush helped a bunch! January 14th brought 10.25" of snow to the area, as a well formed Nor'Easter moved through the area. Boston got slighly less, and NY received just rain. In anticipation of the storm, NY city cancelled some schools the day before the storm, on Sunday. The meteorologists spent the entire next day (Fox, MSNBC, Weather.com, etc) trying to explain why school was cancelled for rain showers, as the storm never materialized. LOL. The same thing happend to us in North Andover during the early 1990's. School was cancelled 24 hours before a big storm was due. We received very light rain showers during the day, and that was it. On another note, I still don't understand why anyone uses weather.com as their resource for forecasts. They are consistent for notorously bad weather forecasting!
New Years day provided us with another 8.0" of wet and heavy snow. During the entire event, the temps were hovering right at freezing. Rain fell south of the area (the line was right at the MA/NH border), while freezing precip and snow fell in the western part of the state. Most of the snow fell in 5 hour period during the afternoon. New Years Eve brought a system through the area, dropping as much as 14" of snow in the surrounding towns. We had 8.0" in my backyard. Boston had a trace.
December 26th brought 2.0", which helped clean up the dirty snowbanks. December 20th brought 11.5” of wet, heavy snow. Running out of places to put it. What a difference from the last storm, which was cold, windy with light snow. December 16th brought us 8.5” of snow with a little ice mixed in. These totals shocked a few people.
December 13th brought some light, fluffy snow, measuring just an inch. A quick moving, six hour event on the 13th of December brought a quick 8" of light and fluffy snow. We had some light freezing rain as well, but that was immeasurable. December 3rd brought the first measurable snowfall of the year, with 8.0” falling in my backyard. A week or two earlier saw some light snowfall, but we missed it as we spent Thanksgiving in the Carribean. That is a trade I will take every day.
During the 2006-2007 winter, over 80% of the yearly snowfall total arrived between Valentines Day and April Fools day. Let’s hope that La Nina doesn’t have the same affect this year. The northern town featuring ski slopes and snowmobiling can’t afford another dry year.
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Total snow = 122.50"
The breakdown is as follows:
April 4th `0.50"
March 28th `6.50"
March 19th 1.50"
March 15th 2.25"
March 12th 0.50"
February 29th 6.50"
February 27th 1.50"
February 26nd 9.00"
February 22nd 5.00"
February 13th 8.25"
February 9th 1.00"
February 8th 3.00"
February 7th 3.25"
February 6th 1.25"
February 5th 2.00"
February 2nd 1.25" of ice (not against snow total)
January 27th 2.00"
January 18th 3.25"
January 14th 10.25"
January 1st 8.00"
December 31st 8.00"
December 26th 2.00"
December 20th 11.50"
December 16th 8.50"
December 13th 8.00"
December 9th 1.00"
December 3rd 8.0"