#Watertown ny snow storm january 5 2017 update#

Update (8 December): The updated table above replaces the 2016 version that was inadvertently included with this original post. This is a result of snowstorms being relatively starved of moisture so far from the Gulf of Mexico and the lack of topographic features to enhance snowfall rates orographically: note how the Black Hills in South Dakota have experienced phenomenal snowfalls even though they are far from a moisture source.

North DakotaвЂ™s 27вЂќ 24-hour snowfall record is the same as OklahomaвЂ™s and only 1вЂќ more than that of Texas. IowaвЂ™s record of 24вЂќ is the same as Louisiana and South CarolinaвЂ™s records for such. It is interesting to note that the Upper Midwest has some of the lowest values for 24-hour snowfall records. Table of state snowfall records for 24-hour periods. The Alaskan SCEC (State Climate Extremes Committee) did perform an official investigation and concluded that it was a valid figure (as can be seen on their list of state records) but the NCEC apparently does not recognize this record as official.ДЇigure 1.

national record for the greatest 24-hour snowfall ever reported, thus besting the officially accepted 75.8вЂќ measured at Silver Lake, Colorado on April 14-15, 1921. I co-authored a blog post concerning this with Alaskan climatologist Brian Brettschneider back in November 2014 with a request to have the record officially investigated by the NCEC (National Climate Extremes Committee) since the figure would be a new U.S. weather bureau site.ДЄn interesting recent addition to the SCEC list is the reported 78.0вЂќ snowfall in 24 hours at Camp 47, Alaska on February 7, 1963. The reason(s) their list and my list do not completely jibe is that I include some records that were not officially measured at a sanctioned COOP or other U.S. You can find the SCEC list (but almost exclusively just for each stateвЂ™s 24-hour snowfall record, not monthly or seasonal) here. Not all of these are official records recognized by the SCEC. and CanadaвЂќ (a Weatherwise magazine publication) and since updated by myself. Ludlum and published in his 1970 booklet вЂњWeather Record Book: U.S. The data was originally compiled by weather historian David M. The recordsДЇigure 1 below shows the results of my research into the 24-hour snowfall records for each state. The most recent state 24-hour snowfall record is 36.0вЂќ at Ansonia, Connecticut during the big blizzard of February 8-9, 2013 (Hamden reported an unofficial 40.0вЂќ in 24-hours during this storm). Rose Ski Resort reported a monthly total of 295.0вЂќ. The previous month (January 2017) was the snowiest month on record for anywhere in Nevada when the Mt. However, the originally reported storm total of 65.1вЂќ for December 24-27, 2017, and monthly total of 121.3вЂќ-which would have been state records-were later corrected, after the State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) found issues in snow-total reporting and snowboard placement that appear to have inflated the totals (see the initial SCEC findings).Д®arlier that year Chimney Pond, Maine, established a state record for greatest depth of snow when 94.0вЂќ was measured on February 16, 2017. The winter of 2017-2018 saw Erie, Pennsylvania set city snowfall records for the season (166.0вЂќ), the month of December (93.8вЂќ), and any 24-hour period (32.6вЂќ). Unlike the state precipitation records, there have been no state snowfall records established since 2017 of which IвЂ™m aware. had snow cover on December 2, the largest percentage in NOAA records dating back to 2003. The snow cover of 22вЂќ at Duluth, Minnesota, on December 1 tied with 1985 for the largest on record there on the first day of meteorological winter (period of record 1884-). MadisonвЂ™s seasonal normal is 50.9вЂќ and record was 101.4вЂќ in 2007-2008. Madison, Wisconsin experienced its snowiest start on record (period of record 1884-), with 15.7вЂќ of snowfall observed at Truax Airport through November 23. The 2019-2020 snow season has already gotten off to a big start in portions of the Upper Great Lakes region. This month I tackle a similar topic: state snowfall extremes. In late October, I posted a Category 6 entry about U.S. Image credit: Courtesy Jourdan Lagace, via. The storm total of 65.1вЂќ was the greatest single-storm snowfall for the state of Pennsylvania ever measured. Above: A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania digs his driveway out during the record snowstorm of December 24-27, 2017.

Watertown ny snow storm january 5 2017