Painesdale broke the record snowfall for the UP in the month of December

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frnash

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Willh said:
From the NWS: https://twitter.com/NWSMarquette/status/947884998639661057

They received 119" of snow for the month.

I wish I knew how much Calumet got - seems like they never record it. I'm pretty sure we hit more than 119" in 2016. No idea about last month...
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What a co-inky-dinky. It's not Calumet, but just last night I was reviewing John's "Snow data as of 9AM December 31, 2017" (Season Total to Date: 129″) as shown on the AL Cam page, vs. his "Climatology of All Years", and based on the current 129" season total to date vs. season totals through Dec 31 for all other years, this year is on track for at least:

  • the highest snowfall year since 2013-2014 — 3 years! (total for the year: 323.5")
  • the 2nd highest snowfall year since 2008-2009 — 8 years! (total for the year: 232.7")
  • the 3rd highest snowfall year since 1989-1990 — 27 years! (total for the year: 289.5")
  • the 4th highest snowfall year since 1985-1986 — 31 years! (total for the year: 278.5")
  • the 5th highest snowfall year since the all-time record year of 1978-1979 — 38 years! (total for the year: 354.1")
[Am I the only one that's noticed this?
I hope that by posting that I haven't just put a curse on this year's chance to break the all-time record!]
P.S.:

  1. NWS has a Co-op observer in Painesdale.
  2. John's 129" as of 9AM on Dec 31 (-4.5" in November = 124.5 for December) beats that 119" — with 15 hours left in 2017!
P.P.S.: John's weather station has long claimed:
"The trees behind the snow station reduce the depth in this area by about 20-25% of actual."
And with the new construction, it appears that the weather station is in an even more sheltered location, so perhaps the true snow numbers are now even greater than shown!
 
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garyl62

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Willh said:
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I wish I knew how much Calumet got - seems like they never record it. I'm pretty sure we hit more than 119" in 2016. No idea about last month...
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Do a search on "Fun in the UP" He posts quite a bit from all over and has snow total very often as well as a lot of other interesting facts or things going on in the UP.
 
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frnash

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garyl62 said:
Do a search on "Fun in the UP" He posts quite a bit from all over and has snow total very often as well as a lot of other interesting facts or things going on in the UP.
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And here ya go, (click →) "Fun in the UP".

And he reports from Calumet!
Western/Northern Upper Peninsula Snowfall totals
Daily Amount
Season Total[SUP]1[/SUP]
On ground
Today in 2016
YTD
2016/17 Season[SUP]1[/SUP]
Calumet (North)
(FunintheUP.com station)
0.5
125.9
2310.2126.2

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([SUP]1 [/SUP]I'm not sure what the difference is between "Season Total" and "YTD 2016/17 Season.")
 
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Willh

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frnash said:
And here ya go, (click →) "Fun in the UP".

And he reports from Calumet!
Western/Northern Upper Peninsula Snowfall totals
Daily Amount
Season Total[SUP]1[/SUP]
On ground
Today in 2016
YTD
2016/17 Season[SUP]1[/SUP]
Calumet (North)
(FunintheUP.com station)
0.5
125.9
2310.2126.2

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</tbody>

([SUP]1 [/SUP]I'm not sure what the difference is between "Season Total" and "YTD 2016/17 Season.")
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Thanks so much for the link, I hadn't seen this website before.

Still a bit confused...I'm not sure what parts of it are current and what parts are from last winter...the dates are all mixed together. Plus - I'm not sure about his source in Calumet...and it doesn't seem to be updated regularly enough.

I might consider doing obs for the NWS, but I would need to get a decent set up...where I live gets the snow blown around irregularly by the buildings...and is often plowed through the night, etc.
 
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