December 2022 Observations and Discussion

[Beltrami Island]

On 12/29/2022 at 7:22 AM, Tom said:

Park City, UT has been my pre-season target for bountiful Snow this ski season.  They picked up 2 feet in the last 24-48 hours and this brings the season total to 14 FEET so far when an avg season they get about 232" (19.3 Feet).  Pretty friggin' remarkable.  Given the pattern that has set up and will likely continue well into the Spring, I bet they surpass 20 Feet of Snow by end of JAN which is tremendous for the entire region.  I'm thrilled to see the S Rockies getting pounded by one storm after another.  It's really a blessing from mother nature and I remember when I visited the area back in early Aug that something was brewing for this area based on the Monsoon patterns and personal gut feeling.

Not to mention, but Snowbowl in Flagstaff got another Foot the other day and will get more through the New Year and beyond.  I love what I'm seeing!

These guys should have some interesting observations and videos over the next few days.  

https://www.youtube.com/@utahavalanchecenter/videos

[chescowxman]

Another beauty of a day coming up today with temps rising into the upper 50's - normal high temps are around 40 degrees. Rain moves in tomorrow afternoon and will last through New Years Eve. Sunday and Monday look to continue warm and sunny with temps in the low to mid 50's, More showers arrive on Tuesday night and Wednesday. We look to chill back closer to normal by Thursday and into next weekend.

The record high for today is 63 degrees set way back in 1898. The record low is 9 below zero set in 1917. The daily rain record is 1.56" from 1912. Our daily snow record is the 3.8" that fell just 5 years ago in 2017.

[westMJim]

For today New Year’s Eve. At Grand Rapids the warmest was 60 in 1965, I was in Alpena that year and the high on that day up there was 62. The record low of -14 was in 1976 the wettest was 0.75” in 1978 when 8.2” of snow fell. The most snow for the date is 9.7” in 1978. For New Years day the record high is 56 way back in 1897 it reached 55 in 2011. The record low of -15 was set in 1968 and 1964. The wettest is 0.65” in 1985 of that 2.0” was snow there was 5.6” of snow the night before and there was a major ice storm in the Kalamazoo area. The record snow fall for any January 1st at Grand Rapids is 5.7” in 1995.

The official H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 54/38 that high of 54 is the 2nd warmest maximum and the low of 38 ties for 1992 for the 2nd warmest minimum for any December 30th at Grand Rapids. There was 0.03” of rain fall there was no snow fall and there was a trace of snow on the ground. The average H/L for today is 33/21 the record snow fall of 9.7” fell in 1957.

[chescowxman]

Happy New Year's Eve to all! A little foggy to start the final day of 2022. Rain chances will be increasing during today and into the evening. Sun returns for New Years Day and Monday before showers return for mid week. Wednesday looks to be the warmest day of the week with temps more than 20 degrees above normal in the low 60's. Wednesday's record high looks a bit out of reach for Chester County (67 degrees from 1950) but spots toward Philly may approach records highs. We should see a return to more typical January temperatures by the end of the week.

The record high for today is 64 degrees set in 1965. The record low is 5 below zero from 1917. Daily rain record is the 1.68" that fell in 1906. Daily snow mark is the 5.0" that fell today in 1970.

[Andie]

74 today and tomorrow 

Sunny and springlike today but changing as tomorrow will bring us an 80% chance of showers.  

[OmahaSnowFan]

Yuck.

[OmahaSnowFan]

If you squint REALLY hard, you can see a tiny bit of blue in the southwest.

[jaster220]

3 minutes ago, OmahaSnowFan said:

If you squint REALLY hard, you can see a tiny bit of blue in the southwest.

So far this "winter", it's the full-blown arctic or nothing

[jaster220]

KDTW scored 1.21" qpf with this 2-day rain event. Over-achieved a bit from the maps I saw. We can do that on warm storms. Cold storms, now that's a different story. 

[jaster220]

7 minutes ago, hawkstwelve said:

This will end up the 6th snowiest December for Sioux Falls.

Look at 68-69 as snowiest winter. 94 inches! Over a foot more than any other season. Looks like that's made up of 1.9 in Nov, 41.1 in Dec, 19.6 in Jan, and 28.5 in February. Our average is 45 inches over the course of the season. That's crazy.

 

Record winters are often close to double the "norm", so actually that is just about perfect. 

[westMJim]

Happy New Year!!! We have now turned the page and it is now 2023. At Grand Rapids the annual mean temperature for last year was 48.7° the 30 year mean at GRR is 49.3° there was a total of 37.73” of rain/melted snow that is below the average of 39.40” At Muskegon the mean for 2022 was 50.1 the 30 year mean is 49.4 there and they recorded 32.58” of precipitation that is below the average of 35.08. At Lansing the 2022 mean temperature there was 49.9 the 30 year mean there is 48.6. For yesterday the official H/L at Grand Rapids was 38/32 there was a trace of reported rain fall no snow fall no sunshine and there was no snow on the ground. The overnight low at GRR was 32 (33 here at my house) and at the current time there is 35 both at GRR and here at my house with light rain falling. For today the average H/L is 32/21 the record high of 56 was set way back in 1897 a 55 was recorded in 2011. The record low of -15 was recorded in 1964 and again in 1968.

[mlgamer]

December snowfall has been pretty light here since the epic December of 2009 (19.2") which featured the Christmas blizzard. The average snowfall since then (2010-2022) is 10% of that.

Dec 2009: 19.2"

Dec Avg 2010-2021: 1.9"

Dec 2022: 1.5"

[chescowxman]

East Nantmeal Township – Chester County PA (129 years of weather records)

2022 Climate Summary

2022 was the coolest year since 2014 and marks the 2nd consecutive year with average temperatures declining at both East Nantmeal and Glenmoore in Chester County PA. While East Nantmeal finished with just slightly above (+0.2) average temperatures, Glenmoore finished at 0.2 degrees below normal.

Average High Temperature: 61.0 degrees (- 0.6 below normal)

Average Low Temperature: 44.2 degrees (+1.0 above normal)

Average Temperature:52.6 degrees (+0.2 above normal)

Highest Temperature: 89.7 on July 23rd

Lowest Temperature: 2.8 on the December 24th

Total Precipitation: 52.42” (+2.24” above normal)

Total Snowfall: 21.3” (14.5” below normal)

90-degree days: (1) which is 10 days below normal

Growing Season (Freeze Free days): 182 days (11 days less than normal)

Climate Notes:

· 2022 was the 52nd warmest year on record the top 5 warmest being:

1) 1913 - 55.7 degrees

2) 1900 - 55.0 degrees

3) 1921 - 54.9 degrees

4) 1931 - 54.8 degrees

5) 2020 - 54.7 degrees

2022 was the 27th wettest year on record – the top 5 being::

1) 2018 – 79.21”

2) 1996 – 75.12”

3) 2003 – 68.85”

4) 1979 – 66.88”

5) 1975 – 60.51”

2022 was the 36th least snowy year on record – the top 5 snowiest being:

1) 1899 (82.1”)

2) 1907 (75.7”)

3) 2014 (75.3”)

4) 2010 (72.4”)

5) 1996 (68.3”)

[sumweatherdude]

KC's December temperature average ended up being exactly normal.  So I guess we broke our string of above normal December temps.  But we haven't cracked the string of Decembers without below normal temps.