From Ray's weather:
The kid's school has been canceled 16 out of 31 days since Christmas (and most of the 15 school days have been either late start or early release days). Also, ASU canceled 8:00 am T,Th classes for the 3rd time this semester."How does this winter compare historically?" That question is being asked daily. Sunday night, I dug into the archives and found that indeed... this winter has been the snowiest on record through February 14. The table below shows the 10 snowiest winters through February 14 in Boone NC. Notably missing is the winter of 1959-60 when the winter total in Boone was 104"--most of the snow that year fell between mid February and mid March. Weather data for Boone goes back to the 1920s.
Year Total Snow/Ice 2010 61.9" 1996 55.5" 1983 49.0" 1977 44.0" 1964 42.5" 1955 42.1" 1969 40.0" 1970 39.8" 1987 39.0" 1931 38.2"