Cincinnati's Snowmageddon

Snowmageddon has made its appearance in Cincinnati, Ohio as we marked our record snowfall for the month at 23.1 inches, besting the previous record of 21.4 inches that was set in 1914. On February 16, the city received up to 8.3 inches of new accumulation, adding to the storm on February 9 and 10 that piled on 6.6 inches, and the storm on February 5 and 6 that dumped 8.1 inches of snow.

That brings the total accumulation this winter to 35.4 inches, or 20.5 inches more than last year at this point. For an even more dramatic comparison, for all of last winter, the city received 21.5 inches of snow.

Selected below are photographs of Cincinnati and Hamilton County during the last three snowfalls.


Alms Park in Cincinnati draped in snow.








An overlook from Eden Park provides a panoramic view of Kentucky.


Mirror Lake at Eden Park.


Sharon Creek at Sharon Woods.




Queen City Square is all but transparent in the snowstorm on February 16.






There were few walking the streets of downtown Cincinnati during the day on Monday, February 16.




Buses outnumbered cars.


All work was halted for Monday.


Government Square was packed full of buses.








Fifth Street at Fountain Square was deserted at rush hour.


A lone worker cleared the sidewalk.


I sat down on the snow covered steps at Fountain Square to watch a bit of television piped in on the giant screens above the Macy's Department Store structure, then snapped this photo of the Tyler Davidson Fountain at Fountain Square.


Covington, Kentucky was all but invisible.




A lone walker mutters "it's so freakin' cold" over and over as she strolls down 4th Street.


Vicki Webster, a downtown resident and a freelance writer and publishing consultant, walks her giant Great Dane down 4th Street in the snow storm. The sizable pet was enjoying the winter weather more so than most on this day.


Garfield Park




Rush hour. I walked in the streets on the way home, unimpeded by automobile traffic.

Enjoy the Snowmageddon that has paralyzed Cincinnati! You know that I'm enjoying this winter weather very much.

_{This has been crossposted to UrbanUp.}

Denny Gibson | February 16, 2010 Some very nice shots. I've been pretty much a wimp during this round of snow storms but held out hope that someone was taking pictures besides the endless snaps of pets being sent to TV stations from cell phones. You got 'em. Adam Banks | February 16, 2010 These are some nice compositions and such, but they're way too overdone. Ease up on the photoshop, man. Sherman Cahal | February 16, 2010 No photoshop. Just a B&W filter I use in Lightroom. It's a bit grayed out in the downtown scenes because of the heavy snowfall. For the park scenes above, I use a graduated-neutral density filter to achieve the effect, but no Photoshopping. Adam Banks | February 16, 2010 Whoops, didn't mean the dual comment even if it's not technically done in "photoshop," they just seem way too overdone. Nice compositions though.

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