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Records:

Highs:

EWR: 67 (1932)
NYC: 67 (1932)
LGA: 62 (1995)
JFK: 58 (1995)


Lows:

EWR: 0 (1957)
NYC: 0 (1957)
LGA: 0 (1957)
JFK: 2 (2004)

Historical: 

 

1852 - Between January 15th and February 24th a total of 1378 railroad cars were drawn by horses across the frozen Susquehanna River to engines waiting at Havre De Grace, MD. (The Weather Channel)

 

1852: In 1852, the long, cold winter froze the Susquehanna River in Maryland to a depth of 2 to 3 feet, preventing all ferry service. Railroad officials overcame this perplexing situation by laying tracks across the ice, with trestles for either bank’s inclines. During the several weeks from January 15 to February 29, approximately 1,300 cars with a total weight of 10,000 tons were hauled across the river from Havre de Grace, Maryland, to Perryville, Maryland.

1932 - Up to two inches of snow whitened the Los Angeles basin of California. The Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of Santa Monica were whitened with snow, in what proved to be a record snowstorm for Los Angeles. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1952 - A six day snowstorm was in progress in the western U.S. The storm produced 44 inches of snow at Marlette Lake NV, 52 inches at Sun Valley ID, and 149 inches at Tahoe CA, establishing single storm records for each of those three states. In addition, 24 hour snowfall totals of 22 inches at the University of Nevada, and 26 inches at Arco ID, established records for those two states. The streamliner, 'City of San Francisco' was snowbound in the Sierra Nevada Range, near Donner Summit. (David Ludlum)

 

1967: The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, in Super Bowl I at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. From the weather station at the USC campus in downtown LA, the high temperature was 79 degrees, and the low was 51. There was a light west wind.

 

1972: In Flint, Michigan, the daytime temperature rose to only -3 degrees. This is the second coldest maximum temperature recorded in the city of Flint since 1921. Detroit's high temperature was zero.

1987 - A powerful storm over the Southern Plateau and the Southern Rockies produced 24 inches of snow at Colorado Springs CO, including 22 inches in 24 hours, a January record. High winds in the southwestern U.S. gusted to 65 mph in the Yosemite Valley of California. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - A small storm over the Atlantic Ocean produced heavy snow along the coast of North Carolina. The five inch total at Wilmington NC was their third highest for any storm in January in 117 years of records. (National Weather Summary)

1989 - A storm in the northwestern U.S. produced up to 14 inches of snow in the Cascade Mountain Range. Light snow in the north central U.S. was just enough to push the snowfall total for January at Fargo ND past their previous all-time monthly record of 30.7 inches.

1990 - While one Pacific storm crossed the Central Rockies, another approached the west coast. The northern mountains of Utah were buried under 17 to 35 inches of snow while the mountains of southern Utah received another 12 to 16 inches. Eighteen cities in the central U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date as readings warmed into the 50s and 60s. Wichita KS reported a record high of 68 degrees. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

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5 hours ago, Roger Smith said:

A very dry first two weeks (0.10" at NYC). 

On pace to break record for driest Jan, top 25 are:

_01 __ 0.58 __ 1981

_02 __ 0.66 __ 1970

_03 __ 0.77 __ 1955

_04 __ 0.94 __ 1876

_05 __ 0.96 __ 1896

_06 __ 1.00 __ 1985

_07 __ 1.10 __ 1969

_08 __ 1.28 __ 1916

_09 __ 1.39 __ 1967

_10 __ 1.54 __ 1956

_11 __ 1.65 __ 1954

_12 __ 1.66 __ 1901

_13 __ 1.68 __ 1992

_14 __ 1.70 __ 1957

_15 __ 1.72 __ 1980

_16 __ 1.78 __ 1933

_17 __ 1.86 __ 1946

t18 __ 1.87 __ 1928

t18 __ 1.87 __ 1984

t20 __ 1.88 __ 1872

t20 __ 1.88 __ 1961

t22 __ 1.93 __ 1963

t22 __ 1.93 __ 2002

t22 __ 1.93 __ 2020

_25 __ 2.01 __ 1894

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We'll see where 2025 finishes, if among these. 

 

 

 

We will see what we can eek out of the Sunday system then 24/25th and late Jan to add to those monthly totals but the next 7 days doesnt look to do much in that category

 

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NYC will have a shot at the first single digits of the season next week. Models starting to more of a W to WSW flow which moves south of the Great Lakes. But if the flow is too much from the SW then NYC may struggle to get much under 10°. So the wind direction will play a big role in how cold we get since the Great Lakes are still so warm.

The Great Lakes were so cold and Erie was often frozen over in the 1970s to early 1990s that NYC could go below 0° with flow across the Great Lakes. These days NYC generally needs a N to NW flow down the Hudson Valley for its coldest readings.

It’s interesting how 22-23 was one of our warmest winters but NYC was still able to get down to 3° in early February since the N to NW flow avoided the warm Great Lakes. Same went for another warmest  winter in 15-16 when NYC went below 0° on a NNW cold air drain down the Hudson Valley. So it will be funny if the NYC low ends up higher than in February 2023 even though this winter has been a colder one than that one through mid to late January. 
 

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36 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Certainly a chance to beat the season lows and perhaps departures for Tue and Wed next week.

I got below zero one day in Dec.  Would be cool to do that 2 months in a row, that doesn't happen often.

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8 hours ago, Snowstorms said:

Thats not possible. The first ever plane wasn't invented until 1903. 

The word airport probably didn't even get invented until after. What use is a port if there's nothing in the air? 

It's also highly unlikely there would have been any patch of ground named after Charles Lindbergh 20 years before he was born.

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58 minutes ago, bluewave said:

NYC will have a shot at the first single digits of the season next week. Models starting to more of a W to WSW flow which moves south of the Great Lakes. But if the flow is too much from the SW then NYC may struggle to get much under 10°. So the wind direction will play a big role in how cold we get since the Great Lakes are still so warm.

The Great Lakes were so cold and Erie was often frozen over in the 1970s to early 1990s that NYC could go below 0° with flow across the Great Lakes. These days NYC generally needs a N to NW flow down the Hudson Valley for its coldest readings.

It’s interesting how 22-23 was one of our warmest winters but NYC was still able to get down to 3° in early February since the N to NW flow avoided the warm Great Lakes. Same went for another warmest  winter in 15-16 when NYC went below 0° on a NNW cold air drain down the Hudson Valley. So it will be funny if the NYC low ends up higher than in February 2023 even though this winter has been a colder one than that one through mid to late January. 
 

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Does the Great Lake affect the daytime max and nighttime minimums differently?

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21 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Does the Great Lake affect the daytime max and nighttime minimums differently?

This has been a one of a kind January so far in terms of the high vs low temperature departure divergence. We started out with some of the warmest Great Lakes SSTs and lowest ice cover for this time of year. Plus the record warmth around Hudson Bay and delayed freeze-up. So the strong winds crossing the Great Lakes have resulted in the cloudiest January so far on record in Buffalo. The stronger winds and clouds have resulted in the minimum departures running much higher than the maximums. 
 

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16 minutes ago, bluewave said:

This has been a one of a kind January so far in terms of the high vs low temperature departure divergence. We started out with some of the warmest Great Lakes SSTs and lowest ice cover for this time of year. Plus the record warmth around Hudson Bay and delayed freeze-up. So the strong winds crossing the Great Lakes have resulted in the cloudiest January so far on record in Buffalo. The stronger winds and clouds have resulted in the minimum departures running much higher than the maximums. 
 

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/plotting/auto/?_wait=no&q=45&network=NY_ASOS&zstation=BUF&hour=12&year=2025&month=1&_r=t&dpi=100&_fmt=png

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Reminds me of my very dark winters on the east side of Cleveland.   I'm grateful for the downsloping on the Eastern seaboard. 

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