28 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 27:

Days with snow cover: 077
Days with complete snow cover: 52
Total snowfall: 115 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)

Freezing rain event number seven was a minor one, but it did coat everything in a thin layer of ice.

20 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 20:

Days with snow cover: 070
Days with complete snow cover: 45
Total snowfall: 114 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)

18 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 18:

Days with snow cover: 068
Days with complete snow cover: 43
Total snowfall: 112 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: about -24.5º Celsius (-12º Fahrenheit)

Negative twelve degrees Fahrenheit marks our coldest day since A.D. 2005 January (or February?). The temperature puts us in U.S.D.A. Hardiness Zone 5b, our historical hardiness zone, for the first time in four winters.

14 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 14:

Days with snow cover: 064
Days with complete snow cover: 39
Total snowfall: 106 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: about -17º Celsius (01º Fahrenheit)

08 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 08:

Days with snow cover: 058
Days with complete snow cover: 33
Total snowfall: 090 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: -15º Celsius (05º Fahrenheit)

Freezing rain event number six was a doozie - 2 centimeters of ice coating everything. Luckily, it warmed slightly in the afternoon and the ice on the trees melted.

04 January 2009

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 January 04:

Days with snow cover: 054
Days with complete snow cover: 29
Total snowfall: 085 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: -15º Celsius (05º Fahrenheit)

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2008 December 31:

Days with snow cover: 050
Days with complete snow cover: 25
Total snowfall: 084 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 25 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 20 centimeters
Lowest temperature: -15º Celsius (05º Fahrenheit)

Seventeen centimeters of snow accumulated on December 31 - another sizeable storm for us. If they keep on coming, I'll keep on enjoying them. Snowshoeing has been fantastic.