Thursday, February 20, 2014
Snow Walk
Saturday, the day after Valentine's Day, I took a long walk out back.
The snow was so deep, following the tire tracks made walking easier.
The snow was so deep, following the tire tracks made walking easier.
Look at the snow on the roof of the north side of the barn.
Following deer tracks.
This is where the deer had been sleeping.
This has been one of the snowiest winters in recorded history.
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Saturday, February 15, 2014
Valentine's Day Snow
Friday's snowfall pushed the 2013 - 2014 winter into the history books
as the fourth 'snowiest winter' in the recorded history for this area.
as the fourth 'snowiest winter' in the recorded history for this area.
Forty three and one tenth inches of snow have fallen so far this winter.
If snowfalls for only December, January and February are counted,
this area has had the second snowiest winter.
Forty two and four tenths inches of snow fell in 1978.
Forty and four tenths inches of snow has fallen in 2014.
Two more inches and two weeks left in February.
Will we have the snowiest December, January and February on record?
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Our road was blocked off because drivers couldn't negotiate the hill to the south.
Notice the tracks of all the cars that have turned around in our drive.
And the truck that pulled off the road.
The road south of us.
About three inches of snow on top of the mail box Saturday morning.
The truck is still there...
The sun is shining.
The drive has been plowed.
What a winter!
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Monday, February 10, 2014
February Snow
The first weekend in February was warm enough to wash the salt off the cars. Temperatures were in the upper 40's/low 50's.
We missed the snowstorm that blanketed northern Kentucky at the beginning of the week.
Wednesday, everyone woke to at least three inches of snow covered with a 1/2 inch of ice.
The sun room windows on the east side of the house were sheets of ice.
The whirly gigs were covered with ice.
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A week later, we have had more snow.
A sheet of ice remains in between blankets of snow.
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Saturday, February 01, 2014
Weather Update for January 2014
Though the current outside temperature remains in the low 50's, we still have snow on the ground. We took advantage of the comparatively warm temperatures this afternoon to wash the salt off the cars. And the truck.
So far in January, this area has seen 20.4 inches of snow. This is the
most snow since 1996 and the fourth-most ever recorded by the
National Weather Service.
The record snowfall for January was 31.5 inches set in 1978.
A total of 33.2 inches of snow has been recorded this winter so far,
which is much higher than the yearly average of 22.1 inches.
The most snowfall recorded by the weather service in a winter was
53.9 inches, which fell during the winter of 1977-1978.
The children made up a day of school on a Saturday that year.
Will the groundhog see his shadow on Sunday?
Will Seattle win the Super Bowl?
Or will it be Denver?
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