NorthShoreWx

Max 16⁰ ... Min 6⁰ ... Snow : 0.4"

000NOUS61 KOKX 031615FTMOKXMessage Date: Feb 03 2026 16:15:43KOKX radar will be down for maintenance today until ~2330z.

With the hard crust on top of the snow, it really stands out how much the deer crap everywhere here.

Temperature got briefly up to 33 here. With the clouds that have moved in, its back down to 30.7° This morning's low was 15° We've really not been radiating well so far this winter compared to usual. I'm not sure why. I suspect that the windier than normal conditions on average is part of it, but not necessarily the only factor.

The 2020's might be what is skewing the means. There's more than just cc at work in those awful 2020's March's. There is also coincidence. Let's revisit this discussion in 5 years.

March snow has never been long lasting. If snow is lasting on the ground through roughly mid-March, it is generally because it has built up over the winter. 2018 a wee bit of an exception. Despite the snowfall, it wasn't cold. Here is my record: YYYY MM DD Low High Precip Snowfall Snow Depth 2018 3 1 38 62 2018 3 2 35 42 1.8 0.1 2018 3 3 35 46 1.23 0.0005 2018 3 4 33 44 0.0005 2018 3 5 32 39 0.0005 0.0005 2018 3 6 29 48 0.0005 2018 3 7 32 36 0.07 8.4 2018 3 8 30 46 1.21 0.7 7 2018 3 9 28 42 0.0005 5 2018 3 10 28 42 4 2018 3 11 28 47 2 2018 3 12 30 43 0.0005 1 2018 3 13 32 39 0.2 5.7 2 2018 3 14 29 44 0.6 0.3 3 2018 3 15 30 49 0.0005 2 2018 3 16 28 40 1 2018 3 17 26 47 T 2018 3 18 26 40 T 2018 3 19 25 44 T 2018 3 20 28 37 0.0005 T 2018 3 21 31 37 0.01 9.1 T 2018 3 22 31 49 1.44 4.5 13 2018 3 23 33 51 7 2018 3 24 33 49 4 2018 3 25 30 43 0.0005 1 2018 3 26 27 48 T 2018 3 27 26 45 T 2018 3 28 37 53 T 2018 3 29 44 52 T 2018 3 30 44 60 0.02 2018 3 31 39 60 2018 4 1 41 62 0.05 2018 4 2 29 42 0.4 6.1 6 2018 4 3 27 43 0.12 2 2018 4 4 40 55 0.23 T

Some northeast rainfall totals 2/3-5/1952 from the remnants of that tropical storm (rain or mostly rain everywhere): EWR 0.45" Central Park 0.64" Bridgeport, CT 0.51" Cutchogue, NY 1.37" Edgarton, MA 0.34" Plymouth, MA 0.82" Boston, 1.22" Peru, VT 0.78" (0.3" snowfall) Pinkham Notch, NH 1.23" (4.5" snowfall)

Mping says yes: https://mping.ou.edu/display/

Ugh, sobering progression

28.4" north Smithtown NY

I was thinking this morning that ASOS stations were more likely to not go over 32 since presumably they are better shielded than the typical PWS. We got to 34 here.

31° here at 12:30. Mostly 28 - 31 on the PWS's around here. It'll crack 32.

Both of those storms were blizzards here.

I'll enjoy spring when it comes. In the meantime, I intend to continue enjoying winter. A pint by our rock fire ring next to the woods sounds good, but at the moment, I can't even tell where it is.