How snowfall affects your part of the country

[iemanja]

I'm in the Midwest. We are used to the snow.

[marybourg]

1. Desert southwest:

“Oh, look, the mountains are white!”

[abqtommy]

6. Here in Albuquerque if we get one inch of snow the interstates shut down and there's

general panic. Since I learned to drive in snow in Upper Michigan, Wisconsin and
South Dakota I've always been amused at this and it doesn't slow me down here at all.

[marybourg]

9. The first year I lived in ABQ, there was an 11" snowfall

which sublimed in the dry air, turning into 2’ of fog on the ground and which, by early afternoon was nothing more than a few tiny puddles.

[electric_blue68]

57. 😄 Wow...

Decades ago visited ABQ in July. 👍

[DBoon]

22. Los Angeles:

"Is Mount Baldy open for skiing yet?"

[3auld6phart]

32. No yet

Dec 17th our Met Baldy Southern BC . Getting weird weather here. + Celsius day temps.
Not very cold nights. Lowest - 10 C. so far.Not much snow. Strange weather world wide.
Is it Climate change ? Kinda scary for sure. Cheers, all the best to you and all DUrs out
there

[DBoon]

37. forecast for Mount San Antonio (AKA "Mount Baldy")

Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Wind chill values as low as 20. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Monday
A chance of snow showers between 10am and 4pm, then snow likely after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Wind chill values as low as 25. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday Night
Snow. Low around 30. Wind chill values as low as 20. Breezy, with a south southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches possible.
Tuesday
Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 35. Windy, with a southwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 20 to 26 inches possible.
Tuesday Night
Snow showers likely before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=34.2889&lon=-117.6467

Keep in mind this peak is at 10,000 ft (3048 Meters) above sea level. All forecast temps in degrees F

[myccrider]

54. Plus "Is there enough snow pack to get through the summer?"

Orange County here.

[NickB79]

2. We just got 14" Friday at my place in Farmington, Minnesota

15 miles north in Woodbury they got 21".

The buzz of snowmobiles has been nonstop all weekend.

[pazzyanne]

26. Love!

Minnesotan here. We ended up with 4 inches as the storm move north about 50 miles.

[48656c6c6f20]

3. Heard about the epic snowfalls

In the Midwest and was excited to move to Chicago. Heard a it the epic snowfalls in the Midwest and was excited to move to Chicago. I heard, ok I am still waiting.

Big wind. There's plenty of that, and it isnt weather related at all.

[iemanja]

4. Move to Minnesota

You'll see them.

[48656c6c6f20]

13. No thanks

At least Chicago has good food. Don't do casseroles. I might visit although 10 miles outside Chicago it's kind of a wasteland. Like civilization just stops.

[iemanja]

19. We have good food

Lots of good restaurants. No one will force you to make a casserole at home, and they aren't restaurant fare.

[48656c6c6f20]

33. Oh I wish for, curse for it, beg for it

Give 3 feet give me 4 feet, I love the stuff.

[Progressive Jones]

41. Chicago snow has not been so epic in recent years. I've lived through a lot of "Big Ones".

We even had a blizzard decide a mayoral race in 1979.

Welcome To Chicago !

[demmiblue]

5. Snow?! It's going to hit 60 here in MI next week.

Crazy weather!

[DENVERPOPS]

25. Same here in Denver

At this time, the Coloradans are saying: WHAT SNOW ??????????????????????????

Phoenix, Las Vegas, and Southern California better immediately start making contingency plans. Those cities should immediately cease ALL lawn watering, Immediately Shut down all back yard pools, and immediately quit watering any and all golf courses and cemeteries.

Las Vegas also better invest in huge diesel or natural gas electrical generators to prepare for the loss of power when Lake Meade? runs down to a level where they can't use the Hydroelectric generators on Hoover Dam.......

(Lake Mead and Lake Powell are at their lowest points since they were being filled. The have been constantly going down for years and years.....)

[iemanja]

43. We were supposed to hit 50

We got a foot of snow instead.

[Ocelot II]

7. We didn't get even minor traffic delays (12"-24") because it's the weekend.

It slowed my daily walk down a bit because I had to climb over the snowbanks the plows piled up, otherwise it was just another normal winter day in Minnesota. The mailman is still wearing shorts.

[iemanja]

10. I ventured out despite the fact the alley and our street hadn't been plowed

It was okay though since many people had already used it. I have a Camry, not a 4WD, so I worry a bit. I'd like to get a Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid, but they cost sooo much.

One year, the snow ripped off the plastic bottom of my car. I guess hitting snow is like being in an accident.

[leftieNanner]

30. I've been lusting after that Crosstrek too

But too much $$ on my retirement income.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

11. Laughing. Thanks.

The mailman is still wearing shorts.

[peacefreak2.0]

8. I'd take snow instead of ice any day.

Coast o’ Maine.

[Pobeka]

12. If you really want to see folks freak out with snow check out Seattle.

It's unreal.

I'm from the midwest and these Puget Sound folks on the road with snow scare me so much I don't go out at all on snowy roads.

Not their fault -- just essentially no experience with slick roads.

[iemanja]

16. There is a version of this meme with Seattle

[oregonjen]

34. Portland is the same if not worse

than Seattle!! I admit, I don’t drive when it snows.

[rsdsharp]

14. I'm in the midwest, too, but it depends where you are.

Several years ago I drove from the Des Moines area to Kansas City, Mo. It was Christmas time, and there was a two inch snow overnight. Virtually unnoticeable in Des Moines, but it almost shut KC down.

When I was a kid I used to lay in bed at night in NE Iowa listening to KAAY in Little Rock (admittedly not midwest). They’d have 1” of snow FORECAST, and school would be canceled. I’d lay there knowing I’d have to shovel 6” in the morning before going to school.

[Arkansas Granny]

15. I live in the South. Just a forecast of snow is enough to close schools and

cause a run on bread and milk at the grocery stores.

[Hekate]

17. California Central Coast: What is this "snow" of which you speak?

[Retrograde]

20. It's that white stuff you sometimes see on higher hills

We often get snow down to 2000' in the Bay Area, but we keep it up on top of the higher hills so we can admire it from a distance - and not have to shovel it.

[Vinca]

18. Jim Cantore spotted. That's really funny and usually true.

[twodogsbarking]

21. I rode a school bus that got stuck in the snow.

Big kids pushed it out and off we went. 1960s

[BadgerMom]

23. Wait. You forgot the West.

In California there’s street flooding, mudslides and a plethora of fender benders with 1/2” of rain. Although, a half inch of rain would be heaven-sent.

[iemanja]

38. The West varies so much

I expect that is why they didn't include it. Think how different Colorado is compared to California.

[Ford_Prefect]

27. Seattle is not the Western and Mountain states, which have gotten snow in the past. However,

some of us are wondering if it will arrive in enough quantity and at the correct altitude. Folks along the Colorado River Basin are worried it may be far too little when it does arrive.

My valley and the Bitterroot basin depend on the snow cap put down on top of the Sapphire and Bitterroot Mountains for our drinking water, agricultural water and the river water which supports the fish and out door activities. It also plays a major factor in determining how intense and how long the fire season is, as well as tempering the local climate in the hotter months of the year. A wide range of forest animals depend on the winter weather cycle as do wild and domestic plants.

Snow is something we expect and need here. We live in it and with it, and even play in it. The grocery stores don't run out of bread and other items just because a few flakes fall.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. i live in the sierra nevada foothills east of san fransisco.

i live at an elevation of 1800 feet msl ( i used to live at 2500 feet) sonora used to get lots of snow in the past and now we get 4-6 inches a year . however ,,, we have been known to get 12 inches to 2 inches in one blow or accumulated ammounts . mostly rain right now . when it snows , its bedlam with the traffic.

[leftieNanner]

31. Sonora is so pretty!

We used to go up to Pinecrest Lake when we were kids. Learned how to ski at Dodge Ridge too

[marmar]

29. Actually, here in SE Michigan, where winters have gotten progressively milder...

.... people have actually become wimpy about snow.

[karynnj]

36. Vermont acted like the Midwest on the table

Having lived in the northwest corner of Indiana and in NJ, I think they were similar maybe about half way between East and Midwest.

[Progressive Jones]

42. NW Indiana usually gets hit hard. Lake Michigan sees to that. Lake effect snow.

A lot of storms headed to Chicago head South/Southeast, dipping down below Lake Michigan and pounding on NW Indiana.

[karynnj]

45. From that description, your Indiana was the Indiana I left almost 50 years ago

Like many mid century families, mine moved from East Chicago to Hammond to Highland - then to Schererville when I was at IU. The biggest storm (I think in 1967) I remember ended up being 28 inches of snow, but it was such a surprise that we had school that morning. We lived about 3 blocks from the High School and when they decided to send us home, they asked those of us who walked to school to walk in groups of people who lived on the same street. We ended up stopping in many homes calling parents to say where we were) being given cocoa and cookies in several until we reached our homes.

By the next morning drifts covered cars parked in driveways and on the street. My next oldest sister and I went on a short walk just to because we could - it was incredibly weird.

[ForgedCrank]

39. Aw hell, I love it when the

snow piles on. I see it as a challenge!
I don't like it so much when it melts though. Things get pretty muddy out here.

[LeftInTX]

40. In some parts of the country, people panic when there is frost

Like down here...

"It's gonna be 50 degrees, do I need to bring my plants inside? Isn't 50 degrees freezing?"

It's 80 degrees outside: "I'm so glad my greenhouse is heated"

It's 65 degrees: "Time to make caldo (soup)".

"I'm afraid, I'm gonna freeze".

[electric_blue68]

58. (giggle) Yeah, I DO know it's a relative thing 👍

[SYFROYH]

44. Very accurate for South Georgia.

Except we empty the shelves of bread, milk, and batteries at the flurry stage.

[crickets]

56. So true.

The "South" column on this chart gave me the best belly laugh, because it's not quite wild enough to be satire. 😆

[NewHendoLib]

47. does it snow inside of libraries?

[iemanja]

52. Seems like a sane post

May not be her.

[NewHendoLib]

53. It's her

It's the name type and avatar. I can spot her immediately

[iemanja]

55. Ah, ok

And she's gone now.

[LAS14]

49. I never thought about negative ions causing that nice snowfall feel. But it makes...

... sense. Just as much water vapor around snow as around waterfalls, I'd think.

[LAS14]

48. Sent this to a friend in Minnesota and a daughter in Maine. I think Maine qualifies to be...

... in the midwest culture.

[iemanja]

51. Yes, I believe the upper NE

gets more snow than we do here in MN. The reason is that in MN it is too cold to snow for parts of the winter.

[electric_blue68]

59. Baaaahahahaaaa!...

The South stuff is really funny, and understandable!
I remember being in DC when it snowed, and started earlier than that expected.
🤔
By the time it was around 3PM at ?3" inches while I was on The Metro tons of people started pouring in! All non-essential Federal employees were being sent home. I was kind of snickering then, but yeah, it's relative.

🤔 As an NYC'r I dunno - I think the "snowmageddon" aplelation doesn't get bandied about till ?24+".

Otoh having met some ?Buffalo, NY area workers who were temporarily assigned to a NYS agency office here in NYC - they're closer to a Midwestern response than we are.

[Poiuyt]

60. As someone who lives in northeast Wisconsin, I'd say this is slightly exaggerated

I know people who are still wearing shorts when the temp is well below zero. One inch of snow is nothing!