Yeah could be an average snow depth across a percentage of land area.

> Tahoe.

Can confirm. Lived there for 7 years and had multiple seasons where the snow totals were over 800”. I so wish anywhere in the northeast was capable of that because it would make choosing where to live so much easier.

Edit: Even snow depth doesn’t track because most articles put the snowfall number around 90” and there definitely isn’t a 7 foot deep average snowpack over most of Vermont. I feel like this is something that one blogger made up, and the rest took it as gospel.

Fuck no. Didn’t have to clear off my car before work this morning

Even without looking at mountainous regions, the lake effect regions -- Buffalo NY, the UP of Michigan, NY's North Country -- get insane amounts of snow. But they're also relatively warm, for snowy regions, and the snow melts pretty quick, even after multi-foot snowfalls. So maybe Vermont ranks well because it gets a decent amount of snow that sticks around for a long time? I still don't believe VT gets more snow than Leadville or Silverton or even Tahoe.

yes, its 39 and cloudy with no snow

I think it's worse then 11/12 so far tbh

This is a bit beyond a January thaw. I'm in Southern Quebec, just north of Vermont, and there's been multiple nights in a row above freezing. I don't remember that ever happening at this time of year other than 2015/16

See, this is why you hire a lawyer.

Keep your mouth shut and wait for your lawyer.

Isn’t it normal to have a January thaw? Perhaps it’s warmer than usual but it warms up this time pretty much every year.

I helped by buying a fat bike and a snow skateboard. Oops.

My only real concern is the lack of snow means the rivers in June will be ultra low

Last I knew, they'd made almost $330k in tax revenue. https://www.wcax.com/video/2022/12/20/vermont-officials-say-cannabis-tax-revenue-track/

https://headyvermont.com/ seems to stay up to date pretty quickly

Like taking an umbrella to make sure it doesn't rain or not bringing one so it does.

That’s my trick to never losing power-buy an expensive generator.

So are a lot of people's

I was given an electric snowblower after a brand new li-ion battery pack melted a hole, which led to a gov't report and big apology from the manufacturer. The only snow we've had so far was barely over four inches, so we can't really test it out. I figure that snowblower is the jinx.

More than anything.

It feels like the grief is barely beginning. I know we'll still have "normal"-ish winters for the most part in the coming years (by which I mean it snows, and the snow sticks) but they're clearly becoming less frequent and less powerful.

It's like an aspect of my childhood that I had good reason to believe would always be here is dying.

I love this description. So soothing and poetic!

I rented skis for the season, determined to finally learn.

With the price of heating oil, if there was ever a good time to have a mild winter this it.

My parents are boomers. And you’re a clown.

I bought a shovel this year, my bad

Yes! I keep forgetting that it's January...

So fragile.

Yes, as a simple example, we need snow runoff in the spring to keep streams, rivers, lakes, wells, etc full. The near term and long term consequences are real.