What are your 5 biggest snowstorms?

[Jim Cantore]

heres mine

1. Blizzard of 1996 30.7"
2. Presidents Day Storm Of 2003 21.0"
3. Blizzard of 2006 13.0"
4. Blizzard of 2005 12.5"
T5. Superstorm of 1993 12.0"
T5. Febuary 16-17 1996 12.0"

[JonathanBelles]

i remeber one when i was 2 or 3 (13-14 years ago) where i walked out the door and out my mom tried to open the garage and it wouldnt go up late at night and we went to the backdoor and a ton of snow came in. i remeber it being very deep, the deepest i remeber (maybe 3-5 feet [6-10 ft snowdrift against the house])

[PTPatrick]

Well, I have never LIVED in a place that routinely gets snowstorms, other than where I am now, Denver, CO. But I havent been through a winter yet. But have bene lucky enough to be traveling during a few of them.

5. 3 inches from Pascagoula, MS to Mobile, AL December 1996
4. 4 inches in Hattiesburg, MS in December 1994(i think)
3. 8 inches gatlinburg, tn March of 1997
2. Blizzard of 1993, snowed in in Atlanta for 2 days with a schools trip...12 inches I believe
1. 21 Inches, Eastern North Carolina during one of Raleigh's biggest storm ever, January 2000

[Extremeweatherguy]

1. Raleigh, NC Blizzard of 2000 - 24" with drifts to 5 feet. There was also a layer of freezing rain a few days later and the low temp. hit 1F during that period. Oh yeah, and 15" of the snow fell in just 4 hours!
2. Raleigh, NC snowstorm - 4 to 8"
3. Raleigh, NC snowstorm - 4"
4. Raleigh, NC snowstorm - 3"
5. Flagstaff, AZ snowstorm - 2.5" (within a 1-2 hour period)

Also, here are my earliest and latest snowfalls:

Earliest - Early November 2000 in Raleigh, NC (3")
Latest - April 2001 in Raleigh, NC (Trace)

I also have seen (but not falling) 2-3 feet of snow atop the mountains of British Columbia, Canada in July of 1999.

[bob rulz]

1) December 25-29, 2003 - approximately 30 inches; power out for an excruciating 4 and a half days
2) Mid-January 1996 - At least 2 feet, possibly 2 and a half feet; caused the only day of school I've EVER had cancelled due to snow
3) February 24-25, 1998 - 21 inches of snow in a little more than 24 hours
4) Thanksgiving Weekend, 2001 - 18 inches
5) Can't remember; because of that reason, I'll say 10 inches in mid-February 2006, but I'm sure there's been some between 10 and 18 inches.

[Scott Patterson]

March 1990, Mount Timpanogos Utah: 6 feet
September 2003, Elbrus Russia: 4-5 feet
January 1998, Gray Head Peak Utah: 3-4 feet
January 1996, West Kearns Bench Utah: 3 feet
January 2003, Monument Hill/North Colorado Springs: 4 feet

The first three were during climbing trips.

[NoreasterJer06]

The five Heaviest that I can remember wasn't into weather before 1990... so the Blizzard of 83 is not on here, besides I was only 1 at the time...

1) Jan 6-8, 1996- 30"
2) Feb 17-18, 2003- 22.6"
3) Mar 14 1993- 18.1"
4) Mar 2 1994- 17.4" (such an underated winter)
5) Jan 17 1994- 16.1" (same year as #4)

[nystate]

2001: Montague, NY- 127"
2004:Parish, NY- 86"
2003: Hannbal, NY- 50"

Those are the big ones. Plenty of other 'smaller' ones in between!

[Scott Patterson]

Speaking of snowstorms, here is a photo we took near where we live. It was taken in JUNE of last year .

[Tstormwatcher]

For me.

1. Blizzard of January 1996 - 36 inches, 6 foot drifts. Stuck in mountains for 3 days.
2. Blizzard of 1980 - 17 inches. Virginia Beach Va. I was in 10th grade.
3. 2 Blizzards in one week, with temp. hitting 80 btween them. 1988 Virginia Beach

Those were the big ones I remember, rest were less than 8 inches.

[NCgreenhead]

For me.

1. Blizzard of January 1996 - 36 inches, 6 foot drifts. Stuck in mountains for 3 days.
2. Blizzard of 1980 - 17 inches. Virginia Beach Va. I was in 10th grade.
3. 2 Blizzards in one week, with temp. hitting 80 btween them. 1988 Virginia Beach

Those were the big ones I remember, rest were less than 8 inches.

I remember all of those except 1996 we got nada here that year but here in 1980 the "offical" total for my area was 17" too as was just about everyone however IMBY we had 30+" as did most of east NC and tidewater of VA The snow was 5 ft deep in drifts and cars were completely buried so it had to be a lot more than 17" and my dad who is from western Mass and went to school in buffalo, ny claimed it was some of the deepest snow he had ever seen, I remember measuring with a yardstick and it was always deeper than the yardstick where ever we measured.

In 1988 that week you decribe was in Feb on Monday we had a nasty ice storm here in NC with several inches of sleet and freezing rain power outages etc. we had 80 degrees with tornadic Tstorms on Wed and a snowstorm on Friday that was at least a 1 ft if not more so I remember that week perfectly.

We also had a white christmas in 1989 (snow fell on the 22-23rd over a foot coldest christmas on record low was 0)

2002 on Dec 4-5 we had earliest big snow on record offically only 8-10" however on my grill which was undisturbed and in the open I measured 15"

[Tstormwatcher]

Yeah on the 1980 Blizzard, officially 17 inches fell. We had a three foot drift in my backyard, my neighbor had a 6 foot drift. It was real hard to tell because the snow blew around so much.

You are correct on the 1988 storms. We ended up with 10 inches in the first storm and 12 with the second. very wierd week.

The 1989 storm did not reach into the Tidewater area, but the cold did.

The 2002 storm only dropped about 3 inches down here.

[Kim_in_MN]

Honestly, the only snowstorm I remember was April of 1997; power was out for 2 days, and when the house hit 40° my son and I "moved" into our semi that was parked by the house - had heat, a bed, and TV/VCR to keep the 4 year old occupied <g>. Even worse than no heat for 2 days was that the power outage knocked out our rural water system for over a week. Ever since then I have a minimum of about 5 cases of bottled water in the house - just in case.

Kim

[Aquawind]

Here is a old thread with some related postings..

http://www.storm2k.org/phpbb2/viewtopic ... d&start=20

[cctxhurricanewatcher]

The Great South Texas Snowstorm of Christmas 2004. Up to a foot of snow in the Corpus area and no soup for Portastorm up in Austin!

[Extremeweatherguy]

The Great South Texas Snowstorm of Christmas 2004. Up to a foot of snow in the Corpus area and no soup for Portastorm up in Austin!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Chris ... _Snowstorm
^link for those who want more info^

[Portastorm]

The Great South Texas Snowstorm of Christmas 2004. Up to a foot of snow in the Corpus area and no soup for Portastorm up in Austin!

You'd have to rub it in, wouldn't you, CC?!

You had a foot of snow ... I had cloudy and 28.

[Hybridstorm_November2001]

1. Blizzard of March 1984 36 Inches in 24 hr!

2. Storm of February 2003 18 Inches in 24 hr

3. Blizzard of January 1999 17.8 Inches in 24 hr

4. Superstorm 1993; 20 Inches in 48 hr

5. Blizzard of March 1995 15.5 Inches in 24 hr

6. Blizzard of March 1997 14 inches in 24 hr

7. Blizzard of January 2004 13 inches in 24 hr


* After that I lost track (several between 12 & 10 inches)

[Ptarmigan]

Let see for Houston. Houston does snow.

1.) February 14-15, 1895 20 inches
2.) February 12, 1960 4.4 inches
3.) January 22, 1940 3.0 inches
4.) January 30, 1949 2.6 inches
5.) December 21-22, 1929 2.5 inches

The last time there was actual measurable snowfall more than once in a year was in 1985. The last time it snowed more than once was 1989. The last time it snowed was on December 24-25, 2004. I expect snow this winter.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Let see for Houston. Houston does snow.

1.) February 14-15, 1895 20 inches
2.) February 12, 1960 4.4 inches
3.) January 22, 1940 3.0 inches
4.) January 30, 1949 2.6 inches
5.) December 21-22, 1929 2.5 inches

The last time there was actual measurable snowfall more than once in a year was in 1985. The last time it snowed more than once was 1989. The last time it snowed was on December 24-25, 2004. I expect snow this winter.

and don't forget the year it snowed 3 times..1973.