Record Snowfall
Here in the Dallas, Texas area we saw record snow fall yesterday. The snow began around 3 AM and did not let up until after I went to bed around 1AM. The National Weather Service station here in North Texas released this bulletin regarding the event:
Statement as of 5:38 am CST on February 12, 2010
... Greatest all-time calendar day snow on record set at Dallas Fort
Worth...... Record daily maximum snowfall for February 11th set at Dallas
Fort Worth...... Greatest all-time 24-hour snowfall total set at Dallas Fort
Worth...... Record 24-hour snow for February set at Dallas Fort Worth...
Dallas Fort Worth Airport recorded 11.2 inches of snow for February
11... 2010. This breaks the greatest calendar day snow on record.
The old record was 7.8 inches set on January 15... 1964 and January
14... 1917.Obviously... .this shatters the record daily maximum snowfall for
February 11th... of 1.4 inches which was previously set in 1988.The greatest all-time 24 hour snowfall record was also broken from 4
am Thursday to 4 am Friday. The new record is 12.5 inches. The old
record was 12.1 inches set January 15 through January 16... 1964.This also breaks the record 24-hour snowfall for February which was
7.5 inches... set on February 17... 1978 and February 25... 1924.
They also released this notice:
Statement as of 4:10 am CST on February 12, 2010
... Snow event one for the record books...
At midnight on February 11th... dfw Airport had recorded 11.2 inches
of snow. This breaks the previous daily record for February 11th of
1.4 inches set in 1988. This also breaks the previous 24-hour record
for February... 7.5 inches on February 17, 1978 and February 25, 1924.At 4 am on February 12th... dfw Airport had reported a 24-hour
snowfall total of 12.5 inches. This breaks the previous all time
24-hour snowfall total record of 12.1 inches set January 15-16, 1964.The snowfall total on February 11th is the greatest calendar-day
snowfall total on record for Dallas/Fort Worth. The previous record
was 7.8 inches on January 15, 1964 and January 14, 1917.This brings the seasonal snowfall total to 15.7 inches... which is
the 2nd highest seasonal total on record for Dallas/Fort Worth. This
is the snowiest winter in 32 seasons (since 1977-1978).--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dallas/Fort Worth - snowiest seasons
1 17.6 1977-78
2 15.7 2009-10*
3 15.3 1963-64
4 13.5 1923-24
5 10.4 1976-77
6 9.5 1909-10
7 9.2 1916-17
8 8.8 1947-48
9 8.1 1937-38
10 7.3 1965-66
7.3 1941-42--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dallas/Fort Worth - most snow in February
1 13.5 1978
2 12.5 2010*
3 7.5 1924--------------------------------------------------------------------
Dallas/Fort Worth - greatest 24-hour snowfall totals
1 12.5 February 11-12, 2010*
2 12.1 January 15-16, 1964
3 8.2 January 14-15, 1917
4 7.5 February 17, 1978
7.5 February 25, 1924
6 6.0 March 13, 1924
7 5.5 December 9, 1898
8 5.0 November 22, 1937
5.0 January 5, 1910
10 4.7 November 13, 1976--------------------------------------------------------------------
And yes, it is very unusual to see this much snow. However, this does not disprove climate change no matter how much your little republican conservative heart wants it to.
If anything it proves one of the many things I heard about global warming years ago. I've read somewhere before, don't remember exactly where (so don't quote me on it or anything) but the idea was that the affect of global warming would make the normally warmer areas get colder and colder areas get warmer. Other words there be a flip around kinda thing going on. We get a lot of snow, some Northern areas aren't getting their normal amount of snow.