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Records: Highs: EWR: 62 (2006) NYC: 63 (2006) LGA: 64 (2006) JKF: 61 (2006) Lows: EWR: -8 (1985) NYC: -2 (1985) LGA: -3 (1985) JFK: -2 (1985) Historical: 1863 - A severe coastal storm dropped heavy rain on the Fredericksburg area of Virginia. It disrupted a Union Army offensive in an ill famed "mud march." (David Ludlum) 1963: Up to 3" of snow falls on San Francisco, their heaviest since 1887. 1982 - The second of two major snowstorms to hit southern Minnesota came to an end. Minneapolis received 20 inches of snow in 24 hours to break the previous record of 17 inches in 24 hours established just a few days earlier. A record 38 inches of snow covered the ground following the two storms, with drifts ten feet high. (David Ludlum) 1985 - Three days of snow squalls at Buffalo NY finally came to an end. The squalls, induced by relatively warm water in Lake Erie, produced 34 inches of snow at the International Airport, with up to 47 inches reported in the suburbs of Buffalo. The New York "blizzard of '85" left many counties disaster areas. (19th-21st) (Weather Channel) (Storm Data) President Reagan was sworn in for a second term in the coldest Inauguration Ceremony of record. Cold and wind resulted in wind chill readings as much as 30 degrees below zero. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987) 1985: Jacksonville, Florida, recorded its all-time record low of 7 degrees. Macon, Georgia, had its coldest day ever with a temperature of 6 degrees. It was the coldest Inauguration day in history as President Reagan is sworn in for a second term during cold and winds that resulted in wind chill readings of 30 degrees below zero. Because of the bitter cold temperatures, many outdoor Inauguration events were canceled, and President Reagan was sworn in the Capitol Rotunda. 1987 - Low pressure over Minnesota produced high winds in the Northern Plains Region. Winds gusted to 66 mph at Rapid City SD, and reached 70 mph at Belle Fourche SD. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - High pressure over northern Nevada and low pressure off the coast of southern California combined to produce high winds in the southwestern U.S. Wind gusts in the San Francisco area reached 70 mph at Fremont. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - Cold and snow prevailed in the northeastern U.S. Up to 13 inches of snow was reported between Woodford and Searsburg in Vermont. Montpelier VT reported a wind chill reading of 42 degrees below zero. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990 - Unseasonably warm weather prevailed across the state of Florida. Eight cities reported record high temperatures for the date, including West Palm Beach with a reading of 86 degrees. Rain in southern New England changed to freezing rain, then to sleet, and then to heavy snow during the late morning. Most of Massachusetts was blanketed with 6 to 10 inches of snow. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1999: A major tornado outbreak occurred from the southwest into central and northeast Arkansas during the afternoon and evening. In the Little Rock Area, 30 tornadoes tracked across 15 counties. Homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in Little Rock, Beebe, McRae, and areas farther north and east. Eight deaths resulted from the tornadoes, with 140 to 150 injuries also reported.

10 / -4 off a low of 5. Clouds and cold. Very cold : 1/20 - 1/25 (-10 to -20 departures) Moderation brief: 1/26 - 1/30 - near normal but storm activity increased with cold nearby

Dry suppressed with the southern snow/ice this week. By the 29th perhaps more active.

https://abc7ny.com/post/winter-storm-11925-snowfall-totals-ny-nj-ct/15818586/ Central Park: 1.6 inches Midtown, Manhattan: 1.8 inches John F. Kennedy International Airport: 2.2 inches LaGuardia Airport: 3.6 inches Elizabeth 3.7 in Newark Airport 2.4 in

Cold pressing in

Cold nearby SE ridge building and expanding (most notably on the GFC and Canadian) , the battle zone and perhaps and active pattern once to the 28th.

Records: Highs: EWR: 62 (2006) NYC: 62 (1951) LGA: 61 (2006) JFK: 56 (2013) Lows: EWR: -3 (1985) NYC: 0 (1994) LGA: 0 (1994) JFK: 3 (1994) Historical: 1863: The famous "Mud March" begins in the Fredericksburg area of Virginia. 1883: Yuma, Arizona, sets its all-time record low of 22 degrees. The record is tied in 1911 and again in 1937. 1937 - The wettest Inaugural Day of record with 1.77 inches of rain in 24 hours. Temperatures were only in the 30s as Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworm in for his second term. (David Ludlum) 1933: Phoenix, Arizona, receives light snow between 7:55 pm and 9:25 pm 1943 - Strange vertical antics took place in the Black Hills of South Dakota. While the temperature at Deadwood was a frigid 16 degrees below zero, the town of Lead, just a mile and a half away, but 600 feet higher in elevation, reported a balmy 52 degree reading. (David Ludlum) 1954 - The temperature at Rogers Pass, MT, plunged to 70 degrees below zero to establish a new record for the continental U.S. (David Ludlum) 1978 - A paralyzing "Nor'easter" produced a record 21 inches of snow at Boston, 15 to 20 inches in Rhode Island, and one to two feet of snow in Pennsylvania. Winds along the coast of Connecticut gusted to 70 mph. (David Ludlum) 1987 - Gale force winds lingered along the northern Atlantic coast in the wake of a holiday weekend storm. High winds along the eastern slopes of the Northern Rockies gusted to 67 mph at Livingston MT, and high winds in southern California gusted to 70 mph near San Bernardino. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1988 - A storm in the Upper Midwest produced heavy snow and gale force winds. Up to 27.5 inches of snow was reported along the Lake Superior shoreline of Michigan, with 22 inches at Marquette. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1989 - The temperature in the Washington D.C. area warmed into the lower 50s for the Presidential Inauguration during the late morning hours, before gusty northwest winds ushered in colder air that afternoon. (National Weather Summary) 1990 - While heavy thunderstorm rains drenched the Central Gulf Coast States, with 4.23 inches reported at Centreville AL in 24 hours, unseasonably warm weather continued across Florida. Five cities in Florida reported record high temperatures for the date. Tampa FL equalled their record high for January of 85 degrees. (National Weather Summary)

19 / 7 with 3.2 inches of snow and off a low of 14. Cold work week, coldest readings of the season and cold departures - records look safe. Looks dry with suppressed look and overall cold through Friday. Slight moderation (26th, 29/30) with cold nearby otherwise through the end of the month. Perhaps moderation to a more sustained warmup post Groundhogs day.

about 3 / 3.5 here 27 / 27

One of the heaviest since the Valentines day 1895

32/30 snow.sleet mix now

33/31 mix of snow, and some rain 90/10 and picking up - should goto all snow soon (here CNJ)

Down to 38 here from 41

39 / 30 here 11 EWR: 40 NYC: 39 LGA: 40 JFK: 42 New brnsck: 39 TTN: 35

Sure does with a 1994-ish kind of look, can see this late Jan into early Feb evolving pre any more sustained warmup

Cold air on the march and advance south / south east as the gulf states await the snow and ice and frigid temps and we await the quick change to snow.

Daylight: 9:H:42M:33S Gain of 27 minutes Sunset nearing 1700 (Jan 21 sets at 5PM) for the first time since Nov 2nd (DST) Roughly equivalent to Nov 22nd

Looks like thet was Jan 12, 1996

More on the 1978 Snowstorm 19-20 https://www.weather.gov/rlx/jan78 January 19-21 1978 This was the last in a tri-fecta of winter storms over a seven day stretch that produced a full winter weather spectrum in the northeastern United States. Snowfall amounts averaged between 10 to 16 inches across the state of West Virginia, while from Philadelphia northeast a foot and a half or greater was common. The highest snowfall reported was across western Maryland and the northern West Virginia mountains, where nearly 30 inches of snow occurred. In terms of societal impacts, this was the most crippling snowstorm in the northeast since 1969, not to mention one of the highest snow producing nor'easters to affect West Virginia. High pressure built east from the northern plains on the evening of the 18th to northern Maine by the morning of the 20th. The anticyclone hung tough retreating into the Canadian Maritimes on the evening of the 20th. Its stay was long enough to trap cold air east of the Appalachians and keep sub-freezing temperature across much of West Virginia. The surface low responsible for this winter precipitation originated in the northern Gulf of Mexico during the day of the 19th then rapidly strengthened as it moved up the eastern seaboard on the 20th. The bulk of the snow fell between 6Z and 18Z on the 20th. While the surface low was in southern New England, wrap around upslope snow showers continued across West Virginia for a good part of the 21st before winding down as high pressure built east from the Midwest. The 850mb charts illustrated a closed low off southeastern Louisiana at 12Z on the 19th. The low then tracked northeast reaching east central Alabama by 00Z on the 20th. The low continued its movement northeast tracking east of the Appalachians, while it strengthened slightly. With the cyclone track on the lee side of the Appalachians and boundary layer cold air advection under a northerly wind component, 850mb temperatures never surpassed 0C for the event. This thermal structure and the placement on the northeast quadrant of the 850mb low, led to a period of heavy snowfall across West Virginia. Strong cyclonic flow as the low continued into southern New England, kept the upslope snow in place through the 21st. The cyclone did not undergo explosive cyclogenesis as the greatest change in geopotential heights was a decease of 60 meters in 12 hours. Much like previous nor'easters that affected West Virginia, there was no closed 500mb low present with this storm either. Initially a trough of low pressure crossed New England, while a second trough associated with the surface low ejected out of the Gulf Coast region and up the eastern seaboard.

More on the Kennedy 1961 Jan 19-20 snow storm https://www.weather.gov/rlx/jan61 This storm is dubbed the "Kennedy Inaugural Snowstorm" since it occurred on the eve of John F Kennedy's Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C. A cold front dropped south from the Great Lakes before undergoing frontolysis allowing an existing stationary front draped across the Tennessee Valley to return north as a wave of low pressure rode along it. As the initial front crossed high pressure built south from southern Ontario, which permitted cold air to infiltrate from the north. Unlike most nor'easters, the surface low tracked farther north over the mid Ohio Valley, which resulted in the coastal low developing farther north off the Virginia coast, opposed to the Carolinas like most of the systems summarized. Nonetheless, impacts were similar with six inches of snow or greater east of a line from Clarksburg to Charleston to Williamson. The surface low tracked from Tennessee eastward across the Southern Appalachians then off the southeastern Virginia coast. The system moved rapidly to the east part due to the lack of cold air trapped east of the Appalachians. The low rapidly intensified shortly after it reached the Atlantic ocean from 12Z the 20th to 00Z th 21st. During that time frame the minimum central pressure fell 43mbs in the time frame above. The 850mb charts illustrated a transitory area of low pressure ejecting from the central Rockies on the 18th of January. The low closed off around 12Z on the 19th south of Louisville. The forward speed of the low slowed from here on out as it reached the Atlantic seaboard just off the Eastern shore of Maryland by 12Z the 20th. It continued its progression slowly to the northeast and continued to intensify as it progressed towards the Canadian maritimes. With the track of the low, West Virginia was positioned in a favorable spot for significant snow accumulation. 850mb Temperatures never recovered above -1C staying between -1C to -6C for the duration of the event. A strong ridge of high pressure dominated much of the western United States with a trough over the Great Lakes and New England. A fast confluent flow encompassed the Ohio Valley with a strong westerly mid level jet. This orientation steered the surface low due east across Mid-Atlantic. In fact, the mid level jet strengthened with time reaching its peak at 00Z on the 21st. Total snowfall accumulations where similar to the Feburary 1958 storm system save for the this system brought six inch snowfall amounts farther to the west encompassing nearly all of the West Virginia lowlands. Snow totals can be found here.

NYC Jan 19, 1961: Kennedy snowstorm - 9.2 inches of snow with over a foot in nearby areas of northern NJ. That would be the start of an unprecedented 2 weeks of cold and sub 32 in the Nyc/NJ metro areas. Jan 19 -20 , 1978: 13.5 inches of snowfall.