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Tacticalaxel t1_ix17fd6 wrote
Probably depends how they determine what is a day. Is it 24hrs or midnight to midnight? We've definitely gotten more the 35" in a storm, but it was most likely over the course of 36hrs. Also their sources are not anything official.
Grmmff t1_ix5lmj1 wrote
The current results source says it's single calendar day, so my guess is midnight to midnight.
I'm not sure where someone would find a database of snowfall recorded by the hour. So finding the 24 hour record would take reading historical news articles and a lot more research than looking at a chart. The article doesn't list it's source but I'm guessing the national weather service.
Wizard_with_a_Pipe t1_ix1h8u8 wrote
This can't be accurate, when I lived in Wisconsin we got 36 inches in 18 hours in Milwaukee and that was in April.
SheSellsSeaShells967 t1_ix0x9tb wrote
Where is Middle Dam?
Vormison t1_ix1i9yf wrote
It’s in the middle of damn nowhere.
DrMcMeow t1_ix15r8t wrote
north oxford
SheSellsSeaShells967 t1_ix2vmrd wrote
Thanks!
planningcalendar t1_ix1qla0 wrote
There used to be a sporting camp there. I worked there as a teen. Lived in "the chicken coop."One night we got hammered and walked down to Louise Dickerson Rich's camp where a coworker was spending the night. It was early May back when there was still snow around in May. We went skinny dipping in Rapid River and then into the hot tub. Holy coldness.
fredezz t1_ix2kaod wrote
Years ago I used to fly fish The rapid river below middle dam... I doubt like hell if anybody ever measured the snowfall in that area.
DrMcMeow t1_ix2wy91 wrote
middle dam is COOP ID# 175261
the station has been recording weather for around a century.
https://w1.weather.gov/climate/calendar_outlook.php?wfo=gyx&site=175261
http://research.jisao.washington.edu/greg/northeast/states/ME/175261.html
Delusional_Donut t1_ix26jy0 wrote
I’m entirely confident this is a 12:00-12:00 measure and not an actual most in 24 hours measure. I’ve been alive for a 3-foot storm but it lasted throughout the night, this is a really bad statistical map.
Uledragon456k t1_ix2ks7c wrote
I feel like this map doesn't really take into the account of high elevation locations and how that affects snowfall. I would bet it would look dramatically different if it was max snowfall <5,000 ft elevation
tadamhicks t1_ix35ozh wrote
You couldn’t include the entire state of Colorado then.
Doc_coletti t1_ix1r00e wrote
Arizona is number nine?
ScarletFire21 t1_ix38j7t wrote
They have plenty of mountains that are 7,000 feet above sea level. Flagstaff is a nice mountain town about 2.5 hours north of the Valley and looks and feels a lot like Maine. They get snow there, just not in the desert in Maricopa County
Songspark t1_ix46s3e wrote
Curious as to why you would think a place in the high desert of the southwest “looks and feels a lot like” the east coast?
ScarletFire21 t1_ix47m7t wrote
I’ve been there many times. I recommend you to visit. Have a great day!
Songspark t1_ixbdvp6 wrote
I have also been there many times.
SeawolfGaming t1_ix4chgw wrote
They're asking a question not starting an argument.
pill2000 t1_ix27u1m wrote
How did New Mexico beat Maine in snowfall?
woodsey262 t1_ix85yea wrote
Elevation differences.
Heavy_Requirement_93 t1_ix44d2z wrote
No ty!
clh72481 t1_ix25jl0 wrote
California is number 3? How?
bleahdeebleah t1_ix3cupp wrote
Mountains
Comfortable-Buy-7388 t1_ix0vqww wrote
These numbers make no sense. The New York record is supposedly 45 inches but I have lived here 60 + years and know for a fact that single day snow accumulations have been significantly higher. Today's 60 + inches in Buffalo is not that unusual. I lived in Western NY for many years.