average snowfall?

[greenland]

how do i find out the average snowfall for pittsburgh pa. or does anyone know the answer

 

[John Allin]

National Weather Service should be able to tell you. They have a web site, and the guys here will be able to tell you. Or... call one of the local TV stations and ask the local weather dude (or dudette), they will know right off.

I think its about 35" - average.

 

[Alan]

Snowfall website

Here's a site that gives average annual snowfall for a bunch of cities, as well as montly averages and tells how many years they have used to get the average.

http://www.nws.mbay.net/normsnow.html

Sorry, but I don't know how to put that in as a link, could someone who is puter smart do that, please?

Alan

PS: Pittsburgh is 43"

PPS: When I submitted the post it turned into a link after all.

 

[John Allin]

Keep in mind that the site Alan refers to gives the average at the local airports for those cities listed. It IS a good starting point, however.... Things change as you move around, and Pittsburgh has a lot of hills and valleys - so there may be some considerable differences depending upon exactly where your market is located in the greater Pittburgh area. Example: if you're in the North Hills area, the snowfall total will be different than at the Pitt Airport. In Erie, the airport is located right next to the lake and the average snowfall there is 85".... but, if you go just three miles inland the "average" triples because of the lake effect and the 900 foot rise in elevation topography. Same thing happens in Connecticut and Mass, depending upon where the snowfall originates.

Your local TV weatherman (even though he cannot predict the weather to save his life), should know the nuances of the greater Pittsburgh area and the differences in the different areas of the area.

 

[AK Snow]

National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has a pretty good looking web page at:

http://tgsv5.nws.noaa.gov/er/pit/frameset.htm

you might find the answer to your question there.


Dave

 

[Snow Pro]

What are you using the average for?

 

[Mike_Smith]

Best site

http://www.weatherbase.com
Best site on the net for climate data WORLDWIDE. It has every major city in the U.S. plus tons of little towns and weather stations all over. Fantastic resource.

 

[thelawnguy]

For northern areas it lists precip in melted totals so I dont know how much was from snow or rain.

 

[Snow Pro]

Lawnguy-

Since 10" of snow = 1" of rain, what good is a stat that mixes up the two?

 

[thelawnguy]

My point exactly.

 

[Mike_Smith]

Snow/water ratio is different in many places. Sometimes its 1:1 and other times higher than 10:1.

 

[plowking35]

Well I dont believe its ever 1:1. I have seen it as low as 8:1 and as high as 15:1 in very dry conditions. As in dry cold air with very low dew points.
Dino