Does anyone remember a winter without snow??

[pogie_boy]

No, but I do remember......
 

 

[codfish]

5 hours ago, foxfai said:

Ya, so far we have significantly less snow. Still another 2.5 months to go really. Personally crossing my finger I won't have to break out my snow blower at all. We've been lucky (or unlucky). 

 

Here is a chart I found for Boston snowfall sorted by rank with the lowest amount of snow fall each season. So far this season is #2 least.

 

Year    Rank    Snow (inches)
1973    131    6.4
2023    130    6.9
1937    129    8.8
1913    128    10.8
2012    127    12.2
1998    126    14.7
1919    125    15.9
1927    124    17.4
1980    123    18.5
1955    122    19.3
1979    121    19.6
1986    120    20.7
1925    119    21.2
2020    118    21.6
2021    117    21.8
1989    116    22.5
1908    115    22.8
1991    114    23.7
2002    113    24.8
1915    112    25.2
1932    111    25.6
1900    110    25.9
1952    109    25.9
1946    108    26.2
1930    107    26.3
1928    106    26.5
1992    105    26.6
1985    104    27.4
1953    103    27.5
1924    102    27.6
1935    101    28.9
2000    100    29.0
2006    99    29.0
2004    98    29.0
1909    97    29.1
1901    96    29.3
1990    95    29.7
1983    94    29.8
1903    93    29.9
1942    92    30.5
1950    91    31.1
1981    90    31.9
1895    89    32.2
1921    88    32.8
1968    87    33.4
1954    86    33.9
1949    85    34.3
1936    84    34.3
1910    83    34.4
1931    82    34.4
1941    81    35.0
1911    80    35.2
1951    79    35.5
1999    78    35.6
1944    77    35.6
1959    76    35.7
1957    75    36.2
1905    74    36.4
1912    73    37.2
1939    72    38.3
1962    71    38.6
2019    70    38.7
1943    69    39.3
1988    68    39.8
1971    67    40.2
1965    66    40.6
1972    65    40.7
2016    64    41.2
1975    63    41.5
1995    62    41.7
1914    61    42.2
2010    60    42.4
1947    59    42.4
1974    58    42.5
1963    57    42.5
1922    56    43.1
1940    55    43.2
2007    54    43.3
1984    53    44.2
1896    52    44.3
1918    51    44.8
1976    50    45.4
1899    49    45.7
1934    48    45.8
1977    47    46.5
2001    46    46.5
1897    45    48.3
1958    44    49.4
2008    43    49.6
1982    42    49.7
1929    41    50.0
1938    40    50.1
2014    39    50.2
1933    38    50.5
1906    37    50.8
2017    36    50.9
2018    35    51.0
1966    34    51.7
1960    33    51.8
1987    32    52.1
1917    31    53.2
1923    30    53.4
1902    29    54.3
2022    28    54.6
2009    27    56.0
1997    26    56.9
1961    25    57.1
1964    24    57.4
1907    23    58.3
2011    22    60.0
1969    21    61.1
1898    20    61.4
1926    19    61.8
1970    18    64.2
1894    17    65.1
1967    16    67.2
1948    15    67.9
2013    14    71.4
1956    13    72.8
1904    12    74.4
1920    11    77.5
2003    10    77.8
1945    9    80.7
1893    8    81.3
1916    7    82.6
1993    6    85.3
1996    5    86.2
1994    4    86.4
2005    3    87.4
1978    2    89.3
2015    1    108.6
 

Thanks for sharing

[zak-striper]

We've had plenty of March & April blizzards & Nor'easters in MA so winter and the snow ain't over by a long shot. 

 

We had a nice Nor'easter on April 1st 2017. That was opening day at Wachusett. We got at least 6" of snow that day. 

 

Here are a couple of pics from that afternoon. The morning snow turned to rain so it was packed down a bit by the time I showed up to fish the afternoon, post storm.

 

 

Edited February 8 by zak-striper

[scoobydoo]

From exit 12 to exit 66 on 287....one day with snow on the grass.  Zero hazardous conditions to speak of.

No measureable snow in Bridgewater.....

 

Notable.

[codfish]

2 hours ago, zak-striper said:

We've had plenty of March & April blizzards & Nor'easters in MA so winter and the snow ain't over by a long shot. 

 

We had a nice Nor'easter on April 1st 2017. That was opening day at Wachusett. We got at least 6" of snow that day. 

 

Here are a couple of pics from that afternoon. The morning snow turned to rain so it was packed down a bit by the time I showed up to fish the afternoon, post storm.

 

 

Nice fish picture

[johnysmoke]

I had a motorcycle until about 2004. I vaguely remember driving around many winter weekends with temperatures in the mid forties and clean roads. Would happen on a Saturday or Sunday most often. Only for a few hours until early afternoon, but it was enough to break the cabin fever. And having grown up on the south shore, it seemed a bit of a contrast from what I remember about winter as a kid. Which was playing on the ice in small ponds and swamps, and a snow bank many layers deep that encroached further into our driveway with each storm, not to melt until spring. 

[zak-striper]

Speaking of you never know when it's gonna hit, this was 10 years ago today, in western MA. My car is on the left.

 

Edited February 9 by zak-striper

[FishermanTim]

On 2/8/2023 at 9:42 AM, zeke04 said:

As a skier, this year has created the worst snow conditions in NE ski resorts that I can remember, at a time when most areas have been taken over by huge corporations that have jacked the prices well over $100 for a weekday pass and over $200 on weekends.

I used tom ski for years, and when my knees started telling me they were ready to quit I took up snowboarding.

I did that for a number of years and finally gave it up when the ticket prices started getting prohibitive.

I stopped when they were around $40 for weekends. 

I thought about giving it another go until I checked the lift prices, and said "Hell no!"

It's just not worth it, and I had already taken up ice fishing, which cost a heck of a lot less.

[Sandflee]

It’s just our calendar is ****ed up later snow every year, last year we got 16” golf snow upstate April 20th 

[ken r]

Ski the East!

 

f***ing <lol>

[Fishinthecity]

I'm from the LI area and this past winter is the warmest i've seen. It snowed mid april a few years ago though, so you never know

Edited February 10 by Fishinthecity

[clambellies]

Yes, the winter of '67 when I was in Nam.  Absolutely no snow.

[zak-striper]

3 hours ago, ken r said:

Ski the East!

 

f***ing <lol>

I grew up in western MA. When I was a kid we used to ski Mt. Tom in Holyoke all the time. I loved night skiing up there. It closed in '98 'cuz it was no longer cold enough during winter to make enough snow. They also got too much rain and not enough real snow to supplement the man made snow.

 

Ironically, during the winters of '91 & '92, many areas in New England had great snow falls because of the '91 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines which put enough smoke & ash in the atmosphere to effect New England winters for 2 consecutive years. Meanwhile climate change deniers think that 200+ years of industrial pollution can't impact the environment. '91 & '92 were fantastic ski years in western MA & VT.

 

 

Edited February 10 by zak-striper

[codfish]

12 hours ago, zak-striper said:

Speaking of you never know when it's gonna hit, this was 10 years ago today, in western MA. My car is on the left.

 

Great pic

[rst3]

We may get some late winter shots for snow in March after all. Looking ahead 3-4weeks is never a lock, but some signs are coming together that the above average pattern we've had may end towards the tail of February. 

 

The Polar Vortex is forecast to reverse its winds next week. This is called a Sudden Stratospheric Warming event. That's well supported in model runs. A SSW doesn't automatically mean more cold for us, but if it does contribute to a colder pattern..the cold usually hits us a couple/3 weeks after the event.

 

Further out, a Greenland Block downstream may develop. 

 

Odds of a cold start^ and some chances for snow in early March are definitely increased if both those come to pass.

***

Hope the warm times continue though. I'm off to the Keys 3rd wk of March..and late cold fronts associated with cool times in the east can really screw up the fishing for days. 

Edited February 10 by rst3