This is precisely what we needed, more snow! Our friends at WGME are telling us that we are on pace to have a Mother's Day snowfall. That's right, April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, but all of the flowers will be frosted over, as we could get up to 6 inches in some parts of Maine.
It's been kind of a weird winter in Maine, don't ya think? It seems kind of on the warm side but I haven't had a day not wearing my warm LL Bean boots. It seems a bit tame but my kid has had a good number of snow days off from school. And what about the amount of snow we've had? For that we turn to the pros-the great people at the National Weather Service in Gray who tell us of some interesting trends when it comes to snowfall in Maine from year to year: