Spotter Reports from NWS for February 4, 2005

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The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 6 hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. appreciation is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, skywarn spotters and media for these reports. This summary is also available on our home page at weather.Gov/Boston
********************Storm total snowfall********************
Location storm total time/date comments
snowfall(inches) measurement
Connecticut
Hartford County
Glastonbury 4.0 515 AM 2/4
Burlington 2.0 415 AM 2/4
Tolland County
Staffordville 3.0 248 AM 2/4
Tolland 3.0 516 AM 2/4
Windham County
Pomfret 3.8 558 AM 2/4
Massachusetts
Essex County
Salisbury 2.4 535 AM 2/4
Middlesex County
Townsend 5.1 535 AM 2/4
Worcester County
Fitchburg 4.9 519 AM 2/4
Ashburnham 4.3 430 AM 2/4 NWS CO-Op
Shrewsbury 3.8 136 AM 2/4
New Hampshire
Hillsborough County
Milford 4.5 530 AM 2/4
Nashua 2.5 308 AM 2/4

The Blizzard of 1996

Cornell University's Northeast Regional Climate Center has provided a useful site on snowfall depths and a press release for the Blizzard of 1996.

A nice map of snowfall totals is also provided by the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

My recollection of the storm, from the Connecticut perspective, was that totals in our area were reduced somewhat by a changeover to mixed precipitation during the middle of the storm.

The Digital Snow Museum

The Digital Snow Museum provides a nice visual archive of major snow storms dating back to 1717. It also provides a photo archive for major snow events around the world.

The Snow Man

I did not get a chance to read this article, but I thought it might be of some interest. It has to do with a man from the Army Corps of Engineers who studies the snow and its impact.