Monday, January 31, 2011

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

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