Largest May snowstorm on record in New Hampshire

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Mt. Washington received a record breaking 33.3 inches of global warming over Mother’s Day weekend.

This broke the previous record set in 1997 (from May 21 to 24) when the observatory was hit with 30.6 inches of snow.

Actually, this weekend’s storm broke a couple weather records, including the largest snowfall for a single day in May.

About 12 inches of snow typically falls in May at the observatory, which has an altitude of 6,300 feet.

“In 1967, 22.2 inches fell, and this weekend we got 22.9 and counting,” said Chris Kimble, a National Weather Service meteorologist.

So far, over 45 inches of snow have fallen at the observatory this month.

 

Other areas in New Hampshire also got snow, but not as much — from 3 to 9 inches, he said.

 

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Note how they attempt to minimize this news by talking about the warm temperatures coming in the forecast.

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May 16, 2017 at 02:57PM