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December 6" snowfalls in NYC since 1950...


uncle W

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date...........amount...AO.........NAO.........PNA.....NDJ ONI...

12/3-4/1957.....8.0"...+0.561....-0.197.....+0.534...+1.6.....ao was rising from negative...

12/21-22/59...13.7"...+1.032...+1.291......-0.812....-0.1.....

12/11-12/60...15.2"....-0.316....-0.916.....+1.527.....0.0

12/23-24/61.....6.2"....-0.862....-2.530......-0.436....-0.2

12/23-24/63.....6.6"...+0.129....-0.103.....+1.218...+1.1.....ao was rising from negative...

12/24-25/66.....7.1"....-2.324...+0.411.....+0.686....-0.3

12/25-27/69.....6.8"....-0.971....-0.148.....+0.547...+0.7

12/27/1990......7.2"...+2.601...+1.950......-0.936...+0.4

12/19-20/95.....7.7"....-4.353....-0.774.....+0.926....-0.9

12/30/2000....12.0"....-4.115....-0.537.....+1.075....-0.8

12/5/2002.......6.0"....-1.938.....-0.479.....+0.672...+1.1

12/5-6/2003...14.0"...+0.481.....-0.197.....+0.784...+0.3

12/19-20/09...10.9"....-4.651.....-1.833.....+0.549...+1.3

12/26-27/10...20.0"....-2.886.....-1.144......-0.284....-1.4

 

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12 out of those 14 years all had a NYC December average temperature below 40 degrees. The only 2 exceptions were 1957 and 1990.

The official 1981-2010 NYC average December temperature is 37.5 degrees and the snowfall average is 4.8".

 

1957...40.2...+4.3

1959...38.4...+2.5

1960...30.9...-5.0

1961...35.5...-0.4

1963...31.2...-4.7

1966...35.7...-0.2

1990...42.6..+6.4

1995...32.4...-4.3

2000...31.1...-5.5

2002...36.0...-1.3

2003...37.6...+0.3

2009...35.9....-1.4

2010...32.8...-4.5

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30 minutes ago, uncle W said:

2005 had a 5.8" snowfall around that date...2003 is correct...

It would be interesting to see how far back in time you would have to go to repeat the consecutive 6"or more  events during the first week of December 2002 and 2003.

I believe all the known first week 6" or more events were in 2003, 2002, 1957, 1911, and 1886. Pretty rare overall for a 6" or more event in before mid to late month.

The 2003 over 12" for the first week of December was the earliest on record since the 1870's.

I wonder how many 12" or more events there were in NYC that early during the Little Ice Age?

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14 minutes ago, bluewave said:

It would be interesting to see how far back in time you would have to go to repeat the consecutive 6"or more  events during the first week of December 2002 and 2003.

I believe all the known first week 6" or more events were in 2003, 2002, 1957, 1911, and 1886. Pretty rare overall for a 6" or more event in before mid to late month.

The 2003 over 12" for the first week of December was the earliest on record since the 1870's.

I wonder how many 12" or more events there were in NYC that early during the Little Ice Age?

 

12/4-5/1868...8"

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1868-12-06/ed-1/seq-3/

12/6/1869...8"

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1869-12-07/ed-1/seq-1/

some other early 1800 December storms...

12/18/1864...8"

12/11-12/1867...12"

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1864-12-13/ed-1/seq-6/

12/30/1865...6"

 

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6" December snowfalls from 1870-1949...

12/26/1872.......18.0"

12/27-28/1873....6.0"

12/20/1874.......10.0"

12/23-24/1883....7.5"

12/5/1886...........8.1"

12/26/1890.........7.0"

12/15-16/1896.....7.0"

12/23-24/1896.....6.0"

12/12-14/1902.....6.4"

12/25/1902..........6.5"

12/12-13/1904.....7.0"

12/17-18/1904.....6.0"

12/25-26/1909.....8.0"

12/3-4/1911.........7.0"

12/24/1912........11.4"

12/13-14/1915.....6.0"

12/15/1916........12.7"

12/13-14/1917.....9.5"

12/5/1926...........7.9"

12/17-18/1932.....7.2"

12/26/1933........11.2"

12/19-20/1945.....8.3"

12/26-27/1947....26.4"

12/19-20/1948....16.0"

 

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In addition to favorable 500 mb patterns for NYC December snowfall, temperature is very important in determining an above or below normal month.

NYC has needed to stay below an average December temperature of 40 degrees in order to be eligible for above the 4.8" average December snowfall

going back to 2000.

 

Year...AN or BN snowfall...temperature...departure

2015...BN...50.8...+13.3

2014...BN...40.5...+3.0

2013...AN...38.5...+1.0

2012...BN...41.5...+4.0

2011...BN...43.3...+6.0

2010...AN...32.8...-4.5

2009...AN...35.9...-1.4

2008...AN...38.1...+0.8

2007...BN...37.0...-0.3

2006...BN...43.3...+6.3

2005...AN...35.3...-2.0

2004...BN...38.4....+1.1

2003...AN...37.6....+0.3

2002...AN...36.0...-1.3

2001...BN...44.1...+7.5

2000...AN...31.1...-5.5

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