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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 848
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When I retired I moved to Redfield NY and lived there for 11 years until I got smarter and moved 22 miles down into the flats. Redfield is the snowiest place East of the Mississippi, averaging 250 to 325 inches of snow a year, and second behind some place in CO for the lower 48. Anyway, another record was set in 2017 for the most snow in 48 hours at 62.2 inches.
I'm glad I no longer live there. Here we only get an average of 150 Inches a year. |
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Plankowner
Posts: 9151
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Another record set.
Lotta snow for sure. We get very little where I live (haven't had a good snow here in about 10 years)
Just a few miles from me though:
Mt. Baker Ski Area is a ski resort in the northwest United States, located in Whatcom County, Washington, at the end of State Route 542. The base elevation is at 3,500 feet (1,067 m), while the peak of the resort is at 5,089 feet (1,551 m). It is about 10 miles (16 km) south of the 49th parallel, the international border with Canada.
The ski area is home to the world's greatest recorded snowfall in one season, 1,140 inches (95.0 ft; 29.0 m), recorded during the 1998–99 season. Mt. Baker also enjoys the unofficially highest average annual snowfall of any resort in the world, with 641 inches (53.4 ft; 16.3 m) |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2667
Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: Another record set.
Oh man Ian, you were smack in the middle of the snow belt. We downstaters were very glad you guys took the brunt of all the snow that came off the lake, instead of us lower Noo Yawkers.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1595
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I use to travel on business to areas around Syracuse, Elmira, and Buffalo. This was infrequent and all year long for a few years. I must have gotten lucky because I never got much snow. The last time we drove from Elmira to Manhattan. I think I was in or close to the area referred to as the snow highway or something like that - I guess I was lucky to miss all that.
I miss those areas and the people, and no matter how cold it was it was great at the end of the week to get on the plane back to SoCal and leave that cold behind. No matter what time of the year the most I'd need would be a very light jacket.
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1795
Location: Albany, GA. | Subject: RE: Another record set.
Miller Brewing had a plant in Fulton NY. They went on strike and I got sent there to work strike duty. We knew it was going to be a long cold winter when we noticed most of the picketers pickups were four wheel drive, had snow plows and weight in the back. The snow held off that year until after the strike. We had some, but not what they expected. |
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