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    In the (Mt Washington) Valley - halfway between us - it went 2-4' in spots with no snow cover to the normal 2-3' where there was plenty of insulation from 3-5' of snow. Info from buddy who operates one of those giant excavators down there. You had more snow in Ossipee, higher temps, we had less snow in Gorham, colder temps. I would say frost went at least 3' deep in my back yard. Parsnips will be late digging here. But I doubt frost got much below 2' down there except under roads and parking lots.

    How thick did the ice get on the lakes?
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    My buddy buried a 36" auger an just barely hit water last weekend in Tamworth.
    I've heard ~36" is on Winni, hope the salmon are hungry come ice out!
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    5 degrees this morning!
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    It's not snowing/sleeting/raining
    so I am not complaining
    not a cloud in the sky today
    if all goes right
    I'll install a new sight
    and soon will be blasting away.....
    "Stand your ground.
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    A brisk spring morning, eh?

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    Snow is melting a little bit. It's about 1' deep in the sunny areas of my yard.
    The ice pack in the shady spots in driveway have turned to mud.
    I saw on the local news that some NH towns are spending 25% of their annual budget battling the muddy roads this year.
    At least I live along a tar road and my mud run is only 100 yards long.
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    My postage stamp sized driveway is paved. I can see patches of my lawn appearing, but there's still a foot or so on the garden. Here in town mud season means I can dig my parsnips, in maybe two weeks, then we can get in a week or two of frantic yard work, repairs, and spring chores, maybe three weeks if we're really lucky before the blackflies hit. It's been a late short short spring. Less than a foot left in the front yard where a month ago the snow banks were over six feet high where we carved out on both sides of the mail box so the delivery person could find it in our seasonal front wall, like the down does for the fire plug at the opposite front corner, but they have a bucket loader. I have two teens, shovels, and a snowblower. A snowblower can pitch even the heavy wet and slushy stuff over a six foot bank even if I can't. Don't blow powder into a strong wind when it's well below zero. In fact, stay the hell inside when it's below zero. Yetis have a tougher life than you know. A smart man uses a strong wind to his advantage with a snowblower when you get three or four feet if you can keep ahead of it. It helps to be upwind. Life is noticeably better when you're upwind and not stupid. And much, much more interesting. Nice to see the gongs appearing above the snow on the range again too.
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    New record, I still had a bit of snow bank left yesterday!
    First time in the 5 years I've lived here that there has been some snow left into May. Previous record was April 29.
    Saw my 1st of the season blackflies yesterday too!
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    Hurrah, Spring is on its way. The blackflies are announcing it. Any ice left in the big lake?

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    Nice. Last snow pile here was gone April 12. You can keep the black flies...
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