Going through various yellowing records, Tony Gigi at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly has assembled a list of winters influenced by moderate and strong La Ninas.
The list holds out some hope for the winter-phile. One of the moderate La Nina winters, 1909-1910, featured a 21-inch snowstorm on Christmas and the day after.
During the strong La Nina winter of 1916-17, snowfall was almost twice that of long-term averages.
Here is the list, along with seasonal snow totals. The winters of 1873-74 and 1875-76 are not included because snow-total data was not available.
Moderate:
1892-3, 36.3
1909-10, 36.1
1910-11, 28.5
1942-43, 16.3
1945-46, 18.7
1950-51, 4.6
1954-55, 12.1
1964-65, 26.2
1970-71, 18.3
1984-85, 16.5
Strong:
1916-17, 39.6
1949-50, 1.9
1955-56, 23.0
1973-74, 20.8
1975-76, 17.5
1988-89, 11.2
1998-99, 13.4
1999-00, 19.1
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