Mid-Winter Snowfall Review: East Coast 80% Above Average

As of January 29 (Saturday), meteorological winter was 2/3 over (30 days remaining until March 1). The seasonal snowfall amounts to date from the major East Coast National Weather Service reporting locations show that overall snowfall has been 83% above average across the region.

The top chart shows the total snowfall this season through January 29 (blue bars) compared to the climatological normal (green bars) for 26 stations from Caribou, Maine through Raleigh, North Carolina. The stations are arranged roughly from north to south. With the exception of the lake-effect snowfall at Syracuse (SYR), the greatest amounts relative to normal have been at near-coastal locations from southern New England through the Mid Atlantic. In fact, Caribou, Maine (CAR), the most northerly location, has a deficit of over 20" (second chart). The area with the most excess of snow ranges from Boston (BOS) to Philadelphia (PHL). Note that the interior location of Scranton (AVP) is the only other one besides Caribou with below-average snowfall.

Here's the full list of stations and snowfall amounts (inches) to date, compiled from individual National Weather Service daily climate reports:

                    Through 1-29
                      YTD Normal
CAR Caribou ME        40.1 63.5
BGR Bangor ME         57.0 35.0
BTV Burlington VT     54.6 44.7
PWM Portland ME       42.3 36.2
CON Concord NH        45.4 35.9
ALB Albany NY         47.1 35.1
BGM Binghamton NY     56.9 44.8
SYR Syracuse NY      115.1 67.0
BOS Boston MA         60.3 20.8
ORH Worcester MA      61.6 30.7
PVD Providence RI     41.0 17.3
BDL Hartford CT       71.2 24.8
BDR Bridgeport CT     54.4 12.2
NYC Central Park NY   56.1 10.5
EWR Newark NJ         61.8 11.6
AVP Scranton PA       22.6 24.4
ACY Atlantic City NJ  34.1  6.0
PHL Philadelphia PA   37.9  8.3
ABE Allentown PA      30.6 15.6
ILG Wilmington DE     22.0  9.5
BWI Baltimore MD      12.1  8.7
DCA Washington DC      9.4  8.0
IAD Dulles VA         11.8 10.6
RIC Richmond VA       10.7  5.9
ORF Norfolk VA        18.0  2.5
RDU Raleigh NC         8.6  2.8