December 11, 12 1992. (pics a few days after)
Large Nor’Easter up the coast, dumping lots of snow from the northern Alleghenies. into the New England mountains.
This storm was my first real big snow that I can recall by date. While I remember others, I do not remember details like with this one. From the day before, day of and days after. From Willard Scott mentioning Garrett County on the brief weather segment of snow in the mts, to wading through the deep snow…
December 11. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 25.8 35.5 30.6
Garrett College 26 37.9 32
Can-Heights 22 37.4 29.7
CRN-Canaan 23.9 32.7 30.8
Cabin Mt 19.6 35.6 27.5
Cabin Mt north 20.5 35.6 28
Spruce Knob 17.6 34.7 26.2
Snowshoe/S.C 19.8 37.4 28.5
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 30.4 49.8 40.1
Green Bank Obs 25.4 41.2 33.2
7Springs 26.5 35.4 31
Clouds giving way to sun. Light Sw breezes. A ho hum day before some big changes.
6z 3km nam putting out for windchills Wednesday a.m. 
This for fun… 12zecmwf snowfall amounts next 10 days.
December 10 min max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 21.7 27.5 24.6
Garrett College 21.6 27.7 24.7
Can-Heights 16.7 24.4 20.5
CRN-Canaan 17.7 27.0 22.3
Cabin Mt 14 21.6 17.8
Cabin Mt north 15.1 22.8 19
Spruce Knob 12.4 21.4 16.9
Snowshoe/S.C 13.3 23.5 18.4
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 29.7 38.7 34.2
Green Bank Obs 21.6 32.7 27
7Springs 23.1 28.1 25.6
Cloudy, snowshowers about through the a.m. Lingering early afternoon north before some clearing. Rime across Wv high ground.
Max temps after dark across Wv high ground.
Snowfall with this event and season:
Bitt 2NW valley .5 — 6.5″ on the season
Can-Heights 1.2 —- 12.6″ on the season
Snowshoe 2.0- —- 8″ on the season
Terra Alta .4 —– 12.1″ on the season
7Springs 2.0″* —- 7″ on the season
December 9. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 20.2 30.6 25.4
Garrett College 21.3 30.7 26
Can-Heights 18 26.4 22.2
CRN-Canaan 19.2 28.0 23.6
Cabin Mt 15.1 23.7 19.3
Cabin Mt north 16.2 25.5 20.7
Spruce Knob 14.5 24.1 19.3
Snowshoe/S.C 15.3 25.5 20.2
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 25.9 38.9 32.4
Green Bank Obs 24.1 31.6 27.9
7Springs 21.3 32.3 26.8
Overcast, some light morning snow back to the high WV ground. Very dry air limiting it.. Radar was mainly virga in northern areas. Nothing in Garrett
Snow from the south yesterday and into this a.m… Highest amounts well over a foot in GA, N.C… will post.. Todays main accumulating snow remained east.
December 8. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 18.6 25.4 22
Garrett College 18.4 23.8 21.1
Can-Heights 16.7 22.9 19.8
CRN-Canaan 18.1 23.8 21.0
Cabin Mt. 14.2 20.5 17.4
Cabin Mt north 14.9 21.7 18.2
Spruce Knob 14.4 21.6 18
Snowshoe/S.C 15.6 21.9 18.8
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 29.9 38.9 34.4
Green Bank Obs 22.8 29.7 26.2
7Springs 19.5 24.9 22.2
Overall overcast, cloudy, breezy, cold..sums up the day..some dim sun.
Bigger story on the day would be the southern snow. 4-8″ of snow in many areas across the south.
December 7. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 21.6 35.2* 28.4
Garrett College 21.9 32.9 27.3
Can-Heights 19.8 29.6 24.7
CRN-Canaan 21.8 30.4 26.1
Cabin Mt 17.2 25.5 21.4
Cabin Mt north 18.3 26.6 22.5
Spruce Knob 16.5 28 22.2
Snowshoe/S.C 18.9 26.2 22.5
Can-Valley Floor.
Cresaptown 30.4 48.6 39.2
Green Bank Obs 27.7 38.8 33.2
7Springs 22.7 34.4 28.5
Mix of clouds and sun to start…giving way to widely scattered snowshowers that increased in the afternoon in pockets. It was enough to create ice covered roadways after nightfall.
Winds also up through the day
December 6. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 23.5 34.1 28.8
Garrett College 23.8 33.3 28.5
Can-Heights 19.3 28.8 24
CRN-Canaan 21.3 29.6 25.4
Cabin Mt 16.2 27 21.6
Cabin Mt north 17.8 26.1 22
Spruce Knob 15.4 29.8 22.6
Snowshoe/S.C 17.2 30.6 23.9
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 28.4 47 37.6
Green Bank Obs 26.2 40.3 33.2
7Springs 25.7 36.7 31.2
precip clearing out pre midnight, reports of flakes mixed in. Cold air rushing in around midnight. Bitt 2NW valley did not fall below freezing until 12:10am and that put yesterdays min at 32.4 which ended the 20 day stretch of mins below freezing.
Windy conditions persisted through today, times of clouds of peaks of sun. More cloudiness south of Garrett. Temps across Wv high ground remained colder. GFS did not do well on afternoon max temps.
December 5. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 32.4 48.8 40.6
Garrett College 33.2 50.6 41.9
Can-Heights 30.2 50 40.1
CRN-Canaan 30.0 49.3 39.6
Cabin Mt 28.2 47.3 37.8
Cabin Mt north 28.9 47.5 38.2
Spruce Knob 30.2 45.5 37.8
Snowshoe/S.C 30.4 46 38.2
Can-Valley Floor
Cresaptown 36.3 51.8 44
Green Bank Obs 32.6 50.4 41.5
7Springs 31.3 50.6 40.9
Mainly cloudy day with rain at varying rates a good portion of the day.
December 4. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 21.1 48.0 34.5
Garrett College 24.7 53.8 39.2
Can-Heights 27 52.8 39.9
CRN-Canaan 24.3 54.1 39.2
Cabin Mt 32.9 50.9 41.9
Cabin Mt north 34 50.9 42.5
Spruce Knob 33.3 46 39.7
Snowshoe/S.C 33.3 42.4 37.8
Can-Valley Floor 11.9
Cresaptown 27.3 55.4 41.3
Green Bank Obs 18.5 51.1 34.8
7Springs 33.6 52.6 43
Clear overnight, light SE breezes up high, calm valleys. A large temp variation. Pics added of that. Mix of clouds and sun with clouds increasing at nightfall. SE breezes dominated the daylight hours and created a temp setup that is typical of the situation and one the 3km nam excels at.
December 3. min. max. avg
Bitt 2NW valley 22.5 45.7 34.1
Garrett College 26.7 48.1 37.4
Can-Heights 27.7 43.5 35.6
CRN-Canaan 26.8 45.8 36.3
Cabin Mt 29.8 42.4 36.1
Cabin Mt north 33.4 41.4 37.3
Spruce Knob 30 42.8 36.4
Snowshoe/S.C 32.7 42.4 37.6
Can-Valley Floor 14.1 47.9 31
Cresaptown 29.7 60.8 44.9
Green Bank Obs 21.9 55 38.5
7Springs 33.5 47.1 40.2
Pretty well a clear start to clear finish. A period of cloud cover and widely scattered light shower occured last night. Temps in the valleys spiked up, then fell again at daybreak.
Supermoon…nice viewing for that. 3rd image is edited, by combining 2 pics.
Allegheny Mountains Weather 