VTKilarney
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Just out of curiosity, after last year's horrible snowfall totals, can anyone give an example of a ski area actually changing their average annual snowfall statistic? Or do they use the median rather than the mean?
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Sugarbush updated theirs on this page: http://www.sugarbush.com/terrain/stats/
Right now it says 250" Average. This same time last year however it listed 269" Average (http://web.archive.org/web/20160101223209/http://www.sugarbush.com/terrain/stats)
Q. When is it justifiable to discard outlier points of data from statistical averages?
A. When that outlier would necessitate a reduction in advertised snowfall totals.
That is because Coppers snow builds up and Jay and others on the Northeast have periods of snow then thaw/melt or rain then more snow. As a result, there is never a true sum of events which is a bit miss leading for sure!Ski areas can do whatever they want. The stats aren't official and their measurement techniques are even worse. Amazing what 189" at Jay Peak looks like versus 100" at Copper Mountain in CO.
For a normal, weather station (climatological site) they use a 30 year rolling average. So right now average annual snowfall is based on the 1980-2010 mean. This goes for temperatures and other stats as well. For records you get to use the entire station history.
That is because Coppers snow builds up and Jay and others on the Northeast have periods of snow then thaw/melt or rain then more snow. As a result, there is never a true sum of events which is a bit miss leading for sure!
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Copper gets way more than 100" a year.
Yes, of course. Season to date is 100" or was a few days ago.
I just looked at Burke and their average remains unchanged at 217".
Just out of curiosity, after last year's horrible snowfall totals, can anyone give an example of a ski area actually changing their average annual snowfall statistic? Or do they use the median rather than the mean?
Anyone hear any predictions for this upcoming winter? So far it has been an extremely warm fall in Vermont.