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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 20:07:45 EST
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
940 AM CST THU JAN 23 2003
STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE - DNR WATERS -
...Scarcity of Snow in the Twin Cities this Winter...
The cancellation of the Winter Carnival Giant Snow Slide is a reflection of
how sparse Twin Cities snowfall has been this winter. As
of midnight last evening (Tuesday, January 21), the official Twin Cities
seasonal snowfall total was a meager 6.7 inches. Official
Twin Cities snowfall observations are made by the National Weather Service
at their Chanhassen office.
The 6.7 inches total to date represents the Fifth Driest seasonal
snowfall total (through January 21) of the modern Twin Cities Record.
Here are the other snow-scarce winters through this point in the winter season:
Least Seasonal Snowfall Total
Rank Season through January 21 season rank
1D 1980-1981 6.0 inches (winter total = 21.1 inches 7D )
2D 1958-1959 6.3 inches (winter total = 19.1 inches 8D )
2D 1930-1931 6.3 inches (winter total = 14.2 inches 1D )
4D 1960-1961 6.5 inches (winter total = 40.2 inches 45D )
5D 2002-2003 * 6.7 inches (winter total = ? inches ? )
For comparison...last winter season
Rank Season through January 21 2002 season rank
49 2001-2002 25.4 inches (winter total = 66.0 inches 16W )
For comparison...Snowiest Winter Season
Rank Season through January 21... season rank
1 1991-1992 63.1 inches (winter total = 84.1 inches 5W )
Here are the top five driest winters on record.
Seasonal Snowfall total
Rank Season for entire winter
1 1930-1931 14.2 inches
2 1894-1895 16.2 inches
3 1986-1987 17.4 inches
4 1967-1968 17.5 inches
5 1958-1959 19.1 inches
...note...
The modern day Twin Cities snowfall database covers 112 winters (1891-1892
through present), and includes data gathered from multipl
e sites...
1) Downtown Minneapolis office of the U.S. Weather Bureau.
2) Twin Cities International Airport office of the U.S. Weather Bureau
(later renamed the National Weather Service).
3) the Chanhassen office of the National Weather Service.
$$
Greg Spoden
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