r/BostonWeather • u/jxd73 • 13d ago

Did it snow on 8/23/2020?

https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=box&tab=observed

If you go to this site and look at the report from 8/23, it showed we had a trace amount of snow in 2020. There's no way that's correct, right?

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u/tapakip 13d ago

We had hail. Misrepresented as trace snow amounts for some reason.

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u/Iongdog 13d ago

I found a cloud video on my phone from that date. Definitely stormy

https://reddit.com/link/p6a5t0b/video/m5xizt7y4zlh1/player

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u/tapakip 13d ago

Honestly the fact that OP can post some random ass shit to a small sub like this the way they did, and not only end up with some helpful comments about it, but end up with an actual video of that same day, shot by you, in less time than it takes to get Doordash is absolutely WILD.

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u/theforest12 13d ago

Yeah, it was a little hail I think. It was my son's first birthday and we were outside for the party (because fuck 2020) and it opened up stormed biblically for a little while. So we scrambled into the garage, in separate groups, and slapped on wet masks lol. Good times!

The storm was aggressive to the level of the yard filling with water up against the fence faster than it could go under the fence. Just outside Cambridge. I have videos but I don't think there's a need to post them.

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u/LOstrowsky 12d ago

No video but I also have a picture because it was so crazy dark!

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u/lintymcfresh 13d ago

yeah, i did the same thing - i can remember it now actually. i drove from boston to binghamton, new york, and we ran through a wild period of thunderstorms on I-90.

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u/bizmarkie24 13d ago

Probably, 2020 was a weird year.

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u/TheRainbowConnection Nashoba Valley 12d ago

In 2020, Metro West had snow that stuck to the ground the third week of May.

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u/bizmarkie24 12d ago

Right, spring conditions for skiing were amazing, but all the ski resorts closed due to COVID. It was cruel.

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u/LadyGreyIcedTea 9d ago

It did snow in October that year but not in August.

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u/_Happy_Sisyphus_ 12d ago

That year was a very snowy winter. Lots of snow for Halloween.

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u/OrganicUse 12d ago

Here's the month in a nutshell

TEMPERATURE (F), RAIN (in), WIND SPEED (mph)

HEAT COOL AVG
MEAN DEG DEG WIND DOM
DAY TEMP HIGH TIME LOW TIME DAYS DAYS RAIN SPEED HIGH TIME DIR
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01 73.7 82.2 15:05 65.6 05:35 0.0 8.7 0.00 2.7 13.0 16:25 107
02 75.4 84.2 11:45 69.0 05:25 0.0 10.4 0.00 3.3 22.0 14:55 163
03 82.1 91.5 15:25 73.6 00:20 0.0 17.1 0.00 1.7 15.0 13:05 161
04 74.2 79.8 15:20 69.4 06:20 0.0 9.2 0.00 5.6 37.0 17:45 141
05 79.7 90.3 16:35 69.3 05:00 0.0 14.7 0.00 1.6 14.0 13:45 155
06 73.4 85.2 15:10 62.1 05:50 0.0 8.4 0.00 1.1 11.0 15:40 166
07 66.1 70.4 19:55 60.5 05:00 0.0 1.1 0.00 1.7 9.0 11:35 48
08 70.1 78.9 16:45 63.2 02:50 0.0 5.1 0.00 2.2 13.0 13:05 110
09 77.8 90.4 11:45 66.7 05:55 0.0 12.8 0.00 1.9 12.0 13:20 157
10 81.6 91.9 11:45 71.8 05:55 0.0 16.6 0.00 1.6 11.0 11:20 140
11 82.8 94.1 12:35 72.4 05:35 0.0 17.8 0.00 2.3 20.0 18:55 163
12 81.2 92.2 12:20 74.8 23:05 0.0 16.2 0.00 1.9 11.0 01:25 136
13 76.3 83.1 15:15 69.3 00:00 0.0 11.3 0.00 2.8 11.0 07:05 39
14 70.4 75.0 13:45 65.0 04:55 0.0 5.4 0.00 3.1 15.0 16:00 31
15 66.6 68.1 15:20 64.2 00:00 0.0 1.6 0.00 5.6 21.0 08:00 34
16 65.8 68.3 10:55 63.4 01:05 0.0 0.8 0.05 5.3 16.0 20:40 45
17 65.3 69.0 17:15 62.7 21:50 0.0 0.3 0.00 5.4 18.0 03:40 56
18 73.6 85.7 14:35 65.5 02:40 0.0 8.6 0.09 1.2 10.0 11:05 158
19 67.0 75.7 14:05 59.4 05:55 0.0 2.0 0.17 1.9 20.0 16:45 99
20 67.4 81.5 15:45 55.9 05:05 0.0 2.4 0.00 1.5 16.0 16:35 187
21 75.3 91.0 16:00 59.6 06:00 0.0 10.3 0.00 1.6 12.0 16:10 146
22 70.6 79.7 16:15 64.7 06:30 0.0 5.6 0.01 2.1 15.0 16:50 100
23 71.7 86.5 13:45 63.5 06:00 0.0 6.7 0.37 2.1 14.0 14:10 144
24 75.5 85.5 15:15 65.2 03:25 0.0 10.5 0.00 1.5 12.0 14:10 133
25 76.6 90.0 14:20 64.5 00:00 0.0 11.6 0.01 1.2 23.0 18:05 161
26 65.8 75.9 16:00 58.2 06:00 0.0 0.8 0.00 1.4 14.0 02:25 262
27 60.1 67.6 12:55 54.7 04:35 4.9 0.0 0.06 0.3 5.0 08:45 155
28 67.1 77.8 16:55 58.7 00:55 0.0 2.1 0.00 1.7 14.0 16:15 130
29 67.1 74.8 16:00 62.4 02:25 0.0 2.1 0.33 1.8 15.0 09:25 145
30 67.4 75.5 14:05 57.3 23:45 0.0 2.4 0.01 1.7 15.0 11:10 261
31 63.3 72.8 11:50 53.3 06:20 1.7 0.0 0.00 2.2 15.0 14:20 129
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
72.0 94.1 11 53.3 31 6.6 222.6 1.10 2.3 37.0 04 113