6th Snowfall of Winter 03-04
Friday, Jan 2, the high was nearly 60; and it was still about 50 as of noon Saturday. All afternoon and into the evening, we had scattered, brief, light rain showers. Then, by 1am Sunday (Jan 4) a fairly steady rain, sleet, snow mixture developed, gradually turning to all sleet and snow. The first round of precipitation ended by about 10am, but not before leaving 5" of snow/sleet on the ground — the cars had 4¼" covering them, and the sidewalks had just over 2" (apparently a lot of snow was sacrificed cooling off the concrete from the unusual warmth of the last couple of days).For the first time this season, I got to use the snowblower!
Freezing rain then resumed before noon (just as I was finishing with the snow blower), followed by a couple of hours of often heavy snow, before turning back to sleet and freezing rain. There was an additional 2" of snow, and by late evening there was a coating of nearly ¼" ice on the trees.
Total snow this storm: 7"
Total ice this storm: ¼"
Season snowfall: 18½"