30 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 30:

Days with snow cover: 60
Days with complete snow cover: 39
Total snowfall: 056 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

As soon as we lost our snow cover, we had a dusting of snow on consecutive nights. On Thursday we got about a centimeter, and it has remained through today.

25 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 25:

Days with snow cover: 55
Days with complete snow cover: 37
Total snowfall: 054 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

We lost complete snow cover back on January 18, only to regain it for the next two days. (We had one centimeter of snow that night and the following night.) After that, things warmed back up and we have been steadily losing snow since. As of this afternoon, there was absolutely no snow visible from my house. There might be some up the hill, but it would only be a few small patches. Unless we get snow tonight or tomorrow (we might), I think it will be our first day without snow cover since November. (Somewhere around there, anyway.)

18 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 18:

Days with snow cover: 48
Days with complete snow cover: 35
Total snowfall: 052 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Complete snow cover was lost today.

17 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 17:

Days with snow cover: 47
Days with complete snow cover: 35
Total snowfall: 052 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Our snow cover is starting to thin. Three days above freezing, two of which have been sunny, have reduced average snow depth to about two inches.

10 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 10:

Days with snow cover: 40
Days with complete snow cover: 28
Total snowfall: 048 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 14 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Six centimeters of snow accumulated on Friday morning, which, combined with the eight centimeters that were already on the ground, brought our snow depth to fourteen centimeters. That's the greatest depth of the season, though it's still less than six inches. There is somewhat less than that now due to compaction and evaporation. We're probably back down to about four inches (10 centimeters).

05 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2010 January 05:

Days with snow cover: 35
Days with complete snow cover: 23
Total snowfall: 038 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

How do you determine snow accumulation when it blows away before it can be measured? I'm taking a shot in the dark here and saying that we've had six centimeters in the past three days, but most of that is now long gone. We still have less than three inches on the ground, though I honestly believe that at least that much has fallen in the past few days.

03 January 2010

Weather Update

Through A.D. 2009 December 31:

Days with snow cover: 30
Days with complete snow cover: 18
Total snowfall: 028 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)

Through A.D. 2010 January 02:

Days with snow cover: 32
Days with complete snow cover: 20
Total snowfall: 032 centimeters
Maximum snow depth: 08 centimeters
Greatest snow event: 08 centimeters
Maximum low temperature: 04º Fahrenheit (-15.5º Celsius)


We have between 2 and 8 centimeters of snow covering the ground depending on where you step. The warm spell that was centered around Christmas day is long past, and temperatures since A.D. 2009 December 27 have declined daily. The high temperature on A.D. 2010 January 02 was approximately 9 degrees Fahrenheit, and the high temperature today (A.D. 2010 January 03) is approximately 12 degrees Fahrenheit through 13:25.

It has snowed off and on for a week, but it has been so light and the temperatures so cold that the totals have been low; and that which has accumulated has been blown around into drifts and, apparently, to far away locations. The grass is still visible in all parts of the yard, which means that we have no more than 2 inches on the ground in most locations. However, we've received at least that much in the past four-or-five days. However, like I said, most of that has been blown to places unknown.