Heavy Snow

Nadine Seniw, Samantha Lombardi

Heavy snow is caused by low pressure systems that move along the coast. It occrrs during the winter months because our location is furthest from the sun and the cold weather causes the rain to turn into ice and snow. The two months in which this event is the most severe is during January and February. In order to calculate the probability, we found the total number of heavy snow events, over the total number of possible outcomes. In January, the probability of an occurrence of heavy snow is 6 out of 26, or 23%. In February, the probability of a heavy snow occurrence is 12 out of 26, or 46%. I wouldn't want to get stuck on the Island in February!

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/listevents.jsp?eventType=%28Z%29+Heavy+Snow&beginDate_mm=05&beginDate_dd=01&beginDate_yyyy=1994&endDate_mm=05&endDate_dd=31&endDate_yyyy=2015&county=RICHMOND%3A85&hailfilter=0.00&tornfilter=0&windfilter=000&sort=DT&submitbutton=Search&statefips=36%2CNEW+YORK