Thursday, November 25, 2010

First Snow of the 2010-2011 Winter Season

First snowfall of the season for a total of 1.4 inches..This is pretty close to the year 1925-1926 winter season…Gathered this information from the NWS..

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1120 AM EST THU NOV 25 2010

...SNOWIEST THANKSGIVINGS IN THE AVAILABLE CLIMATE DATABASE...

SNOW IS BEING REPORTED AT SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR REGION ON THIS
THANKSGIVING DAY. BELOW WE HAVE LISTED ALL THE THANKSGIVING DAYS
THAT A TRACE OR MORE OF SNOW FELL AT OUR 4 LONG TERM LOCAL
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA /LCD/ SITES. THERE WERE SOME THANKSGIVING DAYS
THAT ARE MISSING AND THOSE YEARS ARE LISTED AT THE BOTTOM.


...ALLENTOWN...

RANK SNOW YEAR
(INCHES)

1 2.5 1989
1 2.5 1971
3 1.7 1925
4 0.6 2005
5 T 1995
5 T 1980
5 T 1976
5 T 1974
5 T 1968
5 T 1959
5 T 1956
5 T 1931
5 T 1930
5 T 1929


Which that years winter ended up looking like this..


StMap-Nov2512 25 571183166503 


And precipitation for that winter?


StMap-Nov2512 28 390340270996 


We will see how this winter plays out! Happy Thanksgiving!

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