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You are correct at this point, snow cover is much less than last year.
However remember, I'm on over 60 days straight snow drought here (less than 1"). Completely blowing away last winter. So maybe the Midwest around Chicago is seeing much less snow than last year's Super Nino. The Northeast thanks to recent storms is not.
Looking at the map looks about even. But I just checked.. Yeah, some parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley had more last year at this point but as soon as you get closer to Northeast, this year is more.
ORD, IL Snowfall:
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 25.4"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 18.3"
Rockford, IL Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 20.7"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 16.8"
Fort Wayne, IN Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 14.6"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 15.0"
Bridgeport, CT Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 24.9"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 29.8"
Hartford, CT Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 16.5"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 42.7"
Bangor, ME Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 34.1"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 62.0"
Looking at the map looks about even. But I just checked.. Yeah, some parts of the Midwest and Ohio Valley had more last year at this point but as soon as you get closer to Northeast, this year is more.
ORD, IL Snowfall:
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 25.4"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 18.3"
Rockford, IL Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 20.7"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 16.8"
Fort Wayne, IN Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 14.6"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 15.0"
Bridgeport, CT Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 24.9"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 29.8"
Hartford, CT Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 16.5"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 42.7"
Bangor, ME Snowfall
October 1 2015 - Feb 15, 2016 : 34.1"
October 1, 2016 - Feb 15, 2017 : 62.0"
Also, the fact that 99% of all our snow came within the first 3 weeks of winter, and since then NADA
Not that under 2 feet is good but at least you had a front loaded winter. Lol. I had to wait until a couple weeks before spring to get it. Lol
I just can't stand looking at dead bare ground. So depressing.
Don't know if the La Nina demise and possible El Nino developing in the spring will be a factor, but looks as if the Central Plains/Lower Midwest may be seeing a drought begin
Windy chilly day with sun , Temps in low 50s so a few degrees below which is hardly much for a cool down. Probably one of the few below average days this month. The forecast for next week looks right out of April though.
/SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
Near zonal flow will give way to brief NE troughing early next
week...before transitioning to sharp ridging toward mid week.
In terms of sensible weather this is translating into what looks
like a rather quiet and mild period of weather.
A northern stream shortwave and associated low pressure system will
track across Southern Ontario/Quebec this weekend, with a weak
cold front passing through the region Saturday Night. The
frontal passage is expected to be dry, but WAA ahead of the
front will usher in an unseasonably mild air mass on Sat.
Expectation is that Sat morning cloud cover associated with
elevated warm frontal passage should give way to afternoon
sunshine, allowing temps for NE NJ/NYC metro to make a run into
the lower 60s, but holding in the lower 50s for the coast. In
wake of weak cold front on Sunday, weak CAA and offshore flow
should allow for more widespread temps around 60 even toward the
coastal plain. Meanwhile, a cutoff low from the SW will shear
NE across the CONUS, but should remain separate from northern
stream flow and keep precip south of the region.
This winter so far in Indianapolis has in some respects, been the absolute worst of both worlds with 2 mornings with subzero lows(-1F both times) and less snowfall than the winter of 2011-2012(that winter saw 9.1 inches of snowfall if I remember correctly), this winter has seen just 8.7 inches of total snowfall since Meteorological winter began, and with an extended warm spell coming it appears unlikely that we will be adding to that snow total(at least not in the rest of February)
Saw a forecast for Indy showing a couple of 70 degree days ahead
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