Yesterday was the end of a few streaks for Syracuse as the official count for the day was exactly 1 inch. It had been almost 270 days since Syracuse last had at least an inch of snowfall, that’s the 5th longest streak since 1902! The longest such streak was in 2009, at 287 days. Credit to syracuse.com.
In addition, it is tied for the 2nd latest inch of snowfall in a season since 1902. The other time that the first inch of snowfall took place on December 17th was in 1922! The latest was back in 1998, when it wasn’t until December 22nd when an inch of snow finally fell in Syracuse. Thanks to Julia Weiden from WSYR-TV for the information.
According to stats that I have been able to find on the NWS climate page, Syracuse’s least snowy December (since 1950) was in 1994, with 5.9 inches. As of yesterday, this December stands at 1.1 inches. With under 2 weeks left in the month, it seems like this December will be very close to breaking the record. Though, at this point all it takes is one semi-decent storm to push this month over the 6 inch total mark.
While the snow isn’t covering much of anything (I can still see grass peaking out of the snow), it is a start. One that Syracuse very much needs considering its last place standing.
Seriously, this lack of snow is embarrassing! I have no idea how Rochester has recorded 2 inches of snow, because I have seen maybe a trace to a dusting at most. How sad when places down south have 5 inches of snow and we have none, Sigh..Our snowy claim to fame floating away like the lone snowflakes that have been falling here!
I agree with everything you said Cathy. What scares me right now is that we have a real chance at having a GREEN Christmas. I’m an optimist though and still think we can pull off a white one.
A green Christmas, you say? Hmm…I’m not sure if my (yet to be released) forecast agrees…
Very hard to read the chart on an iPhone. Will you do a mobile site?
Ken, I’ll check into it. I know that more and more visitors to the site are getting here using iPhones and other gadgets. I’m sure there are probably some WP pluggins out there that may do it. Probably will have to wait until after Christmas though. Thanks for the suggestion 🙂