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December '13 STATS

 

St. Charles 

# Active 275

# Sold 60

MKT Time 108

Med Sold $ -- $320,000

Geneva 

# Active 120

# Sold 28

MKT Time 105

Med Sold $ -- $349,500

 

Batavia 

# Active 97

# Sold 19

MKT Time 117

Med Sold $ -- $321,500

   

Elburn 

# Active 58

# Sold 5

MKT Time 51

Med Sold $ -- $242,500

 

Sugar Grove

# Active 59

# Sold 8

MKT Time 49

Med Sold $ -- $205,350

Maple Park

# Active 13

# Sold 6

MKT Time 192

Med Sold $ 236,500

In reflection of this New Year's snowfall, I dug up some fun snow facts about our little white addiction:

1. World’s Largest Snowflake:  The world’s largest snowflake was reported to be 15 inches across and 8 inches thick. The Guinness Book of World Records states that this giant snowflake was found at Fort Keogh, Montana on January 28, 1887.
2. Snow is Not White:  Snow is actually clear and colorless.
   “The complex structure of snow crystals results in countless tiny surfaces from which visible light is efficiently reflected. What little sunlight is absorbed by snow is absorbed uniformly over the wavelengths of visible light thus giving snow its white appearance.” - National Snow and Ice Data Center
3. 76” in 24 Hours:  The most snow ever recorded in a 24 hour period in the USA occurred at Silver Lake, Colorado in 1921 and was 76 inches of snow.
4.  Earth’s Fresh Water is Frozen:  80% of all the freshwater on earth is frozen as ice or snow.  This accounts for 12% of the earth’s surface.
5. What is a Blizzard?:  A blizzard occurs when you can’t see for 1/4 mile. The winds are always 35 miles an hour or more. The storm must last at least 3 hours to be classed as a blizzard. If any of these conditions are less, it is only a snowstorm.
6. 105 Snow Storm per Year in USA:  The USA averages 105 snow producing storms per year.  A typical storm will have a 2-5 day lifetime and drop snow in multiple states.
7. 6 Sides or Bust:  All snowflakes have 6 sides.  Period.  The reasoning behind this gets techy, but it’s cool:
   “The oxygen atom has a particularly strong attraction to the electron clouds of the two hydrogen atoms and pulls them closer. This leaves the two hydrogen ends more positively charged, and the center of the “V” more negatively charged. When other water molecules “brush up” against this growing snowflake, strong forces between the negatively charged and positively charged parts of different particles cause them to join together in a very specific three-dimensional pattern with a six-sided symmetry. Each water molecule that joins the snowflake reflects this pattern until eventually we can see its macroscopic six-sided shape.” – Learner.org
8. Chionophobia is a fear of snow.
9. People buy more cakes, cookies and candies than any other food when a blizzard is in the forecast.
10. The average snowflake falls at a speed of 3.1 miles per hour.

When I no longer thrill to the first snow of the season, I'll know I'm growing old.  ~Lady Bird Johnson

Snowflakes are kisses from heaven.  ~Author Unknown

There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.  ~Alfred Wainwright

Where does the white go when the snow melts?  ~Hugh Kieffer

Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they stick together.  ~Vista M. Kelly

Snowmen fall from heaven... unassembled.  ~Author Unknown

When it snows, you have two choices:  shovel or make snow angels.  ~Author Unknown

Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.  ~Bill Watterson

There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's.  ~Clyde Moore

   Feliz Año Nuevo! 

    Diane MOOrales
Keller Williams Fox Valley Realty
          630.709.9882

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http://snowbrains.com/10-interesting-facts-about-snow/
http://unofficialnetworks.com/10-snow-facts-you-may-not-know-72160/