Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
It is very strange here, just one day of sun and anything we get is pretty much melted by the next sundown. Thursday we got 10 inches, everything was closed schools etc before it even started to snow, then friday a lot of stuff was closed again, and only after putting salt down and getting sun on the paved parts is it now clear and dry.
- Andy
Sun is higher in the sky and the days are longer than in December or January. On a sunny day this time of year snow will melt even if the temp is only the 20s.
The sun makes a big difference. I can remember this deep wooded gulch I used to run by in college. Even in early May there would sometimes be snow left near the bottom because it almost never got any sun.