New England Average Snowfall Map: Are You Ready for Winter?
Snowfall averages up to 200 inches a year in the mountains of New Hampshire and Maine
It’s the day after Halloween and are you ready for winter?
Granted, an unusually warm October in the Northeast followed an abnormally warm September, according to the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
Still, snowfall averages up to 200 inches a year in the mountains of New Hampshire and Maine, with 50 to 75 inches near and at the coast, according to the National Weather Service office that covers the area.
From 2010 to 2020, the office issued seven to 14 winter storm warnings per season for snow and mixed precipitation.
Last season through April 23, 107.9 inches of snow fell in Caribou, Maine, and 59 inches landed in Concord, New Hampshire — both close to average totals, according to the National Weather Service Eastern Region office. Manchester, New Hampshire, got 49 inches while Gray (42.6 inches), Portland (41.3 inches) and Bangor (35.7) in Maine received well below average snowfall.
New England Climate Outlook: Warmth May Continue this Fall and Winter
In New Hampshire, future winter warming stemming from climate change will have large effects on snowfall and snow cover, according to a 2019 climate summary by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. Snowfall has been declining at most weather stations and the number of snow-covered days is also decreasing.
Meanwhile, some snow may be on the horizon. A cold front will cross the region today and a general cooling trend will continue this week, with scattered mountain showers and flurries, according to a forecast discussion covering New Hampshire and part of Maine.
Another storm will move up the coast Friday night and “temperatures will be cold enough overnight to go over to snow, which could bring the first few flakes further south in our region,” the discussion says.
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