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Another incredible thing about Winthrop. They have an average snow depth of 19 inches in February with an annual snowfall of 60 inches. A lot of places that get 60 inches have nowhere near that kind of average depth in any winter month.

The more I think about it, the more I feel we’re just experiencing seasonal lag due to our summers ending later. I’m not too concerned we haven’t “scored” yet. It seems over this past decade some of our best winter weather has occurred in February. Two winters ago we got a great late February Arctic Blast and snowstorm. PDX got its heaviest snowfall on record that late in the winter season. In the summer things don’t really start to heat up until the summer solstice June 21/22 with the hottest months being July and August. Heck September still could produce hot weather. In the winter that would be equivalent to the coldest months being January and February. Heck it can even snow in March down to sea level. Jim, I think we’ll start to see some better model runs on or right after the winter solstice. Just going on past history, February is where I’m going with now for us to get an Arctic Blast. That doesn’t mean I’m giving up on January. Winter has barely started for us, we just got to be patient.

38/49 today with bright sunshine. Beautiful December day.

The CPC list of analogs is a who's who of dud winters. 1980 is featured prominently.