As some of this may be a bit surprising, I had recently did my research thanks to NOAA's climate data (which has data for McMinnville all the way back in the 1800's!!!) and found out that our winter 2 years ago, was 2nd all time snowiest for the area since 1950!! Here's the numbers:
McMinnville’s Top 10 Snowiest Winters:
1. 48.5” 1950
2. 27.8” 2008
3. 24.2” 1943
4. 24.0” 1920
5. 23.4” 1937
6. 23.3” 1971
7. 21.7” 1949
8. 20.7” 1917
9. 19.5” 1960
10. 17.1” 1965
I also find that March of 1951 receieved 23.3" of Snow, the most ever for any March of course, but wow, I couldn't have imagined getting a storm like the one we saw in December of 08, in March! I've also found our annual percentage on any given winter to see snow/snowfall, its 75% dead on. Based on our winters i've experienced with all my time living here (22 years) i'd say 75% is a very accurate number in those terms. So much interesting data to go through, i'll post more when I find more!
--Grant
Source: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=snow
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