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Old 06-09-2009, 01:40 PM
 
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In Spokane this year, we had snow that Was 25/1 which meant 25 inches melted down to 1 inch of water. Very dry!
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Old 03-08-2016, 09:30 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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Can someone offer the last decade of snowfall totals in the Tri-Cities?

My observed opinion is it has been declining. Can someone provide the stats?
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Old 03-17-2016, 12:28 AM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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Not specific to averages, but the last two winters have equaled less than 3 inches each of snowfall. And winter, knock on wood, is over for all intents and purposes here on March 16th.

However, I lived here in '93 and there was a record 51 inches if I recall correctly. This is highly unusual, though.
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Old 03-17-2016, 12:41 PM
 
Location: Richland, WA
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Not specific to averages, but the last two winters have equaled less than 3 inches each of snowfall. And winter, knock on wood, is over for all intents and purposes here on March 16th.

However, I lived here in '93 and there was a record 51 inches if I recall correctly. This is highly unusual, though.
Where did you get the data from? It seems like I got close to 3 inches overnight in December this winter and wasn't the only time it snowed.
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Old 03-17-2016, 02:21 PM
 
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Not specific to averages, but the last two winters have equaled less than 3 inches each of snowfall. And winter, knock on wood, is over for all intents and purposes here on March 16th.

However, I lived here in '93 and there was a record 51 inches if I recall correctly. This is highly unusual, though.
I remember the winter of 1992/93 being one of the snowiest winters that I've lived through and I've hated it, we don't seem to get these kind of winters anymore.
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Old 03-17-2016, 06:53 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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Where did you get the data from? It seems like I got close to 3 inches overnight in December this winter and wasn't the only time it snowed.
Well, same as you. "seems like".

Are you in a higher elevation?

When you google the average snowfall per year for The Tri-Cities you get varying stats. Anywhere from >2 inches to around 7 inches. I'm not sure why the variability, but the official weather station in the area is Pasco airport, and they don't even keep snowfall records. Perhaps I answered my own question.

From Weatherspark.com, noting Pasco stats:

"Either snow rarely accumulates at this location or snow depth measurements are unavailable or unreliable."

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Old 03-27-2016, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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It's not that the snow can get to you. There was never very much in the 12-13 years i lived there. It was the 2-3 month period of foggy and grey weather and no sun and the 105 degree highs in July and August. Summer starts in April/May and lasts through October! (You have to look at a climate site, though, as this is just my impression from 1979-1991. Maybe the summer highs are even higher, now!
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Old 03-27-2016, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Aloverton
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Can anyone please tell me how much snow the tri-cities are gets in the winter. I have read that the area gets about 31 inches per year and I have also read that the area gets about 8 inches per year. Can anyone tell me which is closer to the truth??
It doesn't get much snow. Some years, significantly less than 8". One year we had two and a half feet. I would say that the typical year it gets either 12" or 4", in alternating years pretty much, and that averages to 8".
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Old 03-27-2016, 08:24 PM
 
Location: WA Desert, Seattle native
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Except not the past two winters...both just a few inches. However, I'm not about to write off another future deeper snowfall, as I said, I remember '93.
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Old 03-30-2016, 08:43 PM
 
Location: Eastern Washington
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It doesn't get much snow. Some years, significantly less than 8". One year we had two and a half feet. I would say that the typical year it gets either 12" or 4", in alternating years pretty much, and that averages to 8".
It seems anymore we get El Nino or La Nina, with few "normal" years. The El Nino, I think, gets the low snowfall, La Nina, the higher. They do seem to more or less alternate. Unlike Algore, I'm not going to pretend I understand why this is.
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