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All posts for the month December, 2013

There was more movement in the snow contest than I expected and Provo, Utah made the biggest move climbing up 32 spots on the mountain. Provo added 10.5 inches of new snow to bring them all the way up to the top 10 snowiest cities group. They only had 0.5 inches the last update and I’m now showing 11 inches of snowfall for Provo. Utah’s totals. Pretty impressive but not even close to enough to challenge the top spot on the snow mountain.

Billings, Montana continues to hold on to the title of King of the Snowiest big cities. So far anyways ;) The problem is, for the rest of us that is, is that they continue to cushion their lead it seems every time I do an update. All we can do is sit by and hope that when that cold air moves across the country that the rest of us can tap into it and pick up some new snow to add to our totals.

It’s been quiet this side of the country in the east/northeast but that cold front should be moving in sometime this weekend. I think I may go and get a generator to jump start that lake effect snow for all of us in the northeast. Erie is still holding tough in the second place spot. Right now there are probably about 13 cities right behind them though and just waiting to push them down the snow mountain a few spots ;) I think it will come down to which way the wind blows this weekend and who will get rain or snow.

I’m still loving how the contest this season is staying really close with a bunch of cities in striking distance of taking the top spot from Billings. That is if they ever slow down to give us a chance. The movers this last update were the Colorado cities, obviously Utah, South Dakota and Billings. Enough for now and have a Great day All :)

First off a BIG Thanks to Robert S. for his donation to the site which I believe is the second time he has donated. Your donations do really help to offset some costs. Thanks Robert, I do appreciate it :)

Congrats to Billings, Montana retaking the lead and dropping Erie, Pa from the top of the snow mountain. If my memory serves me right which it normally doesn’t this is the second time that Billings has been on the top of the mountain. Billings, Montana had a record snowfall yesterday, 11/2/2013 picking up 6.2 inches of snow on the day breaking the old record of 4.6 dating back to 2008. Now we’ll have to wait to see if they have more snowfall to add today to cushion their lead.

Nothing else really changed in the top 10 snowiest big city lineup other than all of the other cities dropped a spot. It’s still a close snow race with Erie, Pa staying close to Billings in second place, followed by Syracuse, NY in third, Rochester and then Anchorage. So far the past champion of the 2011-2012 season Anchorage, Alaska has been pretty quiet in the Golden Snow Globe contest this season and are way behind their normal snow totals for the season. Right now they are reporting 11.2 inches of snow so far which is only half the amount of their normal snowfall this time of the year which should be 22.5 inches of snow. Let’s all hope it stays like that ;) Stay Tuned, a lot of snow season left.

Have and Awesome Week All and as always, See Snow, Drive Slow :)

Last season, Pat and I did a trial version of Fantasy Snowfall, and overall it was a great success. We’ve brought it back this year, though with some changes. First off, we have 2 more people participating: Brent and Mike. With 2 more people, we’ve reduced the number of full cities to 6 per person. Also, everyone has Syracuse, NY, but can only use it as a starter once. All other times, Syracuse counts as 0 inches.

With there being 6 cities, 4 will be starters and 2 will be bench. Starters will have full credit while the bench is worth half. All cities must start at least once, and be on the bench at least once. Roster updates occur at the end of each month.

This year’s contest will run from December through March. I’ll try to get full updates done every 10 days, depending on snow totals of course.

The draft took place last week and starters were submitted by November 30th. Here are the cities each participant has, with starters for December in bold:

Brent:
Denver, CO
Erie, PA
Lansing, MI

Milwaukee, WI
Sioux Falls, SD
Worcester, MA

Mike:
Boston, MA
Flint, MI
Madison, WI

Pittsburgh, PA
Rochester, NY
South Bend, IN

Pat:
Buffalo, NY
Cleveland, OH
Green Bay, WI

Rochester, MN
Salt Lake City, UT
Spokane, WA

Steve:
Akron, OH
Anchorage, AK
Billings, MT
Grand Rapids, MI

Hartford, CT
Minneapolis, MN

A quick “Power Ranking” of these cities, based on their season average, shows that Pat has a slight advantage. Coming in second is Brent, then Mike, with Steve being last. However, the difference between first and last is about a foot, which suggests this will be a close contest.

We hope you enjoy following along this year’s contest! Who do you think will win this year’s Fantasy Snowfall contest? Let us know in the comments!