Everyone’s sick of winter

State News

March 8, 2019 - 5:27 PM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Even the National Weather Service is sick of winter.

The agency’s Kansas City area office said in a tweet that “After a recent poll, stats confirm that 96% of our followers are tired of winter.” It jokingly added that, “The other 4% are wrong.”

Just over 29 inches of snow has fallen since November at the Kansas City International Airport. Meteorologist Jonathan Welsh says that’s 10 inches more than fell over the past three winter seasons combined. None of those winters saw more than 8 inches.

The last time there was more snow in the area was in 2012-2013, when accumulations totaled nearly 32 inches.

Welsh says no additional snow is expected anytime soon in the area, although “we’re certainly not out of the woods.”

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