Does it snow on our planet anymore?

[kuozzman]

Has anybody had snow more than once?

[Milspec]

1. Not here

in Sherman Oaks CA, it was in the 80's today. Is this really a General Discussion post? Seems like something for the Lounge.

[NMDemDist2]

2. No, that seems a question on global warming to me n/t

[knight_of_the_star]

3. Nope

But then again, I live 35 miles north of San Diego on the coast, snow simply can't happen in this climate.

[Warpy]

4. New Mexico has

had decent amounts of snow from the last 3 storms. Since we're in the same drought that the rest of the mountain states are in, we are very grateful

[LizW]

5. I don't think we've had a significant snow in 8 years

in Birmingham, Alabama.

My kids are 12 and 10 and they can barely remember snow. There are "inclement weather" days built into the school schedule, and the last few years our inclement weather has been hurricanes and widespread tornado outbreaks.

It's two weeks before Christmas and we've has frost maybe 3 or 4 mornings so far. The fall colors didn't peak until after Thanksgiving, and many leaves were still on the trees until just this last week.

Last winter we didn't light the pilot on our furnace until mid-January.

I hate it. The cold and rains of winter are the only things that make our hellish summers survivable.

[babylonsister]

7. That sounds like Houston this year, but

supposed to get around freezing here next week, so stand by. Snow may be on the way.

[Leaning_Right]

30. Snow here in NY

I live new Rochester NY. I just looked at the annual snowfall data provided by www.erh.noaa.gov. I took the data plugged it into Excel and plotted the data. If I apply a linear or polynomial trend line the chart clearly shows an increasing average snowfall since 1884. In addition, from 1901 through 1970 the average snowfall was 75.98 inches. From 1971 through 2003 the average was 101.49 inches. At least for this area, the snowfall data is showing an increase.

If I had more geek time I'd plot other areas.

[Indiana_Dem]

6. Nope. Not here.

It rarely snows here anymore until Christmas or after anymore. I'd say at least 5 years if I remember correctly.

[seabeyond]

8. panhandle of texas

we have had two good snows this year, four total, or more. this december though, warmed up. actually the last week of nov, and has been nice every since. but we had cold and snow early this year

[latteromden]

9. Here in Minnesota, nope (n/t)

[More Than A Feeling]

10. Suburb of Chicago, nope!

if this keeps up, I will tear up my plans to move someplace warmer, because the warmth will have come to me.

[enigmatic]

11. Yes.

We've got 10 inches of snow in Edmonton; hell, it snowed here in the beginning of September!

[tinkerbellnorth]

12. No snow here yet either

We usually have snow for "Bambi season" but for the past 3 or 4 years we haven't had much before Christmas.

[rabbit2484]

13. We've had light flurries twice in Madison, WI

I believe we usually have 10-12 inches. No measurable yet this season. And it's been like this another time in the past couple of years.

[buddysmellgood]

26. I saw a snowflake tonight on the way to State Street.

I like cold, but if it's going to be cold, it's gotta snow. Otherwise what's the point? I'll take a week of -20 if it means the lakes freeze like glass. That is some awesome skating.
I miss winter.

[UdoKier]

14. Tons of snow in the California Sierras.

Above average snowfall for this time of year...

[seabeyond]

15. california, new mexico and panhandle of texas

sweeping across low in the nation right now. or was.

want a big ole dump 23 and 24 of dec. sunny on the 25. giving kids tabogens for christmas from santa, wink

[buddysmellgood]

27. That's a long way to go to make a snowman.

[donheld]

16. Denver had about 8 inches

about a week and a half ago

[OneTwentyoNine]

31. Yup,we got about two inches after it left Denver....

Here in Wichita,didn't last long I think the next day was about 60. We usually don't have snow by Christmas but it does happen every so often. Any big snows we get are in Jan/Feb.

Side note though,its been YEARS since we've had a really,really cold winter here. As someone who has lived in the same city for 51 years I can tell anyone point blank the winters ARE warmer than they used to be.

[Clark2008]

17. It snows before January on this side of the equator?

Whoops... sorry. I'm in a red-state. Didn't know that existed. LOL!

:P

[Zomby Woof]

18. yes

In fact, it has snowed a LOT more than it did last year by this time where I am, starting 2 weeks before Halloween. We had 8 inches last week, which is just now melting.

Global warming doesn't mean the end of snow. No wonder some look at liberals as whiny hysterics. :eyes:

[Is It Fascism Yet]

21. zomby

listen to yourself man, in one breath you tell Kuozzzooman you are getting more snow than usual, in fact much more, in fact its probably HIS snow, that he shoulda gotten, and in the next breath you snottyly call him hysterical for even asking. Nothing hysterical about it, even NOAH has announced we have now attained a critical point in global warming wherein we can expect to see changing weather patterns, including monster hurricane seasons such as florida just witnessed. Don't think like those creationist types who just dismiss science as "theory"! For those of us who believe in science, evolution, and all that is imperical, the weather bears watching.

[kuozzman]

24. Zomby, where do you live that you're getting so much snow?

And take it easy buddy, I just wanted to know if other parts of the country were getting snow, b/c normally by this time of year, at least somebody I've talked to around the country has complained about snow, but that really hasn't happened yet. I better go get a boat, so I'm ready when the ice caps melt in the summer! If you didn't like the way I phrased the question, then don't answer it, especially with a whine of your own.

[Is It Fascism Yet]

19. we have but its kind of abnormal for us, here in the high desert

shrub is destroying the planet faster than the economy, even.

[TahitiNut]

20. I'd appreciate not reading that 4-letter obscenity ...

... any time I can avoid it. That white crap belongs only in cones with fruit-flavored syrup on it. :grr:

[davekriss]

22. Not here

I landed in the midwest in 1977. I recall, after attending a dorm party, that it was taking a long time for the bus to pick me up and get me home. It ws very windy, with snow coming down alomst horizontally, and sticking about two inches an hour in -52 degree wind chill factor (and -18 degrees ambient temperature). I walk in to a resturant and find out bus service ends at 11 pm. A surprise to me as I just got in from NYC. Luckily the resturant company found a cab willing to drive me home.

I've noticed less and less show each year here. Instead we get 80 degree weather right up into December and, when it snows, it typically melts in a day or two. Somethin's happening here.

[prairierose]

23. We had some one day but it didn't last long....

a very strange thing here in SD & even stranger on the edge of the Hills. Yesterday & today it was in the 60's. Although I'd rather have warmer weather we have been in a drought for at least 5 years here & the warmer weather makes forest fires possible even in winter.

[eleny]

25. Yes in Colorado

I live in a suburb just west of Denver and we've had a bunch. We aren't in the mountains, btw. It finally hit 60 degrees today for a change and it's just about all melted. I think the first snow was Halloween night.

Here's our reservoir levels as of 11/1. It's getting better out here after years of drought.

[buddysmellgood]

28. Oh well aren't you special. You and your mountains and deep powdery

snow. That's all you Coloradonianiscans ever talk about. "Look at me, look at me! I'm from Colorado and I have mountains and snow. I am soooo special."
I am not jealous...at all...not even the slightest bit. I could live in mud and 40 degree weather all year long. Nothing like mist and spit and mud and....
Fuck me.

[eleny]

29. Well, I did say we don't live in the mountains

My snow is down here west of the city. So - Nyaaa-nyaaa! Hope that made it worse for you. Oh - the pain, the pain!

/sarcasm off

[WildClarySage]

32. We've had snow twice this year

though it's been too warm to stick or do much more than flurry either time (the 2nd was yesterday)

I hate snow. I grew up in the south, and learned to drive there. Moved here and now people expect you to be able to drive in it! Where I came from, you didn't drive if they called for two flakes to fall 20 miles away! And if they did call for that, you were required (think it was a state law) to report to Piggly Wiggly to get two gallons of milk and three loaves of bread.

[davsand]

33. As someone who slid my way home, yes, it still snows.

It wasn't even Thanksgiving yet, and I slid my way home through a whiteout. I'll grant you, it was early enough that it melted off within a couple of days--but yes, it snowed a great deal here in my little corner of East Central Illinois about three weeks ago.

Having said that, I do think we have seen fewer years lately where the snow fell and didn't melt for long periods of time...

I think we are seeing evidence of global warming, but we do still see snow.


Laura