![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snowy conditions extended into Boise, ID where this was the snowiest winter in 26+ years with 39.5'' of snow. This was the 2 nd snowiest winter in 26+ years for Seattle, WA and Salem, OR, and the 3 rd snowiest for Portland, OR and Pendleton, OR. This is incredible as we still have about 5 months to go in the water year.Įven the cities in the Pacific Northwest, where it's common to go an entire season with little to no snow, has gotten in on the frosty action. When looking at the northern Sierra water year (which runs from October 1 st to September 30 th), this water year has already broken the record for wettest on record (see chart below). Snow and rainfall was particularly heavy for the northern Sierras. This season featured an unusually stormy weather pattern with, at times, seemingly endless plumes of moisture off of the Pacific. Mammoth Mountain, CA may be called "mammoth" for reasons other than snowfall, but this year we'll give it the award for the 'Most Mammoth Amount of Snow' with almost 600'' of snow and counting. The West is still racking up snow totals but it's pretty safe to assume that parts of the Sierras and Cascades saw record snowfall this season. In Bismarck, this was the 6 th snowiest winter season in 26+ years, while Fargo, about 200 miles east of Bismarck, saw the 5 th least snow in 26+ years. While most of the region saw below average snowfall, there was a spot of above average snowfall in central and western North Dakota. For the season overall, snowfall was the 6th least in 26+ years for Chicago. In fact, Chicago saw about 68% of the season's total snowfall by the time Christmas rolled around, but less than an inch of snow fell between December 19 th and March 11 th. However, the months of February and January went by with nothing more than a couple of light snow showers. Snowfall by the end of December ran almost 10'' above average for that point in the season in Chicago. Largely, the region's snowfall was below average as snow was the 2 nd least in 26+ years for the region as a whole. If you love snow, then hopefully you didn't live in the Midwest this past winter. The Northeast region's "loser" in terms of snowfall was Baltimore, MD where this was the 3 rd least snowy winter in 26+ years with only 3'' of snow. Interestingly, last year was the least snowiest winter season on record. While the infamous mid-March Nor'easter brought 26% of the season's total snowfall to the city (that was almost 3' of snow), and the storm set a new record for the most snow in a 24 hour period as 31.3'' of snow fell between March 14 th and 15 th. Lake Effect snow during mid-November dumped roughly 21% of the season's total snowfall on Binghamton as about 2' of snow fell in a couple of days. The swath of above average snowfall was bounded by below average snowfall in places like Buffalo, NY and Toronto, ON while above average snowfall stretched from eastern New York state up into Newfoundland where they received incredible amounts of snow.īinghamton, NY is the winner in terms of snowfall for the Northeast Region as this was the snowiest winter season on record for the city. Generally speaking, above average snowfall was confined to New England (New York state and northeastward). Just 50 miles to our north, however, Wilkes-Barre, PA saw their 7th snowiest winter season in 26+ years. The dividing line is somewhere near weathertrends360 headquarters in Allentown, PA where snowfall was the 11 th least in 26+ years. Over a relatively small distance, snowfall for the season goes from above average to below average. On the whole, snowfall trended greater than last year for the Northeast but snowfall was still the 8 th least in 26+ years. And if you haven't heard, snowfall in the West was completely BONKERS! (not a scientific term). Below average snowfall was common across the Midwest, but snowfall was above average in the far northwestern Plains. Parts of New England saw one of their snowiest winters on record, but areas just to the south received below average snowfall. Depending on where you live, this winter season was feast or famine in terms of snowfall. ![]()
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