It's April 2nd, and while snow isn't completely out of the question in April, I think it's safe to say this year we won't be seeing accumulation again in 2017 until sometime near the end of the year.
According to the measurements out at John Glenn (going to be hard not calling it Port Columbus), we ended up with 9.3" of snow for the season. Going back to 1930, the first full year of record keeping, that would put is in 6th place for least snowiest seasons here in Columbus. Keep in mind, the NWS considers "snow seasons" to be July to July, not just inside of the winter months.
Since record keeping started, our average last day with 1" or more of snow accumulation has been March 10th, which means I feel pretty confident in saying, especially this year, we're done with the snow. But as recently as 2005, we saw accumulating snow as late as April 24th! But, keep in mind, we also had 37" of snow that season. This season is just a little different.
We should still expect the occasional freezing temp. We average the middle of April for seeing our last morning below freezing, but just last year we went all the way to May 16th with freezing temps!
With the April sun getting higher in the sky, days are longer and any snow that could potentially fall would really have to happen in the overnight hours. Even if we start the day cold, any storms that come in to our region would just be fighting against the sun to accumulate any snow.
So instead of looking for white on the ground, get ready for some storms to roll across the horizon. We're officially in severe season!
No comments:
Post a Comment