Snow Shortage Persists in Much of the East
Like last winter, much of the East has a snow shortfall this season.
“Snowfall totals are running well below normal” to date, except in Buffalo, New York, and Caribou, Maine, the National Weather Service Eastern Region Headquarters tweeted yesterday.
Buffalo had a whopping 102.7 inches of snow—more than twice its 47.4-inch average — through 5 p.m. yesterday, the headquarters says. Caribou had 51.8 inches of snow versus its 49.7-inch average.
Meanwhile, Boston, Massachusetts, had only 1.4 inches of snow (16.5 inches is average) Concord, New Hampshire, 9.5 inches (25.7 inches is average); and Portland, Maine, 7.3 inches (26.1 inches is average).
Snowfall Totals for the 2022–23 Season in the Eastern U.S.
Other totals versus averages so far this season include:
— Burlington, Vermont: 20.7 inches vs. 35.9 inches.
— Bangor, Maine: 14.2 vs. 28.7 inches.
— Gray, Maine: 12.7 vs. 31.9 inches.
— Worcester, Massachusetts: 7.9 vs. 26.1 inches.
— Hartford, Connecticut-BDL: 7.9 vs. 18.9 inches.
— Providence, Rhode Island: 3.4 vs. 13.4 inches.
— Bridgeport, Connecticut: 0.8 vs. 10.3 inches.
Nonetheless, up to almost 4 inches of snow fell in parts of Massachusetts through early today and more is in the forecast in parts of the Northeast, as well as sleet and freezing rain.
Later this week, a storm will likely “bring meaningful snow to northern parts of the East, especially Thursday-Thursday night,” the Weather Prediction Center at the weather service says in a forecast discussion.
“The system tracking from the Midwest through the Northeast Thursday into Friday should bring snow to areas from the central/northern Great Lakes through New England,” the center says.
New England Spring Climate Highlights and 2021–22 Seasonal Snowfall Totals
Meanwhile, it may be warmer and wetter than normal — at least part of the time — during the next few weeks in New England and the Northeast, according to temperature and precipitation outlooks by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.
Not Much Snow in New England So Far This Season
But will a major nor’easter dump 20 or 30 inches of snow this cold season?
NOAA’s winter outlook (for December 2022 through February 2023) notes that “snow forecasts are generally not predictable more than a week in advance.”
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