Snow in March

[PastMember]

I have not pulled out my snow boots and snow pants all winter, and now it's starting to snow and they are saying we might get a few inches... In March!

[Eimi]

When I was about 5 and living in Spokane we got snow on Mother's Day in May...  The Northwest can get some wacky winter weather from time to time XD

[Vix]

We've had very little snow this winter and I like it that way.

[Amanda N]

It snowed in TEXAS on March 6th.  We got six inches of snow!  I have pictures of the children in it but I haven't put them up as of yet.

[emma]

I'm trying to figure out why you're complaining, we had a white Easter, and there's talk of more snow being possible next week....

[Amanda N]

I'm trying to figure out why you're complaining, we had a white Easter, and there's talk of more snow being possible next week....

Well, I'm not complaining really, it was just surprising.  I wish we got more snow down here.

The only complaint I have was that the schools didn't close until 2pm and by that time there was about 3-4 inches already no the ground.  It took Kurt 2 hours to make a 20-30 minute drive home.

[Yvonne]

:P Snow in March is de rigeur where I live. And nobody is surprised if it snows in April or May, but we sure do complain when it does. It's even snowed in June.

And man, a snow day for 3-4 inches!? If only I'd been so lucky when I was a kid. :P The schools closed if there was MAYBE a foot of new snow. Or if it was -35C. Ah well, different strokes for different folks - we're pretty used to driving in shitty weather so 3-4 inches is a cautious day, but not impossible.

[PastMember]

As I'm from Michigan, I'm praying for the snow to GO AWAY!!   It's mostly gone, and we have a couple days of 50 degree weather coming up.  I have two words....




HEAT WAVE!!!

[emma]

:P Snow in March is de rigeur where I live. And nobody is surprised if it snows in April or May, but we sure do complain when it does. It's even snowed in June.

And man, a snow day for 3-4 inches!? If only I'd been so lucky when I was a kid. :P The schools closed if there was MAYBE a foot of new snow. Or if it was -35C. Ah well, different strokes for different folks - we're pretty used to driving in shitty weather so 3-4 inches is a cautious day, but not impossible.

I'd go with the 3-4 inches being difficult driving conditions if you aren't used to it, or don't know how to drive in snow/ice. I still have my snow/bad weather kit in the back of my car - blanket, extra coat, walking boots, waterproofs, torch, food. That gets tossed in the boot in October and will stay there until the end of April.

As for snow days... well I can only remember 2 days with no school in 13 years of school and that was caused by there being no heating on site after the temp had gone down to -12c overnight and the pipes had frozen.  The other day was the day after the big storm that wasn't a hurricane(!) in '87

[Amanda N]

well considering that we're lucky if it snows even once a year, we just aren't used to those conditions.  And people here barely know how to drive in good weather, much less bad.

[PastMember]

It was so weird. We had a blizzard this morning, but none of if stuck. Then it all became rain, and now it's nice and sunny. How odd...

[Amanda N]

They called the snow we had earlier a blizzard but I didn't consider it one.  I used to go to school in Illinois, so while I've never seen a blizzard, it has snowed as hard as it did here and I don't think it was really a blizzard.

[Vix]

I've seen blizzards -- they're not pleasant. And if the snow disappears quickly, it's usually to the tune of flooding.

[Amanda N]

I've seen blizzards -- they're not pleasant. And if the snow disappears quickly, it's usually to the tune of flooding.

Oh man, that doesn't sound nice at all.  Does it do that in Maryland ever?

[Yvonne]

*g* I just thought I'd pop by to say that I woke up this morning to what looks like at LEAST an inch of snow, possibly closer to two. :P And it's still snowing!!

Ahhhh... April. What happened to those showers?!