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It's Official! We had a very good snow year!

Saturday, March 08, 2014 8:16 AM | Deleted user

From the National Weather Service:

Three Months of Consecutive Snow Cover (Updated 3/8)

Cold and snow go together.  We are quicky moving up the ranking charts on consecutive days with 1" or more of snow cover at both Madison and Milwaukee this winter.  Snow cover observations are taken at 6 am CST on the observation day.
Here are the rankings for snow cover (this includes today's measurement, 3/8/2014):

Milwaukee

  • 90 consecutive days with a snow depth of 1 inch or more since December 9th, 2013.
  • This is the 2nd longest streak.
  • The record is 112 days in 1978-1979.
  • The average number of days since the early 1900s with snow cover per season is 62 (not necessarily consecutive days).
  • The 1981-2010 Climatology (30 year mean) is 59 days (not necessarily consecutive) with snow cover per season.
  • The record number of days (non consecutive) with snow cover in a season is 117 in 1978-1979.
  • The record fewest number of days is 17 in 1953-1954.
  • There have been 77 consecutive days with a snow depth of 4 inches or more since December 22nd 2013.  This ranks 2nd.  There were 79 days during the 78-79 winter.
  • There have been 50 consecutive days with a snow depth of 6 inches or more since January 18th, 2014.  This ranks tied for 2nd.  There were 74 days during the 78-79 winter.
  • There have been 71 days (not consecutive) with snow depth of at least 6 inches. This ranks 2nd. The record is 74.

Madison

  • 90 consecutive days with a snow depth 1 inch or more since December 9th, 2013.
  • This is the 11th longest streak.
  • The record is 118 days in 1978-1979.
  • This is the longest streak since 2009-2010 when there was 93 days.
  • 110 consecutive days occurred during 2007-2008.
  • The average number of days since the early 1900s with snow cover per season is 61 (not necessarily consecutive days).
  • The 1981-2010 Climatology (30 year mean) is 76 days (not necessarily consecutive) with snow cover per season.
  • The record number of days (non consecutive) with snow cover in a season is 125 in 1978-1979.
  • The record fewest number of days is 23 in 1953-1954.
  • There have been 77 consecutive days with snow depth of 4 inches or more since December 22nd 2013. This ranks 6th. There were 104 days during the 1985-1986 winter.
  • There were 31 consecutive days with a snow depth of 6 inches or more, from January 26th to February 25, 2014.  This ranks tied for 23rd.  There were 103 days during the 1985-1986 winter.
  • There have been 62 days (not consecutive) with snow depth of at least 6 inches.  This ranks 15th.  There were 105 days during the 1985-1986 winter.


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