Ohio valley region precipitation and snow and temperature

Update on the Ohio valley region 

Inspired by The Straighter Dope Blog

Like many regions, the amount of snow depends on temperature, more than the amount of precipitation.  This is already known to Meteorologists, but trying to convince somebody who believes otherwise is futile.

The problem with those graphs, which are from a GHCN station, is the data is not correct.

Would you like to find out?

 

The snow ratio is important to understand

 On new years eve 2021, the exact phrase "The snow ratio is important" does not appear in a Google search.

Nor does it show up on Bing or duckduckgo 

The snow ratio is important to understand why there is more, or less snow, from the same amount of precipitation.  

From weather.com

You may have heard that you can melt 10 inches of snow to an inch of water. But is that really true?

While this rule of thumb is valid at times, there are factors in the atmosphere which can result in higher or lower snow amounts from that same inch of water. Meteorologists call this the snow ratio, and it plays an important role in snow forecasts for a given storm, in addition to determining a weather system's future path.

In general, lower snow ratios result in wet, heavy snow accumulations commonly found in early and late-season storms. That type of snow is difficult to shovel, and sometimes can down trees and power lines. Conversely, higher snow ratios lead to light and fluffy accumulations, often prone to blowing around in the wind.

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The snow ratio is important, and is not found on Wikipedia

In simple terms, the colder it is when snow forms, the more volume there is.  So not only is there more snow when it's cold, the colder it is, the more snow there can be.

Dale Enterprise and GISS data and snow

Raw post (to be edited)

 

Snowmageddon 2010 and Snowpocolypse 2010 (February 2010 back to back blizzards)

 The events that started my skepticism about snow and climate change.  That these back to back blizzards occurred soon after the climategate emails were online, prompted my investigation into the data. 

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The record snow in the Boston are 2015 (it snowed more because it was cold, not because of global warming)

In this post I explain and show with actual data, why there was record snow in Boston, winter 2015

(see this entry for a similar example) .  

 In most areas of the United States, the amount of snow is directly connected to the temperature. 

 Especially the daily high (Tmax), but the nighttime low (Tmin) can also be a factor.

The essential factor is the snow ratio.  

Understanding what causes heavy snow is also important.

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It snowed more in Texas because it was cold (February 2021)

This entry will explain and show with actual data why there was record snow and cold in Texas.  (it was not because of record precipitation)

 Like clockwork, the experts assigned blame to the record cold and snow in Texas, claiming that somehow it was because of warming, that it was so much colder.  And of course, there was so much snow because the warmer atmosphere holds more moisture, so it was more precipitation that caused so much snow.

Which is just not true.

While it is futile to expect evidence to matter, I still do this, because I enjoy it.

And for a larger view, 1921-2021