Winter Update

Looks like this is one of those winters. You know, the kind that you remember when you're old, the kind that makes you say things like: "when I was a kid winters were so much worse". Well, actually they weren't. It's just that we tend to remember the extremes more than the averages. However, this one is trying hard to set records, and it just stinks!

We are up to 44.8 inches of snow fall so far. Albany averages about 64 inches a year in snowfall, and much of that comes and goes during winter, never leaving us with more than one foot at a time. Not this month! We've only had about 5 days above freezing, and those days were just above the line by a degree or two. On one occasion last week, the heightened temperature made for sleet rather than snow before switching to heavy wet snow. So in addition to being a snowier winter, it's also a colder one!

Because I am a geek, winter snowfall data interests me greatly. I think it's mostly because I crave accurate info and not the whole: "sky is falling mentality". There are several sites with climate data. The most reliable being the National Weather Service, but their historical data is sometimes hard to find and follow. Five of the highest snowfall years have happened in my lifetime! Notice on the chart that one of the snowiest winters: 1915 was preceded in three years by one of the least snowiest winters! So that kinda tosses the theory of : "Back in my day..." right out the window!

No good post should ever be without visual documentation! So the following photos attempt to show you my little marshmallow world!