First measurable snowfall predictions

[Greg]

Give your prediction for the first measurable snowfall (> than 2") in your area. For Northwest CT, I'm going to say November 8.

 

[bvibert]

October 31st for Northwest CT

 

[Greg]

October 31st for Northwest CT

I hope you win.

 

[Marc]

Yeah, I hope both you are right.

Northeast CT, November 20. We're usually a bit surprised around here to see it befor Thanksgiving.

Here's hoping though.

 

[ctenidae]

Boston area- December 12th.

 

[hammer]

Boston area- December 12th.

Do you mean within 20 miles or also out in the NW suburbs?

For NW of town...I'll take a WAG and say 30 November.

 

[tree_skier]

southern vermont october 28 :beer:

 

[noski]

first 2"+ snow

2" snow, heck that's just a heavy frost. Peak Foliage here is October 11 at 11:14am. First snow is harder. Nov 2.

 

[ALLSKIING]

For Long Island I would say late Dec..Say Dec20th.

 

[ctenidae]

I'd have to limit that to inside 95, hammer. Now, outside 495, north of 90 is a different story altogether. Could be tomorrow.

 

[Vortex]

Oct 15 in southern whites is my guess. We get fluries off and on from late Sept on usually.

 

[riverc0il]

october 23rd. i swear i'll be making first turns that day :beer:

 

[Zand]

For my house (Leicester, MA next to Worcester), previous first snows were:

2004: September 29th (first measurable: November 12th)
2003: October 19th (first measurable: October 23rd)
2002: October 23rd (first measurable: October 23rd)
2001: November 5th (first measurable: December 8th and that whole year was crap)
2000: October 8th (first measurable: October 27th)

Will it snow in September again this year (we had a topic on it from last year's suprise flakes)? Probably not. Will snow be on the ground on October 23rd like in 2002 and 2003? Probably. I say first flakes are October 11th. First snowfall is October 21st.

BTW, anyone here remember the early snows of 2000? I remember them clear as day. That Monday, Columbus Day, there was some mixing going on. The next day, it flurried again for a little while. By Halloween, it had snowed 5 times, 2 with accumulation. Keep in mind, this was October in southern MA.

 

[riverc0il]

i was just thinking.... 2" seems kinda low for "significant" snowfall. i would consider significant snowfall at least a half foot minimum.

 

[Zand]

In October, anything is signifigant. Wait till dEcember before you start calling it weak.

 

[awf170]

i was just thinking.... 2" seems kinda low for "significant" snowfall. i would consider significant snowfall at least a half foot minimum.

are you tryin to say if you cant ski on it, it is useless, if you are i would agree I say our first AZ day should be the first big storm of the year and we hike up cannon and ski down

 

[teachski]

It will be Oct. 23rd, no doubt. I have plans for that day, it will dump and half the people involved will not be there.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I'll say Nov. 5th for where I live, 15 miles south of Saratoga. Sooner in the ADKs.

 

[Greg]

i was just thinking.... 2" seems kinda low for "significant" snowfall. i would consider significant snowfall at least a half foot minimum.

I agree. Bad wording. I changed it to "measurable"...

 

[Powderhound21]

Natural or man-made?

Natural: I predict November 28

Manmade: Lets just say itll be white before thanksgiving.