In photos: Greater Portland sees snow, at last

Greater Portland saw only a half inch of snow in December. With the exception of 1999, when the area had only a trace amount of snow, it's the smallest amount since the National Weather Service began keeping records in 1882. But January has been playing catch-up and winter is far from over. Here are some of our favorite photos from this month's snowstorms.

Posted January 31

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Photo by Brianna Soukup

Portland Head Light is framed by snowy trees under a white sky at an empty Fort Williams Park the morning after an overnight snow Jan. 29 in Cape Elizabeth.

Photo by Derek Davis

Matt Anson clears snow from his driveway in Falmouth on a Sunday morning.

Photo by Derek Davis

Tim Swinburne clears snow from vehicles at Portland Volvo in Scarborough on Jan. 8.

Photo by Gregory Rec

A member of the Pleasant Mountain snowmaking team makes their way down a slope underneath snow guns at the Bridgton ski area on Jan. 8.

Photo by Derek Davis

Elizabeth Brado laughs while having a snowball fight with her son Oscar, 8, at Payson Park on Jan. 7.

Photo by Derek Davis

Traffic begins to move slowly after two tractor-trailers were involved in a crash, which completely blocked the northbound side of I-95 at mile marker 60, on Jan. 7.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

Colleen Finnell walks with her dog, Lenny, in Portland on Jan. 16.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

Tim King and his dog, Pretzel, walk through snow-coated trees at Deering Oaks Park in Portland on Monday.

Photo by Gregory Rec

Taking shelter from the rain under an umbrella, a student exits Portland High School on Friday into a slushy alleyway tracked with footprints in the snow.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

A man who declined to give his name shovels snow outside of Crown Fried Chicken in Portland on Jan. 16.

Photo by Gregory Rec

Seen through snow-coated trees, a cross country skier skate-skis along Joe Buzzell Lane at Harris Farm in Dayton on Monday. It was only the third day the trails at the farm have been open because of the lack of snow.

Photo by Derek Davis

People shield their faces from falling snow while walking on Chestnut Street in Portland in mid-January.

Photo by Derek Davis

People walk through a parking lot as seen from the Free Street parking garage on Jan. 13.

Photo by Shawn Patrick Ouellette

Volunteer Steve Audie of Biddeford is framed through the net of a hockey goal as he cleans the surface of the ice at West Brook Skating Rink in Biddeford on Jan. 23.

Photo by Derek Davis

Robert Lefavor shovels out a bus shelter on Fore River Parkway in front of Mercy Hospital on Jan. 8.

Photo by Derek Davis

Eamonn Donahue, 10, slides across a rail while skiing at Payson Park in Portland on Jan. 18.

Photo by Brianna Soukup

Stephanie Baird, of South Portland, walks down a snowy trail Monday at Robinson Woods in Cape Elizabeth. “It is beautiful here every morning,” Baird said.