• December-January-February
• midnight to midnight temps

First off the data the period at the usual sites-

Bittinger 2nw Valley

• Valley site at 2600′ with surrounding ridges 2750-3000′

• 4 days failing to fall below freezing
• 1 day failing to fall below 40
• 11 maxes at or below freezing
• 4 maxes at or above 50

• 5 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 7 maxes at freezing or below
• 3 days maxes above 50

• 4 days failing to fall below freezing
• 0 days failing to fall below 40
• 3 maxes at freezing or below
• 10 days reaching 50 or above

Dec-Feb Meteorlogical Winter

Avg Min 22.7 Avg Max 40.2 Mean 31.4 Avg 31.1

Snowfall 29.8″

Precip 9.76

Mt.Davis

Elevated site at 3038′

• 6 days with mins failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 12 days with maxes below freezing
• 5 days with maxes at 50 or above

• 8 days failing to fall below freezing

• 3 days mins failing to fall below 40
• 8 days maxes at or below freezing
• 3 days maxes at or above 50

• 7 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 3 maxes at or below freezing
• 10 days at or above 50

3 month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 24.8 Avg Max 39.2 Mean 32.0 Avg 31.5

Canaan Valley Refuge

Wide open valley site at 3150′. I would suspect the dead brown ground coverage with limited days of snowcover aided in max temps on high solar days.

• 4 days failing to fall below freezing
• 1 day failing to fall below 40
• 9 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 8 days with maxes at or above 50

• 6 days failing to fall below freezing
• 2 days failing to fall below 40
• 4 maxes remaining at or below freezing
• 7 maxes at or above 50

• 6 days failing to fall below freezing
• 4 days failing to fall below 40
• 2 days remaining at or below freezing
• 12 days with maxes at or above 50

3 month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 20.0 Avg Max 43.0 Mean 31.5 Avg 32.0

Cabin Mt-Western Sods

Elevated open ridge at 4050′

• 6 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 11 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 4 days with maxes at 50 or above

• 9 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 8 days remaining at or below freezing
• 4 days with maxes at or above 50

• 9 days failing to fall below freezing
• 4 days failing to fall below 40
• 4 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 11 days with maxes at or above 50

3 month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 24.5 Avg Max 39.2 Mean 31.8 Avg 31.2

Cabin Mt at Bald Knob

• 7 days failing to fall below freezing
• 2 days failing to fall below 40
• 10 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 4 days with maxes at or above 50

• 9 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 9 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 4 days with maxes at or above 50

• 7 days failing to fall below freezing
• 4 days failing to fall below 40
• 4 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 9 days with maxes at or above 50

3 month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 24.0 Avg Max 38.7 Mean 31.3 Avg 30.8

Climate Reference Network Canaan

• 7 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 9 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 6 days with maxes at or above 50

• 11 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 5 days maxes at or below freezing
• 6 days with maxes at or above 50

• 10 days failing to fall below freezing
• 5 days failing to fall below 40
• 3 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 12 days with maxes at or above 50

3 Month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 26.1 Avg Max 41.8 Mean 34.0 Avg 33.5

Precip 10.35

Spruce Knob

elevated small open knoll 4820′

• 5 days failing to fall below freezing
• 2 days failing to fall below 40
• 12 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 2 days at or above 50

• 7 days failing to fall below freezing
• 2 days failing to fall below 40
• 11 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 2 days with maxes at or above 50

• 8 days failing to fall below freezing
• 3 days failing to fall below 40
• 6 days with maxes at or below freezing
• 6 days with maxes at or above 50

3 Month Meteorlogical Winter Period

Avg Min 23.0 Avg Max 36.8 Mean 29.9 Avg 29.4

-Graph Comparison of these sites

Now to The Good, Bad, Ugly

-The Good

The best part of the 3 month period came right prior to Christmas. Now for some this was not a good time with frozen pipes and water damage. However for those wanting winter to do what winter can do as far as kill off invasive insects such as the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, this cold blast offered some hope for the that. Temps generally in the -10 range +/- with strong gusting winds should have provided some significant die back of adeglid.

• This occurred with stong gusty winds producing windchills of -40 to near -60 across the Wv High Ground.

-The Bad

Outside of the cold shot, notable winter weather was few and far between. Low snow amounts. Minimal substantial wintry systems. The few that occurred were over running events in which the Wv High Ground lacks

-The Ugly

The dominance of the holding pattern. Western trough, a southeast ridge that rapidly restrengthened each time it took of glancing blow. All troughs that got in to the east rapidly lifted out within a day.