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Pattern January 2021 - Joyless January

Raleigh had 39 winters reach 10" total from 1886-87 to 2004-05, an average of about one every three years. Since then, we haven't even cracked 10" for a winter total, for 17 winters in a row.

When old timers say "it doesn't snow like it used to" they're absolutely correct.
 
2001-2021 snowfall average is identical to 1991-2020 average . 2010-2021 snowfall average is also identical to both . So it seems the decline in snowfall isn’t really continuing , perhaps it’s a result of dropping the snowy 80s because decade by decade seems the average hasn’t really changed since the 90s.
 
2001-2021 snowfall average is identical to 1991-2020 average . 2010-2021 snowfall average is also identical to both . So it seems the decline in snowfall isn’t really continuing , perhaps it’s a result of dropping the snowy 80s because decade by decade seems the average hasn’t really changed since the 90s.
Or maybe the answer is the 80s are just anomalously snowy and the 90s while arguably an anomaly snow wise might be a bit of a reality check for where we may be headed
 
Raleigh had 39 winters reach 10" total from 1886-87 to 2004-05, an average of about one every three years. Since then, we haven't even cracked 10" for a winter total, for 17 winters in a row.

I know how you feel. GSP had 13 10" winters from 59-60 to 87-88, with 9 of those being over 12." It hasn't hit 10" since 92-93; going on 30 years! It's only gone over 5" 7 winters in that time span! BIG time drop off here.
 
Looks nice and dry to me. Bring it ??
You can actually see how the weaker -NAO block this run has resulted in a less suppressed southeast ridge and relatively warmer temps, imagine if we had blues over Greenland, we be breaking high temp records lol
 
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