Winter vs. Autumn Snow
By Quincy Vagell on February 22, 2012, 12:00am
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We've talked so much about the historic October snow storm. Sure, by itself, it is record-breaking, but new records may still yet to be broken...
As far as Bradley International Airport goes, 12.3 inches of snow fell in the month of October. This alone is still more snow than we have had for the entire period from November 1st to today.
In our history, has October ever been the snowiest month for an entire season? It has not, and in fact, it's never really been close to happening. The only year that comes to mind is 1979-80. October 1979 saw 1.7 inches and although November, December and January all had less, February 1980 came back with 7.7 inches.
We still have a lot of winter left in this season, but it is looking more and more likely that October 2011 will be the snowiest month of the entire "winter" season. February currently has a trace of snowfall, which is essentially 0.0 inches. Given that the month ends in a week and there are no signs of significant snow in the forecast, that basically just leaves us with March and perhaps April.
Will we get more snow later in the season? In a normal season, the answer would be easy. This year, the trend continues to be depressing if you are a snow-lover. As far as March goes, the average snowfall for the month is 7.2 inches and April is 1.9 inches. So, even if we have a "normal" winter from here on out, October would still go down as the snowiest month of the season.
No matter what happens though, even if we get a major blizzard later this season, the snow from October 2011 will not be forgotten. Even after the fact, records are being broken and when we look back at this season in a few months, don't be surprised to see several new records broken.
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