THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST
Written By: Scott Hetsko
We've been spending alot of time here on the blog talking about the rain coming this Christmas. This time around I'm looking at Christmas history here in Rochester. Going back to 1870, the warmest Christmas was in 1982 with a record 66 degree high. Coincidentally, 1982 was also a El Nino Winter and that December still holds as the second warmest in our history! The daily record for snow was in 1978 when a whopping 18" fell in an otherwise quiet month for snowfall.
More recently, we recorded 12.3" of snow in 2002 when a coastal low visited the Northeast. Last year it was 40 degrees on Christmas Day but we had 3" of crusty, old snow so technically speaking it was a white Christmas. Merry Christmas to all and thank you for keeping the conversation going!
Merry Christmas to you too, Scott, and the rest of the team!
ReplyDeleteSo Scott, looking beyond this icky rain system, do you see any signs of a more favorable storm track developing? I've been hearing chatter about a possible storm right around New Years Eve, and then another one behind that one. What are your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteAlthough it will get colder next week, strong high pressure should dominate our weather. Sun and local lake effect. I do not see any significant storms until early January but too far to even speculate.
ReplyDeleteI just hope the cold air will hang in there if / when the storm track gets more active in January. I'm happy it's cold so people arent screaming "global warming," but counting on LES for all of our accumulations is just too unreliable.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of global warming...is it just me, or does it always get really cold and snowy whenever we have one of these "save the planet from manmade global warming" conferences. I like to call it the Al Gore Effect. Maybe inviting him up here for a conference is our best hope for a big, cold snowstorm.
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