New 2 day record December snowfall amount to the Minneapolis/St Paul area
While there have been a few high temperature records in the desert southwest and western Oregon, the majority of weather records in the USA this week have been for cold, snowfall, or rainfall. The biggest number of records have to do with the lowest maximum temperature.
Here’s a summary of the weather records:
| Record Events for Mon Dec 6, 2010 through Sun Dec 12, 2010 | |
| Total Records: | 2002 |
| Rainfall: | 319 |
| Snowfall: | 320 |
| High Temperatures: | 71 |
| Low Temperatures: | 426 |
| Lowest Max Temperatures: | 767 |
| Highest Min Temperatures: | 99 |
Uncharacteristically for the Associated Press, they give this latest snowstorm the title of “monster”:
Rutgers snow lab has the current snow cover for 2010:
Last year, we seemed to have a bit more snow cover in the USA (and globally) at this time:
I think Rutgers is having a little joke by making snow cover “yellowish”.
Here’s a Public Information Statement (PIS) from the NWS in Minneapolis
Dec 10-11 Snowfall…New December Record
The December 10-11 snowstorm brought a new 2 day record December snowfall amount to the Minneapolis/St Paul area, and perhaps to other areas as well. The new record is 17.1 inches. This storm was bit unusual in that it was a Pacific type storm system. The snowfall amounts were in the category of what would be more typical of a storm moving out of the southwest U.S. toward the Mississippi valley.
This storm also ranks in the top 5 of the largest snowfalls in the Twin Cities. See the Minnesota State Climatology site for further details.
Here is the broad picture of the storm total snow.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
800 PM CST SUN DEC 12 2010
...SNOWFALL TOTALS FROM THE WINTER STORM EVENT DEC 10-11...
THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
------ ----------------------- -- -------------- -------
23.00 5 SE OSCEOLA WI POLK 0900 AM
22.00 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 0500 PM
TELEVISION STATION WQOW.
21.50 NEW MARKET MN SCOTT 0930 PM
21.50 SHAKOPEE MN SCOTT 0700 PM
21.00 OAKDALE MN WASHINGTON 0330 AM
20.00 RED WING MN GOODHUE 0800 AM
20.00 MAPLEWOOD MN RAMSEY 0330 AM
19.20 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 0100 PM
18.50 4 NNE MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0945 PM
18.00 MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0800 AM
18.00 EAST FARMINGTON WI POLK 0630 PM
18.00 3 SSW BURNSVILLE MN DAKOTA 0615 PM
18.00 2 W PRIOR LAKE MN SCOTT 0900 PM
17.50 3 NW MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0100 PM
17.40 LAKEVILLE MN DAKOTA 0900 PM
17.20 WOODBURY MN WASHINGTON 0900 AM
17.20 1 W CARVER MN CARVER 1000 PM
17.10 MINNEAPOLIS MN HENNEPIN 0130 AM
MEASURED AT THE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL AIRPORT
17.00 EAU CLAIRE WI EAU CLAIRE 1100 AM
17.00 2 N MENOMONIE WI DUNN 0630 PM
16.50 SAVAGE MN SCOTT 1130 PM
16.30 HASTINGS MN DAKOTA 0830 PM
16.10 BLOOMINGTON MN HENNEPIN 0600 PM
16.00 RIDGELAND WI DUNN 0100 PM
16.00 DURAND WI PEPIN 1030 PM
15.50 CHANHASSEN MN CARVER 0130 AM
MEASURED AT THE NWS OFFICE
15.20 ST LOUIS PARK MN HENNEPIN 1030 PM
15.00 1 SSW DELANO MN WRIGHT 0630 PM
14.70 WACONIA MN CARVER 0745 AM
14.50 3 SSW WHITE BEAR LAKE MN RAMSEY 1030 PM
14.20 STANLEY WI CHIPPEWA 0930 AM
13.70 LESTER PRAIRIE MN MCLEOD 0930 AM
13.50 1 ESE CHASKA MN CARVER 0700 PM
13.50 ELK MOUND WI DUNN 0700 PM
13.00 STILLWATER MN WASHINGTON 1200 PM
13.00 JIM FALLS WI CHIPPEWA 0930 AM
12.50 NORTH BRANCH MN CHISAGO 1100 AM
12.50 1 ENE CAMBRIDGE MN ISANTI 0630 PM
12.00 FARIBAULT MN RICE 0900 PM
11.50 ANDOVER MN ANOKA 0145 AM
11.00 HAUGEN WI BARRON 1130 AM
10.00 ST JAMES MN WATONWAN 1230 PM
10.00 CUMBERLAND WI BARRON 0730 AM
9.50 NORTH BRANCH MN CHISAGO 0430 PM
9.00 VESTA MN REDWOOD 1230 PM
8.00 MANKATO MN BLUE EARTH 0715 PM
7.00 4S ST CLOUD MN STEARNS 0630 PM
6.00 WINTHROP MN SIBLEY 0830 PM
Here is a Radar Replay during the time of some of the heavier snow (9 am to 3pm).
Snow Depth as of December 12
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We got 168 mm of Rain in the last 3 days !
water is peeling off of the mountains into the river gorges in biblical proportions .
Anna informed me that wind snapped the tops off 2 large pine trees in the yard at our home
south of Brandon, MO. That’s not normal, nor was the Jan ’09 devastating ice storm.
not one mention of solar activity or lack of it that I was able to find in about reading comments for about 30 mins here I think the Russians have the records that predate ours look at the old buildings there it is a known fact that in the 1500’s there was very little sunspot activity and they got lots of cold and snow and lots of it. no sunspots and more cold go figgure hu? but hey the super putors dont allow that into the mix so it just can not happen ever so as the earth cools due to reduced out put from the sun they keep feeding us more bs about the warming of the earth. time will tell the truth here.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/ak/fairbanks/99701/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Fairbanks, AK: 11 F below average thus far in December. I guess the Arctic is getting its share of cold!
http://www.accuweather.com/us/al/birmingham/35201/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Birmingham, AL: 9 F below average thus far in December.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/mn/international-falls/56649/forecast-month.asp?view=table
International Falls, MN: 8 F below average thus far in December.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/fl/jacksonville/32099/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Jacksonville, FL: 11 F below average thus far in December.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/sc/charleston/29401/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Charleston, SC: 9 F below average thus far in December.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/tn/memphis/37501/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Memphis, TN: Just 5 F below average thus far in December. Just five.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/oh/minerva/44657/forecast-month.asp?view=table
My hometown of Minerva, OH: 7 F below average thus far in December. VERY, VERY snowy, so there goes R. Gates’ “drier” bull fecal mater. 16.3 inches of snow, and we’re just half-way through the month — note that we’re 80 miles from the Lake. Let’s try Cleveland, OH next.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/oh/cleveland/44101/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Cleveland, OH: 5 F below average, and 11.9 inches of snow…so far.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/ky/louisville/40201/forecast-month.asp?view=table
Louisville, KY: 9 F below average — they’ve failed to hit the average LOW for their high temperature 4 times, failed to hit their average temperature 12 of 14 days, met average two times, and exceeded average two times.
Record cold spring in AUSTRALIA…Record snow and cold in Europe and the UK…gee, this sounds like GLOBAL COOLING. You don’t remember, back in the 70’s? You know, before the temperatures started their inexorable climb from abnormal cold and the scientific community needed more grant money against a new foe…
Just give it up already. Lies are not science, they are what keep these frauds we call “the scientific community” from going broke. Follow the money.
Geoff Sharp says: (December 15, 2010 at 2:06 pm)
And your links are wiki.
Maybe alittle more aerolsol spraying, More HAARP, and another Macondo adventure and I think were set. Global Dimming!
scientists refer to them as “Telluric Currents” …the ancient chinese called it “Chi”……it is going haywire throughout the galaxy……….
http://www.eskimo.com/~nanook/science/2008/02/telluric-currents.html
Can anyone tell me what would happen if the Carbon Dioxide Sink, the Atlantic Ocean Current Conveyor, stopped removing Carbon Dioxide?
Because that is what is happening, along with all the other reasons for us not to worry about Global Warming, we in fact may be looking at a quick onset Ice Age. Just like the last Ice Age 13,000 years ago. That one was caused by an Ice Dam breaking in Northern Canada, which allowed billions of gallons of fresh water into the North Atlantic, I don’t remember the actions of this fresh water; but it stopped the Current in the Atlantic, the North Atlantic became colder finally freezing over. Ice Age! The first stages are unusual weather patterns in areas that were normally moderated by the winds off the warmer sea currents. Eastern US and UK primarily, and where are the weather anomalies right now?
See Al about to get Gored by an inconvenient tooth here: /Users/gortry/Desktop/iPhoto Library/Originals/2010/15-Dec-10_8/ s1.jpg
See Daily Mail’s “fairy castle,” aka Al Gore’s Ivory Tower here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1339132/Lighthouse-transformed-fairy-castle-encased-sparkling-ice.html