then it blows off cannon..where it goes , who knows
Ski areas must have been happy about that ^^ as the latter part of the season isn't where most of their revenue is usually generated. Prior to 2025-26, can anyone recall the last Xmas/New Year's holiday when conditions were very good (i.e. there wasn't a damaging rain event)?
We had a lot of snow in our yard through February and I was thinking it would last until late March or early April and then, boom, we had some warm weather and rain in the middle of March and the sunlight hours expanded and the snow was gone in only a few days. It was remarkable how fast it went.
| Mt. Baker, Wash. 4,300 | 439 |
| Revelstoke, B.C. 6,429 | 432 |
| Mt. Rainier Paradise, Wash. 5,420 | 408 |
| Mt. Bohemia, Mich. 800 | 363 |
| Squaw Valley, Calif. 8,000 | 354 |
| Sugar Bowl, Calif. 7,000 | 348 |
| Sunshine Village, Alb. 7,028 | 342 |
| Jay Peak, Vt. 3,000 | 336 |
| Kirkwood (Carson Pass), Calif. 8,526 | 319 |
| Grand Targhee, Wyo. 8,200 | 317 |
| Smuggler's Notch, Vt. 1,600 | 312 |
| Stowe, Vt. 3,041 | 310 |
| Bear Valley, Calif. 7,750 | 310 |
| Alta, Utah 9,600 | 307 |
| Central Sierra Snow Lab - Boreal, Cal. 7,200 | 302 |
| Whistler Roundhouse, B. C. 6,000 | 302 |
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I recall maybe two of them in the mid-late 1970's for upstate NY. But they were not warm. Quite the opposite, very cold with lots of Alberta clipper events bringing cold air and very limited moisture - only an inch or two of snow at a time. That was before I was very old nor much of a skier so for all I know they may have brought tons of lake effect too, just not a lot of precip to my area.
This seems to be happening a lot: getting infuriated. Mother and I are worried about you.
That could be. The 1940's-1970's were a sustained overall pause in global warming. However my college years 1971-1974 fit the negative stereotype perfectly: tons of rain (125% of normal in Central Park) and never more than 4 inches of snow at one time. But that was New Jersey. Maybe upper NY and New England were better.
That was southern NJ, not exactly a "hotbed" for snow -- a wee bit anecdotal. I'm going to channel my inner Tony and post some tables from a search of how things looked further north at high-snow reference stations during the 70s.
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You're right; I know nothing about that.
Not in the Boston area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I was in high school 1971-74. During my sophomore year, my private boarding school had a snow day becuase the local public high school called one. My small school was half boarding and half day students. What I heard was that the local high school seniors were fussing because they had never had a snow day while in high school. As it turned out, it rained that day. I remember the day clearly because my then boyfriend and I took the train to Cambridge and had a great time. By mid-morning it wasn't even raining any more.
68-69 | 169% |
69-70 | 107% |
70-71 | 141% |
71-72 | 126% |
72-73 | 116% |
73-74 | 92% |
Season Percent Normal | California | Pacific Northwest | Interior Canada | U.S. Northern Rockies | Utah | Northern & Central Colorado | Southern & Western Colorado | Northeast | Equal Region Average | El Nino/ La Nina |
68-69 | 165% | 143% | 169% | |||||||
69-70 | 76% | 95% | 107% | |||||||
70-71 | 91% | 147% | 120% | 102% | 141% | 120% | LN++ | |||
71-72 | 72% | 165% | 135% | 107% | 109% | 70% | 126% | 112% | ||
72-73 | 120% | 87% | 86% | 96% | 122% | 71% | 105% | 116% | 100% | EN++ |
73-74 | 98% | 164% | 116% | 133% | 122% | 117% | 98% | 92% | 117% | LN++ |
74-75 | 116% | 129% | 90% | 117% | 114% | 119% | 137% | 127% | 118% | LN |
75-76 | 52% | 118% | 117% | 102% | 80% | 84% | 87% | 99% | 92% | LN++ |
76-77 | 46% | 48% | 73% | 66% | 56% | 70% | 52% | 131% | 68% | EN |
77-78 | 131% | 79% | 89% | 126% | 107% | 125% | 126% | 110% | 112% | |
78-79 | 115% | 82% | 91% | 113% | 107% | 120% | 141% | 95% | 108% | |
79-80 | 114% | 88% | 90% | 92% | 108% | 125% | 130% | 59% | 101% | |
80-81 | 68% | 67% | 94% | 70% | 69% | 60% | 54% | 81% | 70% | |
81-82 | 146% | 121% | 99% | 133% | 125% | 107% | 123% | 111% | 121% | |
82-83 | 170% | 102% | 79% | 108% | 113% | 112% | 101% | 77% | 108% | EN+++ |
83-84 | 80% | 92% | 81% | 90% | 137% | 137% | 118% | 106% | 105% | LN |
84-85 | 92% | 100% | 90% | 89% | 100% | 92% | 109% | 95% | 96% | LN+ |
85-86 | 104% | 81% | 71% | 95% | 104% | 105% | 74% | 81% | 89% | |
86-87 | 66% | 83% | 87% | 66% | 68% | 70% | 88% | 98% | 78% | EN++ |
87-88 | 61% | 96% | 95% | 94% | 67% | 103% | 84% | 88% | 86% | |
88-89 | 96% | 103% | 98% | 109% | 107% | 101% | 93% | 83% | 99% | LN++ |
89-90 | 72% | 90% | 102% | 91% | 84% | 99% | 73% | 94% | 88% | |
90-91 | 80% | 95% | 103% | 93% | 94% | 99% | 97% | 83% | 93% | |
91-92 | 88% | 69% | 74% | 73% | 73% | 86% | 71% | 88% | 78% | EN++ |
92-93 | 146% | 91% | 76% | 105% | 128% | 130% | 132% | 116% | 115% | |
93-94 | 70% | 85% | 101% | 83% | 90% | 91% | 82% | 111% | 89% | |
94-95 | 163% | 109% | 93% | 121% | 130% | 114% | 131% | 78% | 117% | EN+ |
95-96 | 102% | 82% | 100% | 110% | 105% | 136% | 107% | 137% | 110% | LN+ |
96-97 | 98% | 125% | 115% | 133% | 116% | 126% | 131% | 121% | 121% | |
97-98 | 142% | 103% | 75% | 103% | 122% | 98% | 108% | 110% | 108% | EN+++ |
98-99 | 119% | 153% | 124% | 113% | 88% | 102% | 84% | 86% | 109% | LN++ |
99-00 | 93% | 106% | 111% | 111% | 89% | 106% | 80% | 98% | 99% | LN++ |
00-01 | 91% | 71% | 66% | 78% | 99% | 99% | 103% | 131% | 92% | |
01-02 | 85% | 120% | 109% | 103% | 96% | 75% | 67% | 82% | 92% | |
02-03 | 94% | 87% | 86% | 100% | 74% | 122% | 86% | 100% | 93% | EN+ |
03-04 | 88% | 104% | 87% | 99% | 111% | 86% | 110% | 93% | 97% | |
04-05 | 140% | 61% | 77% | 82% | 140% | 82% | 125% | 98% | 101% | EN |
05-06 | 123% | 114% | 101% | 132% | 118% | 109% | 98% | 93% | 111% | LN |
06-07 | 68% | 104% | 117% | 83% | 75% | 96% | 94% | 110% | 93% | |
07-08 | 94% | 131% | 111% | 135% | 125% | 114% | 142% | 118% | 121% | LN++ |
08-09 | 105% | 104% | 83% | 108% | 119% | 108% | 116% | 107% | 106% | LN |
09-10 | 126% | 105% | 76% | 82% | 103% | 77% | 112% | 96% | 97% | EN++ |
10-11 | 166% | 134% | 122% | 133% | 136% | 146% | 118% | 106% | 133% | LN++ |
11-12 | 73% | 123% | 123% | 97% | 69% | 60% | 75% | 67% | 86% | LN+ |
12-13 | 68% | 106% | 111% | 89% | 79% | 91% | 89% | 99% | 91% | |
13-14 | 51% | 86% | 117% | 103% | 75% | 111% | 106% | 98% | 93% | |
14-15 | 39% | 49% | 84% | 67% | 59% | 91% | 80% | 93% | 70% | EN |
15-16 | 98% | 112% | 105% | 97% | 92% | 106% | 97% | 56% | 95% | EN+++ |
16-17 | 161% | 115% | 123% | 126% | 124% | 100% | 110% | 119% | 122% | |
17-18 | 73% | 103% | 134% | 117% | 65% | 82% | 62% | 108% | 93% | LN+ |
18-19 | 143% | 92% | 83% | 106% | 118% | 109% | 117% | 105% | 109% | EN+ |
19-20 | 85% | 89% | 115% | 95% | 93% | 97% | 91% | 89% | 94% | |
20-21 | 69% | 104% | 97% | 86% | 86% | 82% | 85% | 75% | 86% | LN+ |
21-22 | 77% | 106% | 113% | 87% | 66% | 79% | 89% | 83% | 87% | LN+ |
22-23 | 179% | 103% | 93% | 112% | 166% | 101% | 114% | 84% | 119% | LN |
23-24 | 92% | 94% | 91% | 84% | 113% | 96% | 95% | 92% | 95% | EN++ |
24-25 | 76% | 100% | 89% | 106% | 87% | 95% | 75% | 110% | 92% | |
25-26 | 71% | 61% | 101% | 67% | 52% | 54% | 55% | 97% | 70% |