Snowfall Record...Not Quite

As of early Friday afternoon, due to today's spring snowstorm the weather station at CON (Concord Airport) had recorded 115.2 inches of Global Warming this winter, which moves them into second place all time, breaking the previous second place record set in 1873.

They need 6.8 inches now to break the all-time record, set in 1872. Chances are very good they will get it!

UPDATE: Strangely enough, the highest point in New Hampshire, Mt. Washington (elevation 6,288'), better known as "Home of the World's Worst Weather", has seen LESS snow this winter than usual. In a "normal" winter, MWN gets between 200 and 250 inches of snow, with an all-time record winter snowfall of 566.4 inches in 1968-69 (that's 47 feet). This year they have "only" received 170 inches.

There are several theories as to why MWN has received a lesser amount of snow this winter than "down below", but the best bet is that most of the snowstorms were below the 6,288' level. This theory seems to be confirmed by the huge amounts of snow accumulating in the east-facing ravines lower on the mountain.