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I'm in the process of buying a house about a mile East of Paine Field in Everett and have been trying to get a better idea of what to expect weatherwise, especially for snow. Unfortunately, it seems like their snowfall data is extremely limited.

 

Does anyone know of a good source where I might find this data? It has to be a better location for Convergence Zone snow than my place now in Mountlake Terrace, but I haven't found much snowfall data to give me an idea how much better.

 

I'm looking forward to taking this next step!

Everett Snowfall (510 feet elevation)

Snow since February 2019: 91"

2023-24: 6"

2022-23: 17.5"

2021-22: 17.75"

2020-21: 14.5”

2019-20: 10.5"

2018-19: 24.75"

 

 

 

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I'm in the process of buying a house about a mile East of Paine Field in Everett and have been trying to get a better idea of what to expect weatherwise, especially for snow. Unfortunately, it seems like their snowfall data is extremely limited.

 

Does anyone know of a good source where I might find this data? It has to be a better location for Convergence Zone snow than my place now in Mountlake Terrace, but I haven't found much snowfall data to give me an idea how much better.

 

I'm looking forward to taking this next step!

Good spot with some elevation I believe! Best of luck with the buying process and the move! Congrats!

Elevation 580’ Location a few miles east of I-5 on the Snohomish Co side of the Snohomish/Skagit border. I love snow/cold AND sun/warmth! 

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Good spot with some elevation I believe! Best of luck with the buying process and the move! Congrats!

Thank you!

 

The airport is about 600 feet and the house is about 515, so it should be a pretty good spot!

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Everett Snowfall (510 feet elevation)

Snow since February 2019: 91"

2023-24: 6"

2022-23: 17.5"

2021-22: 17.75"

2020-21: 14.5”

2019-20: 10.5"

2018-19: 24.75"

 

 

 

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I had to scour reports from Komo and Seattle Times for Everett. I think I have it in a spreadsheet on one of my machines back home. You might want to reach out to Scott Sistek as he lives in the area and might have something on hand.

Good idea!

 

Let me know if you find that spreadsheet.  :)

Everett Snowfall (510 feet elevation)

Snow since February 2019: 91"

2023-24: 6"

2022-23: 17.5"

2021-22: 17.75"

2020-21: 14.5”

2019-20: 10.5"

2018-19: 24.75"

 

 

 

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I'd recommend playing around with the wunderground history feature, since Paine Field's obs unfortunately do not get transferred to the NCDC database in an official capacity.

 

Unfortunately the site changes to wunderground have messed up the ability to play around as much with this, but the old layout still exists if you dig for it. 

 

Here is Paine Field's current monthly data

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2018/11/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

And if you want to play around, you can go back to December 2008

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2008/12/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Or even back to January 1950, sans precip totals

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/1950/1/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Probably your best bet in terms of getting some hard data. And FWIW that location typically does pretty well.

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I'd recommend playing around with the wunderground history feature, since Paine Field's obs unfortunately do not get transferred to the NCDC database in an official capacity.

 

Unfortunately the site changes to wunderground have messed up the ability to play around as much with this, but the old layout still exists if you dig for it. 

 

Here is Paine Field's current monthly data

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2018/11/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

And if you want to play around, you can go back to December 2008

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2008/12/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Or even back to January 1950, sans precip totals

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/1950/1/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Probably your best bet in terms of getting some hard data. And FWIW that location typically does pretty well.

 

Paine Field is in the NCEI database...you can find it using xmACIS2 (http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/). There's data for 1948-52, and 1998-present. No snowfall data though per ASOS practice. 

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Paine Field is in the NCEI database...you can find it using xmACIS2 (http://xmacis.rcc-acis.org/). There's data for 1948-52, and 1998-present. No snowfall data though per ASOS practice. 

 

Yeah, no 1952-98 data though in spite of the obs that were kept. I've noticed the 1947-53 era had a lot of the early airports recording snow data. Stations like PAE, KLS, CLM, TTD, and Stevenson all briefly kept detailed snow data in those years before I assume budget cuts in the 1950s scaled that effort back. Fortunate for us since that was such a snowy stretch here.

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I'd recommend playing around with the wunderground history feature, since Paine Field's obs unfortunately do not get transferred to the NCDC database in an official capacity.

 

Unfortunately the site changes to wunderground have messed up the ability to play around as much with this, but the old layout still exists if you dig for it. 

 

Here is Paine Field's current monthly data

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2018/11/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

And if you want to play around, you can go back to December 2008

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/2008/12/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Or even back to January 1950, sans precip totals

 

https://english.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPAE/1950/1/24/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=New%20York&req_state=NY&reqdb.zip=10001&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=99999

 

Probably your best bet in terms of getting some hard data. And FWIW that location typically does pretty well.

It's worth a lot. Why do you think I chose that area?  :P 

 

Thank you for the links. I had been playing around on wunderground but hadn't found all of that yet. I will have some fun digging through these.

 

Pretty frustrating there isn't consistent data easily organized. I would guess that area likely averages between 10 and 12" a year, but I'm really not sure.

Everett Snowfall (510 feet elevation)

Snow since February 2019: 91"

2023-24: 6"

2022-23: 17.5"

2021-22: 17.75"

2020-21: 14.5”

2019-20: 10.5"

2018-19: 24.75"

 

 

 

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