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Old 06-11-2014, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Winter Springs, FL
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Ted Bear has stated it well. I will add some. We were on a conference call with a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina this past winter when they were hit with the big ice and snow storm. A major factor is how well they can clear the roads. The staff were stuck in the hospital for about 24 hours because of the storm and the major factor was they only had one plow truck for the county. Add in the fact that most people in the south people do not buy snow tires adds more to how quickly things shut down. It is no different in the north in very early winter. We have a higher number of fatalities and accidents because people are still driving at higher rates of speed and don't have snows on their cars.
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Old 06-11-2014, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Vermont / NEK
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Winter in VT brings a totally different mindset. The daylight hours are unbelievably short from November through February. Much of your driving will be done before it gets light or after dusk. Roads get messy and your headlights will become dirty. You'll think they aren't working right, but take a handful of snow and rub the lenses before you take off and your vision will improve immensely - for the short haul. Many cars these days have little wiper blades on the headlights and that's the reason why. The advice given above by everyone is spot on. Good luck!
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Old 06-18-2014, 11:25 AM
 
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Ted Bear, I also live in Central New York (the real, original one, not the one recently "opened up" in Leatherstocking country). Yes, the snow here is considerable, but even that is dwarfed by snow on Tug Hill!

I really enjoyed learning about snow in NC. I had no idea it did that! I remember living in Lynchburg, VA, one winter and if anyone so much got a rumor that they were "calling for snow," I knew I wasn't going to make any tips that night, whether it actually ended up snowing or not, because nobody would venture out. Except my neighbor from Syracuse who took me out for joyrides on empty slightly snowy roads.

We're considering a move to Burlington or Brattleboro. We suppose that moving from Syracuse to anywhere means an improvement in the weather. So... is there any aspect of Vermont weather that's worse than what we get in Syracuse?
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Old 06-18-2014, 05:40 PM
 
Location: Vermont
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Syracuse gets like 115" of snow per year? brattleboro and burlington should get less snow than syracuse.
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Old 06-18-2014, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Syracuse gets like 115" of snow per year? brattleboro and burlington should get less snow than syracuse.
Syracuse is 83.4" based on 30yr avg. 109" using data on record (since 1901)
Normals for Binghamton, NY (1981-2010 data)

Burlington is 80.9"
National Weather Service - Burlington, VT
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Old 06-19-2014, 07:35 AM
 
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Good grief, you guys! I don't think I can handle it! Thanks so much for the info!
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Old 06-19-2014, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Near the Coast SWCT
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Syracuse is 83.4" based on 30yr avg. 109" using data on record (since 1901)
Normals for Binghamton, NY (1981-2010 data)

Burlington is 80.9"
National Weather Service - Burlington, VT
Whoops! Nobody corrected me. Error on Syracuse. Their normal yearly snowfall is 123.8" a year.
I knew 83" looked too little. lol . I was looking at Binghamton's snowfall avg.

Normals for Syracuse, NY (1981-2010 data)
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