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Final update of the season? Most likely.. No snow being shown on the map except for higher elevations and for Montana and Wyoming next 14 days.
Here's a look at the Top 30 Snowiest Locations in the U.S from all NWS Climo Sites through April 21st..
Rhinelander, WI with a big move compared to last month. Mid March they only had 61.3". They got 38.6" more since then...now only 0.1" away from 100" season.
Montana having a banner yr. Great Falls is 5th snowiest on record with 104.9". Only 6 yrs since 1892 had 100"+
And here is a look at the Top 50 locations with the largest season snowfall departures..
Surprised? Islip, Long Island NY is +41.1" above normal which is 7th largest in entire U.S. 3rd snowiest season on record.
Is a city near you on the list?
Bridgeport, CT #31 being 18.3" above normal.
Hartford at #43 being 15.6" above normal.
Norfolk Nebraska and NYC makes the list as well.
Here are the snowfall totals for the 50 largest US metropolitan areas:
112.3 Buffalo, NY
78.3 Minneapolis, MN
61.0 Detroit, MI
59.9 Boston, MA
59.8 Pittsburgh, PA
56.0 Hartford, CT
53.1 Cleveland, OH
49.8 Providence, RI
46.7 Milwaukee, WI
43.5 Salt Lake City, UT
40.9 New York, NY
39.1 Chicago, IL
30.7 Columbus, OH
29.8 Philadelphia, PA
26.0 Denver, CO
23.8 Cincinnati, OH
23.2 Indianapolis, IN
19.1 Louisville, KY
15.4 Baltimore, MD
15.1 Norfolk, VA
12.4 Richmond, VA
08.9 Raleigh, NC
07.8 Washington, DC
07.7 Kansas City, MO
07.1 St. Louis, MO
05.2 Portland, OR
04.7 Atlanta, GA
04.2 Charlotte, NC
04.0 Birmingham, AL
04.0 Seattle, WA
03.0 Nashville, TN
02.5 Memphis, TN
01.9 San Antonio, TX
00.8 Houston, TX
00.4 Austin, TX
00.4 Oklahoma City, OK
Data for New Orleans, LA could not be retrieved, although it likely falls somewhere around an inch or slightly less.
Cities with no measurable snowfall:
Los Angeles, CA
Dallas, TX
Miami, FL
Phoenix, AZ
San Francisco, CA
Riverside, CA
San Diego, CA
Tampa, FL
Orlando, FL
Sacramento, CA
Las Vegas, NV
San Jose, CA
Jacksonville, FL
Thanks for the lists! I had to double check this because I could of sworn they got snow...and WOW!
3rd least snowiest season. They haven't had that little since 1935.
Last 3 seasons WOW!
Kansas City has had the same run of seasons. Three consecutive years with less than 10" of snow, which has never happened before.
2015-2016: 5.9 inches, 5th least snowy
2016-2017: 4.9 inches, 3rd least snowy
2017-2018: 7.7 inches (1.9 of which were in April), 10th least snowy.
(The top ten least snowy: 2011-2012, 1922-1923, 2016-2017, 1949-1950, 2015-2016, 1994-1995, 1988-1989, 1933-1934, 1920-1921, 2017-2018).
Other nearby cities have had similar winter-failure, like Wichita and St. Louis. Amarillo, TX has recorded less than an inch of precipitation since 13 October.
Snow lover's nightmare. Did I mention moving here from the Lake Erie snowbelt (northeast Ohio) in the summer of 2015?
Kansas City has had the same run of seasons. Three consecutive years with less than 10" of snow, which has never happened before.
2015-2016: 5.9 inches, 5th least snowy
2016-2017: 4.9 inches, 3rd least snowy
2017-2018: 7.7 inches (1.9 of which were in April), 10th least snowy.
(The top ten least snowy: 2011-2012, 1922-1923, 2016-2017, 1949-1950, 2015-2016, 1994-1995, 1988-1989, 1933-1934, 1920-1921, 2017-2018).
Other nearby cities have had similar winter-failure, like Wichita and St. Louis. Amarillo, TX has recorded less than an inch of precipitation since 13 October.
Snow lover's nightmare. Did I mention moving here from the Lake Erie snowbelt (northeast Ohio) in the summer of 2015?
Winter is usually always a failure in the Lower Midwest/Upper South region- one of my least favorite climate regions in the US by far. You get the worst of the summer heat and humidity and mediocre yet still cold winters. KC winters have nothing in common with any area that is solidly Midwest without southern influences, along and north of the I-80 corridor. The Upper Midwest is guaranteed to have decent winters every year, and most embrace winter there, unlike the Lower Midwest/Upper South region that doesn't even have enough snowfall to have decent winter sport activities outside..
Winter is usually always a failure in the Lower Midwest/Upper South region- one of my least favorite climate regions in the US by far. You get the worst of the summer heat and humidity and mediocre yet still cold winters. KC winters have nothing in common with any area that is solidly Midwest without southern influences, along and north of the I-80 corridor. The Upper Midwest is guaranteed to have decent winters every year, and most embrace winter there, unlike the Lower Midwest/Upper South region that doesn't even have enough snowfall to have decent winter sport activities outside..
Exactly. KC is very capable of great winters (2009-2010, the last before I left, was amazing), but it seems to be a rarity, especially in years since 2000 (looking at records). Without snow there's no point in even having cold.
It's sad, I love almost everything about the city aside from the weather.
Even just barely north, in places like Maryville and Kirksville, weather is far better.
"Guaranteed?" La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967-1968 and 1980-1981 in Grand Forks, ND would like a word.
Exactly. KC is very capable of great winters (2009-2010, the last before I left, was amazing), but it seems to be a rarity, especially in years since 2000 (looking at records). Without snow there's no point in even having cold.
It's sad, I love almost everything about the city aside from the weather.
Even just barely north, in places like Maryville and Kirksville, weather is far better.
"Guaranteed?" La Crosse, Wisconsin in 1967-1968 and 1980-1981 in Grand Forks, ND would like a word.
Well, I was generally referring to the Lake Superior Snowbelt areas- that is the area of the Upper Midwest I am most familiar with. A mediocre to terrible winter in Marquette still yields over 100'' of snowfall the vast majority of the time. The Iron Range Snowbelt in Iron County, WI- extending east to Vilas County, WI averages between 100-150'' of snowfall a season. The grand winner east of the Rockies is always the Keweenaw Peninsula in the NW UP of Michigan (300''+ on average annually), and the Tug Hill Plateau of western NY off Lake Ontario (250-325'' on average annually).
Well, I was generally referring to the Lake Superior Snowbelt areas- that is the area of the Upper Midwest I am most familiar with. A mediocre to terrible winter in Marquette still yields over 100'' of snowfall the vast majority of the time. The Iron Range Snowbelt in Iron County, WI- extending east to Vilas County, WI averages between 100-150'' of snowfall a season. The grand winner east of the Rockies is always the Keweenaw Peninsula in the NW UP of Michigan (300''+ on average annually), and the Tug Hill Plateau of western NY off Lake Ontario (250-325'' on average annually).
What exactly is the difference between the upper South and the Lower Midwestit seems like the two are often used interchangeably, but are they really one and the same region??, I would like your honest opinion on which cities you’d consider to be the lower Midwest as opposed to cities you’d consider to be the upper South, please list cities you consider the lower Midwest as well as ones you consider to be the upper South, thanks.
What exactly is the difference between the upper South and the Lower Midwestit seems like the two are often used interchangeably, but are they really one and the same region??, I would like your honest opinion on which cities you’d consider to be the lower Midwest as opposed to cities you’d consider to be the upper South, please list cities you consider the lower Midwest as well as ones you consider to be the upper South, thanks.
Sure:
Louisville- Upper South
St. Louis- Lower Midwest
Kansas City- Lower Midwest
Owensboro- Upper South
Cincinnati- Lower Midwest
Paducah- Upper South
Evansville- Lower Midwest
Columbus- Midwest
Indianapolis- Midwest
Des Moines- Midwest
Minneapolis- Upper Midwest
Madison- Upper Midwest
Some metro areas along the border of the Lower Midwest and Upper South have significant cultural southern influences, though.
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Islip, Long Island NY is +41.1" above normal which is 7th largest in entire U.S. 3rd snowiest season on record.
it seems like the two are often used interchangeably, but are they really one and the same region??
, I would like your honest opinion on which cities you’d consider to be the lower Midwest as opposed to cities you’d consider to be the upper South, please list cities you consider the lower Midwest as well as ones you consider to be the upper South, thanks
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