Missing Out On Snow? Here's Where You Should Have Been

At least somebody has snow.
Wenatchee, Washington picked
up two feet this week. Photo by
Eve Hanson via KIRO.

 So far at least, it's turning out to be kind of a dud snow year here in Vermont. 

As of midnight Friday night, snowfall this winter has amounted to just 19.1 inches which is nearly a foot below normal or this time of year. Snow depth atop Mount Mansfield is a paltry 25 inches.  

No big snows seem to be on the horizon for us, either. 

Every snow season has its winners and losers. Based on latest news reports, here's some places you should have been if you really wanted to see snow:

Wenatchee, Washington.  This city in central Washington State received right around two feet of snow within 24 hours earlier this week  That's the most on record for the area.  Wenatchee is east of the Cascade Mountains, which normally block moisture.  This means Wenatchee is not used to big snows. I guess they'll have to get used to it now.

Buffalo, New York.  Buffalo IS used to big snows, as most of us know.  Thursday was quite the big snow day there, however, as a persistent lake effect snow band dumped 17.8 inches of snow in one day.  That's the second biggest January snowfall on record for Buffalo, falling just short of the month's record of 18.3 inches, set on January 11, 1982.

Soda Springs, California: The UC Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab in Soda Springs, California, right there in Donner Pass, recorded 202.1 inches of snow in December, making it the snowiest December on record there. 

This snow in the Sierras, coming all at once, caused huge power outages, snowed people in and blocked major highways for days.  The snow put a dent in California's punishing drought. However, the weather pattern has flipped, and it hasn't snowed much at all in January and very little snow is in the forecast there for the remainder of the month. 

Parts of Japan have been hit by heavy snow recently, too
as you can see in this aerial photo. 

Asago, Japan: This Japanese city received 71 centimeters, or 28 inches snow recently, the most ever recorded there. 

Snoqualmie Pass, Washington:  Back up to Washington State, this time in the Cascade Mountains, is where Interstate 90 cuts through the mountain range. The highway has been closed much of this week due to heavy snow and avalanches. 

It snows a lot at Snoqualmie Pass, but this year is off the chain. As of this morning, they've had 286 inches of snow Through yesterday morning, Snoqualmie Pass has had a whopping 286 inches of snow (nearly 12 feet). Normally, they would have had 148 inches by now. A lot, but not like this year! 

Blue Hill, Massachusetts:  The most reported snow in that nor'easter that came tantalizingly close to Vermont without actually dumping much snow here, reported 15.2 inches, the most reported Friday from the storm. 

Vermont's winter is still quite young, and there's plenty of time in which snow lovers can potentially rejoice. Half of Burlington's 20 biggest snowstorms have occurred in February or March.  

Who knows? Maybe Vermont still has a shot at being in one of these "big snow" lists. For the time being at least, though, we're not going to be buried.