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Lowell, Ma. Snowiest Big City in The USA 2014-2015

Posted by Patrick on June 30, 2015
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Lowell, Ma, Winner of The National Golden Snow Globe Contest

Congratulations to Lowell, Massachusetts and to the fine folks in Lowell on being the snowiest Big city in the united states for the 2014-2015 snow season. This has by far been the closest snow contest since it began several seasons back. Less than an inch separates the top 3 cities in the Golden Snow Globe contest.

It was looking like the contest was going to end up in a tie between Worcester, Ma and Syracuse, NY for awhile but Lowell managed to pull it off beating both Syracuse and Worcester by only 0.9 of an inch. Syracuse and Worcester both ended the snow season with 119.7 inches of snowfall.

Lowell, Ma deserves the bragging rights after setting their all-time seasonal snow record of 111.5 inches that dated back to the 1947-1948 season according to the National Weather Service website. Unless it snow tonight ;) Lowell has set their all time seasonal record with 120.6 inches this season, 2014-2015. Way to go Lowell!

I was going to drag out the contest a little longer but figured Nah. OK, today is the last day of the 2014-2015 snow season believe it or not. Really!!! The new 2015-2016 snow season starts tomorrow, July 1st :P I have never waited this long to call the National snow contest but being the Sissyman that I am I was a little worried with it being sooo close and that perhaps some corrections would be made by the National Weather Service that I decided to hold off. I did call both National Weather Service office’s that handle Lowell, Worcester and Syracuse to make sure it was safe and both said to call it and both said it was.

I will do a more detailed summary when I have a little more time in the next few days. Once again Congrats to all of you in Lowell, Ma. It’s been a really fun season as always :)

Have a Great Summer All!

Who’s In First, What’s in Second, I Don’t Know is in Third

Posted by Patrick on February 26, 2015
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Updated 2/27 3:00 PM – First off I want to give a shout out and a Big Thanks to David M. for your kind donation to the snow site. Thank You David for helping out and taking the time to do so :)

OK, I still haven’t been able to confirm that the snow stats being posted for Lowell are correct but after looking around a little more it seems that the numbers do add up. Read below for a more detailed explanation and hopefully I will be able to get a hold of the person I need to come tomorrow. Stay Tuned.
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I think Abbot and Costello’s Who’s on First says it all. The title pretty much sums up yesterday and today in the National snow contest. I have sent out a tweet and also made a phone call but unfortunately it’s still up in the air as to which city is winning right now. I am going to do my best to explain what’s going on and it won’t be easy believe me. Below is what I posted in our Facebook Snow group.

2/26 - OK, here is the problem I am having with the snow stats and why no update last night and this morning. I did just post an update but keep in mind IT IS NOT OFFICIAL yet.

OK, Lowell, Ma went from 103.9 to 109.3 last evening. First off it’s unusual for an evening update to come out for Lowell and any of the cities that report in the Now Data section. Second I want to make sure it isn’t a typo and that they didn’t just mix the 3 and 9 up. The numbers are very close to each other, 103.9 & 109.3 that it would be easy to do.

I did make a phone call to the Boston National Weather office trying to confirm Lowell, MA’s snow totals. The person I talked to couldn’t confirm the totals and the person that I really need to speak to there won’t be in until Saturday :(

I’m sure she will be able to clear things up.. From what they are showing right now would move Lowell into 1st place which is great unless of course you are from Worcester. I just don’t want to jump the snowbank on this until I can confirm it. I also sent a tweet to the Boston NWS last night asking about the new totals for Lowel and their reply was :

From NWS Boston – “I can tell you they did not receive that much snow last night. It may have been a typo, but I can not confirm.”.

For Lowell and a handful of other cities I have to get snow stats from the NWS site using the Now Data on the site. I won’t get into that but it’s different than the way I get most of the city snow stats.

Bruce, one of the member in our FB snow group pretty much summed it up – Bruce saaid –

“So, the dilemma is…did they correct an old typo, make a new typo, or update flawed previous data? And Patrick DeCoursey, you’re left trying to figure out how you should figure it out……does that sum it up?”.

Bruce is pretty much dead on and hopefully come Saturday everything will be all back to normal. for how long, Hey, I’m on third and I don’t know ;) In the mean time keep in mind that everything is UNOFFICIAL right now as far as whether Worcester or Lowell, MA is leading.

So to wrap it up I leave you with this classic Whos on First from Abbott and Costello :)

Have an Awesome Evening Everyone and Stay Tuned….

Worcester, MA, Lowell, Mass and Boston, Massachusetts Top 3 Snowiest Big Cities

Posted by Patrick on February 18, 2015
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OK, I’ve been waiting the last couple of days and it finally happened, sort of. All 3 cities from Massachusetts own/share the Top 3 spots as the snowiest Big cities in the US right now with Boston sharing the number 3 spot on the snow mountain with Buffalo, New York.

According to the snow stats that are posted on the National Weather Service’s website Boston picked up 0.6, six tenths of an inch yesterday to move them into a tie with Buffalo. Both cities are at 96.3 inches on the season as of yesterday. Way To Go Massachusetts :) With the storms you have been getting hammered by the last few weeks you deserve to be on top of the Snow Mountain. Come to think about it, with the epic snowfall that hit the Buffalo area earlier this season in November they deserve their spot on the top also ;)

OK, the emails are still flowing in about which city is in first place right now. Is it Worcester or is it Lowell? Right now your guess is as good as mine to be honest with you. That said right now the National Weather Service shows that Worcester’s snow stats are higher than Lowell’s. I have to go with what the National Weather Service shows and is reporting on their site. Chances are good that they just may be behind on updating Lowell, MA’s snow totals but until then I have nothing to go by so I have to keep it how it is until something else gets reported. If I see a RELIABLE news source show something different and I can confirm it with them then I may change it but probably not. Below is a screenshot of what the NWS shows for Lowell as of around 9 am this morning.

Lowell, Ma Snow Totals 2014-2015

Anyways no matter what city is in first it still comes down to that the 3 cities from Mass own the Top 3 slots. After all you have been dealing with, the shoveling, trying to see over the snowbanks when driving, trying to get down the narrow roads, did I say all of the SHOVELING yet, all of you folks from Mass deserve some kind of bragging rights. For the time being anyways :)

Way To Go and have an awesome day ;)