I can't recall EVER seeing this.......

[polarisrider1]

FYI, 1997-98 was the last strong el nino.

If you want the snow summary of all the winters I can remember for central and northern Minnesota, my memory goes back to 1995-96.

Here it goes

1995-96 Very Cold, not a ton of snow but cold to keep it around.
1996-97 Not generally that cold but lots of snow. Grand Forks flooding
1997-98 Terrible
1998-99 Terrible
1999-00 Terrible, I remember hearing lawnmowers running the first week of March in central MN
2000-01 Good Winter. Above avg snow with below avg temps overall. January was warm but no big thaws.
2001-02 Terrible, lots of March snow that went to waste as it melted quickly
2002-03 Terrible
2003-04 Ok, but nothing that sticks in my mind
2004-05 Late start to winter, Feb and on was a roller coaster temp wise. MN north shore had an excellent year.
2005-06 Slow start then warmth until end of Jan, Feb and March were good the further north you were.
2006-07 Generally terrible, but did have two good storms end of Feb and beginning of March. Melted quickly afterwards though.
2007-08 Meh, it seemed good coming off of 06-07 but was still below average probably.
2008-09 Solidly good to very good snow year
2009-10 Late start, only a couple snowstorms all year, avg at best, overall. Southern MN got all the snow this year.
2010-11 Really good year better than 08-09, I was trail riding Dec 1 in 12"+.
2011-12 Terrible, year without a winter
2012-13 Was rivaling 11-12 for a non-winter until mid Jan, then it snowed, and snowed and snowed...
2013-14 Epic! Maybe even to cold to enjoy the excellent snow a few times.
2014-15 One step above Terrible? Better than 97-98 and 11-12 at least.

Looks like you got more bad then good.

 

[snoeatr]

The bright side is there is only one direction to go!

Seriously though. I cannot remember ever producing a map like that, but I bet we have had 5 day periods where it did not snow, even though I forecasted it!

Despite this map and my seasonal outlook, I can all but promise there will still be some fireworks this season. Hang in there!

-John

You are right about the FIREWORKS. He posted several times.

 

[whitedust]

Last 2 years were GREAT for snow & cold in Vilas & WUPMI some of the best riding ever!!!! Come on guys give it a chance!..... today is Nov 30th trails won't open for another 15 days in Vilas. Looked at some Phelps trails today snow covered but very very wet....a wet heavy snow would not help right now look for the cold stuff to set things up then a little snow will go along way to get skis on the trails.

 

[fireworks]

You are right about the FIREWORKS. He posted several times.

I posted 3 times in this thread, what's your point?

 

[chords]

Bing Bang Boom Theres no point to any of this. Back in '77 '78 it was a cold and Snowee winter

 

[snoeatr]

Sorry fireworks just a bad joke. The post said there would still be some fireworks this season. Then your post was right below i just laughed theres the fireworks and its gonna be 40 all winter. As I explain it doesnt seem as funny.

 

[chords]

I got it.

Just add a HA HA and .

 

[fireworks]

Sorry fireworks just a bad joke. The post said there would still be some fireworks this season. Then your post was right below i just laughed theres the fireworks and its gonna be 40 all winter. As I explain it doesnt seem as funny.

Ha Ha right? I do bring my damaged fireworks up to Don at CH Mariner to light off from time to time. Anyways, back to enjoying my pre-rolled Trainwreck out in Breckenridge, Co. We have one more day of skiing.

 

[blkhwkbob]

Sorry fireworks just a bad joke. The post said there would still be some fireworks this season. Then your post was right below i just laughed theres the fireworks and its gonna be 40 all winter. As I explain it doesnt seem as funny.

I got it the first time and thought it was funny.

 

[eagle1]

Seen 3 flocks of geese today......flying north. Ughhh. I know, I know my glass IS half empty.......off to the fridge to mix another.
Hmm, wonder how Big Vin is holding up?