uncle W

sorry for your loss...that's quite a story...

so far NYC has 65 days with a minimum temperature 32 or lower...last year had 69 with two in April...this week the predicted lows in the city are near freezing Sunday to Wed. mornings...if that happens this year will tie last year...the most in recent years is 93 in 2014-15...2015-16 and 2016-17 had less than 50 such days...37 is the lowest total on record set in 2011-12...before the 1950's there were many years with at least 100 days with a minimum 32 or lower...

70 is the ave max for March...we hit both ends of the spectrum the first half of the month...18 is the ave min and we saw that a week ago...

I think there are six years that had at least two separate 100 degree heat waves... 1944... 1949... 1953... 1954... 1955... 1966...

there are hourly readings from JFK... https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-BB91C3CF-C564-49FF-80ED-221DFE4CF116.pdf

I remember coming home from upstate NY and some highways buckled in the heat on July 4th...we had no ac at home...I would put my face right next to a fan to dry off...

1966 had three heat waves that reached 100 degrees 1955 has the most 95 degrees or higher days... Extreme heat days 95 or higher..... 16 in 1955 13 in 1988 12 in 1953 12 in 1993 12 in 1999 12 in 2002 10 in 1944 10 in 1980 9.. in 2005 9.. in 1983 9.. in 1966 8.. in 1963 8.. in 1991 8.. in 2010

the first 100 degree day I remember was in 1957...1955 had a few but I was to young to remember...NYC saw 100 degree days in 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957...1966 is my favorite hot summer...I was 17 and it was a very good year weather wise...maybe if there is a brush fire around the Central Park observation plot you might get one there...

the average March monthly average max is around 70...the average monthly minimum is around 18...we will see the average minimum soon and probably the average maximum later in the month...

with the ao forecast to go negative after mid month is a sign we could get one last blast of snow near the first day of spring...the best ending to any winter was in 1956...there was a 6-7" snowstorm on the 16th...a 12-14" snowstorm on the 18th-19th...temperatures were in the low 20's with winds and drifting during the second storm...the first one had thunder and lighting...some other good endings were...1958 had a foot of wet snow on the 20th-21st...1964 had 5" of wet snow on the 22nd...1967 had 9" of snow on the 22nd...1970 had 4" on the 29th...that one was on Easter Sunday and started as rain...1974 had 3-4" of wet snow on the 29th...10" in the Poconos...1984 had a major noreaster with 4" of slush on the 29th...20" in the Poconos...1992 had a 6" storm on the 19th and a 4" storm on the 22nd...1996 had a 4" storm on the 29th...1998 had 5" on the 22nd...2013 had 3" on the 18th...2015 had 4.5" on the 20th...2018 had 8-12" on the 22nd...

March 2019 will be the third in four years with a good snowstorm in March...let alone two... March wintry periods... ……………………………………………………. 1956 dates...max min precip snow depth 16.........33...21...0.90"...6.2"...6" 17.........33...20...0.05"...0.5"...3" 18.........30...21...0.38"...3.8"...7" 19.........26...23...0.78"...7.8".13" 20.........38...23......0........0...13" 21.........48...28......0........0.....8" 22.........50...31......0........0.....6" 23.........48...36......0........0.....1" 24.........43...24...0.11"...1.2"...1" 25.........34...18......0........0.....1" 1958............................................... 13.........46...34......T........T.....0 14.........36...33...0.48"...4.1"...4" 15.........41...35......T........T.....2" 16.........43...35......0........0.....1" 17.........45...34......0........0.....T 18.........42...35......T........T......0 19.........39...34...0.02".....T.....0 20.........35...33...0.90"...4.7"...5" 21.........35...31...0.71"...7.1"..11" 22.........45...34......T........T...10" 1960.................................................. 01.........32...21......0........0.....0 02.........36...19......0........0.....0 03.........27...18...0.89" 12.5". 12" 04.........29...19...0.19"...2.0", 15" 05.........33...21...0.01"...0.1". 14" 06.........36...20......0........0....12" 07.........31...17......T......0.2"...8" 08.........30...19...0.01"...0.1"...5" 09.........34...17......0........0.....3" 10.........30...17......0........0.....2" …………………………………………………... 1964 13...…...49...32.....0...…..0.....T 14...…...50...37.....T...…..0.....0 15...…...57...40...0.03".....0.....0 16...…...51...39.....0...…..0.....0 17...…...54...40.....T...…..0.....0 18...…...41...25.....T...…..T.....0 19......…45...24.....0...…..0.....0 20...…...52...30.....0...…..0.....0 21...…...42...33...0.15"...1.3"..1 22...…...50...32...0.41"...3.6"..T 1967........................................................... 15.........45...29...0.39"...1.8"...2" 16.........32...21...0.14"...0.8"...2" 17.........26...13...0.28"...3.0"...3" 18.........20...10......0........0.....3" 19.........28.....8......0........0.....2" 20.........40...23......0........0.....1" 21.........35...31...0.14"...0.8"...1" 22.........32...29...0.78"...9.0"...9" 23.........35...28......T........T.....6" 24.........44...30......0........0.....3" 1978.......................................................................... 01.........32...25......0........0.....3" 02.........32...19......0........0.....3" 03.........29...24...0.64"...5.0"...8" 04.........30...19......0........0.....6" 05.........28...14......0........0.....4" 06.........33...18......0........0.....3" 07.........37...20......0........0.....3" 08.........30...22......T........T.....3" 09.........43...29......T........T.....3" 10.........43...36......0........0.....2" 1984............................................................................. 04.........40...24......0........0.....0 05.........43...33...0.71"...0.3"...0 06.........44...37......0........0.....0 07.........40...24......0........0.....0 08.........30...18...0.10"...1.8"...2" 09.........32...16...0.29"...5.1"...7" 10.........30...13......0........0.....5" 11.........40...19......T........T.....3" 12.........30...16......0........0.....1" 13.........35...24...2.31"...1.4"...1" 1992......................................................................... 14.........40...24......0........0.....0 15.........35...22......0........0.....0 16.........37...17......0........0.....0 17.........50...29......T........T.....0 18.........45...31...0.09".....T.....0 19.........33...31...0.93"...6.2"...3" 20.........45...30......0........0.....6" 21.........39...28......0........0.....T 22.........35...25...0.44"...3.2"...T 23.........38...29......T........T.....3" 1993............................................................................... 10.........40...32...0.60"...0.3"...0 11.........41...30......0........0.....0 12.........42...29......0........0.....0 13.........40...28...2.37" 10.2". 2" 14.........39...17...0.15"...0.4"...8" 15.........33...14......0........0.....7" 16.........45...26......0........0.....4" 17.........47...25...0.75"...0.8"...2" 18.........29...13......T........T.....2" 19.........33...16......0........0.....2" 1996........................................................................... 01.........34...22......0........0.....0 02.........35...29...0.33"...4.6"...4" 03.........35...21...0.01".....T......2" 04.........35...19......0........0.....1" 05.........61...32...0.22".....0.....0 06.........50...34...0.51".....0.....0 07.........34...23...0.81".....T.....0 08.........24...14...0.28"...4.5"...4" 09.........24...11......0........0.....3" 10.........33...16......0........0.....2" 2005................................................... 01.........42...30...0.29"...2.9"...9" 02.........39...28......T........T.....6" 03.........33...23......0........0.....5" 04.........36...23......0........0.....4" 05.........42...27......0........0.....4" 06.........48...31......0........0.....3" 07.........63...43......0........0.....2" 08.........57...18...0.32"...1.5"...1" 09.........31...16......0........0.....1" 10.........34...21......0........0.....T .......................................................................... 2015.............................................. 01.........31...24...0.52"...4.8"...15" 02.........39...27......0........0......14" 03.........37...22...0.67"...1.8"...13" 04.........45...35...0.25".....0.....13" 05.........40...19...0.76"...7.5"...19" 06.........27...12......0........0.....19" 07.........38...18......0........0.....18" 08.........49...37......0........0.....16" 09.........54...40...0.01".....0.....13" 10.........53...39...0.46".....0.....11" ................................................................... 2017 10.........47...23...0.31"...2.1".....2" 11.........29...17......0........0........1" 12.........29...19......0........0........T 13.........36...20......T........T........T 14.........32...21...1.97"...7.6".....7" 15.........26...20......0........0........6" 16.........39...24......0........0........5" 17.........47...29......0........0........4" 18.........39...34...0.08".....T........3" 19.........47...34......0........0........3" ……………………………………………. 2018 13...…..40...33...0.28".....T...….0 14...…..41...31...0.01".....T...….0 15...…..48...32.....0...…...0...….0 16...…..40...30.....0...…...0...….0 17...…..48...27.....0...…...0...….0 18...…..43...28.....0...…...0...….0 19...…..47...33.....0...…...0...….0 20...…..39...30.....T...…...0...….0 21...…..39...31...0.99"...8.2"......8" 22...…..50...32...0.06"...0.2"......1"

March 6" snowfalls 21.0" 3/12-14/1888 18.1" 3/7-8/1941 14.5" 3/3-4/1960 14.5" 3/1-2/1914 12.0" 3/15-16/1896 11.8" 3/20-21/1958 11.6" 3/18-19/1956 10.6" 3/13-14/1993 10.0" 3/2/1896 ..9.8" 3/21-22/1967 ..9.4" 2/28-3/1 1949 ..8.6" 3/5/1981 ..8.4" 3/22/2018 ..8.3" 3/1-2/2009 ..8.0" 3/18-19/1892 ..7.7" 3/6-7 1915 ..7.7" 2/28-3/1 2005 ..7.6" 3/6-7/1916 ..7.6" 3/14/2017 ..7.5" 3/5/2015 ..7.3" 3/6-7/1923 ..6.9" 3/8-9/1984 ..6.7" 3/4-5/1917 ..6.7" 3/16-17/1956 ..6.6" 2/29-3/1/ 1968 ..6.5" 3/5/1902 ..6.2" 3/19/1992 ..6.0" 3/6-7/1870 ..6.0" 3/19/1890 ..6.0" 3/10/1907 ..6.0" 3/15/1906

ok thanks...

you are amazing...where do you find these records?...

the winter averaged 36.2 in NYC...same as last met winter...lets see if March 2019 can beat March 2018 in snowfall...Central Park had almost half the amounts Staten Island got last March...

we could have five consecutive days with measurable snow in Central Park if this storm pans out...not sure if that's a record...possibly three straight 4" or more if things get crazy...Feb. 4-6th 1920 had three straight days with 5" or more...

Feb. 2019 will end up averaging 36.2...there was 2.6" of snow and 3.14" of precipitation...max was 65 and the minimum was 11... Feb. decade averages... decade..ave.t...high....low.....ave max/min...max....min....snowfall...big snow...precipitation... 1870's....30.6....37.0....25.2.........................69......-1........9.3"......11.0"......2.71" 1880's....30.5....37.2....22.7....55.2......4.5....69......-4........7.9"........9.0"......4.07" 1890's....31.9....37.9....24.1....54.6......6.2....68......-6......10.1"......16.0"......3.65" 1900's....29.4....37.7....24.8....52.2......6.8....62.......1........9.3"......11.0"......3.54" 1910's....30.4....35.9....25.4....55.5......4.8....62......-6........7.5"........9.7"......3.44" 1920's....32.1....37.9....26.2....54.3......8.7....64......-2......12.2"......17.5"......4.32" 1930's....32.5....37.0....19.9....58.7......7.8....75.....-15.......7.6"......10.0"......3.13" 1940's....32.6....38.6....29.3....58.1......9.7....73......-8........8.9"......10.7"......2.53" 1950's....35.1....40.1....27.4....58.5....10.1....71.......0........4.0"........7.9"......2.73" 1960's....32.6....36.7....28.3....56.1......8.4....65......-2......10.1"......17.4"......3.31" 1970's....32.6....39.9....25.5....58.7......8.6....70.......0........9.9"......17.7"......3.69" 1980's....35.4....40.6....31.4....60.9....13.0....75.......4........5.4"......17.6"......3.08" 1990's....36.3....40.6....30.6....62.5....11.0....72.......5........8.7"......12.8"......2.99" 2000's....35.2....40.6....28.2....59.7....13.8....68.......8......10.1"......26.9"......2.64" 2010's....35.7....42.0....23.9....60.3....12.4....78......-1......11.8"......20.9"......3.92"... 1870- 2019......32.9...………...…….....57.5......9.0...……..……........8.9"...………..........3.32"... 1990- 2019......35.7...…...………….....60.8....12.4...…...……...……10.2"...…….……......3.18"....

it's been 25 years since NYC had a 10" snowstorm in March...1993 was the last time that happened...before that it was 33 years... 1888.....21.0".....12th-14th... 1896.....10.0".....2nd... 1896.....12.0".....15th-16th... 1914.....14.5".....1st-2nd... 1941.....18.1".....7th-8th... 1956.....11.6".....18th-19th... 1958.....11.8".....20th-21st... 1960.....14.5".....3rd-4th... 1993.....10.6".....12th-14th...

the best March's with 4"+ snowfalls... year....snow.....4"+ snowfalls 1956...21.1"...11.6"...6.5"... 1958...15.9"...11.8"...4.1"... 1959.....6.7".....5.5"... 1960...18.5"...14.5"... 1964.....6.0".....4.9"... 1967...17.4".....9.8"... 1968.....6.1".....6.6"...2/29 to 3/1... 5.5" 3/1 1970.....4.0".....4.0"... 1976.....4.4".....4.2"... 1978.....6.8".....5.0"... 1980.....4.6".....4.6"... 1981.....8.6".....8.6"... 1984...11.9".....6.9"... 1992.....9.4".....6.2"... 1993...11.9"...10.2"... 1994.....8.1".....5.0"... 1996...13.2".....4.6".....4.5".....4.1"... 1999.....4.5".....4.5"... 2004.....4.8".....4.0"... 2005.....6.9".....7.7"...2/28 to 3/1 ... 2.9" 3/1 2007.....5.5".....5.5"... 2009.....8.3".....8.3"... 2013.....7.4".....4.0" 2015...18.6".....4.8".....7.5".....4.5" 2017.....9.7".....7.6" 2018...11.6".....8.4"

its over 50 inches since 1971...

2.1" imby on the south shore of S.I.

we have seen our share of out of season storms since 2011...two being Oct. 2011 and Nov. 2012...another last April...the 1980's had three too...Nov. 1987 and 1989 and April 1982...

here is the list I compiled for NYC snow depth days...a trace could be leftover snow on the ground or a lonely snowflake during a day...if there was an inch of snow but it melted before the depth obs it counts as one day... season........Days ...............consecutive days....Max depth.. ...................T 1" 4" 10"20"........ T 1" 4" 10"20" 1913-14......57 32 22 06 0....... 34 30 14 04 0..... 13" 1917-18......84 57 29 00 0....... 68 30 16 00 0..... 09" 1919-20......92 67 36 02 0....... 61 55 28 02 0..... 12" 1922-23......71 54 22 00 0....... 24 19 06 00 0..... 08" 1925-26......65 33 16 06 2....... 30 23 15 05 2..... 20" 1933-34......71 47 28 06 0....... 32 16 12 04 0..... 13" 1940-41......56 27 08 01 0....... 14 12 04 02 0..... 13" 1947-48......83 65 54 33 5....... 65 58 53 16 5..... 26" 1948-49......50 30 17 03 0....... 11 10 10 03 0..... 14" 1949-50......29 09 00 00 0....... 03 03 00 00 0..... 03" 1950-51......45 13 00 00 0....... 16 04 00 00 0..... 03" 1951-52......40 14 02 00 0....... 06 04 01 00 0..... 06" 1952-53......38 08 01 00 0....... 07 03 01 00 0..... 04" 1953-54......32 14 10 00 0....... 16 11 10 00 0..... 09" 1954-55......35 13 00 00 0....... 06 04 00 00 0..... 03" 1955-56......51 20 08 02 0....... 11 08 07 02 0..... 13" 1956-57......52 18 04 00 0....... 11 06 02 00 0..... 06" 1957-58......69 37 17 01 0....... 23 09 06 01 0..... 10" 1958-59......45 19 01 00 0....... 12 10 01 00 0..... 05" 1959-60......61 27 10 06 0....... 13 09 06 04 0..... 15" 1960-61......77 52 41 20 3....... 38 32 30 10 3..... 24" 1961-62......59 26 04 00 0....... 17 10 03 00 0..... 06" 1962-63......62 23 07 00 0....... 13 11 07 00 0..... 04" 1963-64......76 42 21 05 0....... 27 14 08 05 0..... 13" 1964-65......58 31 06 00 0....... 28 13 03 00 0..... 06" 1965-66......38 23 09 00 0....... 24 19 07 00 0..... 07" 1966-67......64 34 16 05 0....... 16 10 08 05 0..... 13" 1967-68......44 23 01 00 0....... 15 15 01 00 0..... 06" 1968-69......55 33 20 08 0....... 32 24 17 07 0..... 15" 1969-70......71 47 08 00 0....... 39 35 04 00 0..... 06" 1970-71......58 11 03 00 0....... 20 04 03 00 0..... 06" 1971-72......60 21 06 00 0....... 12 08 03 00 0..... 05" 1972-73......30 03 00 00 0....... 03 02 00 00 0..... 02" 1973-74......57 38 07 00 0....... 20 17 07 00 0..... 06" 1974-75......35 10 03 00 0....... 06 05 03 00 0..... 08" 1975-76......41 27 03 00 0....... 12 08 02 00 0..... 04" 1976-77......69 47 09 00 0....... 53 37 07 00 0..... 06" 1977-78......94 56 30 12 0....... 67 35 20 06 0..... 18" 1978-79......42 23 09 03 0....... 18 17 04 03 0..... 16" 1979-80......36 10 01 00 0....... 07 03 01 00 0..... 04" 1980-81......49 27 05 00 0....... 25 21 03 00 0..... 08" 1981-82......48 24 12 01 0....... 17 17 08 01 0..... 10" 1982-83......34 22 10 06 0....... 18 16 09 06 0..... 19" 1983-84......54 28 12 00 0....... 17 16 06 00 0..... 07" 1984-85......44 25 10 00 0....... 31 13 09 00 0..... 07" 1985-86......41 15 08 00 0....... 14 12 06 00 0..... 06" 1986-87......49 31 12 00 0....... 19 17 11 00 0..... 09" 1987-88......49 31 10 00 0....... 18 16 09 00 0..... 09" 1988-89......23 07 02 00 0....... 04 03 02 00 0..... 05" 1989-90......46 16 02 00 0....... 06 04 02 00 0..... 05" 1990-91......27 13 06 00 0....... 04 04 02 00 0..... 08" Feb. LGA obs... 1991-92......36 11 02 00 0....... 07 04 02 00 0..... 06" 1992-93......49 21 06 01 0....... 10 09 05 01 0..... 10" 1993-94......95 74 31 08 3....... 76 40 13 08 3..... 22" 1994-95......33 15 12 01 0....... 16 15 12 01 0..... 10" 1995-96......72 55 35 14 6....... 18 17 12 10 6..... 25" LGA obs... 1996-97......35 08 00 00 0....... 04 02 00 00 0..... 03" LGA obs... 1997-98......27 02 01 00 0....... 03 02 01 00 0..... 04" LGA obs... 1998-99......29 10 01 00 0....... 04 03 01 00 0..... 04" LGA obs... 1999-00......40 23 08 00 0....... 24 19 05 00 0..... 06" LGA obs... 2000-01......57 33 17 02 0....... 18 16 11 02 0..... 13" LGA obs... 2001-02......22 03 00 00 0....... 04 03 00 00 0..... 03" LGA obs... 2002-03......71 42 23 05 1....... 26 25 12 05 1..... 20" LGA obs... 2003-04......50 36 20 02 0....... 28 25 08 01 0..... 11" LGA obs... 2004-05......59 41 20 02 0....... 22 16 13 02 0..... 10" LGA obs... 2005-06......32 19 06 03 1....... 12 12 05 04 1..... 16" LGA obs... 2006-07......31 15 02 00 0....... 07 05 02 00 0..... 05" 2007-08......30 08 04 00 0....... 04 04 04 00 0..... 06" 2008-09......47 32 07 00 0....... 06 06 03 00 0..... 08" 2009-10......45 29 23 08 1....... 15 12 11 04 1..... 21" 2010-11......69 58 45 23 3....... 54 54 27 16 2..... 23" 2011-12......14 05 01 00 0....... 03 03 01 00 0......04" 2012-13......38 15 08 02 0....... 07 05 05 02 0......10" 2013-14......80 64 45 16 0....... 49 49 33 14 0......18" 2014-15......69 57 48 19 0....... 50 50 46 17 0......19" 2015-16......32 12 09 04 2....... 12 10 09 04 2......22" 2016-17......37 24 09 00 0....... 11 06 04 00 0......09"..... 2017-18......52 26 13 01 0....... 13 08 07 01 0......10"

three days since Dec. 1st...