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Thursday, March 9, 2023

Average Snow For 9,800' Elevation:



Over time things change - or at least that is what many profess. When it comes to snow levels that seems to be the norm.  When we bought our land it came with a HUD report that indicated the average snowfall was 264" on average. 

I have kept count of our snowfall for the past 5 years and it is as follows: 

2018 - 105"

2019 - 241"

2020 - 193"

2021 - 296"

2022 - 234"

Total: 1,119"

Average: 223.8"

So for the past 5 years the average is below what used to be normal. I have no idea how the prior average was calculated but we have in the past quarter century received as much as 320" and as low as 105". Plus that is at our cabin and I have noticed just 400 yards down the road that some storms deliver less/more than I measure at our cabin. 

So what does this have to do with average snowfall - actually not much as at the lower elevation in the front of the community they get much less that at our elevation. In short it tells me average snow fall in our community has to do mostly at what elevation and what location you live at. 


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