1/23-24/16 #1 All Time KNYC Snowfall-please add Obs, Accums, Pics

[pazzo83]

Bullsh*t:

 

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY  5m5 minutes ago

A record snowfall of 27.9 inches was set at LaGuardia, NY yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.5 from 1982.

 

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY  4m4 minutes ago

A record snowfall of 27.5 inches was set at Newark, NJ yesterday. This breaks the old record of 4.5 from 2005.

[pazzo83]

Well, we got this:

 

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY  4m4 minutes ago

A record all time daily snowfall of 26.6 inches was set at Central Park yesterday. This breaks the old record of 24.1 set on Feb 12 2006.

[forkyfork]

Bullsh*t:

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY 5m5 minutes ago

A record snowfall of 27.9 inches was set at LaGuardia, NY yesterday. This breaks the old record of 2.5 from 1982.

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY 4m4 minutes ago

A record snowfall of 27.5 inches was set at Newark, NJ yesterday. This breaks the old record of 4.5 from 2005.

daily records... storm totals aren't out yet

[pazzo83]

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY  2m2 minutes ago

Central Park had a total of 26.8 inches since the storm began. Next observation will be taken at 7:00 AM. #winterstorm

[Morris]

Central Park had a total of 26.8 inches since the storm began. Next observation will be taken at 7:00 AM.

From NWS. I don't know if they measured at 2 am.

[dbc]

What a historic storm. One I will treasure forever. Do not be so quick to dig out tomorrow. When you go outside tomorrow to start shoveling/snow blowing take a step back, look around, take it all in. A storm like this is not easy to come by, believe me. There's been plenty of nice storms the last 20 years, even some historic ones, classics, but not many that can be mentioned in the same breath as 1996, so don't forget that and enjoy it all! Good night all!

[tmagan]

Eighth snowiest month in Central Park history. Five of the ten snowiest months have occurred in the last ten years.

[Geos]

I think as long as there isn't anymore inbound snow on radar, they should just measure it now. No point in waiting and letting the wind or settling mess up the final measurements.

[NorthShoreWx]

I think as long as there isn't anymore inbound snow on radar, they should just measure it now. No point in waiting and letting the wind or settling mess up the final measurements.

 That's actually the way they are supposed to do it.

 

Snowfall basically equals maximum depth during the storm.  You can wipe the board once per day, so snowfall can theoretically exceed maximum depth of new snow on the ground for storms that last longer than 24 hours.

 

Another poster who mentioned wiping the board every 90 minutes reported inflated totals.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

Newark 28.1
La Guardia 27.9
JFK 30.5
Central Park 26.8 - It never F'n ends - A cruel and horrible joke. I am in stunned disbelief

[pazzo83]

Yea, not a huge fan of the new snow measurement team.

[codfishsnowman]

so for example the poster who had 31 who wiped the board  a lot may have had a final avg depth of 2 feet or a bit over??? It annoys me when i see final totals that are so different from final depths but in a storm like this there is some settling and compaction of course.

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

Yea, not a huge fan of the new snow measurement team.

 

Still better than the zookeeper, I guarantee it would have been in the 20-24 inch range if the zoo still handled it.

[WintersGrasp]

Estimating 23 Montclair... We were neck and neck with the city but that epic band missed us to the south.

Wind and snow consistency stand out for me... And the fact that it was mainly daytime. But have seen heavier rates in several others.

Close to that here. Tough to get an exact measurement, but I'd say around 21". Managed to miss each of the heaviest bands either to the north, south, or west. The last band that hit that trained from east to west over the city went to my south. To me, this will be "The NAM Blizzard of 2016". I finished up in the 18-24" range and only ever expected 10-15" (and forecasts at that time were calling for only 6-10 or 8-12"). Though the snow rates probably did not exceed 1.5"/hour (MAYBE 2"/hour for a short time), this was a special storm, and it's not all about what happened in my own backyard. The extent of the snowfall and the areas that received 20"+ and even 30"+ is absolutely incredible, and tracking it was half the fun and excitement!!

[tim]

...FINAL tally for eastport..19.5"..last few hours of the storm featured a more powdery

snow and the wind was blowing it around a bit..looks like 2" fell after my last report

last nite(8:30pm).. so i think the 19.5" is pretty accurate.

[mulen]

Who cares about the stats enjoy the scenery the record is in your head .Check eldery neighnbors  stop crying with 2 loaves of bread ..have a great day see ya

[Morris]

Anyone have a radar loop for the entire blizzard?

[ag3]

People need to chill and wait for the 7:00am final measurement from NYC.

It 100% snowed enough to put them over the top after the measurement of 26.8"

NWS will adjust it, even if NYC doesn't properly record the extra .1-.2"

[nyblizz44]

People need to chill and wait for the 7:00am final measurement from NYC.

It 100% snowed enough to put them over the top after the measurement of 26.8"

NWS will adjust it, even if NYC doesn't properly record the extra .1-.2"

Excellent point and if they got it wrong n we break record those guys must retrained again

[doncat]

Temp really plummeted here early this am when the winds dropped off, down to 12 degrees... final snow tally here was 25 inches.

[masomenos]

I get that a lot of people aren't fans of the fluke 2006 record, but I feel like if a record is going to be broken, it should be broken by at least an inch or 2. I'm actually pretty surprised they didn't crack 30 yesterday. It seems like it takes something even more anomalous than yesterday'storm to get those solid +30 amounts in the nyc area. DC and Boston have it a little easier in that respect.

[Morris]

Temp really plummeted here early this am when the winds dropped off, down to 13 degrees... final snow tally here was 25 inches.

Radiational cooling with a thick fresh snow cover FTW.

[MJO812]

Really tough luck for Manhattan. What a shame.

Pretty impressive at JFK:

 

NWS New York NY ‏@NWSNewYorkNY  3s3 seconds ago

A record snowfall of 30.3 inches was set at Kennedy, NY yesterday. This breaks the old record of 3.6 from 2005.

Above average with one storm lol It's insane here.

[ILoveWinter]

I get that a lot of people aren't fans of the fluke 2006 record, but I feel like if a record is going to be broken, it should be broken by at least an inch or 2. I'm actually pretty surprised they didn't crack 30 yesterday. It seems like it takes something even more anomalous than yesterday'storm to get those solid +30 amounts in the nyc area. DC and Boston have it a little easier in that respect.

Dulles (IAD) and Boston may have an easier time but seems that DCA struggles with getting higher amounts as well.

[doncat]

Radiational cooling with a thick fresh snow cover FTW.

Yeah went from 24 degrees at 3 am to 12 at 7:30...wind went calm at that point.

[tmagan]

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1990's.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 26.4, 1994-02-28, 0
2, 26.1, 1996-01-31, 0
3, 21.2, 1996-02-29, 0
4, 13.2, 1996-03-31, 0
5, 12.0, 1994-01-31, 0
6, 11.9, 1993-03-31, 0
7, 11.6, 1995-02-28, 0
8, 11.5, 1995-12-31, 0
9, 10.7, 1993-02-28, 0
10, 9.4, 1992-03-31, 0

Period of record: 1990-01-01 to 1999-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1980's, in fact, it more than doubled any monthly snowfall in the 1980's, save three.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 21.5, 1983-02-28, 0
2, 13.9, 1988-01-31, 0
3, 13.6, 1987-01-31, 0
4, 11.9, 1984-03-31, 0
5, 11.8, 1982-01-31, 0
6, 11.7, 1984-01-31, 0
7, 10.0, 1985-02-28, 0
8, 9.8, 1986-02-28, 1
9, 9.6, 1982-04-30, 0
10, 8.6, 1981-03-31, 0

Period of record: 1980-01-01 to 1989-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1970's, in fact, it more than doubled any monthly snowfall in the 1970's, save four.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 23.0, 1978-02-28, 0
2, 20.3, 1978-01-31, 0
3, 20.1, 1979-02-28, 0
4, 17.8, 1972-02-29, 0
5, 13.0, 1977-01-31, 0
6, 11.4, 1971-01-31, 0
7, 10.6, 1975-02-28, 0
8, 9.4, 1974-02-28, 0
9, 8.4, 1970-01-31, 0
10, 7.8, 1974-01-31, 0

Period of record: 1970-01-01 to 1979-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1960's.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 23.6, 1967-02-28, 0
2, 18.6, 1960-12-31, 0
3, 18.5, 1960-03-31, 0
4, 18.2, 1961-02-28, 0
5, 17.4, 1967-03-31, 0
6, 16.7, 1961-01-31, 0
7, 16.6, 1969-02-28, 0
8, 14.8, 1965-01-31, 0
9, 14.1, 1964-02-29, 0
10, 13.3, 1964-01-31, 0

Period of record: 1960-01-01 to 1969-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1950's, in fact, it more than doubled any monthly snowfall in the 1950's, save three.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 21.1, 1956-03-31, 0
2, 15.9, 1958-03-31, 0
3, 15.8, 1959-12-31, 0
4, 12.7, 1954-01-31, 0
5, 10.7, 1958-02-28, 0
6, 9.2, 1958-01-31, 0
7, 8.9, 1957-01-31, 0
8, 8.7, 1957-12-31, 0
9, 8.4, 1950-02-28, 0
10, 7.6, 1952-12-31, 0

Period of record: 1950-01-01 to 1959-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1940's, save one.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 29.6, 1947-12-31, 0
2, 25.3, 1948-12-31, 0
3, 19.2, 1941-03-31, 0
4, 17.7, 1947-02-28, 0
5, 15.6, 1945-12-31, 0
6, 15.3, 1948-01-31, 0
7, 13.6, 1948-02-29, 0
8, 12.8, 1949-03-31, 0
9, 12.3, 1945-01-31, 0
10, 12.0, 1940-02-29, 0

Period of record: 1940-01-01 to 1949-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1930's, save one.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 27.9, 1934-02-28, 0
2, 23.6, 1935-01-31, 0
3, 14.9, 1933-12-31, 0
4, 12.8, 1938-11-30, 0
-, 12.8, 1933-02-28, 0
6, 12.1, 1936-01-31, 0
7, 10.3, 1939-01-31, 0
-, 10.3, 1936-02-29, 0
9, 9.4, 1932-12-31, 0
10, 8.6, 1934-03-31, 0

Period of record: 1930-01-01 to 1939-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1920's, save one.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 27.4, 1925-01-31, 0
2, 26.3, 1926-02-28, 0
3, 25.3, 1920-02-29, 0
4, 24.5, 1923-01-31, 0
5, 18.8, 1923-02-28, 0
6, 13.3, 1921-02-28, 0
7, 11.9, 1924-02-29, 0
8, 11.7, 1926-12-31, 0
9, 9.4, 1922-01-31, 0
10, 9.3, 1929-02-28, 0

Period of record: 1920-01-01 to 1929-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the 1910's.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 25.5, 1916-03-31, 0
2, 21.5, 1914-03-31, 0
3, 17.4, 1914-02-28, 0
4, 14.5, 1916-12-31, 0
5, 14.1, 1917-12-31, 0
6, 13.3, 1911-02-28, 19
7, 13.2, 1918-01-31, 0
8, 13.1, 1916-02-29, 0
9, 13.0, 1912-01-31, 0
10, 12.2, 1917-02-28, 0

Period of record: 1910-01-01 to 1919-12-31

 

Central Park received more snowfall yesterday than in any month in the first decade of the 20th century.

 

Maximum 1-Month Total Snowfall
for NEW YORK CNTRL PK TWR, NY

Rank, Value, EndingDate, MissingDays
1, 21.8, 1907-02-28, 23
2, 21.7, 1904-12-31, 21
3, 17.4, 1905-01-31, 25
4, 15.8, 1902-02-28, 23
5, 15.6, 1904-01-31, 23
6, 14.4, 1908-02-29, 23
-, 14.4, 1902-12-31, 26
8, 13.3, 1907-03-31, 27
9, 11.5, 1906-03-31, 28
10, 11.4, 1909-01-31, 25

Period of record: 1900-01-01 to 1909-12-31

[winterwarlock]

Some of the higher totals posted on social media arent correlating with the official amounts

[psv88]

22 in commack western side of town). A bit lower than the 26 reports from commack and dix hills. Guess there were localized pockets here. Report in Elwood of 22 which is a few miles away matches up well.

I think northshorewx total of 17 is low...doesnt really matchup to the other reported totals in our area

[Yanksfan]

22 inches Nutley, NJ

[dmillz25]

Finished with 29 inches here