Massive early cold wave – Nearly an inch of snow at Rapid City. This is the earliest recorded snowfall going back to 1888.
Source: NOAA
Mount Rushmore from NWS Rapid City Twitter Feed:
A television Meteorologist in Sioux Falls, SD had this to say:
Way too early for this. Even the Presidents look like they are crying…
The national Weather Service in Rapid City posted this on Twitter a few minutes ago, it shows their view outside the window looking at their radiosonde launch station
According to a newspaper report from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, eight inches of snow have reportedly fallen in the Black Hills area. This beats the previous early snowfall record set on Sept. 13, 1970, when 0.7″ of an inch of snow fell at Rapid City, SD.
Elsewhere, 8″ of snow were reported in Downtown Custer, 6″ were reported five miles south of Hill City, and 4-5″ inches were reported in Hill City, Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported. Mount Rushmore reported 7″ of snow, and Sundance, Wyoming reported 4″. The map below shows accumulations.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 8.00 DOWNTOWN CUSTER SD CUSTER 0800 AM 7.00 MOUNT RUSHMORE SD PENNINGTON 0810 AM 7.00 1 ENE DOWNTOWN CUSTER SD CUSTER 0605 AM 6.00 5 S HILL CITY SD PENNINGTON 0815 AM 6.00 8 NW TERRY PEAK SD LAWRENCE 0750 AM 6.00 2 SSE DEERFIELD RESERVO SD PENNINGTON 0740 AM 5.00 5 ENE DOWNTOWN CUSTER SD CUSTER 0600 AM 5.00 JOHNSON SIDING SD PENNINGTON 0530 AM 4.50 HILL CITY SD PENNINGTON 0852 AM 4.00 1 ENE SUNDANCE WY CROOK 0800 AM 4.00 2 SSE DEERFIELD RESERVO SD PENNINGTON 0400 AM 3.00 7 SW DOWNTOWN RAPID CIT SD PENNINGTON 0800 AM 2.50 1 W DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY SD PENNINGTON 0815 AM 2.00 6 E DEVILS TOWER JUNCTI WY CROOK 0842 AM 2.00 9 ENE DEVILS TOWER JUNC WY CROOK 0840 AM 2.00 ALADDIN WY CROOK 0835 AM 2.00 6 W BEULAH WY CROOK 0824 AM 2.00 5 W WHITEWOOD SD LAWRENCE 0820 AM 2.00 2 W DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH SD LAWRENCE 0815 AM 2.00 3 ESE DOWNTOWN GILLETTE WY CAMPBELL 0750 AM 2.00 4 S DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY SD PENNINGTON 0600 AM 1.50 BEULAH WY CROOK 0855 AM 1.30 12 SW MOSKEE WY WESTON 0800 AM 1.00 FOUR CORNERS WY WESTON 0827 AM 1.00 1 N DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY SD PENNINGTON 0815 AM 1.00 LEAD SD LAWRENCE 0745 AM 0.90 1 NW PIEDMONT SD MEADE 0730 AM 0.90 1 ESE DOWNTOWN RAPID CI SD PENNINGTON 0600 AM
Source: NWS Rapid City
Freeze warnings for many northern U.S. locations have also been issued, including Spokane, WA and Duluth, MN.
I expect we will see many many cold records set.
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No predictions…er…projections here, but I sure hope this won’t end up in another Blizzard of ’78.
( I never did get around to buying a snow blower.8-(
Hey, I was in Alaska in ’78 it was a balmy, errrr, -32 F I think… Been a while
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never try links in a pickup truck on a ranch road in Texas.
sorry
Can’t wait for global cooling so things can warm up a bit….all this global warming makes me shiver!
Meanwhile, just another fine day in Florida. We even have a weak tropical wave passing over the southern part of the State bringing some needed rain. Perhaps I’ll hit the beach early tomorrow with a cup of fresh brewed coffee and just enjoy the warmth of it all.
You’ll be under water soon enough 🙂
Even though only a mile from the Gulf as the crow flies, I am at an elevation of 13′ so not to worry.. How many cm is sea level supposed to rise?
I’m in S Florida. Still waiting, waiting for those coastal property values to fall. Still waiting.
We are expecting a record low in Kansas City, and if the clouds that have kept us so cool in the past 2 days clear out, we might even see the northern lights, courtesy of the solar storm! I think I am going to ask for a snow blower for my birthday.
It is 37 degrees at my house this morning. The airport always manages to be warmer so it might not hit a record for today, but it did last night at midnight for yesterday. No northern lights though.
We could use some of that cold & wet here in So Cal.
Predicted to be over 100F in Woodland Hills until Wednesday. I would love to see some of the cool air here.
What you need is an El Nino. Unfortunately, it is till in the El Nado stage.
Unprecedented climate disasters! Therefore caused by human CO2!
Don’t you forget that we the true believers own this meme. Heh.
It’s a bit nippley in NE Oregon too!
Now that’s a standout comment.
Funny that! Cold weather has the opposite effect on gender! A couple jumps into Wallowa Lake. Two are out, one is in. LOLOLOL!!!!!
The warmists will spin it as extreme weather.
That’s why they moved from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’.
“U.S. corn and soybean production in 2014, already pegged at record highs, will be higher than expected a month ago and somewhat above trade expectations, the U.S. government said…”
“”We are swamped with grain stocks, not only in the U.S. but in the world,” said Don Roose, an analyst with U.S. Commodities.”
http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2014/09/11/big-crop-gets-bigger-usda-raises-us-corn-soybean-estimates/
In Minnesota we are looking for more warm days and a delayed frost. The 10 day forecast looks good hopefully yielding the farmers a bit more income. The nationwide picture shows success. In the face of any extreme weather.
Our CO2 emissions caused this extreme weather outburst. We will be seeing more of these extreme weather outbursts in the future, maybe even year round snow over much of the corn belt as the world continues to warm.
Right … it’s still summer.
And we didn’t even need a polar vortex to bring a chill to our lives …
Today’s high in Buffalo was 55°F (equal to the normal low for this date) … about the type of weather we’d expect to see around the 27th … of October.
What remains is to see if this winter will be a brutally cold and snowy season.
This is just weather; heat waves are proof of global warming.
Frost warning for some areas of New England Sunday night . . .
JimW
My wife says “The gods are trying to tell us that the warmers are wrong”
Rare September snow causes damage to trees and power outages in some areas
Wyoming is a beautiful state. On my cross country trip to the state of New York, Wyoming was my favorite by a lap!
Just a thought but would a cooling trend appear similar to what we see happening?
Winter is coming…
Brrrr. Where’s my woolies?
It’s summer for Gore sake!
And the US anamoly for the month of September will be positive, and will probably be in the top 10 warmest evah.
are you serious or just joking?
I think the “evah” at the end answers your query…
Only half joking. I bet the september anomaly for US is positive.
It can snow all it wants. Last year I picked up a Gravely C8 with an MA210 snow cannon. Here is a video.
http://youtu.be/Pn4PvtdKnm0
I am waiting for snow
I am buying a house in Elgin, Oregon (if I am blessed by God that is). About 6 years ago they had a snowmageddon event that destroyed open vehicles, house roofs and car ports. I will be needing to buy a snow blower me thinks. Does that one do the job?
meanwhile, it’s going to be over 100* here in The Valley this weekend, like totally, fer sure!
i’ll be in the swimming pool, if anyone needs me.
Yes, we appear to be hogging the heat.
How deep will the heat be in the pool? 😉
I hope it snows in New York Sept. 20 for the global warming march
Remind me to bring a coat and thermal underwear the next time I have to work outdoors in early September in mid-Missouri ….