It would be interesting to see how the average snowfall has changed over the years as a new year's total gets included in with the averages. I took some time to look up Omaha's history from this site: http://weather-warehouse.com/WeatherHistory/PastWeatherData_OmahaEppleyAirfield_Omaha_NE_January.html

It was a little cumbersome, but adding things up for each year I ran some recent numbers back to 1999.

From 99-06 we averaged about 29" of snow.

Since 2007, we've averaged 28.5" of snow per year which is actually a bit above the historical number of 26" or so. In those 9 years we've had 5 years above the 26" climate average and 4 years below.

In 2006 we only had 13.2" of snow all year, but strangely 9.4" of that fell in March. Also looking at history, January and February have been our biggest months time and time again except for that heavenly month of December '09 when we had over 24". So I guess, there's still hope that there's going to be plenty of chances even if it never seems that way!

Well said and good research! In my experience, we have only seen two really crazy Decembers, those being 2009 and 2000. Other than that, your right we see our biggest storms later in the year. Which, ya it sucks but there still is a lot of potential. Another note, last year I finished the season above normal with snow with 36". Pretty surprising considering we really only had one major snowstorm, which dropped over half that total during a super El Nino. We will get our snow, the waiting just sucks! 

Everybody ready for our 1 inch of snow followed by above average temperatures?  Wow, what a great winter so far.  Exactly as advertised.  Glad the people hyping it up for the Plains were right!

Hey posting in here tonight because I am currently in Bartlesville, OK. I went to college out here and lived for awhile. My kids live here so I visit often. I am pretty excited about the arctic front on the way. We don't have this kind of extremes up in Oregon. We go from 35 and rain to 31 and snow over the course of 8 hours. lol

Hey posting in here tonight because I am currently in Bartlesville, OK. I went to college out here and lived for awhile. My kids live here so I visit often. I am pretty excited about the arctic front on the way. We don't have this kind of extremes up in Oregon. We go from 35 and rain to 31 and snow over the course of 8 hours. lol

Hope you enjoy your visit man. Some pretty crazy temperature drops going on right now.

Can definitely see where the cold front is at.

 

 

Everybody ready for our 1 inch of snow followed by above average temperatures? Wow, what a great winter so far. Exactly as advertised. Glad the people hyping it up for the Plains were right![/quote

 

Every year you go through the same process of blaming everyone for not getting monster snows. I'm right there with you that we all want them

, but reality is that we are in a region of nickel and dimers and an occasional "decent" storm. When you got slammed last year with 15"-17" storm I don't recall you getting blamed for that storm hitting mainly central Nebraska. My advice is "if you can't beat them, join em aka move to an area closer to the GL. We all know nebraska is not what it used to be back in the day regarding winter weather, those are just the cold hard facts.

 

Everybody ready for our 1 inch of snow followed by above average temperatures? Wow, what a great winter so far. Exactly as advertised. Glad the people hyping it up for the Plains were right![/quote

 

Every year you go through the same process of blaming everyone for not getting monster snows. I'm right there with you that we all want them

, but reality is that we are in a region of nickel and dimers and an occasional "decent" storm. When you got slammed last year with 15"-17" storm I don't recall you getting blamed for that storm hitting mainly central Nebraska. My advice is "if you can't beat them, join em aka move to an area closer to the GL. We all know nebraska is not what it used to be back in the day regarding winter weather, those are just the cold hard facts.

 

Just frustrated as I'm sure you are as well.  Not blaming anyone.

You guys are correct, pretty much. I let my semi recent past sort of cloud my judgement. Call it having too good of a depth of memory but it's hard to erase 2008-09 (super ice storm) 09-10 (20"+ winter with top 5 cold throughout) 10-11 (31" winter, epic cold) and then 2013-14 and 2014-15 both with a good spread of winter events and cold although totals were normalish or slightly lackluster. When you're sitting 60 miles north of i-35 and you get that many good winters in less than a decade, I guess you sort of take for granted that snow is not always a given at my latitude. I'm glad last winter happened to help remind me to not take it for granted. I'm just glad it looks like true winter outside tonight and it's only December 18th.

You guys are correct, pretty much. I let my semi recent past sort of cloud my judgement. Call it having too good of a depth of memory but it's hard to erase 2008-09 (super ice storm) 09-10 (20"+ winter with top 5 cold throughout) 10-11 (31" winter, epic cold) and then 2013-14 and 2014-15 both with a good spread of winter events and cold although totals were normalish or slightly lackluster. When you're sitting 60 miles north of i-35 and you get that many good winters in less than a decade, I guess you sort of take for granted that snow is not always a given at my latitude. I'm glad last winter happened to help remind me to not take it for granted. I'm just glad it looks like true winter outside tonight and it's only December 18th.

Did you end up getting any snow from this last system? I think I saw you said there was a chance forecasted.

Did you end up getting any snow from this last system? I think I saw you said there was a chance forecasted.

I actually did! Got a good solid glaze first to mess the roads up and then it snowed about a 1/2 inch. Lol. Terrible that I was excited about it but it was nice to see everything turn white again after last year. The pattern after this warm up is where my attention has been for awhile though. I considered any snow in this month a bonus for me.

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You guys are correct, pretty much. I let my semi recent past sort of cloud my judgement. Call it having too good of a depth of memory but it's hard to erase 2008-09 (super ice storm) 09-10 (20"+ winter with top 5 cold throughout) 10-11 (31" winter, epic cold) and then 2013-14 and 2014-15 both with a good spread of winter events and cold although totals were normalish or slightly lackluster. When you're sitting 60 miles north of i-35 and you get that many good winters in less than a decade, I guess you sort of take for granted that snow is not always a given at my latitude. I'm glad last winter happened to help remind me to not take it for granted. I'm just glad it looks like true winter outside tonight and it's only December 18th.

Just out of curiosity, how do you live north of I-35? I've driven the stretch through OK many times and it all pretty much runs north-south. You have me perplexed.

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Just out of curiosity, how do you live north of I-35? I've driven the stretch through OK many times and it all pretty much runs north-south. You have me perplexed.

Lol. I meant i-40. Oops. I very seldom get those two confused but it happens. Haha. I'd have to be in Canada to be north of i-35.

Lol. I meant i-40. Oops. I very seldom get those two confused but it happens. Haha. I'd have to be in Canada to be north of i-35.

 

For a winter lover like yourself, that's actually not a bad plan - 

Lol. I meant i-40. Oops. I very seldom get those two confused but it happens. Haha. I'd have to be in Canada to be north of i-35.

Ah.  Makes sense.  I seriously have driven I-35 the entire way through Oklahoma probably 100 times.  Extended family is in Dallas, and I've lived in KC, Des Moines and the Twin Cities. Lots of family trips along I-35.   I know that road a little too well.

This pattern for Nebraska has to break

Ah. Makes sense. I seriously have driven I-35 the entire way through Oklahoma probably 100 times. Extended family is in Dallas, and I've lived in KC, Des Moines and the Twin Cities. Lots of family trips along I-35. I know that road a little too well.

Lol. I've lived in every town on i-35 from Paoli to south Moore. Havent lived out that way in many years though. I lived in one of the houses once that got destroyed in the tornado just east of the highway a couple seasons back.

Is it Spring yet?  Atleast Nebraska gets good severe weather.

Is it Spring yet? Atleast Nebraska gets good severe weather.

Whine some more

Whine some more

No one is forcing you to read this thread

No one is forcing you to read this thread

That's what Money likes to do, call people names and just overall act like he's better than you. Great guy.

It's a complaint thread. Whining is pretty much encouraged. Lol.

That's what Money likes to do, call people names and just overall act like he's better than you. Great guy.

Yup

 

It wouldn't be so bad if the NE peeps didn't complain in EVERY thread

Yup

 

It wouldn't be so bad if the NE peeps didn't complain in EVERY thread

 

You don't live here so you have no right to tell us when we can and cannot complain.  This is a complaint thread for complaining.  Go away.

Yup

 

It wouldn't be so bad if the NE peeps didn't complain in EVERY thread

You try getting screwed in every storm and every good pattern

You try getting screwed in every storm and every good pattern

Yep-- same thing happening here in central IA--- forecast of 2-4" turned into .4" -- half of which was ice pellets-- of which none was forecast. NWS here has been miserable the last several events

Yawn

Yawn

 

 

Oh, come on!!!   Don't you like rain and 50mph winds in late December?    

What a garbage winter so far.

What a garbage winter so far.

 

And now Maine gets a blizzard. Blizzards to the west and now to the east..

And now Maine gets a blizzard. Blizzards to the west and now to the east..

Sick stuff too - NWS expecting 20-30 mb drop in 12 fricken hrs! Can you say TSSN??

Is Flowers still holding on to his prediction??

Is Flowers still holding on to his prediction??

He said he was holding as of Christmas, I keep checking though as I feel any day now he will come out with a video post. It just seems out of reach at this point. Who knows though. I'm banking on the Boston winter of 2015. Didn't have squat in December and first half of January and then hit big to finish out the winter. Haha. Not likely I know.

Per this dude's vid, the specific forecast ain't all that important...

 

https://youtu.be/dsYfn8yg41w

Whine some more

Do you get pleasure by being a **** over the internet?

 

Complain away folks, I know I sure as hell would be pissed with a pattern like you guys have gotten.

Here we go again....and no, not talking the Whitesnake song.  Here we go again on our own... winter of misery.  Yippee

And a side note...I will be at Busch Stadium Monday.  So, hopefully the Chicago stealing of our joyous winter moments will end with a Blues' win.  Let's go BLUES--- perhaps in the rain.  Yippee...again. 

00z gfs more snow in north Texas than we have had all year. can think of many bad words to use, but to be kind I will go with craptastic since I have seen that word used more this winter than ever before. Next week will be cold so we got that going for us. Yippee.

Cold and dry...wash..rinse..repeat...bang