(Area) Snowfall totals this winter are on pace to far exceed the average seasonal totals, but one thing that’s been lacking is bitter cold.
State Climatologist Justin Glisan says most of the winter weather systems have been coming up from the south. “I remember the last few years when we’d have a more Northerly track or something out of Canada that came out of the northwest. You would have the snow stack up and you’d go out the next morning with your snowblower or shovel and the wind is whipping and blowing snow in your face and it’s frigid out there. It just depends on the track of the low-pressure system. This season we’ve typically had Southerly systems that impact the state as opposed to an arctic or Canadian based frigid systems.”
Glisan points out some areas in just one day last week received nearly three times their typical January snowfall total. “The National Weather Service was talking about a once every 15-20 year event. If you get snowfall totals over 24 hours of 8-14 inches that’s pretty substantial given that the statewide average for January is 4.7 inches.”
Temperatures this week are forecast to exceed the average high for this team of the year.
