

You’re playing with fire right now, he said. A winter storm brought a burst of snow into the region on Sunday, which is tapering off on Monday. (195 cm) of snowfall recorded at this site in November 1996 is a new monthly snowfall record for Ohio. Rain in Philly and other neighboring counties was a mere 5 to 10 of normal. of snowfall should be accepted as a new state record single-storm snowfall. A review of snowfall data from the event indicates the reported snowfall is consistent with respect to snow depths, nearby reported snowfall, the synoptic situation, and societal impacts of the snow.

The observer and site were selected in 1994 for a federal study of lake effect snowfalls and the observer was a “snow spotter” for the National Weather Service office in Cleveland in November 1996. This combined with a very unstable lower atmosphere to allow deep, moist convection and a prolonged period of heavy snowfall. A persistent deep trough in the midtroposphere provided cold advection across Lake Erie into northeast Ohio. The purpose of this research is to describe the meteorological situation that caused the record snowfall, document the site of the record snow and the methods of the measurement, describe the societal impacts of the storm, and assess the validity of the record. This exceeded the previous Ohio single-storm snowfall record of 42 in. (175.0 cm) of snowfall in Hambden Township, Geauga County, Ohio, during 9–14 November 1996. Daily snow observations from GHCN stations are available using the pulldown menus below to select the state, month, and year of interest for either snowfall. Thompson, Ohio, recorded the highest snowfall total with 25.5 inches of snow as of. ABSTRACT A 6-day lake effect snow event produced a reported 68.9 in. The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings and winter.
