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New Hampshire breaks snow record from 1876
by ryan | January 1, 2008 at 06:35 pm | 3642 views | 5 comments
From where I sit on the west coast the only snow I can see caps the mountain tops across inlet. But for those on the east coast, it's a different story.
oday's snowstorm made this month the snowiest December in New Hampshire in more than a century.The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said Concord, where New Hampshire records are kept, beat the previous record of 43 inches of snow in December by an inch and a half. That record was set in 1876.
Overall, the storm left 10.1 inches in Concord, and more in other parts of the state.
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January 1, 2008 at 06:35 pm by ryan, 3642 views, 5 comments
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Keene, New Hampshire, United States
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at 19:03 on January 1st, 2008
ryan, good story this time of year. For those of us who missed snow at Christmas there may be more records to break in 08.
at 23:21 on January 1st, 2008
This photo was taken in Keene, NH on New Years Eve about 10 am. This particular snow had started about 10 pm the night before and continued on for a few more hours.
This was the storm that put the snow totals over the record by 1.5 inches.
Normally, the first light snows begin around mid-December but this year we have had snow every few days at times, starting before Thanksgiving. The temps have remained low, so the snow hasn't had much opportunity to melt before the next storm piles on more snow. I've now shovelled as much snow as I would normally have done in an entire winter, and have just as much accumulation as I would expect to see at the end of winter.
Shovelling 6 foot piles of snow isn't much fun.
In this photo, you can see that the snow has been wet enough to cling to the tree branches and has packed down from the weight of more snow accumulating on top. Surprisingly, I haven't heard of roofs collapsing, although my shed roof did cave in on one side.
I went to Home Depot to buy a roof rake, but their shipment was diverted to some other location and they received ride mowers instead.
You will see around town from time to time convoys of dump trucks loaded with snow, removing the snow from parking lots.
This whole month has been unbelievable.
lpleach has contributed a photo to this story.
at 00:22 on January 2nd, 2008
My photo was taken near turtle pond. It was actually quite funny taking the picture because I noticed the shot while driving by so I pulled over and grabbed my camera and jumped into the snowbank from the road. Little did I expect to sink down about four feet. I completely disappeared except for my fledgling camera popping up above my head. I looked back at my truck and could see my wife laughing hysterically at me. Fortunately it was worth it becuase I like how the shot turned out.
at 11:34 on January 2nd, 2008
The snow is a lot closer here in Toronto...
at 14:14 on January 2nd, 2008
The four photos I've contributed were shot around my house in Penacook, New Hampshire, about 6 miles north of Concord and the snowstorm that is referred to (lol, so many of them by now) gave us more like a foot of snow than the 10.1 that was recorded in Concord. I was just outside taking more pics and the snow in the front yard is up to my waist. Our property is bordered at the back by the Contoocook River, almost frozen over by now and that doesn't usually happen until later in January. The snowbanks out back from plowing our parking lot are so high I can't get to the river's edge to take pictures now. From what I've read, that snowstorm brought Concord's total snowfall for December to 44.5 inches, making it the snowiest December in more than 130 years. Our funds keep going out with every snowfall for plowing, almost as much as we've had to pay for a full winter of plowing in recent years. The city of Concord has used up it's budget for downtown plowing and will have to ask for permission to use money from a contingency fund set aside to cover cost overrun...... and the snow keeps on coming.