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Nice pictures, but is snow really rare down there in March? I can understand a storm of this magnitude being very unusual (if not record breaking) this time of the year.
Snowfalls in mountains and Eastern Poland are nothing unusual but here where I live (on the plains, in Odra river area) it is quite rare. Usually at the end of February oceanic winds start to blow and everything is melting + it's raining a lot. Now it blows from the North so the Arctic air is coming which is both wet and cold - that's why the snowfall is so big. If it were blowing from the East, it would be sunny but very cold weather and if it were blowing from the South, it would be warm and sunny, just the weather I like
It's the last day of March, it's Easter and it's snowing heavily here where I live. I don't remember if it ever was snowing in March in my entire life! Yesterday it was 50 F and today it's under 30 F and over 1 ft snowfall! As for European standards it's really much!
Here are some photos made by me:
My car and my grandparents' car in our backyard somewhere around 1 pm.
The same place at 5 pm
And here's how much snow fall today
And a bonus one, my friend in front of her house
Very nice photos. You have never seen snow in March in Poland!
I thought they got loads of snow.
Looking at Krakow climate data, I think it's not too surprising that snow is unusual there in March, it warms up rapidly.
Its max is about the same as mine, though perhaps they are less variable. It's difficult to get much snow here past mid-March though it has happened. Ithaca, for some reason, manages to get occasional snowstorms in April with warm averages.
Very nice photos. You have never seen snow in March in Poland!
I thought they got loads of snow.
It depends of the region of Poland. In Northeastern Poland snow coverage usually lasts since mid-November to mid-March at least.
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Originally Posted by Ariete
How about March 2010 and 2011?
I would be surprised if it not snowed most years in March.
March 2010 was one of the warmest and the least humid Marches ever. But you've caught me on March 2011 - indeed, there was a snowfall on March 6th in my area. I forgot about it.
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Originally Posted by nei
For whatever reason, eastern Europe can get similar maxes to interior New England but not the mins.
Eastern Europe is vulnerable to the winds that blow from central Asia. Continent is very cold in winter (and warm in summer) so winds that blow from East are very freezy (but usually bring good, sunny weather too). England has oceanic climate and ocean warms up/cools much slower so the mins are more moderate. It's the same in the US: Chicago area have both very cold winters and warm summers while Massachusetts have more moderate climate.
You have a really weird climate. The snow has only melted a wee bit here and we have been up at 3 and 4c ever single day of this week with sunshine at times.
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