uncle W

meh...as Tex Antoine used to say a front is a front is a front...meaning any cold or warm front can cause showers even if its a dry front...

there have been only a handfull of years that had a 10" or greater snowfall in Jan thru April and again the next season in Nov-Dec period...these years come to mind... 1947...Feb and Dec... 1960...Mar and Dec... 2003...Feb and Dec... 2010...Feb and Dec...

I remember my Aunt telling me this Tug Boat in Coney Island Creek (we called it purfume bay) sunk during the 1944 Hurricane...She the island was flooded... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52896093/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52896175

Bruno Samartino was the man...Gorilla Monsoon went from parts unknown to part owner...

I ment the wrestler...

so you think Mankind is doomed?

there have been storms in the past that gave NYC inches of rain from a gulf landfalling tropical system...

the big difference in late Summers of the past and summers now is cool downs come in September instead of late August...the first 50's of the season in NYC are getting here later and later...

hey we need to get to 10"...

NYC will never meet that criteria unless Central Park has a brush fire...

every year is an 11year cycle now...

11 year cycle...

so far Central Park has 9.65" and with seven days left I say yes...

soot stains...

one of a few winters that got at least 30" of snow in 30 days... 30" in 30 days... The short list..............................Newark... 02/24-03/24, 1896.....32.0"...... 02/06-03/07, 1914.....35.2"......2/13-3/14, 1914.....32.5" 12/26-01/24, 1948.....43.4"......12/26-1/24/48.......42.1" 01/15-02/13, 1961.....34.1"........1/15-2/13, 1961......44.8" 01/16-02/14, 1978.....37.2"........1/16-2/14, 1978.....44.9" 02/02-03/03, 1994.....30.8".....2/8-3/9, 1994........28.6"**est... 12/14-01/12, 1996.....35.2".......12/14/95-1/12/96...42.7" ...................................................1/20-2/18, 2003.....30.7" 01/28-02/26, 2010.....38.2".....1/28-2/26, 2010......34.0" 01/07-02/05, 2011.....37.6"......12/26-1/24, 2011.....42.1" 01/21-02/19, 2014.....42.1"......1/21-2/19, 2014.......41.7" 01/17-02/15, 2016.....31.5"......1/17-2/15, 2016.......30.9" ..................................................1/31-3/1, 2021.........32.1"...as of 2/21

I wasn't alive in 1914 (hard to believe) but I was for the Jan 15-Feb 4, 1961 onslaught...1913-14 was like 1966-67 without the snowstorm for Christmas...

the October went backwards...how does a tropical storm develop south of Road island and end up making landfall in South Carolina?...

looks like at least one did...

it was a developing el nino year with hardly any snow Jan and Feb but 40" in Feb and Mar...mid feb 1914 to the first week in March ranks with the greatest winter periods of all time...

Silly me. I was looking at the year 2013…

I dont see that on the local climate data...was it a different year?...

found the 1926 storm in the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper on 8/13/1926 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59891322/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59891322/

it says on the 12th precip started 3pm and ended 525pm before starting up again...2.45" fell between 3-5pm...

IPS-256720CC-8A10-4E2D-A0A9-30906DB9C8E3.pdf (noaa.gov)

Ginny in 1963 had a double loop...