Guest Pamela Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I agree with that, it was statistically a stellar month and the period from late December to late January was probably the best I've ever had. It was just unfortunate the blocking couldn't stick around into February or even March because it had the potential to trump 1995-1996. 1995-96 wasn't terribly cold...but it was wire to wire...snow in all 6 of the so called "cold" months...including 4 inches in November and about 16 inches in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 From March 1987 through January 1993, it is no exaggeration to say the best winter month on Long Island over those 6 years was November 1989...lol. Ha ha so true down here as well. Those years along with 97 - 99 were the worst string of crap in my lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Dec of 89 was THE most frustating month as it was incredibly cold with a mean temp here of 24.5 degrees with only 1.2 in. of snow. That was followed by a remarkable change in Jan. which averaged 39.0 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 According to the history books, nothing recently comes close to the insanity of December 1904, when a series of Norlun troughs impacted Long Island that December, contributing to the snowiest month ever seen out there. Cutchogue recorded 49" of snow in December 1904 and Southampton had 57" that month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SNfreak21 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Dec of 89 was THE most frustating month as it was incredibly cold with a mean temp here of 24.5 degrees with only 1.2 in. of snow. That was followed by a remarkable change in Jan. which averaged 39.0 degrees. Was there snowcover that month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Crappiest winters: pretty much the 1990's (except 93,94,96). 2001 - 2002, 2007 - 2008, 2011 - 2012. * Great winters: 1983 - 1984, 1986 - 1987, 2003 - 2004, 2004 - 2005. Greatest winters: 1977 -1978, 1993 - 1994, 1995 - 1996, 2002 - 2003, 2009 - 2010, 2010 - 2011. * Our region sees more crappy winters than greatest winters. Its climo, can't fight it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncat Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Was there snowcover that month?Not more than a trace here on any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Crappiest winters: pretty much the 1990's (except 93 1992-93 was so close to being a good winter on NYC & Long Island...which saw about 25 - 30 inches of snow. The problem was the two big events...December 12, 1992 and the March 1993 Superstorm...were both near misses...the December one put down only a couple of inches and the March one around 10 inches...but just inland, they were far more productive...so nearby, that Westchester County Airport in White Plains measured 50 inches of snow on the 1992-93 winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pamela Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Great winters: 1986 - 1987, 1986-87 was probably the best winter of the 1980's on Long Island...the snow actually got pretty deep by February and the Patchogue NWS cooperative on the S. Shore reported a respectable 40 inches or so that winter. January 1982 would get the nod as best winter month of that decade out here...unbelievably cold and fairly snowy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 I posted this in March of 2012... I rated the last 20 years based on Dec-Feb ave temperature...Seasonal snowfall...minimum temperature...biggest snowfall...20 points for the first and one point for the last...Possible 4 points to 80 points...season.....temp.....snow.....min.....big snow.....total points...1995-96.....18..........20........16........18..........721993-94.....20..........18........20........13..........712010-11.....16..........19........14........17..........662003-04.....17..........15........19........15..........662002-03.....20..........16........11........16..........632009-10.....14..........17..........6........19..........562004-05.....11..........14........16........14..........552008-09.....13..........11........14..........9..........471999-00.....10............9........18..........7..........442000-01.....15..........12..........4........12..........431992-93.....12..........10........11........10..........432005-06.......6..........13..........4........20..........431994-95.......7............5........14........11..........372006-07.......8............7..........9..........7..........312007-08.......9............6..........7..........8..........301996-97.......5............4........17..........2..........281998-99.......4............8..........8..........4..........241997-98.......3............2..........4..........5..........142011-12.......2............3..........6..........3..........142001-02.......1............1..........1..........1............42001-02 came in last place in every category...I would put 2002-03 in front of 2003-04 and 2000-01 in front of 1999-00...................................................................................................................................................................................................ratings by points for the last 66 winters...Most possible points is 528...Least possible is 8...ratings for the last 66 winters...eight categories...1= seasonal snowfall...2= snowfall in 30 days...3= biggest snowfall...4 =1" or more snow cover days...5= average temperature 12/1 to 2/28-29...6 =coldest 30 days...7= lowest temp...8= max days 32 or lower...season.....1....2....3....4...5....6....7...8...total...1947-48..65..66..65..65..65..66..58..64..5141993-94..62..60..52..66..60..62..66..63..4911960-61..63..61..58..61..57..59..66..57..4821995-96..66..62..63..62..55..45..43..61..4572002-03..58..59..61..58..60..54..31..63..4441977-78..59..63..60..63..63..50..15..65..4382003-04..54..47..54..53..54..63..53..55..4332010-11..64..64..62..64..50..42..37..49..4321976-77..39..42..17..60..66..65..66..66..4211969-70..43..33..34..60..62..61..52..57..4021978-79..46..48..51..35..51..52..58..55..3961966-67..61..56..50..51..39..36..49..52..3941957-58..56..39..47..54..47..42..52..45..3821980-81..28..23..40..41..49..64..61..61..3671955-56..49..55..46..27..52..46..43..44..3621981-82..40..28..42..36..53..57..58..44..3582004-05..53..51..53..56..30..33..43..35..3541967-68..29..19..32..35..58..58..61..49..3411983-84..42..30..35..42..31..51..49..59..3391963-64..56..50..50..58..47..20..21..35..3371968-69..47..52..56..51..48..26..21..35..3362008-09..45..32..39..49..38..43..37..49..3302009-10..60..65..64..43..41..17....7..29..3261962-63..24..14....8..35..65..54..66..59..3252000-01..50..49..48..52..42..30....5..44..3201946-47..48..53..44..48..35..31..31..22..3121964-65..37..35..29..48..47..40..21..49..3061970-71..21..26..31..11..56..60..49..52..3061984-85..36..38..22..37..19..47..66..35..3001987-88..27..41..24..48..36..39..43..40..2981986-87..34..40..38..48..35..32..49..14..2901959-60..51..44..55..41..21..29..21..25..2871975-76..25..22....8..41..37..48..61..44..2861956-57..32..36..31..24..27..44..58..22..2741999-00..24..33..20..35..21..50..52..35..2701971-72..33..46..22..21..32..36..43..29..2621961-62..26..21..28..38..47..24..49..27..2601958-59..16..11..20..26..61..38..31..55..2581965-66..31..43..34..35..24..38..25..24..2541973-74..35..24..26..38..28..13..37..50..2511948-49..57..57..57..44....6....3..15..11..2501992-93..39..45..43..29..33..22..31....7..2492005-06..52..58..66..26..13....8....5..11..2391982-83..44..54..59..30....8..11....9..22..2371989-90..18....8..14..23..26..55..37..40..2211985-86..16..29..12..22..43..22..25..40..2091953-54..22..31..37..18..12..29..31..22..2022006-07..11..15..20..22..17..56..25..35..2011994-95....9..27..45..22..15..18..37..14..1871954-55....7....6....6..17..40..36..58..27..1771990-91..41..37..41..17....4....7..15....7..1691951-52..30..16..24..18..16..15..25..22..1661979-80..14..12..13..12..30..24..15..40..1601988-89....5....7..16....5..24..12..43..40..1521949-50..19..17....5....9..11..25..37..15..1381991-92..12..20..28..14..14..29..10..11..1381974-75..17..25..37..10..11..10....2....8..1201996-97....6....9....4....8....9..16..49..14..1151998-99..13..10..12..12....5..19..21..22..1141950-51....8....5....3..17..24..10..21..24..1122007-08..10..15..26....8..19....4..15....5..1051972-73....1....1....1....3..25..14..31..22....981952-53..20..13..12....8....7....5....9....1....751997-98....3....5..16....1....3....1....5....3....372011-12....4....3....9....4....2....2....7....5....362001-02....2....2....3....3....1....6....1....3....21 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Absolute Humidity Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Was there snowcover that month? There was in Monmouth, we had a bit more snow with a few inches from a southern storm on the ground for much of the month. Don't know if it made it up to SI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absolute Humidity Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1986-87 was probably the best winter of the 1980's on Long Island...the snow actually got pretty deep by February and the Patchogue NWS cooperative on the S. Shore reported a respectable 40 inches or so that winter. January 1982 would get the nod as best winter month of that decade out here...unbelievably cold and fairly snowy. Yes, there were three KU's that winter. I believe the Feb 22-23 event dumped 12+" across CNJ through Long Island but left the city with only a few inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1981- Dec 5-6 I was near Boston, had 18 inches as a negative tilted low, extreme, exploded, while Maine had rain. 1981-82 was a great winter capped off by the 1982 April 6 blizzard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1986-87 had epic snows in Worcester MA where I lived. We clocked 70 inches for the entire month of Jan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle W Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 1981- Dec 5-6 I was near Boston, had 18 inches as a negative tilted low, extreme, exploded, while Maine had rain. 1981-82 was a great winter capped off by the 1982 April 6 blizzard. that winter was great in the Poconos...The mid month double snowstorms left a 15" snow cover that lasted all year...When it finially melted in late March the April blizzard and light snow a few days later extended an already great skiing season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 would probably fall somewhere in the middle between good and excellent. I would actually rate 2010-2011 as my favorite winter and 2009-10 not far behind. Both "broke the rules" and showed that both strong La Niñas and El Niños could produce big snows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBG Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 1981- Dec 5-6 I was near Boston, had 18 inches as a negative tilted low, extreme, exploded, while Maine had rain. 1981-82 was a great winter capped off by the 1982 April 6 blizzard. That winter brings back memories. I was in Boston for the December 5-6, 1981 snowstorm, in law school. The night before I took a date from Wellesley out, and got back to my apartment after dropping her off when the first flakes started. It was forecaste to be nothing and the next morning there was about 15" of "nothing" on the ground. For the April 6 storm, I had returned to my parents' house in the New York area for Passover and to interview law firms. I was walking around NYC in the swirling snow and thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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