Fulton, New York averages 185" of snow a season, sometimes hitting 250"

[hedgehog]

http://www.tsforecast.com/seasonalsnowfall.html





My hens are outside now on green pasture - getting enough forage that they aren't eating much grain!

[Cooley Hurd]

1. We barely got a dusting in Auburn today...

In fact, the storm three weeks ago was the most we've seen in 2 years. We're lucky down here. Lake effect snow usually doesn't touch us. Of course, different story in Fulton and Oswego...

[hedgehog]

2. This is the second year of no winter - at least so far.

We've been waiting for the law of averages to catch up with us - but so far nothing has hit.

[longship]

3. That's what I worry about... Regression to the mean!

I got my driveway (>100 ft) plowed three times last winter which was tiny as things normally go here in very rural west Michigan. This year, almost no snow -- only an inch at a time, if that. Last week it hit mid-fifties. No plowing yet. No below zero temps or anything like it (most unusual!).

It is supposed to get very cold early next week. I suspect that we may hit negatives at night. But when it is that cold, there will be no snow.

It's very, very dry here. Lakes are down significantly. I mean real lakes. They don't call MI the Great Lake state for nothing. Plus, I am becoming increasingly worried about my well. If the aquifer goes dry, I won't have potable water.

We need precipitation, badly!