Happy New Year everyone! With December 2013 at a close, it is time to check how each competitor fared for the month. The table below shows the December snowfall totals for the cities in this season’s Fantasy Snowfall contest.
| GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2014 | |||||||||
| Brent | Mike | Pat | Steve | ||||||
| 103.0 | 92.2 | 98.8 | 110.2 | ||||||
| Starters (Full Credit) | |||||||||
| Denver | 4.7 | Ann Arbor | 17.5 | Buffalo | 28.5 | Anchorage | 23.1 | ||
| Erie | 48.0 | Flint | 16.7 | Cleveland | 17.1 | Billings | 23.9 | ||
| Lansing | 15.4 | Madison | 22.1 | Green Bay | 26.4 | Grand Rapids | 34.7 | ||
| Worcester | 18.9 | Rochester(NY) | 22.5 | Salt Lake City | 18.4 | Minneapolis | 15.9 | ||
| Total | 87.0 | Total | 78.8 | Total | 90.4 | Total | 97.6 | ||
| Bench (Half Credit) | |||||||||
| Milwaukee | 19.3 | Boston | 11.7 | Rochester(MN) | 13.1 | Akron | 12.5 | ||
| Sioux Falls | 12.6 | Pittsburgh | 15.0 | Spokane | 3.7 | Hartford | 12.7 | ||
| Total | 16.0 | Total | 13.4 | Total | 8.4 | Total | 12.6 | ||
In this season’s contest, all four competitors are given the option to start Syracuse for one month as a bonus 5th starter. None of the four chose to start Syracuse in December. However, it is worth pointing out that Syracuse had 29 inches in December. As one final note, as of December 15th, South Bend, IN no longer has official measurements. We’ve replaced them with Ann Arbor, MI for Mike.
Steve wins December, but there are three months to go. Here are the starters for January:
| January 2014 Starters | |||
| Brent | Mike | Pat | Steve |
| Erie, PA | Boston, MA | Buffalo, NY | Akron, OH |
| Lansing, MI | Madison, WI | Cleveland, OH | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Milwaukee, WI | Pittsburgh, PA | Green Bay, WI | Hartford, CT |
| Worcester, MA | Rochester, NY | Salt Lake City, UT | Minneapolis, MN |
| Syracuse, NY | Syracuse, NY | ||
To meet the season’s requirements, Brent must bench Erie, Lansing and Worcester and start Sioux Falls, Mike must bench Madison and Rochester(NY), Pat must bench Buffalo, Cleveland, Green Bay and Salt Lake City and start Rochester(MN) and Spokane, and Steve must bench Grand Rapids and Minneapolis. In addition, Pat and Steve have Syracuse available to start in either February or March.
The next update will likely be on either January 11th or 12th.
Cross-posting from the GSG page:
Rochester had only average snowfall and did not run away with anything as I had hoped. South Bend came in about 10 inches below normal for the month.
This next system should make things interesting. Boston is forecast to get between 8 and 14 inches, which would be a huge boost for me, and Pittsburgh should get a few inches as well. Rochester is also looking at about 7 to 14, and Syracuse 6 to 12.
For the others, Erie, Worcester, and Syracuse for Brent, Hartford for Steve, and Buffalo for Pat should make this quite a contest.
You know, assuming that it all falls at the airports and not around them.