Snow Site May Be Down for A Bit

Posted by Patrick on October 7, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities.

Just a heads up that The Golden Snow Globe site may be out of commission for several days. I’ll get it back up as soon as possible. I’m in the process of moving and have had to prioritize some expenses. It shouldn’t be down for too long and I don’t think we will see any snow in the near future although it feels like it is ready to snow out right now. BRRRRR! I know Colorado has had some snow and I’ll be checking to see if the contest has started yet this season if any of the cities have more than a trace :)

Feel free to hit that donate button to help offset some of the costs of hosting and keeping the snow sites running. Every little bit helps out ;)

Have an Awesome Week All :)

Airblown Inflatables Christmas Snow Globes

Posted by Patrick on September 23, 2013
Posted in: Christmas, Shopping. Tagged: , , , , , , , .

2014 Christmas Blowups and Inflatable Christmas Snow Globes

Warning – shameless plug about inflatable Christmas snow globes for outdoor Christmas decorations ahead ;) This is the time we try to plug some of the inflatable Christmas products and airblown blowups to help keep this site going all season long. We have a couple of sites that we have both Halloween and Christmas inflatables on and we found a few of the inflatable snow globes from walmart to add to this site for anyone looking to purchase them for the Holiday season. The snow contest is just a fun hobby but the shopping sites are how we make a living or should I say use to anyways ;)

Right now there are only a few of the airblown inflatable snow globes around for Christmas but I’m sure as the season gets closer more will come out. Walmart, Spirit Halloween and Garden.com probably have some of the best selections of overall Halloween and Christmas blowups in all sizes and styles. Actually there are a lot of new Christmas inflatables for the 2014 season including snow globes. We update the our inflatable sites often and if you click on a product you like you should also see a current coupon to help you save. Below are a few of Walmart inflatable snow globes that I think go up to 6 foot.

Walmart Inflatables Christmas Snow Globes 6.5 Foot Blowups
Gemmy Animated Christmas
 Blowups at Walmart
Animated Christmas blowups and inflatable tea cup with santa claus
Gemmy Industries Airblown Animated Tea Cup Ride Christmas Decoration
Santa Blowups in Military w/God
Bless America Inflatable
for Christmas
Inflatable Santa and Snowman
Christmas Snow Globes at
Walmart
Inflatable Christmas snow globes at walmart

Gemmy
Christmas Snow GlobesWith Santa Hat-Santa With Snowman at Walmarts

Don’t forget to us the Free shipping from Site to store option to save at
Walmart!

All the New 2014 Walmart Inflatable Christmas Blowups

We will be adding more of the Christmas snow globes as we find them. If you are looking for other Christmas inflatables we have almost 100 of them to choose from on our site along with a bunch of Halloween Inflatables and blowups for decorating your yard. Just use the link below and have some Happy Holidays. Snow updates will be coming soon ;)

Click Here for All Halloween and Christmas Inflatables and Yard Blowups

It’s a Wrap, Syracuse Wins National Snow Contest

Posted by Patrick on May 31, 2013
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Congratulations Syracuse, NY, the new King of the Snow Mountain…  Here it is 90 degrees in Syracuse, New York and I’m finally calling the snow contest a wrap.  Syracuse has regained the title of snowiest big city in the country (pop 100,000) once again.  After last seasons embarrassing finish of 7th place with just 50.6 inches and being blown away by last years snow champ Anchorage, Alaska who had a snow total of 134.5 Syracuse managed to pull off a very close snow race between several cities this season.  For the 2012 – 2013 snow season Syracuse was able to win with a total of 115.4 inches, even though being just shy of their average snowfall of around 123.8 inches.

Some of the tough competition came from Erie, Pa, Worcester, MA, Anchorage and a strong finish by Lakewood, Colorado.  The Colorado cities got off to a slow start but were one of the reasons the snow contest went this late in the season.  For some reason this season just didn’t want to end and Lakewood, CO ended up jumping from #18 on the list to #5.  To be honest with the late snowfall this season even  now I feel a little uncomfortable calling it.  15 of the cities in the contest had some measurable snow in May and several others had at least a trace.

Syracuse was lucky that they were able to pick up something like 12 inches of snow in April that managed to miss Erie, PA and Worcester, MA to pull off a come from behind King of the Snow Mountain victory.  Several times toward the end it looked like either Erie or Worcester were going to take the crown.  I thought this season was one of the most fun ones to date because of the different lead changes right to the end.  Great job to both Worcester and Erie and I have a feeling they will be in the running again come next season.

I think normally I call the contest around May 15th when it seems like the snow is done for the season in cities in Colorado, Nebraska and a couple others.  This season I was watching the Colorado cities slowly move up the line-up and was too big of a sissy man to call it too early.  Hey, it’s been a whacky snow season when a lot of cities are still getting snow in May.  Not unheard of but I’m sure a few of them may have set a record for latest snow received.  Fort Collins picked up 12.9 inches of snow in May.  Below are some of the other Golden Snow Globe cities that pick up measurable snow in May.

Fort Collins, CO — 12.9 inches in May
Lakewood, CO —-  8.0
Des Moines, Iowa – 6.9
Denver, Colorado – 3.4
Omaha, Nebraska – 3.1
Lincoln, Nebraska – 2.7
Independence, Mo – 2.0
Colorado Springs — 1.8
Sioux Falls, SD — 1.5
Springfield, Mo —- 1.4
Anchorage, AK —- 1.3
Saint. Paul, MN — 0.6
Pueblo, CO —— 0.6
Kansas City, MO – 0.5
Minneapolis, MN – 0.5

That about sums it up for a fun 2012 – 2013 snow season and like I said it was a fun one.  We got to meet a lot of new people from different cities in the contest.  The season went right down until the end which made it even more fun.  I’ll be popping in every now and then throughout the summer to see what’s going on.  We hope all of you have a safe and fun filled Summer with what ever kind of weather it is you like.  Me, I’ll take 70 and sunny.  Have a great one All!

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: Final Results

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on May 7, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

I think I’ve made you all wait long enough now. There are a few announcements at the end of this post, but we’ll get to the results first. As always, the sleepers are in italics. This month Pat used his 2 sleeper option so he has 6 starters.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 April Update
Pat Steve
64.35 47.95
Starters (Full Credit)
Fort Collins, CO 29.4 Denver, CO 20.4
Green Bay, WI 7.8 Des Moines, IA 0.0
St. Paul, MN 17.0 Madison, WI 0.3
Worcester, MA 0.0 Minneapolis, MN 17.9
Newark, NJ 0.0 Boston, MA 0.0
Pueblo, CO 3.5
Total 57.7 Total 38.6
Bench (Half Credit)
Buffalo, NY 0.3 Anchorage, AK 16.0
Erie, PA 1.0 Cleveland, OH 0.3
Spokane, WA 0.0 Rochester, NY 2.3
Syracuse, NY 12.0 Salt Lake City, UT 0.1
South Bend, IN 0.0
Total 6.65 Total 9.35

Pat takes April! But, was is enough to take this year’s title?

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 Standings
Teams January February March April Total
Pat 80.25 166.00 108.05 64.35 418.65
Steve 84.55 174.30 106.50 47.95 413.30

It was, by 5.35 inches! In a season in which seemingly big leads were overcome monthly, it is rather fitting that the final big lead was overcome as well. Congratulations Pat, you’ve won GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013! There’s a little donation waiting for you. Those 2 statements may or may not be related to each other. :)

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Now for the announcements.

First off, we are excited to bring Fantasy Snowfall back for next season. It will once again, be a four month event, but the timing will be altered. Next season will run from December 1st through March 31st. So the draft will be held in mid to late November.

Secondly, I will not be a participant next season. I will still be involved with Fantasy Snowfall as an administrative role, updating the stats, running the draft and so forth. But in interest of fairness, I should not be a participant for as long as we continue Fantasy Snowfall. So that means we’ll need someone to take my spot in the contest. We have a possibility out there, but we’ll wait for next season to see how that pans out before making an announcement.

Third, we are going to expand the contest to 4 participants. How we get those other 2 people is yet to be determined. However, we may very well end up making it open to the public. If you would like to participate in next year’s event, leave a comment! We’ll keep you in mind for next year’s contest. :)

And finally, this is not Fantasy Snowfall related at all, but I thought I’d give it a brief mention while there’s some interest in the site this season. So, it’s some shameless self promotion. :) I will be participating in a video game event in early November, called Extra Life. Proceeds from my page are going to the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY. While the event is almost 6 months away, donations are being accepted right now. Click here for more information. Thank you everyone! :)

Thanks to all who have checked out Fantasy Snowfall 2013 and we’re looking forward to next season! Well…maybe we’ll enjoy warmer weather first.

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: 4/14 Update

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on April 14, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , .

We’re just about halfway through the final month of Fantasy Snowfall. Some cities already have as much snow, or more, than they had in all of January. We’ll get to that in just a bit, but first, here’s how the teams stand so far in April. As a reminder, the sleepers are in italics. Pat used his 2 sleeper option this month, so he has 6 starters.

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 April Update
Pat Steve
20.65 21.80
Starters (Full Credit)
Fort Collins, CO 1.5 Denver, CO 6.6
Green Bay, WI 7.3 Des Moines, IA 0.0
St. Paul, MN 4.9 Madison, WI 0.0
Worcester, MA 0.0 Minneapolis, MN 6.6
Newark, NJ 0.0 Boston, MA 0.0
Pueblo, CO 0.8
Total 14.5 Total 13.2
Bench (Half Credit)
Buffalo, NY 0.3 Anchorage, AK 14.7
Erie, PA 0.0 Cleveland, OH 0.2
Spokane, WA 0.0 Rochester, NY 2.3
Syracuse, NY 12.0 Salt Lake City, UT 0.0
South Bend, IN 0.0
Total 6.15 Total 8.60

With the big snow cities forced to be on the bench this month, it’s not a surprise to see the bigger snow totals there. As I mentioned up top though, some cities are already at, or above, their totals for all of January. Those cities are Anchorage, Denver, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Syracuse. It makes for an interesting race to the finish, but how long will the snow last?

The final results for the season will be posted May 1st. Depending on events between now and then, we may sneak in one more update.

No Big Changes in The Top 10 Snowiest US Cities

Posted by Patrick on April 11, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities, Anchorage Alaska Snow Info. Tagged: , , , , , .

Not a whole lot of changes this last update which included all of the cities. Most of the snowiest cities were pretty much snow-less since the last update but with the way this snow season has gone so far it’s still too early to crown a winner in my opinion.

A few of the Colorado cities are getting some snow but I think the city to keep an eye on right now is Anchorage. Once again this season they are over their normal snowfall totals and it seems every time I check their snow stats they have more snow to add. They are still in striking distance along with Erie, PA and Worcester, MA.

The warm air was suppose to show up in the Syracuse area this week but that never happened. I didn’t look to see if Erie has gotten into the warm air yet. To sum it up I think as long as the cold air is sticking around any of the top 4 cities can keep adding to their totals. I’ll be getting the updates in as I see the snow falling and Good Luck to the cities near the top ;)

Have a Great Week Everyone :)

BREAKING NEWS – Syracuse Plows Past Worcester and Erie

Posted by Patrick on April 2, 2013
Posted in: All US Snow Cities. Tagged: , , , , .

The new snow stats have finally come in and we have a new leader for the first time in awhile. Syracuse was able to tap into the Lake Effect snow this time round and managed to break the old record for todays date 4/2 picking up 10.5 inches of the white fluffy gold breaking the old date record of 1.4 set back in 1991.  They may have a shot at breaking their snow totals record for the month of April which I believe is 16.4 back in 1983 if it continues for a day or two.

Here is an article that came out today by Sean Kirst who is a great journalist for the Post Standard and Syracuse.com in the Syracuse and surrounding areas about the national snow contest.

Now it is up to Erie and Worcester to catch Syracuse, the new king of the snow mountain. Both cities were reporting just a trace this last update which included just the top 3 cities. Here in Da’Cuse it’s been light snow most of the day but it looks like one of the lake effect bands are just starting to kick in again as it’s coming down pretty good.

I have to say that this season has been the most exciting and closest one that I can remember since the snow contest started :) Let’s go Erie and Worcester, keep it close to the end. I’ll try and get a full or at least a top 10 update done in the next day or two.

Have a GREAT Week All!!

Is There a New Leader in The National Snow Contest

Posted by Patrick on April 2, 2013
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To be honest I don’t have a clue right now but I think it will be pretty close.  The problem is that the overnight snow stats aren’t out yet so I’ll do a quick update a bit later.  Hey, is there any new snow in Erie, PA?

I don’t think Worcester will have much to add to their snow totals but Erie may have gotten some new snow and Syracuse definitely got some decent lake effect snow last night as I am looking at it out my window right now.  The suspense is killing me though as to how much Syracuse received overnight and if Erie picked up any.  Syracuse may have gotten enough to take over the top spot from Worcester, MA who has held on to the lead for quite awhile now.

Not much info to share right now but I’ll be posting when the new NOAA snow stats come out.  Stay Tuned ;)

Fantasy Snowfall 2013: March Results

Posted by GSG Fantasy Snowfall on April 1, 2013
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Just like with February, there’s lots to get into with the end of the month results. So…here they are…

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 March Results
Pat Steve
108.15 106.50
Starters (Full Credit)
Buffalo, NY 9.8 Anchorage, AK 20.6
Erie, PA 25.4 Cleveland, OH 10.7
Fort Collins, CO 12.6 Madison, WI 15.2
St. Paul, MN 12.8 Minneapolis, MN 13.8
Syracuse, NY 20.2 Rochester, NY 11.9
Total 80.8 Total 72.2
Bench (Half Credit)
Green Bay, WI 8.4 Denver, CO 23.5
Spokane, WA 0.9 Des Moines, IA 9.6
Worcester, MA 30.9 Salt Lake City, UT 2.7
Newark, NJ 8.8 Boston, MA 20.6
Pueblo, CO 5.7 South Bend, IN 12.2
Total 27.35 Total 34.30

Pat takes this one! As mentioned in the previous update, and held true in the end, the bench was the star of the month. Both Pat and Steve’s highest totals were bench cities this month in Worcester and Denver, respectively. With three months down, and 1 to go, here’s how the overall standings look:

GSG Fantasy Snowfall 2013 Standings
Teams January February March April Total
Pat 80.25 165.90 108.15 0.0 354.30
Steve 84.55 174.30 106.50 0.0 365.35

Steve still has the lead, by a little over 11 inches heading into April. It may seem over, but all it takes is one well placed storm. And if you think that’s not likely to happen, keep this in mind: it’s currently snowing in Syracuse. Now on to the April starters:

Pat:
Fort Collins, CO
Green Bay, WI
St. Paul, MN
Worcester, MA
Newark, NJ
Pueblo, CO

Pat saved his double sleeper option for the end. And he has the current GSG leader Worcester starting. But, he was forced to bench some of his other big snow getters in Buffalo, Erie and Syracuse. Along with the two sleepers, Pat was forced to start Green Bay for April.

Steve:
Denver, CO
Des Moines, IA
Madison, WI
Minneapolis, MN
Boston, MA

Speaking of benching big snow getters, Steve had to bench Anchorage and Rochester for April. Steve also had to start Denver, Des Moines and sleeper Boston. Of the two remaining options available, Steve took the two northern cities Madison and Minneapolis.

Both are looking for a strong finish…at least as strong of one as you can get in April. Just 30 days remain in this year’s Fantasy Snowfall contest!

Erie, PA Slides Past Syracuse’s Snow Total

Posted by Patrick on March 31, 2013
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First Off a Happy Easter to You and Your Family From Ours :)

Erie, Pa managed to slip past Syracuse while I wasn’t paying attention. Now they are only 4.2 inches away from catching up to the snow leader Worcester, MA. Erie picked up a 1.3 inch lead over Syracuse where it has actually been sunny the last day or two.

I did just a top 20 update today and I’ll be keeping an eye on the weather and posting new totals throughout the week.

HAVE a HAPPY EASTER ALL!