==
December 15-16th, 1989 Snowstorm | |
---|---|
Vital statistics
| |
Participants | New England, Atlantic Canada |
Date | December 15-16th, 1989 |
Location | Maine, New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Nova Scotia, coastal New Brunswick |
==
The first major storm of December. The low that spawned the snowfall formed in the Gulf of Maine on the 16th. The low deepened to 988mb on the 17th as it moved across the Chignecto Isthmus into the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
This storm is noted by many weather enthusiasts to have ended prematurely.
Selected Totals[]
MASSACHUSETTS
Ashfield........9
Colrain..........8
Boston..........3
Chatham.....Trace
MAINE
Portland.........12
Lewiston........12
Rumford.........11
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Colebrook.......20
Berlin.............15
Mt. Washington.3
RHODE ISLAND
Providence.....8
Woonsocket...5
CONNECTICUT
Putnam.........8
Hartford.........7
Bridgeport.....1 VERMONT
Newport........30
Jay Peak......12