Did someone wish for a white Christmas? Snow began on the evening of December 24, 2017 from a synoptic system moving across the Upper Ohio Valley. By Christmas morning, the lake effect snow began to pick up in intensity. Just on Monday alone, the Erie International Airport received almost 21 inches of snow. The prolonged westerly flow across the open waters of Lake Erie continued into Tuesday with another 22 inches of snow falling. Winds finally began to shift and with the additional 5.1" they received Wednesday, their storm total snowfall was 48.9 inches!
A State Climate Extremes Committee (SCEC) convened to validate the record snowfall totals. Here is a link to the press release for the event: www.weather.gov/cle/news_ErieSnowfall_Records_Report and here is the full SCEC report: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/reports/20180723-Pennsylvania-Snowfall.pdf
Observed Snowfall Map for the Time Period 7am 12/24/2017 to 7am 12/27/2017
Observed Storm Total Snowfall Reports for the Time Period 7pm 12/24 to 7am 12/28
LOCATION STORM TOTAL SOURCE SNOWFALL /INCHES/ OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY... CONNEAUT 39.3 SNOW SPOTTER NORTH KINGSVILLE 32.8 SNOW SPOTTER ASHTABULA 32.5 SNOW SPOTTER MONROE TWP 31.3 SNOW SPOTTER CONNEAUT I-90 27.5 SNOW SPOTTER KELLOGGSVILLE 19.5 SNOW SPOTTER GENEVA 16.6 SNOW SPOTTER PIERPONT 2SE 10.2 SNOW SPOTTER LENOX 10.0 SNOW SPOTTER GENEVA 7S 9.0 SNOW SPOTTER JEFFERSON 6.0 SNOW SPOTTER ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY... SHAKER HTS 8.0 SNOW SPOTTER BEACHWOOD 6.7 SNOW SPOTTER SOLON 5.2 SNOW SPOTTER BEDFORD HTS 4.9 SNOW SPOTTER EUCLID 4.6 SNOW SPOTTER SEVEN HILLS 3.7 NWS EMPLOYEE GARFIELD HTS 3.3 SNOW SPOTTER CLE-OLD BROOKLYN 3.0 SNOW SPOTTER CLE HOPKINS ARPT 2.6 TRAINED SPOTTER ...GEAUGA COUNTY... THOMPSON TWP 16.6 SNOW SPOTTER 4 SSE MADISON 16.0 COCORAHS 1 NE CHARDON 12.9 CO-OP OBSERVER 7 ENE AQUILLA 10.9 COCORAHS CHARDON 10.7 SNOW SPOTTER MONTVILLE 10.6 SNOW SPOTTER CHARDON 2N 8.7 SNOW SPOTTER 1 NE MIDDLEFIELD 5.8 COCORAHS ...LAKE COUNTY... MADISON-ON-THE-LAKE 16.8 SNOW SPOTTER MADISON VILLAGE 15.8 SNOW SPOTTER 3 SW WILLOUGHBY 8.8 COCORAHS MENTOR 8.4 SNOW SPOTTER KIRTLAND 4SW 7.2 SNOW SPOTTER PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY... DRAKES MILLS 17.5 SNOW SPOTTER 3 WNW SPRINGBORO 13.4 CO-OP OBSERVER CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS 12.6 SNOW SPOTTER MEADVILLE 5W 6.0 SNOW SPOTTER CONNEAUT LAKE 5.6 COCORAHS MEADVILLE 5.0 SNOW SPOTTER ...ERIE COUNTY... COLT STATION 59.0 SNOW SPOTTER NORTHEAST 6SW 58.0 SNOW SPOTTER ERIE 5SE 56.0 SNOW SPOTTER ERIE AIRPORT 48.9 TRAINED SPOTTER MILLCREEK TWP 48.9 SNOW SPOTTER 6 SW ERIE 44.4 COCORAHS NW ERIE 43.8 SNOW SPOTTER GIRARD 3SE 43.1 SNOW SPOTTER LAKE CITY 35.1 SNOW SPOTTER HARBORCREEK TWP 33.2 SNOW SPOTTER 1 WNW NORTH EAST 25.0 COCORAHS NORTH EAST 24.5 SNOW SPOTTER MCKEAN 22.0 SNOW SPOTTER EDINBORO 20.0 SNOW SPOTTER EDINBORO 2E 15.9 SNOW SPOTTER WATTSBURG 12.9 SNOW SPOTTER CORRY 8.0 SNOW SPOTTER UNION CITY 6.3 SNOW SPOTTER $$ SEFCOVIC