Thanksgiving Snowstorm

wxid · #1 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:15 pm

This is a trivia question for those with good memories (or records). Perhaps King , with your good memory or Weather53 (any folks that were in MidAtlantic area). My memory is swiss cheese form then , but on Thanksgiving DAY in 1988 or 1989 (?) there was a decent snowstorm i think of about 6 inches here in Salisbury, MD and i am guessing about 6-10" in DCA (?). Anyone recall this? I can find no records of it, but i am pretty sure it was one of those years . Another close year had an Ice storm, but this was definately SNOW, as i recall riding around prior to the BIG dinner doing donuts with my cousin.

tropicana · #2 Postby **tropicana** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:22 pm

It was Thanksgiving 1989!

The day before Thanksgiving , on Nov 22nd 1989.... snowsqualls accompanied by thunder and lightning fell at Milwaukee WI where 9in of snow fell. 11in fell at Waukegan and 2.1in at Chicago;s O'Hare.
That same day... Baltimore saw 2.0in snow, Dulles 2.2in, and even Central park NY had 0.3inches.

THANKSGIVING DAY Nov 23 1989

Central Park ws a Winter Wonderland after the 1st White Thanksgiving in 51 years! Temps were wlll below freezing all day, and snow fell on the Annula Thanksgiving Day Parade. The temp was near 23F at parade time..some of the floats had to be grounded due to high winds. New York City was 4.7in, Newark NJ 5.3in, Bridgeprt CT 6.2in Providence RI 8.0in.

That was the Great Thanksgiving Day 1989 snowstorm.

-justin-

wxid · #3 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 1:51 pm

Perhaps it was only 3-5 inches (you know how memory makes that totals increase...hehe) , but it was definately enough to do donuts in, and i don't think it changed to rain ....they always do in this part of Maryland with a Noreaster. I don't know,, but it didnt resemble a NE, so i am guessing it was a Clipper or something? Good enough though!

JCT777 · #4 Postby **JCT777** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 4:20 pm

My area (northern suburbs of Philadelphia) picked up 4 inches of snow the night before Thanksgiving in 1989. It was nice to wake up to a blanket of white on Thanksgiving Day! 8-)

This came during an extremely cold period from mid-November through the end of December in 1989. In fact, it was likely the coldest Novembers/Decembers in my entire life.

wxid · #5 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:02 pm

Cool! It was the first 'White Thanksgiving' I've had and probably the only. I think one year between '88-'91, there was an Ice storm (I'm in Eastern Shore Maryland)...that was like a 'Crystal Thanksgiving' !

Guest · #6 Postby **Guest** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:03 pm

wxid wrote:Perhaps it was only 3-5 inches (you know how memory makes that totals increase...hehe) , but it was definately enough to do donuts in, and i don't think it changed to rain ....they always do in this part of Maryland with a Noreaster. I don't know,, but it didnt resemble a NE, so i am guessing it was a Clipper or something? Good enough though!

Oh how i remember this storm!!!! :grrr:

(Got robbed at the beach in Ocean City 5 inches of snow then snow/rain mix) while places as close as Berlin and yes Salisbury got over a foot of all snow from this system..............

wxid · #7 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 6:07 pm

king of weather wrote:
wxid wrote:Perhaps it was only 3-5 inches (you know how memory makes that totals increase...hehe) , but it was definately enough to do donuts in, and i don't think it changed to rain ....they always do in this part of Maryland with a Noreaster. I don't know,, but it didnt resemble a NE, so i am guessing it was a Clipper or something? Good enough though!

Oh how i remember this storm!!!! (Got robbed at the beach in Ocean City 5 inches of snow then snow/rain mix) while places as close as Berlin and yes Salisbury got over a foot of all snow from this system..............

King, at least your in a 'real' part of the country now !!!! Now i'm the Lone Loser stuck with all the jip storms

.....

I know all too well the 'robbed' feeling !!!!!!!!! ARGGGGH ahead of time!

mrfreeze · #8 Postby **mrfreeze** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:43 pm

i've only experienced three notable thanksgiving snows in my lifetime that i can recall. the first was in camdenton,mo about a foot in 1975. the second was the only other one i've experienced in missouri . it was thanksgiving eve 1980. we got about 7'' of snow. the last one was thanksgiving eve 1987 n colorado springs when we recieved about 4.5''.

i think were way overdue here in st.louis way, way overdue. i got a hunch it just might happen this year. of course i have no scientific information to base it on.

wxid · #9 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:52 pm

'winter sure ain't what it used to be'

.....got that right!

StormCrazyIowan · #10 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:53 pm

Wxid, it could be worse......you could live in IOWA!! :lol:

Hey, that storm occured the day after my 7th birthday!

I want one for this year!

Mr. Freeze, we are wayyyy overdue right above you in Davenport! (Btw, you used to live in Camdenton? My aunt lives there now! Haven't been there yet but heard it's a beauty!)

chadtm80 · #11 Postby **chadtm80** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:57 pm

Wxid, it could be worse......you could live in IOWA!!

Ah yes, but it could be even worst.. You could live in FL. Was a steamy 85 here today.. Ahhh.. good old crisp cool air november here in central Florida :roll:

lol.

I know, I know... waaa waaa get out of Florida.. gotcha.. lol

StormCrazyIowan · #12 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 9:58 pm

LOL, how did I know as soon as I saw you replied that you would say FL is worse?

WELL DUH!!!!!

All in good fun.... :wink:

mrfreeze · #13 Postby **mrfreeze** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:03 pm

StormCrazyIowan wrote:Wxid, it could be worse......you could live in IOWA!!

Hey, that storm occured the day after my 7th birthday! I want one for this year!

Mr. Freeze, we are wayyyy overdue right above you in Davenport! (Btw, you used to live in Camdenton? My aunt lives there now! Haven't been there yet but heard it's a beauty!)

we moved down there in nov of 69 i was four and a half.i lived there until 1987. went through three pretty bad winters in the late seventies. of course i thought it was paradise at the time

wxid · #14 Postby **wxid** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:04 pm

No, No....Delmarva (Central) is worse....just ask King! King, back me up on this one. We get jipped all the time! At least in FL its warm rain....we get Winterwonderland teases that turn into Cold Rain poster covers for Prozac!

StormCrazyIowan · #15 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:50 pm

I get jipped too!!! But it could just be me...... *sniffle* :lol:

Guest · #16 Postby **Guest** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 11:27 pm

wxid wrote:No, No....Delmarva (Central) is worse....just ask King! King, back me up on this one. We get jipped all the time! At least in FL its warm rain....we get Winterwonderland teases that turn into Cold Rain poster covers for Prozac!

Pretty much correct wxid...................Problem here is when it does snow it all comes at once in a single season or storm then its back to being jipped............I thankfully was fortunate enough to be at the Delaware coast in 95-96 when the most snow had ever fallen in a winter season which as well beat out the records in DC,Balt and Philly.................That in itself kinda made up for the jipped years!!!!!!!

StormCrazyIowan · #17 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 11:43 pm

See, wxid, at least there was ONE good year!! Where was mine?!

Oh yeah.....1997....most snowfall ever recorded in QC......*zips mouth shut* :lol:

Guest · #18 Postby **Guest** » Tue Nov 11, 2003 11:57 pm

StormCrazyIowan wrote:See, wxid, at least there was ONE good year!! Where was mine?!

Oh yeah.....1997....most snowfall ever recorded in QC......*zips mouth shut*

Out with it Jacki?????? :lol:

..........What was the total????? I will say this much.........The total for that season was well over 50inches but below a 100?????

StormCrazyIowan · #19 Postby **StormCrazyIowan** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:03 am

Yep, right in the middle..... 71.3"

I remember the year well, I was in 8th grade, and we were in school through the second week of June due to all the snow days!

I wanna smash that record!

tropicana · #20 Postby **tropicana** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 9:36 am

...all I know is that both Iowa and Florida rock big time!!

-justin-

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