Midwest, Plains Blizzard, Cold Summary
Here's a quick summary of this week's blizzard and the cold air that accompanied it. The storm brought big snow and extreme cold to a wide area and is blamed for 17 deaths. First, a NOAA total snowfall map:
72-HOUR SNOWFALL (0Z 12/10) FROM NOAA NOHRSC | ENLARGE | ZOOM MIDWEST | NORTHEAST
And a list of highest amounts by state:
Wolf Creek Pass, CO: 59" Kirkwood, CA: 48" Heavenly Valley, NV: 34" Ironwood, MI: 30" Meagher County, MT: 28" Rio Arriba County, NM: 27" Flagstaff, AZ: 26" Iron County, WI: 24" Springdell, UT: 23" Washburn, WI: 20" West Halifax, VT: 17.5" Rushford, MN: 16.5" Atlantic, IA: 16" Freeport, IL: 15" Sinks Canyon, WY: 14" Clay Center, NE: 14" Lebanon, KS: 14" Dixville Notch, NH: 14" Savoy, MA: 13.6" Rockport, MO: 12.5" Kokadjo, ME: 12.0" East Jewett, NY: 12.0" Vermillion, SD: 8.4" North Granby, CT: 7.4" Burrillville, RI: 7.8" Multiple Locations, PA: 7.0" Eckhart Mines, MD: 5.4"
We got a lot of great comments from our Facebook & Twitter users. Teleskiqueen on our Photo Gallery sent in two incredible pictures of a tree bending then knocked over by the winds in Lake Placid, NY:
Snow Amounts:
Jeff from Durango, CO: 25" (plus the great photo shown below) InfoSomniac2 in Grand Traverse, Michigan: 13" (photos) MelyssaFJ in Glascow, KS: 12" Stephen from Montreal: 12" Julie from Iowa: 10" and horrible drifts Upinbearcountry in Montague, NJ: 9" EricGorham in downtown Grand Junction, CO: 9" Bill from Minneapolis: 8" John from Pittsfield, MA: 7" Lacey from NC Kansas: 5.4" Travis from Alliston, OH: 6" John from Blue Ridge Summit, PA: 6" cubjockey in Potts Grove, PA: 5" Carol from Saginaw, MI: 5" with closed schools Dave from Cherryville, PA: 5" Ken from Vernon, CT: 4" Jim from Central CT: 4"
- Ray from Madison pointed out that they broke snow records in the city with 14-18 inches. - Ginger from Independence, VA had ice to deal with overnight in addition to the wind. - Carlie in Stoneham had thunder in the evening after snow in the morning. - Scott from Monmouth County, NJ reported flooding with the heavy rain there.
Low Temperatures:
Tyler from Butte, MT: -31 Larissa from MT: -22 Robert from Cody, WY: -20 Rodger from Crookston, MN: -15 Chris from Denver: -12 Glen from Bend, OR: -9 Lisa from MT: -7 Steve from Denver, CO: -2
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