Ottawa Blizzard Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 The winter of 1933-34 has always intrigued me, given it came on the heels of two blowtorch winters in a row. Toronto hit -30C in late December 1933 and February 1934 was outrageously cold. Does anyone have any stats, info on this winter and what setup may have caused it to be so abnormally cold? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catskills Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 The winter of 1933-34 has always intrigued me, given it came on the heels of two blowtorch winters in a row. Toronto hit -30C in late December 1933 and February 1934 was outrageously cold. Does anyone have any stats, info on this winter and what setup may have caused it to be so abnormally cold? I don't have much except these local records: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/bgm/cli/coop/DELN6.ext Near the end of December '33, there was 8" of snow on the 26th. That may have helped set the stage for the 29th with a low of -24F and a month record low max of only -5F. The 30th followed suit with -20F to 11F. I don't see any January records but February was outrageous with a number of records including -33F (the coldest single temperature in these records) on the 9th and -27F on the 28th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catskills Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 And I just found this: http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/062/mwr-062-02-0057.pdf Mount Washington, N.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan11 Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 NYC had their coldest temperature ever. I believe it was on my Dad's 6th birthday which would have been February 9th. I'm thinking it was -14F which would be unheard of today. And I just found this: http://docs.lib.noaa...062-02-0057.pdf Mount Washington, N.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolymammoth Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 As legendary NY weatherman, Tex Antoine, used to say: "the dirty thirties." Must have been tough for a lot of people trying to keep warm in the depth of an economic depression. The more things change.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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