Season Snowfall: Biggest "Underachievers"
#5: Kalispell, Mont. (34% of average)
Kalispell has only picked up 16.3 inches of snow this season through Feb. 28, which is 31.2 inches below average. (Photo credit: Dan Petesch/Wikimedia)
As most seasons, there are also cities that have repeatedly missed the mark.
The slideshow above shows our top 5 snowfall "duds" in the 2012-2013 season, again, ranked by percent of average season snow through Feb. 28.
Given our criteria excluding cities averaging less than 10" season-to-date, we didn't include Seattle (0.6") and Portland, Ore. (0"). However, the lack of snow in the I-5 corridor this year is quite a contrast from a snow and ice-jammed Seattle in January 2012, one of last winter's worst storms.
Three of the five "dud" cities are in the Mid-Atlantic states. Either it's been just a tad too warm (cold rain, instead of snow), or East Coast storms have intensified too far to the Northeast to dump significant snow in those locations.
Dishonorable mentions
- #6: Philadelphia, Pa. (36% of average; 7" snow; 12" below average)
- #7: Annette Island, Alaska (45% of average; 11.9" snow; 14.6" below average)
- #8: Reno, Nev. (49% of average; 9.3" snow; 9.7" below average)
- #9: Kotzebue, Alaska (51% of average; 24.3" snow; 23.3" below average)
- #10: Peoria, Ill. (56% of average; 11.9" snow; 9.4" below average)
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