We only picked up 0.75 inches of snow from the snow storm that gave a white Christmas to parts of the South and walloped the Northeast.

With temperatures into the 40s and no snow expected today, I went ahead and tallied up the snowfall for 2010 at my location. There were 14 events, averaging 3.56 inches, for a total 2010 accumulation of 49.875 inches.

Snowfall Accumulations in 2010

Snowpocalypse

One year ago on December 19, 2009, a snow storm referred to as Snowpocaplypse brought 21″ of snow to Old Dominion Wildlife Headquarters in Virginia.

See Also: December 19, 2009 Snow

2010 Update

This year, it’s sunny with some leftover snow on the ground from our recent clipper system that brought 1.75″ of snow last Thursday. Sublimaton of snow is a pretty slow process as I still measure nearly that much (1.625″) in some locations. We’ve been at or below freezing since the clipper.

Is Big Snow Coming in December 2010?

Weather models are indicating the potential for a Christmas snow storm in the east. CapitalWeatherGang will be tracking the storm.

We’ve picked up 1.5 inches and light snow is continuing into the early afternoon today.

3/3/2010 Snow

Our gravel road is snow covered.

Snow Covered Gravel Road

Many news outlets have described the major snowstorm of February 5-6, 2010 as “Snowmageddon.” Channel 9 News is referring to it as the “Super Storm.” Whatever you want to call it, it left 25″ here before finally moving out. These photos were taken this evening after the storm moved out.

After the Snowstorm

Sunset after the Snowstorm

I’ve been closely following this snowstorm on Capital Weather Gang’s site. The snow totals appears to be within the forecast range for Virginia. This is a lot of snow, but I expect the Virginia Extremes record to continue to stand:

High Single Storm Snowfall
48.0 in
January 6-7, 1996
Big Meadows

Big Meadows is located along Skyline Drive in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park.

Here’s a video of today’s snow:

Here are a couple additional pictures from the February 5-6th snowstorm. As of 11:30a, I measured 21.75″ which was in excess of the major December 19, 2009 event. Snow is continuing to fall.

Morning View

Snowy House