The Final Snowfall Totals Are In From the Blizzard of '13...

...and Hamden, CT is the winner with a whopping 40 inches of snow!



The image below shows snow depth at 7am EST this morning across the Northeast.  The scale in inches is located at the bottom right:

...and here is the same data, with a tighter zoom on New England where the heaviest snow, with widespread amounts of 28-40 inches, fell:

Below is tabular data with some of the highest totals (in inches) by state across the region:

...CONNECTICUT...
HAMDEN 40.0 
MILFORD 38.0 
CLINTONVILLE 37.0
OXFORD 36.2
EAST HADDAM 35.5
FAIRFIELD 35.0
TOLLAND 35.0
NEW HAVEN 34.3
GLASTONBURY 33.5
NEW HARTFORD 33.0
STRATFORD 33.0
COVENTRY 32.5
HARTFORD 27.0

...MASSACHUSETTS...
SOUTHWICK 28.3
WORCESTER 28.0
BELMONT 27.0
SHREWSBURY 27.0
MELROSE 26.5
WRENTHAM 26.0
BLANDFORD 24.0
FALL RIVER 24.0
NORTHAMPTON 24.0
NORWOOD 24.0
BOSTON LOGAN ARPT 21.8
AMHERST 20.6

...MAINE...
GORHAM 35.5
BERWICK 32.0
PORTLAND JETPORT 31.9
WESTBROOK 30.0
SOUTH WINDHAM 1 ENE 28.0
SACO 2 NNW 27.0
RICHMOND 26.5
GRAY NWS OFFICE 26.4
KENNEBUNK 2 NE 26.0
WELLS 25.6
LEWISTON 2 E 25.5
OTISFIELD 1 W 24.0
TURNER 4 S 24.0

...NEW HAMPSHIRE...
SEABROOK 5 W 29.3
GOFFSTOWN 28.0
FARMINGTON 2 SSE 27.0
EAST HAMPSTEAD 1 S 26.0
NEW IPSWITCH 25.0
EAST WAKEFIELD 1.2 SE 24.5
HAMPTON 1 NNW 24.0
NASHUA 24.0
LACONIA 23.6
DERRY 3 ENE 22.0
CONCORD 20.3
WASHINGTON 1 ESE 19.0

...NEW JERSEY...
RIVERVALE 15.0
CHATHAM 14.0
HILLSDALE 14.0
VERONA 14.0
HIGHLAND LAKES 13.2
WEST MILFORD 13.2
TENAFLY 1.3 W 12.6
HAWTHORNE 1 SSE 12.4
SCOTCH PLAINS 12.0
NORTH ARLINGTON 0.7 WNW 11.0
NEWARK AIRPORT 5.9
JERSEY CITY 4.7
MORRISTOWN 4.3

...NEW YORK...
UPTON 30.3
COMMACK 29.1
EAST SETAUKET 28.5
ISLIP AIRPORT 27.8
ST. JAMES 27.5
STONY BROOK 27.5
BRONXVILLE 21.3
WASHINGTONVILLE 20.5
SCARSDALE 20.2
SUMMIT 20.0
LOCKPORT 1 NE 16.5
MOUNT VERNON 13.9
ROCHESTER INTL ARPT 12.4
NYC/LA GUARDIA 12.1
CENTRAL PARK 11.4
LONG BEACH 10.0
STATEN ISLAND 6.8

This storm will go down in the record books as one of the heaviest snow producers since records have been kept, rivaling the blizzard of 1978.  Some of the snowfall records that were broken at stations that have kept records are shown on the table below:

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One Winter Record Falls, Another Holds Strong for Chicago...

As of just before 8am CST this morning, the temperature at Chicago's O'Hare Airport fell to -1 degree F.  It had been 711 days since the temperature had fallen below zero in Chicago.

While the "heat wave" has ended, another winter related streak continues, and that's the lack of at least 1 inch of snow in the city, currently at 330 days.

A storm system will affect the region on Thursday night and at least early Friday, but computer models continue to suggest that the best chance of accumulating snow will be both to the North and South of the city.  The imag below is from the GFS model, valid at 6am CST on Friday morning, which suggests about 0.50 to 1.0 inch of snow for the Chicago area: 

This one will be a nail biter for weather trivia buffs, so stay tuned!

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Say Cheese!

NOAA's GOES-East weather satellite had a surprise visitor on the visible channel yesterday afternoon:  the moon.  Say cheese!

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Large Dust Devil Caused Structural Damage in Las Vegas Yesterday...

Dust devils are not an uncommon site at all in the desert region that Las Vegas calls home, but it is fairly unusual for one to cause structural damage.  The above photo was taken by a viewer of Action13 ABC News in Las Vegas yesterday afternoon, April 7, 2012, and shows a large dust devil near the intersection of  Eastern and Owens Avenues.

Damage was done to the roof of a Family Dollar store in the area, as well as to a vacant restaurant, and a construction office trailer was lifted up and dropped on a concrete wall:

Numerous trees were also damaged, with some being completely uprooted.  For more on the damage, including a video, please go to the link at Action13 News.

You may notice one of the citizens toward the end of the interview looking up to the sky and asking "...where are the clouds?"  That's the thing about dust devils...there doesn't have to be a cloud in the sky for one to form.  

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