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6. As a skier the "worst" storms are the ones that end with freezing rain or

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 12:06 PM

Dec 21

drop only 2 inches when you want 8 to 12.

Worked for a ski resort. Base is 8,000 feet above sea level, top is 11,000. Early January you can get storms that are -10F with sustained winds of 60 to 130MPH. Most of your bigger dump are at warmer temps, around 30F. When the air is super cold it can't hold onto moisture. We had a snow guru. He would predict snowfall by combining inches-per hour with expected duration. A ripping storm would be 3-inches per hour for more than 4 hours. Last Feb they got 6-feet in 36 hours.

It is beautiful 92% of the time but during the other 8% the wind around there is infamous:
https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/California-wind-record-fastest-gust-Ward-Peak-199-12488795.php

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Worst snow storm you've experienced? [View all] True Dough Dec 21 OP

This one, I think. 2020. 40 inches? (pics) LuckyCharms Dec 21 #1

Looks like a whole lot of exertion True Dough Dec 21 #5

The worst part was.... LuckyCharms Dec 21 #7

Great Blizzard of '78 in Massachusetts Ritabert Dec 21 #2

Wow. Just saw yours after finishing mine yorkster Dec 21 #4

We got 4 feet in a Boston suburb Ritabert Dec 21 #11

I remember the sinking of the SS Peter Stuyvestant during the blizzard Ritabert Dec 21 #18

I had forgotten about that. . yorkster Dec 21 #24

I hear they left it there on the bottom. Ritabert Dec 21 #32

It was the day of my father's memorial service. intheflow Dec 21 #35

The Pike was just very windy and the snow kept blowing up onto the engine Ritabert Dec 21 #45

The whole North East got clobbered with that one. The '77-'78 winters are what drove me to Florida...nt mitch96 Dec 21 #48

LOL! I hear you. Ritabert Dec 21 #50

Boston: Our side street was snowed in for more than a week. Eugene Dec 21 #52

I remember it well. We took a sled to the market which was a mile away. Ritabert Dec 22 #64

Blizzard of 78. Was able to x-country ski yorkster Dec 21 #3

We used a sled to walk to the supermarket and see what food we could get. Ritabert Dec 21 #13

As a skier the "worst" storms are the ones that end with freezing rain or GreatGazoo Dec 21 #6

Chicago, 1967 CanonRay Dec 21 #8

See my post #27 (n/t) PJMcK Dec 21 #29

I was 9, our house was near Midway Airport. Martin Eden Dec 21 #36

Me too. We jumped off the roof into snowdrifts. Demobrat Dec 24 #76

New York City metro area blizzard, 1996 Rocknation Dec 21 #9

I lived in Utica, NY PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 21 #10

Me, too. Just a babe in Utica 1950-1956. quaint Dec 21 #19

FL 1980's White stuff was everywhere. Lochloosa Dec 21 #12

We're talking True Dough Dec 21 #14

....maybe Lochloosa Dec 21 #22

I vaguely remember a few snow storms Niagara Dec 21 #15

I think I remember that MorbidButterflyTat Dec 22 #62

Luckily I live in the north towns and not the south towns Niagara Dec 22 #63

You might appreciate this... electric_blue68 Dec 22 #68

I certainly appreciate that, electric_blue68 Niagara Dec 22 #70

I though you'd get a kick out of that! electric_blue68 Dec 22 #71

Worst I remember was the Blizzard of '78... malthaussen Dec 21 #16

There was so much snow in Boston following the blizzard Ritabert Dec 21 #17

Denver (several, but most snow 31.8 inches March, 2003) hlthe2b Dec 21 #20

Blizzard of '93, one of those "Storm of the Century" things. I was in Georgia, so it was bad. Solly Mack Dec 21 #21

The Great Blizzard of 1978. Southeast, Ohio. SamKnause Dec 21 #23

It sounds like you got it worse than Boston did Ritabert Dec 21 #33

I live in Battle Creek, I remember both of these. Americanme Dec 21 #25

Chicago 1967. greatauntoftriplets Dec 21 #26

See my post #27 (n/t) PJMcK Dec 21 #28

I was in Valparaiso, Indiana during that blizzard. murielm99 Dec 21 #43

Suburb of Chicago 1967 PJMcK Dec 21 #27

LOL, that sounds like fun. greatauntoftriplets Dec 21 #30

Which suburb? Martin Eden Dec 21 #37

We lived in Downers Grove PJMcK Dec 21 #38

I've lived in Downers Grove since 1986 Martin Eden Dec 21 #39

We lived at 6208 Fairmont Drive PJMcK Dec 21 #40

I'm 3 miles west of your old house Martin Eden Dec 21 #44

Fun conversation PJMcK Dec 21 #56

Happy holidays for you and yours as well Martin Eden Dec 21 #59

I remember that blizzard Cadfael Dec 22 #72

Worst winter, NYC 1996 PJMcK Dec 21 #31

One particular period in January, 1996 no_hypocrisy Dec 21 #41

Gosh, what a travail! PJMcK Dec 22 #69

Mid 1960s, Loring Air Force Base, Maine piddyprints Dec 21 #34

I remember getting two feet on the day before MLK Day a few years ago nuxvomica Dec 21 #42

Probably 1977 or 78 in eastern Ohio. doc03 Dec 21 #46

The winter of 1983 in South Lake Tahoe, CA 10 Turtle Day Dec 21 #47

Indiana blizzard of 1978 Emile Dec 21 #49

As above, the Blizzard of 1978. I was living on Fort Knox, Kentucky at the time. Aristus Dec 21 #51

Halloween Blizzard of 1991 in MN - 37 inches of snow in Duluth without accounting for drifts. waterwatcher123 Dec 21 #53

On that day, True Dough Dec 21 #54

You are quite right - seared into memory after following a plow truck for hours and hours trying to get home. waterwatcher123 Dec 21 #58

not really a snowstorm per se but Skittles Dec 21 #55

I was going to say Blizzard of 1969 until reminded of the Great Blizzard of 1978 in Boston. Eugene Dec 21 #57

my ex was in grad school at Harvard when the 1969 storm happened yellowdogintexas Dec 22 #66

In England in the mid-80s LogDog75 Dec 21 #60

NJ in the early '60's mnhtnbb Dec 21 #61

1967 ProfessorGAC Dec 22 #65

The worst was in New York, probably 1975 or 6. surrealAmerican Dec 22 #67

NW OH 78 VGNonly Dec 23 #73

North Dakota 1966 AuntieKatie Dec 23 #74

Blizzard of '79 in Illinois/Wisconsin AllyCat Dec 24 #75