SnOMG! It's gone!

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Okay, so I actually declared it officially gone for the sake of the poll on Monday, then forgot to post. With the streets clean, it was getting hard to justify the idea that it still there in any meaningful way. I know there are still remnants of big piles (and even a teeny amount in my yard due to it getting shoveled into an apparently remarkably shaded spot), but let's face it, we are (at least for now) free of the evil frozen white stuff. Yay!

Plus it was Pi Day.

Which makes the sole winner kelkyag. All glory to them!

Of the 55 total guesses, there were only four earlier dates (one in Feb and three in Mar). The remaining fifty followed, with 13 more in March, 21 in April, 14 in May, and one each in June and July. If we end up with more snow that doesn't melt right away, there may be another winner.

Both the (rounded) mean and median averages were April 15, and the two most popular answers with four guesses each were April 15 and May 15. So the lesson here is do your taxes. Also we are apparently a very pessimistic bunch. (June and July? Come on!)

Arguments may now commence over my poor judgement in determining the results.

ETA: Here are all the guesses in date order and formatted for easy processing:

_meej_ -- Feb 20
wombatbanana -- Mar 3
vibrantabyss -- Mar 7
lbmango -- Mar 12
kelkyag -- Mar 14
tater1112 -- Mar 15
koloratur -- Mar 17
savannah_smile -- Mar 19
cnoocy -- Mar 19
herbertinc -- Mar 20
darlucky -- Mar 21
chenoameg -- Mar 22
pristinepetals -- Mar 23
lanicita -- Mar 23
aquaflame16 -- Mar 24
bangie24 -- Mar 26
volantwish -- Mar 29
in_parentheses -- Mar 30
josephineave -- Apr 2
contradictacat -- Apr 2
talonvaki -- Apr 6
yagagriswold -- Apr 9
rubynye -- Apr 10
noisybeacon -- Apr 11
withinmywill -- Apr 13
rmd -- Apr 14
lonelyholiday -- Apr 14
slinkr -- Apr 15
hammercock -- Apr 15
hissilliness -- Apr 15
42itous -- Apr 15
desired_writer -- Apr 18
elusiveat -- Apr 20
ruthling -- Apr 22
mderidder -- Apr 22
gruene -- Apr 23
pierceheart -- Apr 23
zard -- Apr 27
brynndragon -- Apr 28
thespian -- May 1
hotpoint -- May 1
sparkgrrl658 -- May 3
spitcurl -- May 3
eustaciavye -- May 4
thesoxgap -- May 5
catling42 -- May 5
nu_luba -- May 5
bercilakslady -- May 15
real_green_tea -- May 15
afty -- May 15
diego001 -- May 15
theloriest -- May 17
nonnihil -- May 17
anyee -- Jun 22
molyflogs -- Jul 15