The 1960's were extremely snow over much of Virginia and in all honestly skewed climate data for decades.
Data from Lynchburg, VA
The 13 year average from 1960-1971 is 28 inches a year, with 2 years of 45 inches, 3 years over 30 inches, 4 years over 20 inches and 3 years in the teens. Lowest winter was 11.5 inches.
There were some incredible stretches of winter..
1960 was looking like the dude of all dud winters with 5-6 inch inches by late January. From Feb 15- March 40+ inches fell.
1961-62 had a snow March with 18 inches from the Famous "Ash Wednesday" storm that destroyed much of coastline from North Carolina to Maine
2 Christmas Snows, Christmas Eve 1966 with 10 inches and Christmas day 1969 with 13 inches.
65-66 had a brutal 2 week stretch in Jan and Feb with 30 inches falling in 2 weeks.
12 inches of snow between 2 storms in November 1968...
I'd have to check data, but if you went 100 years in LYH average is between 17-18 inches or so.
Roanoke had BIGGER winters in 59-60 and 65-66, and a 13 year average of 37 inches.
Friday storm update-- Looks like a non event at this point. MAYBE a little rain and I'll keep and eye but I'm about THIS close to sounding the all clear. Next week has a potential event, but modeled track now goes to our west which means we are in the warm sector.
Side note-- some bad climate data floating around on FB. LYH averages about 17-18 inches a winter. A bit higher when you include these years.
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