big storms always seem to be at night?

[mxzxrs800]

Now let me start off by saying i'm only twenty years old but it seems like 96.3% of big storms (10" and over) seem to happen at night. is there any reason for this?

 

[jd]

I'd have to see the data to prove those observations, but if it were true, there is no reason I can think of why it would be true.

I think one thing that might help to give this observation is that when a storm happens during the day, you are looking at the snow gradually build up, whereas when a storm happens overnight, you wake up to all that new snow that seemed to appear instantly.

I know the big storm that hit Chicago in 1999, most of it happened during the day.

-John

 

[snowshoe]

It could just be that there is much less daylight in the winter.

 

[polarisfreak46]

I also notice this here in mid Michigan. I would say almost 95% of our snow events are at night. It just seems like timing though as they move from west to east, but very odd that it works out this way.

 

[snowshoe]

Our two big snowstorms to hit me this year were both during the day. Even cooler they were both on weekends.