Snow, snow, snow

There is one good thing about snow,

it makes your lawn look as good as your neighbor's!

~Clyde Moore

An article from Forbes Magazine, dated February 5, states that:

"Our measures show that those in Cleveland experience the worst winter months. Located on the south shore of Lake Erie, the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has relatively mild summers but its winters require endurance. Cleveland gets hit by lake-effect snow, averaging almost 60 inches every winter and its frigid winters help produce an average annual temperature of only 50 degrees, 10 degrees below the 50-city average."

http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/weather-snow-storm-lifestyle-travel-winter-snowfall.html

This is of course, for major cities.  The important thing to note here is that we are followed by Boston and New York with Milwaukee coming in 4th.   Cleveland's stats are:

Average Annual Temperature: 49.6°F

Average Precipitation: 38.7 inches
Average Snowfall: 58.9 inches

The fun thing is that you can do anything with stats.  Our lows (like yesterday morning was 2 with a windchill that dropped it to 16 below) and in August, we often have weeks where the temp doesn't drop below 85.  Go figure.

I have to mention, however, that one of the things that Cleveland and its surrounding areas, do very well is clean up the snow.  We also sit on one of the largest salt mines in the world so the streets get scraped and salted. 

By the way, we did get dumped on over the weekend with about 10 inches in my yard.  There is also another storm heading our way and the weather gurus are anticipating another 4 to 8 inches, depending on where you live in conjunction to the Lake.

The upside is that it leaves for mucho knitting time.  You gotta find your happiness wherever you can find it!