2008.11.19
It was Roanoke's earliest measurable snow in at least 13 years
Whether or not you had that much at your house, the official Roanoke snow measurement on Tuesday, November 18, was 0.4 inch. Checking back over daily weather records, snowfall tallies are frustratingly spotty since the mid 1990s, but it's safe to say there hasn't been a measurable snow this early in the 2000s ... the only November snow of that time frame was on November 23, 2005, also .4 inch (it was a wet snow on the evening before Thanksgiving that mostly accumulated at high elevations.) Though different sources confuse the issue, it appears Roanoke received some measurable snow -- possibly as much as 0.4 inch -- on November 13, 1995. Before that, Roanoke got 2 inches of snow on November 11, 1987. So Tuesday's skiff was likely Roanoke's earliest measurable snow in either 13 or 21 years.
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Is it cold enough for you Mr. Myatt? It is for me!
Comment by B.Smith — November 19, 2008 @ 5:06 pm
I'm all for letting it be cold when it's supposed to be cold and warm when it's supposed to be warm and not mixing things up ... this weather has me in the holiday mood!
Comment by kevinmyatt — November 19, 2008 @ 7:38 pm