uncle W

I can't check the local climate because of Nancy Lugosi... I bet Poughkeepsie had a 30" snow depth on Feb. 5th...

February 3rd-4th, 1961 is still my greatest storm...17.4" in Central Park and 21" in Bensonhurst Brooklyn...there was 8-9" on the ground from previous storms going back to Jan. 15th on the ground...The temperature failed to reach 30 for 16 days...it briefly hit 34 when the snow ended on the 4th late in the day...thawing after that but 25-28" was on the ground the morning of the 5th...

1964...

1964 on this date...

reanalysis...

1965 on this date...no snow in the forecast the night before...

the 1919-20 winter was one of greatest winters of the 1900's...I think it was a neutral year but I can't check that...JMA has it neutral... December 1919:::Temperature hit 60 on the 13th-14th...cold wave drops the temps to -1 on the 18th...2" of cold snow on the 17th...3" of snow on the 24th-25th...2" of snow on the 30th... Jan:::5 degrees on 1/5...2" of snow 1/16...3" of snow 1/19...2" of snow 1/22...very cold period...freezing rain and sleet 23rd-24th...7 degrees on 1/26...-1 on 1/31...top ten coldest Jan... Feb:::-2 on 2/1...on 2/4th-7th NYC saw snow freezing rain sleet and even some plain rain for 75 hours...two hours reported nothing...strong winds and glaze...17.5" of snow and ice fell...13" snow depth at the end...4.43" of LE...2" snow and sleet on the 10th...2/16...9 degrees...5" snow depth...4" of snow 2/21-22...6 degrees 2/27... March:::storm 3/5th-6th...rain to sleet to snow...2.15" LE...3" snow...13 degrees 3/6th-7th...similar storm on 3/13...last inch of snow on 3/19... a 1920 storm...

1913 was an el nino year and was one of the wettest years on record...the winter did not get going until Feb. 8th...the 1913-14 winter... the first hint of winter came on November 11th with a few snow flurries and below freezing temps...December was on the warm side with a dusting of snow on the 10th...there was a rainy Christmas Holiday...mild and wet before and after the 25th...January 4th had a noreaster with gale winds nd mixed precipitation...coastal damage from the storm...the first cold wave came on January 13th...it got as low as -5 the morning of the 14th...gale winds ushered in the cold...thawing after the cold shot with a dusting of snow...no more snow after that...brief cold shots came between mild and wet days...the benign pattern continued until Feb 7th...after a long series of rain storms it got a lot colder Feb. 8th with a little light snow on Feb 10th...after the light snow another severe cold wave hit...the temperature registered -3 on Feb. 12th...the morning of the 13th was -1...snow and sleet developed late in the day...temperature was 26 by midnight...the snow and sleet got heavy on the 14th...snow and sleet accumulated almost 10"...the temperature maxed out at 34 before dropping back below freezing...8" was on the ground on the 15th...temperature dropped to 12...more snow on the 16th...another 5"...that brought the snow depth to 13"...max temperatures were below freezing the next ten of eleven days...light snow on the 19th...snow depth was 8"...light snow on the 23rd...7" snow depth...the third cold wave of the season came after that...temperatures were as low as one degree on the 25th...the next three days had some thawing with temperatures topping out in the 40's...March 1st 2014 was 38 degrees when the day started just after midnight...rain developed early am hours and became heavy...sleet mixed in as temperatures dropped below freezing...heavy sleet and snow fell all day and into the night when it let up to lighter snow and sleet...the storm ended the next day and when all was said and done the temperature dropped to 17 and there was 13" of snow on the ground again...gale winds accompanied the storm and NYC set a record for the lowest pressure ever recorded...it stayed wintry until March 26th when the first 65 degree day came...March 6th had another 3" of snow...snow depth was 6"...mild mid month but colder and snowier from the 18th-24th...3.5" of snow fell on March 22nd...last measurable snowfall of the season...that brought the season total just over 40"...1913-14 was a slow starting winter that got over 35" from 2/10 to 3/7...two severe arctic outbreaks...two heavy snow and sleet storms...twice the snow depth exceeded 13".. date...….max...min...precip...snowfall...depth 11/11......39......30......trace......trace...big lake effect snows and gales...flurry in the city... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-11-12/ed-1/seq-1/ 12/10......42......28......0.03"......0.3"....snow showers... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-12-11/ed-1/seq-15/ 12/23......47......35......1.61"......heavy rains...mild... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1913-12-24/ed-1/seq-13/ 12/25......44......35......0.43"...…rainy Christmas... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1913-12-26/ed-1/seq-5/ 01/04......38......38......0.98"......0.1" 01/05......36......23......0.17"......1.1"...big storm with coastal damage...mostly mixed precipitation...temps mostly in the mid 30's...1.2" of snow/sleet... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-05/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55515916/ 01/13...…..9......-3...…0 01/14......18...…-5...…0 01/15......33......18......0.01"......0.1".....cold wave with gales...then thawing... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-14/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55521138/ 01/24......50......40......1.07" 01/25......46......17......0.40".....more rain then turning colder briefly... 01/28......58......39......trace....,.mild and damp... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-29/ed-1/seq-13/ 01/30......58......42......trace 01/31......55......33......1.51"...more heavy rain and mild... 02/10......37......21......0.05"......0.5"...….trace 02/11......21...…..2......trace......trace.....trace...earthquake then cold wave... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-11/ed-1/seq-1/ 02/12......10...….-3...…………………..trace 02/13......26.......-1......0.29"......1.6"......2" 02/14......34......17......1.59"......8.1"......8" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-12/ed-1/seq-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-14/ed-1/seq-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-14/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-15/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-15/ed-1/seq-2/ 02/16......23......12......0.34"......5.2"......12" 02/17......24......13......0.01"......0.1"......11" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-16/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165669/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-17/ed-1/seq-1/ 02/23......25........8......0.07"......1.0"...…..7" 02/24......15...….2......0.01"......0.1"...…..7"...light snow and a cold wave...heavier snow to the south... https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165905/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-25/ed-1/seq-15/ 03/01......38......22......2.95"....13.5"...….13" 03/02......26......17......0.16"......1.0"...….13" http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-3/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-4/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-3/ http://fultonhistory...cale - 1989.pdf http://fultonhistory...cale - 1990.pdf 03/06......37......30......0.29"......2.9"......6" 03/07......42......31......0.04"......0.4"......5"....some more snow but with some melting... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-03-07/ed-1/seq-4/ 03/18......44......33......0.44"......0.2"......rain ending as snow...more snow in the forecast... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-19/ed-1/seq-13/ 03/22......34......25......0.20"......3.5"......2"...last snowfall of the winter... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-23/ed-1/seq-4/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-23/ed-1/seq-11/

in 1994 and 1996 on this date winter was here in full force...1994 was heading into an ice storm and 1996 a blizzard to remember...

I managed to get 3" from the 2/6/10 storm in Bulls Head Staten Island...

meh...it snowed about 9" and then rained for 12 hours...Not one of my favorite storms...it did end as a few inches of snow...photo from the morning after the storm...

the record snow for Jan. 5th was set in 1883...here is a newspaper article about the storm... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1883-01-06/ed-1/seq-5/

the number of times NYC saw 30" in 30 days has really gone up in recent years...there were five such periods from 1869 to 1993...five in 125 years...since 1994 there were six in only 25 years... 30" in 30 days... 02/24-03/24, 1896.....32.0" 02/06-03/07, 1914.....35.2" 12/26-01/24, 1948.....43.4" 01/15-02/13, 1961.....34.1" 01/16-02/14, 1978.....37.2" 02/02-03/03, 1994.....30.8" 12/14-01/12, 1996.....35.2" 01/28-02/26, 2010.....38.2" 01/07-02/05, 2011.....37.6" 01/21-02/19, 2014.....42.1"  01/17-02/15, 2016.....31.5"

over 3" imby from todays downpours...raining again...

when you rank them as shone the 6.4 storm should be number 7...it can throw you off if you don't look closely...

since 2010 NYC has seen the biggest October snowfall...a top 10 biggest November snowfall...a few top 10 December snowfalls...biggest January or any month storm...biggest February storm...top ten April storm...

I hear Joe L sometimes on the Joe Piscopo show on 970am in the morning...

the pna is just as important...the only storm I found with a negative pna that was 8" plus from DCA to Boston was the March 1960 storm...

for some years the coldest temperature of the winter or the month came during the AO's lowest point of the season...some years had a snowstorm around the date...a few years didn't have either and are the exceptions...last year the ao went positive two days after the lowest point and a big thaw took over... season.......ao min.....date..... 1949-50......-2.854.....3/15/50......1.4" 3/14...record cold the beginning of the month... 1950-51......-4.353.....12/27/50....3" snow 12/27 and 9 degrees...the biggest snow and coldest temperature of the winter... 1951-52......-3.805.....3/4/1952....4" snow 3/2... 1952-53......-3.766.....12/27/52....12 degrees is the coldest temp. of the season...4" snow 12/31... 1953-54......-3.495.....1/30/54......cold continues...Cold snowy January... 1954-55......-3.064.....1/4/55........cold continues... 1955-56......-4.564.....2/15/56......1.4" 2/17 and 2/22...Big March snows..... 1956-57......-4.473.....2/21/57......2.6" snow 3/1... 1957-58......-4.030.....3/11/58......snow storms 3/14 and 3/21... 1958-59......-4.026.....1/7/59........cold continues... 1959-60......-4.108.....1/28/60......18 degrees 2/3 is the coldest temp for Feb...Big March cold and snow... 1960-61......-2.719.....1/10/61......greatest snowy and cold period followed 1/15-2/12... 1961-62......-4.417.....3/4/62........record cold 3/2 and the Ash Wednesday storm 3/6... 1962-63......-5.010.....1/21/63......Near record cold 1/23 and 4" snow 1/26...Biggest snow of the season... 1963-64......-4.470.....12/20/63....1.4" 12/18...6.6" 12/23-24...11 degrees 12/20 coldest for that month...January Blizzard... 1964-65......-3.973.....1/26/65......ice storm 1/24 and continued cold... 1965-66......-5.130.....1/28/66......8 degrees is the coldest temp. of the season 1/28...storm 7" on 1/30... 1966-67......-4.147.....12/13/66....wet snow and rain 12/13-14 is the start of two weeks of snow and cold...7" snow 12/24-25... 1967-68......-3.490.....2/7/68........8 degrees 2/11...Cold and dry continues... 1968-69......-5.282.....2/13/69......17 degrees 2/17 is the coldest temp for the month...15" of snow 2/9-10.... 1969-70......-6.365.....3/5/70........20 degrees 3/10 coldest temp for the month...4" of snow 3/29... 1970-71......-2.821.....2/6/71........12 degrees max 2/2... 1972-73......-2.044.....12/17/72...24 degrees max 12/17... 1973-74......-2.792.....12/19/73...big ice storm 12/16-17...17 degrees 12/19 is the coldest temp of the month... 1974-75......-1.695.....12/18/74...some minor cold in a mild month...one of the few times the weather was benign at the ao minimum... 1975-76......-3.262.....1/24/76......-1 degrees 1/23 is the coldest temp of the winter...1" of snow 1/23... 1976-77......-7.433.....1/15/77......-2 degrees on the 17th is the coldest temp of the winter...5" snow 1/14-15... 1977-78......-5.291.....2/5/78........10 degrees 2/5 is the coldest temperature of the season...18" snow 2/6-7... 1978-79......-4.387.....1/25/79......Very cold and snowy February.... 1979-80......-3.705.....1/24/80......continued cold and dry...longest stretch of cold that winter... 1980-81......-4.318.....3/4/81........largest snowfall for the winter...8.6" 3/5... 1981-82......-3.804.....12/30/81...January 1982 was very cold and snowy... 1982-83......-3.410.....2/6/83........4" of snow 2/6 and 18" 2/11-12... 1983-84......-3.706.....3/13/84......record cold 3/10...7" snow 3/8-9... 1984-85......-6.226.....1/19/85.....-2 degrees 1/21 is the coldest temperature that winter... 1985-86......-3.894......2/6/86.......4.5" of snow 2/7 and 2/11...Snowiest period of the winter... 1986-87......-3.507.....3/9/87........2" snow 3/12...Near record cold 3/10... 1987-88......-2.314.....2/28/88......0.6" 2/27 is the last measurable snow...Thawing after... 1988-89......-0.318.....3/4/89........2.5" 3/6 and near record cold 3/7... 1989-90......-3.482.....12/10/89...One of the coldest Decembers on record... 1990-91......-3.381.....3/9/91.......24 degrees 3/12...benign after that... 1991-92......-2.597.....12/4/91.....0.7" 12/5...benign after that... 1992-93......-2.228.....3/2/93.......Super storm 3/13...Near record cold followed... 1993-94......-3.503.....2/24/94.....2.6" 2/23...12 degrees 2/27.... 1994-95......-3.116.....3/9/95.......20 degrees 3/10 is the coldest temp for the month.... 1995-96......-4.353.....12/19/95...8" of snow during a very cold period...January blizzard. 1996-97......-3.377.....12/30/96...11 degrees New Years Day.... 1997-98......-4.269.....1/10/98.....14 degrees New Years day...Coldest of the winter... 1998-99......-3.856.....3/10/99......5" snow 3/14-15...17 degrees 3/8 is the coldest temp for the month... 1999-00......-2.118.....2/18/00......3" snow and ice 2/22.. 2000-01......-4.854.....2/25/01......6" snow 2/22 and 17 degrees...coldest for the month... 2001-02......-3.293.....12/28/01...Coldest period of the winter followed but benign... 2002-03......-3.575.....1/22/03......7 degrees 1/24 is the coldest for the winter... 2003-04......-4.387.....1/17/04......1 degree 1/16 is the coldest temp of the season...6" of snow 1/15...Dec. 2004-05......-4.337.....2/26/05......6" of snow 2/25 and 8" 2/29... 2005-06......-3.569.....12/5/05......2" snow 12/4...1" 2/6 and 6" 12/9...14 degrees 12/14 is the coldest temp of the season... 2006-07......-2.184.....2/4/07........8 degrees 2/5 is the coldest for the winter... 2007-08......-2.468.....1/2/08........12 degrees 1/3 second coldest of the winter... 2008-09......-3.178.....2/3/09........4.3" 2/5 12 degrees... 2009-10......-5.821.....12/21/09...11" snow 12/19-20....16 degrees 12/18 is the coldest for the month... 2010-11......-5.172.....12/18/10...20" of snow 12/26-27...23 max on 12/14.. 2011-12......-3.451.....01/28/12...4.3" of snow 1/21...Biggest of the season... 2012-13......-5.688.....03/20/13...3.0" of snow 3/18 and continued cold... 2013-14......-2.605.....01/27/14...5 degrees 1/22...11" of snow 1/21...21 max 1/28... 2014-15......-1.462.....03/19/15...4.5" of snow March 20th... 2015-16......-4.898.....01/16/16...first measurable snow 1/17...27" blizzard 1/23... 2016-17......-2.228.....02/14/17...9.4" of snow 2/9...biggest of the season...

NYC got beat on the 2/16/58 storm...Brooklyn picked up 8 1/2 inches...Central Park 7.9"...

it usually is boring this time of year...if the blocking materializes as forecast chances go up if you like cold and snow...if it's boring around Dec. 20th I'll start complaining too...

two winters I lived through in the 1960's had record warmth the first week of December...both years had a KU storm soon after...the years were 1960 and 1966...

recent torches this time of year had temps in the 70's...