What has been the snowiest winter you have gone through in Washington State? (Bellingham: rental, houses)

[rantiquity]

[Mopac1980]

I've heard a lot of stories about the Winter of 1968/1969 and I can't believe they went through that much snow, I'm sure glad I wasn't alive then, I've always predicted the Winter of 1992/93 to be a lot snowier than what it really was to be honest, I do remember winters of 1991/92, 1993/94 and 1994/95 being mild ones.

[rantiquity]

Originally Posted by Mopac1980

I've heard a lot of stories about the Winter of 1968/1969 and I can't believe they went through that much snow, I'm sure glad I wasn't alive then, I've always predicted the Winter of 1992/93 to be a lot snowier than what it really was to be honest, I do remember winters of 1991/92, 1993/94 and 1994/95 being mild ones.

I had the pleasure of driving from Renton to Everett during the winter of 1968-'69...a lot of cars in the ditch.

[elkotronics]

I remember us kids jumping off our roof into the snow below. Only time in my life I've been able ta do that. That was at our parent's house in north Edmonds. And, it was from the 2nd story down to the ground! We were freaking out that we could even do that. Never have forgotten it. We had that 5 feet 7 inches of snow and 10-ft. drifts in the hood!

[pnwguy2]

I was not alive in 1950, but that one takes the cake. I was alive in 1968-69, though just a pre-teen, but I remember it. I also remember it melting pretty quickly unlike '50.

Thanksgiving '85 was miserable with a half foot+ of snow, and power outages that ruined Thanksgiving Dinners for many. But again, it all melted pretty quickly, seemingly a characteristic of winter storms in Seattle.

[elkotronics]

The snow dump I'm talking about was the '68-'69 snowstorm. I'll never forget that one. Hadn't seen one before that or anytime after it. For how much snow there was it did melt fairly quickly.

[pnwguy2]

Ha! I have home movies of my dad ('68-'69) with a shovel in his hand, nodding his head back and forth, as in "I give up". But here is the kicker...he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan! (notorious for some of the heaviest snow in the country!).

[dozerbear]

1996. From November 19th to December 31st the Cle Elum, Roslyn area got 151 inches of snow, 203 inches for the winter. Coldest was January, 1980 -24F.

In February 1916, 66 inches fell in 48 hours. Attached pic is a Northern Pacific locomotive and blower clearing a spur line in Roslyn.

I wasn't around yet, but my dad told me a few stories about January, 1950, November, 1955, and December/Jan 1968-69.

[Jay F]

In the 5 Years I have lived here this is definitely the snowiest, coldest, and most miserable winter. Although I often hear stories of (late) 1996 and from what I understand that was a lot snowier than this.

[rantiquity]

In Sequim we had two very light dusting which is about average...now if you want to talk about cold weather...since Xmas it has been the coldest stretch I have ever seen in the Sequim area in my nearly 20 years living here....and most of the old timers agree they have a hard time remembering a stretch this cold.
But it appears the cold weather has broken and as the temperatures soar above 50.