chietanen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yea....on clear winter nights, with snow cover...you can do really well up there Juilan and IrishRob probably are in the two best spots out of all the regular posters in this region. Julian has been down to -18 I believe this year! I'm close to the city of Poughkeepsie, so that definitely influences my temperature a bit, though I still get pretty cold as well. Incidentally, I follow the weather in Buffalo since it's my hometown and they hit a low of -7 before midnight, breaking a record low from 1889. I posted some climate stats in the Upstate NY forum today, and IIRC they were -14 for the month prior to today and are on track to break the record for the coldest month in their history (and records go back to 1871!). Such an impressive month we are seeing in the eastern US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithB Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Juilan and IrishRob probably are in the two best spots out of all the regular posters in this region. Julian has been down to -18 I believe this year! I'm close to the city of Poughkeepsie, so that definitely influences my temperature a bit, though I still get pretty cold as well. Incidentally, I follow the weather in Buffalo since it's my hometown and they hit a low of -7 before midnight, breaking a record low from 1889. I posted some climate stats in the Upstate NY forum today, and IIRC they were -14 for the month prior to today and are on track to break the record for the coldest month in their history (and records go back to 1871!). Such an impressive month we are seeing in the eastern US. Wow. Awesome! Makes me wanna move a little bit north...haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Juilan and IrishRob probably are in the two best spots out of all the regular posters in this region. Julian has been down to -18 I believe this year! I'm close to the city of Poughkeepsie, so that definitely influences my temperature a bit, though I still get pretty cold as well. Incidentally, I follow the weather in Buffalo since it's my hometown and they hit a low of -7 before midnight, breaking a record low from 1889. I posted some climate stats in the Upstate NY forum today, and IIRC they were -14 for the month prior to today and are on track to break the record for the coldest month in their history (and records go back to 1871!). Such an impressive month we are seeing in the eastern US. Yup, I think this stretch of cold easily qualifies as "epic". Doing my best to cherish it. Incidentally, KPOU has already broken its record low for the 24th, though it seems a bit like cheating when the old record was a wimpy +3F. Almost dizzying how quickly my temp is still falling... down to -12.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENYsnow Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yup, I think this stretch of cold easily qualifies as "epic". Doing my best to cherish it. Incidentally, KPOU has already broken its record low for the 24th, though it seems a bit like cheating when the old record was a wimpy +3F. Almost dizzying how quickly my temp is still falling... down to -12.3. Wow that's impressive, wind picked up a bit here and I'm up to –2 again. KALB isn't in a great spot for radiational cooling either so I bet POU wins by at least 5F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yup, I think this stretch of cold easily qualifies as "epic". Doing my best to cherish it. Incidentally, KPOU has already broken its record low for the 24th, though it seems a bit like cheating when the old record was a wimpy +3F. Almost dizzying how quickly my temp is still falling... down to -12.3. Damn you are a radiating machine lol.. -3 here.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlsterCountySnowZ Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Just got home from work... -7 currently... Beautiful clear night, stars look great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hudsonvalley21 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -7 here now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I only got to 0 last night a midnight, -12 right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I only got to 0 last night a midnight, -12 right now. Last night was the first time I was below zero before midnight believe it or not. I would have bet money that you would be too. I'm at -12 now, off a low of -13. Ties my seasonal low from February 16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Negative 8 Sussex nj is 15 below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Last night was the first time I was below zero before midnight believe it or not. I would have bet money that you would be too. I'm at -12 now, off a low of -13. Ties my seasonal low from February 16.Yeah, I thought I'd get below 0 by midnight too, down to -13 now. My low for the season is -14 so Im not topping that this morning I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -17.3F. I stopped radiating after about 5 am as some humidity and cloudiness moved in, but otherwise I would have easily cleared -20. Still a truly remarkable morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Walpack nj 19 below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 These temperature departures are just incredible. Here's the departures from normal for POU from 2/13 through yesterday (note the +4 on Sunday): -19/-19/-17/-26/-15/-17/-26/-15/-17/-16/-20/-20/+4/-16. And today should be around a -25 departure if we hit a projected high of 20. What kind of temperatures would we be looking at in the summer with similar positive departures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravitylover Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -6 low at the local high school earlier, still -4 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What kind of temperatures would we be looking at in the summer with similar positive departures? The distressing thing is that one of these years, it could be us under the ridge of doom instead of Alaska and California. That'd be a shame. Apparently I tickled down to -17.7F, so a perfect tie with the 16th, but on that morning I kept cooling right until daybreak. Hmm... Still -11.2F. With the sun up and the wind dead calm, it doesn't even feel that cold. I want to walk outside and recoil in frigid shock, but I guess that sensation is relegated to the depths of night this time of year... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -5 here, definitely the coldest i can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman19 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -5 here, definitely the coldest i can remember.Sloatsburg hit -8 supposedly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Here's a listing of lows from Albany's county warning area. -18 was the lowest in Dutchess County (Millbrook) and -17 in Ulster County (Phoenicia). http://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=ALY&product=PNS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -5 here, definitely the coldest i can remember. I meant to ask you yesterday, what's the snowpack like up in Lake Placid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I meant to ask you yesterday, what's the snowpack like up in Lake Placid? In the woods it was 2-3' in spots, in town maybe 18-20" i think, but more in protected spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 In the woods it was 2-3' in spots, in town maybe 18-20" i think, but more in protected spots. Be careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BxEngine Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Be careful. I wore a helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I wore a helmet. "In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snywx Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 Yeah, I thought I'd get below 0 by midnight too, down to -13 now. My low for the season is -14 so Im not topping that this morning I don't think. -1 here at midnight... -11 for a low at 5am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 -1 here at midnight... -11 for a low at 5am Interesting, I bottomed out closer to 7am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juliancolton Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Browsing the KPOU climate data, a full 10 out of the top-20 warmest minimums occurred after records resumed in 2001, while the most recent of the top-20 coldest minimums was January 1984. Sort of a random stat, but it just goes to show how remarkable it is to be breaking all these daily/monthly cold records in an era dominated by warmth. Edit: that said, it looks like the station put up a -26F departure today. In contrast: on this date in 1985, KPOU went +22F with an average daily temperature of 53F... slightly higher than today's 5F! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Gorilla Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Browsing the KPOU climate data, a full 10 out of the top-20 warmest minimums occurred after records resumed in 2001, while the most recent of the top-20 coldest minimums was January 1984. Sort of a random stat, but it just goes to show how remarkable it is to be breaking all these daily/monthly cold records in an era dominated by warmth. Edit: that said, it looks like the station put up a -26F departure today. In contrast: on this date in 1985, KPOU went +22F with an average daily temperature of 53F... slightly higher than today's 5F! I remember the winter of 84-85 and even up in New England, what a bore! I would have killed to have gotten a winter like they have this year. Thankfully, the winter of 86-87 made up for a lot as my hometown, Worcester, MA, got 70 inches of snow in January 1987. It was so epic! 87-88 was not bad either, but then a string of really crappy winters had to be endured until the great blizzard of December 12,1992, where Worcester got clocked with 32 inches of wind blown cement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishRob17 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I remember the winter of 84-85 and even up in New England, what a bore! I would have killed to have gotten a winter like they have this year. Thankfully, the winter of 86-87 made up for a lot as my hometown, Worcester, MA, got 70 inches of snow in January 1987. It was so epic! 87-88 was not bad either, but then a string of really crappy winters had to be endured until the great blizzard of December 12,1992, where Worcester got clocked with 32 inches of wind blown cement!Screw you, LOL. That's back when I still watched TWC and they always talked about Worcester getting smacked and I used to think "Man I wish I was in Worcester now":) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chietanen Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Worcester to Poughkeepsie, almost as bad as Buffalo to Poughkeepsie from a pure snow standpoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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