First Snow
I promised fewer weather posts, but the first snow of the year is blog-worthy.
Minneapolis actually gets less average annual snow accumulation than the Northeast. However, it does start falling earlier here and stay later, and it does tend to stay colder here so the snow doesn't melt as quickly after it's fallen. Evidently the worst type of freeze is when it rains and then the temperature quickly plummets, and there is a layer of ice that sticks around for weeks. Last night's snow started as rain, but fortunately the roads are not ice.
Last week Minneapolis hit a record high for November with 60 degrees. Today (the 16th) we got a little snow, really just a dusting (would've been more if it hadn't started as rain), and with another inch or so expected today. The predicted high is 24 degrees, with heavy winds making it feel worse than that.
Minneapolis actually gets less average annual snow accumulation than the Northeast. However, it does start falling earlier here and stay later, and it does tend to stay colder here so the snow doesn't melt as quickly after it's fallen. Evidently the worst type of freeze is when it rains and then the temperature quickly plummets, and there is a layer of ice that sticks around for weeks. Last night's snow started as rain, but fortunately the roads are not ice.
Last week Minneapolis hit a record high for November with 60 degrees. Today (the 16th) we got a little snow, really just a dusting (would've been more if it hadn't started as rain), and with another inch or so expected today. The predicted high is 24 degrees, with heavy winds making it feel worse than that.
posted by James at 9:16 AM
1 Comments:
And I'd like to note that Boston got its first snowfall weeks before you schlubs!
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