Web reader Mark Tyner asked me a good question this weekend….
Will Tuscaloosa, or central Alabama for that fact, EVER get any measurable snow? I do not remember any for the last five or six years. It seemed growing up we would have snow, at least a couple of inches, every few years. Is it global warming or just bad luck?
Well Mark, you are very right that it has been a long time since we have had measurable snow in Birmingham. In fact, as of this morning, it has been an amazing 2,524 days since we have had at least a tenth of an inch (the definition of measurable snow). In case you are wondering, it last snowed on January 28, 2000. How does that compare to other snowless streaks in Magic City history? It is most certainly the longest ever observed since regular observations began in 1895. Here are the other top ten snowless streaks in Birmingham history…
2. 2/13/1905 – 12/18/1909 (1769 days)
3. 2/13/1971 – 12/1/1974 (1387 days)
4. 1/5/1919 – 2/15/1922 (1137 days)
5. 2/23/901 – 1/28/1904 (1069 days)
6. 12/1/1974 – 1/18/1977 (779 days)
7. 12/9/1989 – 1/18/1992 (770 days)
8. 1/26/1978 – 3/2/1980 (766 days)
9. 12/29/1997 – 1/28/2000 (760 days)
10. 12/18/1945 – 1/17/1948 (760 days)
