uncle W

some quick 10" snowfalls in NYC... 12/30/2000........12.0" FELL IN 15 HOURS...10 HOURS OF MEASURABLE SNOW... 02/19/1979.........12.7" FELL IN 12 HOURS.....8 HOURS OF MEASURABLE SNOW... 02/07/1967.........12.5" FELL IN 15 HOURS...13 HOURS OF MEASURABLE SNOW... 02/11/1933.........10.0" FELL IN 11 HOURS.....8 HOURS OF MEASURABLE SNOW... 03/02/1896.........10.0" FELL IN 10 HOURS...10 HOURS OF MEASURABLE SNOW...RAIN THE NIGHT BEFORE...

it will stay cold until the blocking breaks down...

today in 1961 NYC got 17-24" of snow similar to what we just got but it fell on top of 8-10" of snow and over two weeks of below freezing max's...there was 28" of snow on the ground in Brooklyn... IPS-4C1519D8-CC17-40D6-9B2F-7203134E93AD.pdf (noaa.gov)

if you look at snowfalls from before 1980 it seems they made a measurment when the storm ended...example ...Jan 12-14tgh 1964...A long duration blizzard that measured 12.5"...Snow depth reported as 13"...no snow on the ground before the storm...Same with the 1947 storm...they measured 26" and that was the depth when the storm ended...

the driest ten years in NYC history was from 1956 to 1965...if you throw in a few years before and after there were many snowstorms and hurricanes along the east coast...I think the Oceans were cooler back then...when NYC got into this wet climate in 1971 there were only three years that had major snowstorms from 1970-1992...It was Feb/Mar 1993 when NYC started seeing bigger snowstorms again...

I had 2.19" le...est snow 16"...

greatest Sunday-Monday storms I've lived through... 3/18-19/1956....11.6"...Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon... 12/11-12/1960..15.2"...Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon... 1/12-14/1964....12.5"...Sunday evening to early Tue. morn... 2/9-10/1969.......15.3"...early Sunday Morning to early Mon Morning... 2/6-7/1978.........17.7"...just after midnight early Monday morning to Tue afternoon... 2/19/1979..........12.7"...early Monday morning to Monday afternoon... 1/7-8/1996.........20.2"...Sunday morning to Mon afternoon... 2/16-17/2003.....19.8"...Sunday afternoon to early Tue morn... 12/26-27/2010...20.0"...Sunday before noon to early Mon morn... 1/31-2/3 2021....17.4"...late Sunday night to early Wed... the blizzard of 1888 was a Sunday-Monday storm,,,same as the blizzard of 1899...

less farting?...

Newarks 17" snow depth on the 1st of the month set a record for snow depth for the 1st...17" on the second is also a record...

some more dual 6" snowfalls or better in a weeks time... 2/7-8/1899.....6.5" 2/12-13/99.....16.0"... 1/31/1882......8.0" 2/4-5/1882.....9.0" 2/19-20/1934..7.6" 2/25-26/1934..9.3" 3/16-17/1956..6.7" 3/18-19/1956...11.6"

the best is still to come if the ao tanks lower than what its been...

its always been like that with snowfall...I was reading about a blizzard in Feb 1934 that gave NYC 9" but Long Island got at least twice as much...sort of like Jan 2015...a few others were like that but I don't remember what years it was...

the 1970's had three winters in four years that were la nina with Feb being the coldest snowiest month...1971-72...1973-74...1974-75...

this was the 15th wettest 10" snowfall on record for Central Park NYC... 4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours... 3.17"...20.9"...02/25-26/2010...mid 30's to upper 20's...wet snow some mix... 3.11"...14.5"...03/01-02/1914...upper 30's to upper teens...started as rain/sleet/ice... 2.68"...12.5"...02/20/1921........mid 30's to low 20's...started as rain/sleet/ice... 2.62"...17.4"...02/03-04/1961...upper 20's to low 30's...changed to sleet/rain for a time... 2.52"...10.6"...03/13-14/1993...low 30's to upper 30's...changed to sleet and rain... 2.40"...26.4"...12/26-27/1947...mid 20's to low 30's...all snow 2.32"...27.5"...01/22-23/2016...mid 20's...all snow 2.22"...10.4"...02/03-04/1926...mid 20's to 30...mixed with sleet and ice... 2.16"...20.2"...01/07-08/1996...low teens to low 20's...all snow... 2.10"...21.0"...03/12-14/1888...upper 30's to single digits...started as rain/sleet... 2.08"...18.1"...03/07-08/1941...low 20's to low 30's...wet snow ending as a mix... 2.08"...12.5"...02/13-14/2014...mid 20's to mid 30's to mid 20's...changed to rain for 12 hours... 2.06"...19.0"...01/26-27/2011...low 30's to mid 30's to upper 20's...changed to rain for a time... 1.94"...11.5"...01/02/1925........low and mid 20's...mixed with sleet/ice... 1.94"...17.2"...01/31-2/2/2021 mid 20's to low 30's...mixed with sleet at times... 1.87"...12.0"...03/15-16/1896...upper 20's to low 30's...ended as mix and rain... 1.86"...26.9"...02/11-12/2006...upper 20's...all snow... 1.82"...15.3"...02/09-10/1969...mid 30's to mid 20's... 1.78"...19.8"...02/16-17/2003...single digits to mid 20's...

same here...I love storms like this...the great storm of Feb. 1920 storm lasted 74 hours with a two hour break...4.43" of le...17.5" of everything...this one will probably fall short of that lenth but we'll get more snow with less le...

1.50" of le at 5pm imby...

my analogs were colder in Feb and the long range looks good...blocking looks good too...January averaged 34.8 in NYC...its not that hard to beat...

as I thought February will become the coldest month and snowiest month this winter...uness March continues the onslaught...

nice pics...looks the same here...

just broomed away 2" on my stoop...light snow falling...

I've been getting light snow for at least 3 hours now and its near a half inch on the ground...

I'm going with 10-15" imby...nice to see snow sticking from the start...

the bottom feeders were great

the March 58 storm was almost a two day event...temps were 31-33 throughout the storm...

you know its going to be a big storm when the wacko's come out from under the rocks...