February 2024

[STORMANLI]

KLGA 48kts. 

55mph

[Stormlover74]

Secondary line forming

[ForestHillWx]

That had some decent gusts with it. Many limbs down in the area. So far, power has held up. 

[jm1220]

Brief shower here. Looks like the bulk of it is south of me so this should be about it. 

[jets]

Had some big gusts. Going to be like that over the next few hours. Fingers crossed that the power stays on 

[forkyfork]

52 mph gust at ewr

https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base_dyn.cgi?stn=KEWR&unit=0&timetype=GMT

[nycsnow]

Solid gust 

[SACRUS]

40 MPH gust here 63 today down to 46.  

[LongBeachSurfFreak]

Really roaring currently at in Lynbrook. I do not have an anemometer (besides a hand held) but based off the sound in the trees some of the strongest gusts in a couple of years.  

[Snowlover11]

winds are ripping, just got to work and some of the traffic lights are sideways 30-40mph gusts.

[JerseyWx]

Pretty decent wind gusts.  Half an inch of rain here since midnight.  

42 now down from 57.

[bklnwx1]

JFK 58 mph gust @ 10:30pm. 

Feb 28, 10:30 pm

47

38

71

WNW

36G58

8.00

Rain, Squalls

FEW030 BKN055 OVC070

29.70

29.71

[TJW014]

Holy smokes it is windy. Driving home on the GSP was NOT fun.

[Intensewind002]

Farmingdale only gusting to 33 seems suspect, it sounds/looks way stronger than that outside.

[Nibor]

Building is shaking from some of the gusts here.  

[donsutherland1]

[vegan_edible]

me, @North and West, @the_other_guy and all my other 287 dwellers right now...

 

[Snowlover11]

bouncing good here in yonkers.

[dWave]

Random question..how do they calculate climate normals on leap days. Is the avg high/low just from the leap years over the 30 yr normals period, or do they just use Feb 28th averages again for today?

[MANDA]

The howling winds from the overnight have died down but it is still kind of gusty out there. 

Event rainfall total = 1.05" (.68" and .37").

Total Precipitation for February = 2.45". 

Y.T.D. = 10.67". 

Snowfall February = 11.5". 

Snowfall for Season to date = 22.2".

[SACRUS]

 

Made it to 29 and now a chilly breezy 34 with some showers and flurries.   This brief cold will lift out Saturday as we head into a warm but wet period. Today, Friday and Sunday may be the best chances or sun/dry conditions in the next 7 -10 days.  Lots of cut off lows/bowling balls being hinted at in the longer range.

 

 

[SACRUS]

Records:

 

Highs

2/28 / 2/29
EWR: 68 (1976) / 67 (1976)
NYC: 67 (1976) / 69 (1880)
LGA: 66 (1976) /  69 (1880)


Lows:
2/28 / 2/29
EWR: 1 (1934)  /  9 (1980)
NYC: 5 (1934) / 4 (1884) 
LGA: 10 (2014) / 9 (1980)

 

Historical : 2/28

1900 - A massive storm spread record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals rangeD up to 17.5 inches at Springfield IL and 43 inches at Rochester NY, with up to 60 inches in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. (David Ludlum)

1952 - An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape without electricity. Winds gusting to 72 mph created mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which buried Nantucket and Hyannis. A barometric pressure reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the storm. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - A powerful storm produced severe thunderstorms in Louisiana and Mississippi early in the day. About mid morning a monstrous tornado touched down near Moselle MS and grew to a width of two miles as it passed near Laurel MS. The tornado traveled a distance of 40 miles killing six persons, injuring 350 others, and causing 28.5 million dollars damage. The tornado swept homes right off their foundations, and tossed eighteen wheel trucks about like toys. Strong straight line winds associated with the powerful storm system gusted to 70 mph at Jonesboro AR and Carbondale IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Thunderstorms in California produced severe weather during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 74 mph, downed trees in the Sacramento area. Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S. The afternoon high of 71 degrees at Portland OR was a February record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms in the southeast corner of the nation produced winds gusts to 58 mph at Fort Lauderdale FL, and a total of seven inches of rain. Heavy snow whitened parts of the Northern Plateau and the Northern Rockies, with ten inches reported at Marion MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Showers and thunderstorms over the Southern Plains Region capped a record wet February for parts of Oklahoma. Totals for the month ranged up to 9.11 inches at McCurtain, with 4.63 inches reported at Oklahoma City. Snow and sleet fell across northern Oklahoma, with four inches reported at Freedom and Jefferson. Snow also spread across southern Kansas into Missouri and Arkansas, with six inches of snow reported at Harrison AR. In Alaska, February temperatures at Nome averaged 21 degrees below normal, ranging from -38 degrees to 29 degrees during the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2012 - The first confirmed February tornado in Nebraska state history struck Lincoln and Logan Counties shortly after 4PM. The EF-0 tornado was on the ground intermittently for up to six minutes and traveled 3 miles before dissipating in southwest Logan County. The path of the tornado was over open rangeland and cropland where limited damage occurred. Patches of snow were still on the ground at the time. (NWS North Platte)

 

Historical: Leap Day 

 

1748 - The heaviest snow of the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in New England came to an end. Coastal Salem was left with more than thirty inches of snow on the ground. (David Ludlum)

1964 - Thompson Pass, AK, finished the month with 346.1 inches of snow, a record monthly total for the state of Alaska. (The Weather Channel)

1988 - "Leap Day" proved to be a wet one for southern California, with 4.76 inches of rain reported at Tommys Creek in Ventura County. February went out like a lamb across much of the rest of the nation. Sixteen cities in the central and western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

2008: The world's tallest snowman, actually a snowwoman, is unveiled in the western Maine town of Bethel. "Olympia," named for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, is about 122 feet tall, 10 feet taller than "Angus, King of the Mountain," which has held the tallest snowman record since 1999. He was named for Angus King, Maine's governor at the time. 

 

2012: A tornado outbreak occurred across the central plains and the Ohio River valley region on the 28th and 29th. The most destructive tornado struck Harrisburg, Illinois, killing 8 people in one neighborhood. This tornado had EF4 strength with winds of 166 - 200 mph. 

 

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, bluewave said:

Historic pattern of winter warmth since the +13.3 December 2015 continues. This makes it a first 9 warmer to record warm winters in a row. It included 21 out of the last 27 winter months finishing warmer than average.
 

NYC

Feb 24…+4.3

Jan 24..+3.3

Dec 23..+5.5

…………..+4.4

 

Feb 23…+5.2

Jan 23…+9.8

Dec 22…-0.6

…………..+4.8

 

Feb 22….+1.4

Jan 22….-3.2

Dec 21….+4.7

……………..+1.0

 

Feb 21….-1.7

Jan 21….+1.1

Dec 20…+1.7

…………..+0.4

 

Feb 20…+4.8

Jan 20….+6.5

Dec 19….+0.8

…………….+4.0

 

Feb 19….+0.9

Jan 19….-0.1

Dec 18…+2.6

…………….+1.1

 

Feb 18…+6.7

Jan 18….-0.9

Dec 17…..-2.5

…………….+1.1

 

Feb 17…..+6.3

Jan 17….+5.4

Dec 16….+0.8

…………….+4.2

 

Feb 16….+2.4

Jan 16….+1.9

Dec 15….+13.3

…………….+5.9

 

Yet we continue to see LR winter forecasts way underdone on the warmth.....I know it's a crapshoot though, but I would be wary of predicting anything normal or below at this juncture.

[LibertyBell]

10 hours ago, LongBeachSurfFreak said:

Really roaring currently at in Lynbrook. I do not have an anemometer (besides a hand held) but based off the sound in the trees some of the strongest gusts in a couple of years.  

60+ it was scary last night between 9-11

[LibertyBell]

53 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Records:

 

Highs

2/28 / 2/29
EWR: 68 (1976) / 67 (1976)
NYC: 67 (1976) / 69 (1880)
LGA: 66 (1976) /  69 (1880)


Lows:
2/28 / 2/29
EWR: 1 (1934)  /  9 (1980)
NYC: 5 (1934) / 4 (1884) 
LGA: 10 (2014) / 9 (1980)

 

Historical : 2/28

1900 - A massive storm spread record snows from Kansas to New York State. Snowfall totals rangeD up to 17.5 inches at Springfield IL and 43 inches at Rochester NY, with up to 60 inches in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. (David Ludlum)

1952 - An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape without electricity. Winds gusting to 72 mph created mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which buried Nantucket and Hyannis. A barometric pressure reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the storm. (The Weather Channel)

1987 - A powerful storm produced severe thunderstorms in Louisiana and Mississippi early in the day. About mid morning a monstrous tornado touched down near Moselle MS and grew to a width of two miles as it passed near Laurel MS. The tornado traveled a distance of 40 miles killing six persons, injuring 350 others, and causing 28.5 million dollars damage. The tornado swept homes right off their foundations, and tossed eighteen wheel trucks about like toys. Strong straight line winds associated with the powerful storm system gusted to 70 mph at Jonesboro AR and Carbondale IL. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Thunderstorms in California produced severe weather during the early morning hours. Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 74 mph, downed trees in the Sacramento area. Unseasonably mild weather prevailed in the northwestern U.S. The afternoon high of 71 degrees at Portland OR was a February record. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Thunderstorms in the southeast corner of the nation produced winds gusts to 58 mph at Fort Lauderdale FL, and a total of seven inches of rain. Heavy snow whitened parts of the Northern Plateau and the Northern Rockies, with ten inches reported at Marion MT. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Showers and thunderstorms over the Southern Plains Region capped a record wet February for parts of Oklahoma. Totals for the month ranged up to 9.11 inches at McCurtain, with 4.63 inches reported at Oklahoma City. Snow and sleet fell across northern Oklahoma, with four inches reported at Freedom and Jefferson. Snow also spread across southern Kansas into Missouri and Arkansas, with six inches of snow reported at Harrison AR. In Alaska, February temperatures at Nome averaged 21 degrees below normal, ranging from -38 degrees to 29 degrees during the month. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2012 - The first confirmed February tornado in Nebraska state history struck Lincoln and Logan Counties shortly after 4PM. The EF-0 tornado was on the ground intermittently for up to six minutes and traveled 3 miles before dissipating in southwest Logan County. The path of the tornado was over open rangeland and cropland where limited damage occurred. Patches of snow were still on the ground at the time. (NWS North Platte)

 

Historical: Leap Day 

 

1748 - The heaviest snow of the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in New England came to an end. Coastal Salem was left with more than thirty inches of snow on the ground. (David Ludlum)

1964 - Thompson Pass, AK, finished the month with 346.1 inches of snow, a record monthly total for the state of Alaska. (The Weather Channel)

1988 - "Leap Day" proved to be a wet one for southern California, with 4.76 inches of rain reported at Tommys Creek in Ventura County. February went out like a lamb across much of the rest of the nation. Sixteen cities in the central and western U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

 

2008: The world's tallest snowman, actually a snowwoman, is unveiled in the western Maine town of Bethel. "Olympia," named for Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, is about 122 feet tall, 10 feet taller than "Angus, King of the Mountain," which has held the tallest snowman record since 1999. He was named for Angus King, Maine's governor at the time. 

 

2012: A tornado outbreak occurred across the central plains and the Ohio River valley region on the 28th and 29th. The most destructive tornado struck Harrisburg, Illinois, killing 8 people in one neighborhood. This tornado had EF4 strength with winds of 166 - 200 mph. 

 

1748 - The heaviest snow of the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in New England came to an end. Coastal Salem was left with more than thirty inches of snow on the ground. (David Ludlum)

was this a big winter and storm for us too, Tony?

and I take it we missed out on the storm below too?

 

1952 - An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape without electricity. Winds gusting to 72 mph created mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which buried Nantucket and Hyannis. A barometric pressure reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the storm. (The Weather Channel)

[LibertyBell]

11 hours ago, SACRUS said:

40 MPH gust here 63 today down to 46.  

tropical storm force winds

[Allsnow]

It was pretty wicked for a period between 9pm-11pm last night. 

[bluewave]

We could have used these dewpoints in the single digits ahead of some our winter storms. 
 

East Hampton   MOSUNNY   33   3 

[jm1220]

Garbage pails blown everywhere in my backyard and part of gutter blown down. Pretty wild is right. 

[donsutherland1]

NYC's coldest high this month was 36. That's the highest figure on record. The old record was 33. That record was set in 1997 and tied in 1998 and 2002. The lowest minimum temperature of 23 was the highest on record (old record: 22, 1927).