January is typically our snowiest month in Cleveland, and we certainly saw a fair amount of snowfall last month.
A lot of that fell more recently, over the course of the second half of the month, and particularly around the MLK Day holiday.On Jan. 24, Hopkins recorded an additional 1.2 inches.In many communities, roads were clogged with snow for days and days.Only a few days later, on Jan. 28, we accumulated 1.3 inches of snow at Hopkins, and for the rest of the month, low temperatures were in the single digits.Fast forward to February, and we’ve already accumulated 9.5 inches of snow.
In total, for Meteorological Winter, or the months of December, January, and February, we have picked up 34.8 inches of snow in Cleveland.We aren’t quite there yet, but if the current pattern holds, we may very well end up with the above-normal snowfall for February.Old Man Winter really only began his journey across Ohio in mid-to-late January.
In short, these recent weeks of cold and snowy weather have made many of us forget just how nice it was in December, and December is also Winter. There’s no denying that these last few weeks have been very cold, and there’s been a significant amount of snow in the area, but when asking yourself whether it’s been a bad winter or not, it’s important to take the whole season into account.