This New York Time article "Why the West Got Buried in Snow, While the East Got Little" prompted me to take a the National Weather Service's 'National Gridded Snowfall Analysis'. Out governmental climate nerds have a wealth of information, some with graphic presentation. I took the total snowfall accumulation maps for fifteen years, zoomed in …
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The winter that was, 2020-21
In brief This season was shorter but significantly better overall than last year's. The average number of weeks in the touring center season was at 13-1/2 this year vs. 14 for 2019-20. Season length was pretty consistent even when excluding the downstate and flatland regions. More revealing is the calculation of 'average quality of skiing': …
The rollerskiing question
Every once in a while I think I should take up rollerskiing. Usually, recalling the couple of times I tried it decades ago encourages me to have a drink and calm down until the urge goes away. Of course nothing is so good for dryland simulation as rollerskiing, and after a winter like the one …
The winter that was, part 2
Preamble The coronavirus epidemic made typical free-time concerns fade in urgency and motivation. But at long last, the skis have been cleaned, waxed, and put away for storage, and it's time to take a break and do some processing of data that doesn't involve health and safety. What's in a ranking anyway? Any list or …
The winter that was, part 1
The winter just past was pretty terrible, was it not? After a promising early snowfall that teased us downstaters, it seemed like every subsequent storm left the mid- and lower-Hudson valley with rain. The fact that up north, particularly the White mountains, wound up with a large snowpack was cold comfort. And then the coronavirus …
Across the Snow Line 