February 2025

[bluewave]

The big warm up to end the month will allow several stations like EWR, JFK, and ISP to finish close to or even a little above average.

EWR…-0.5°

NYC….-2.7°

LGA…..-1.8°

HPN….-1.5°

JFK……+1.5°

BDR…..-1.4°

ISP…….-0.1°

 

[SACRUS]

 

Feb 26, 1991 Snowfall

 

NYC: 8.9 inches of snowfall
LGA: 7.1 inches of snow
JFK: 6.8 inches 
EWR: 4.1 inches of snowfall

[IrishRob17]

20 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

At a quick glance, last night was the first time since the end of December that I did not dip below freezing, low of 37, up to 47 now.

Got down to 29 just before midnight so the date goes eats logged with a below freezing low. 28 for the low this morning, 41 now. 

[jm1220]

6 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

18.3" here (approx 50% of average)

10.8" for February (only 0.9" below average)

27 days with at least 1" of snow cover and 46 days with at least a trace.

No records, but enough presence to remember what snow looks like.

It's all gone now except for sheltered areas and piles.

I have a couple of sad icy/melt patches left in my backyard. They should be gone today. 

[bluewave]

Looks like the new version of the AIFS which just became operational yesterday scores a little better than the old version its replacing one and the regular OP.

 

 

[LibertyBell]

58 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Feb 26, 1991 Snowfall

 

NYC: 8.9 inches of snowfall
LGA: 7.1 inches of snow
JFK: 6.8 inches 
EWR: 4.1 inches of snowfall

was this the 36 hour snowstorm? it only snowed between Newark and Long Island, north south east west of there no snow....

 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 68 (2002)
NYC: 65 (1890)
LGA: 62 (1876)
JFK: 60 (1996)

Lows:

EWR: 8 (1990)
NYC: 7 (1990)
LGA: 9 (1990)
JFK: 9 (1990)


Historical:

 

1910 - Parts of Washington State were in the midst of a storm which produced 129 inches of snow at Laconia between the 24th and the 26th, a single storm record for the state. A series of storms, which began on the 23rd, led to a deadly avalanche on the first of March. By late on the 28th, the snow had changed to rain, setting the stage for disaster. (The Weather Channel)

 

 

1972 - The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia. A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1987 - A slow moving storm in the southwestern U.S. spread heavy snow from the southern and central Rockies into the Central High Plains Region. Totals in Colorado ranged up to 62 inches at Purgatory. Colorado Springs CO reported a February record of 14.8 inches of snow in 24 hours. Lander WY received four inches in one hour, 13 inches in seven hours, and a record storm total of 26 inches. High winds created near blizzard conditions at Colorado Springs. Fairplay CO reported 43 inches of snow, with drifts ten feet high. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 - Eight cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni IA with a reading of 67 degrees. Temperatures in North Dakota were as warm as those in Florida. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - An upper level weather disturbance brought snow to parts of the central U.S. which just one day earlier were enjoying temperatures in the 60s. Snowfall totals in Missouri ranged up to nine inches at Rolla. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1990 - Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of the winter storm in the northeastern U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Syracuse NY with a reading of 10 degrees below zero. Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused considerable damage to plants and fruit trees. The barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington NC was February record for that location. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2004 - A major snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Charlotte's third largest snowstorm on record accumulates 11.6 inches at the airport.

Lows:

EWR: 8 (1990)
NYC: 7 (1990)
LGA: 9 (1990)
JFK: 9 (1990)

A wild cold spell, it would be in the 80s 2 weeks later

Did we get any snow accumulations in any of the below storms?

Also didn't we have a 36 hour snowstorm on this date in 1991?

1990 - Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of the winter storm in the northeastern U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Syracuse NY with a reading of 10 degrees below zero. Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused considerable damage to plants and fruit trees. The barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington NC was February record for that location. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2004 - A major snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Charlotte's third largest snowstorm on record accumulates 11.6 inches at the airport.

a wild cold spell, it would be in the 80s 2 weeks later

 

 

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

Feb 26, 1991 Snowfall

 

NYC: 8.9 inches of snowfall
LGA: 7.1 inches of snow
JFK: 6.8 inches 
EWR: 4.1 inches of snowfall

https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/02/today-in-new-york-weather-history-february-26.html

 

1991 (Tuesday)

A surprise snowstorm dumped 8.9" of wet snow, the biggest accumulation in eight years (when 17.6" buried the City on Feb. 11-12, 1983).  Because the temperature was just above freezing for much of the day, the snow didn't accumulate much on the streets or sidewalks.  This was the winter's third snowfall of five inches or more.

 

https://thestarryeye.typepad.com/weather/2013/01/new-york-city-snowstorms-1979-2011-.html

 

Feb. 26, 1991 - A surprise snowstorm dumped 8.9" of wet snow, the biggest accumulation in eight years (since 17.6" buried the City in on Feb. 11-12, 1983 ).  Because the temperature was just above freezing for much of the day the snow didn't accumulate much on the streets or sidewalks.  This was the winter's third snowfall of five inches or more.

 

[bluewave]

5 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

This was the winter's third snowfall of five inches or more.

Hopefully we can break the under 5” streak in the coming years so it doesn’t surpass the record.

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 5 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2025-02-25
1	1394	1932-12-16
2	1123	2025-02-25
3	1063	1952-01-27
4	1051	1963-12-22
5	794	1956-03-15
6	764	1998-03-21
7	761	2020-12-15
8	744	1981-03-04
9	742	2013-02-07
-	742	1920-02-03

[LibertyBell]

Just now, bluewave said:

Hopefully we can break the under 5” streak in the coming years so it doesn’t surpass the record.

 

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 5 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2025-02-25
1	1394	1932-12-16
2	1123	2025-02-25
3	1063	1952-01-27
4	1051	1963-12-22
5	794	1956-03-15
6	764	1998-03-21
7	761	2020-12-15
8	744	1981-03-04
9	742	2013-02-07
-	742	1920-02-03

1990-91 was a much more interesting winter than this one and probably warmer too.... that February 26, 1991 snowstorm was my favorite between February 1983 and January 1996.

 

 

[donsutherland1]

18 minutes ago, bluewave said:

Hopefully we can break the under 5” streak in the coming years so it doesn’t surpass the record.

 

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 5 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2025-02-25
1	1394	1932-12-16
2	1123	2025-02-25
3	1063	1952-01-27
4	1051	1963-12-22
5	794	1956-03-15
6	764	1998-03-21
7	761	2020-12-15
8	744	1981-03-04
9	742	2013-02-07
-	742	1920-02-03

If NYC doesn't get 5" or more snow by November 23rd, the record will be tied and if it doesn't get 5" or more on November 24th, the record will fall.

[Stormlover74]

48 and sunny. Feels like another overperformer

[LibertyBell]

8 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

48 and sunny. Feels like another overperformer

spring birds have been here for a few days and already pairing up and building nests.

[bluewave]

30 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

1990-91 was a much more interesting winter than this one and probably warmer too.... that February 26, 1991 snowstorm was my favorite between February 1983 and January 1996.

 

 

Yeah, we had great storm tracks that winter. So we were able to have a snowy December even though it was the 10th warmest on record. Almost like an earlier version of 16-17 where it didn’t matter how warm it was since the benchmark track was locked in. 

 

Climatological Data for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - December 1990
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Sum	1540	1100	-	-	686	0	5.58	7.2	-
Average	49.7	35.5	42.6	3.5	-	-	-	-	0.3
Normal	44.3	33.8	39.1	-	804	0	4.38	4.9
1990-12-01	53	36	44.5	1.3	20	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-02	57	42	49.5	6.6	15	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-03	53	38	45.5	2.9	19	0	1.21	0.0	0
1990-12-04	60	35	47.5	5.2	17	0	0.95	0.0	0
1990-12-05	36	32	34.0	-8.0	31	0	T	T	0
1990-12-06	47	31	39.0	-2.7	26	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-07	47	37	42.0	0.6	23	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-08	49	38	43.5	2.4	21	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-09	49	36	42.5	1.6	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-10	54	36	45.0	4.4	20	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-11	39	30	34.5	-5.8	30	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-12	51	35	43.0	3.0	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-13	60	41	50.5	10.8	14	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-14	41	30	35.5	-4.0	29	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-15	49	33	41.0	1.8	24	0	0.47	0.0	0
1990-12-16	48	40	44.0	5.1	21	0	0.26	0.0	0
1990-12-17	49	37	43.0	4.4	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-18	58	39	48.5	10.1	16	0	0.44	0.0	0
1990-12-19	52	39	45.5	7.4	19	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-20	45	32	38.5	0.6	26	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-21	59	45	52.0	14.4	13	0	0.30	0.0	0
1990-12-22	61	58	59.5	22.1	5	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-23	66	57	61.5	24.4	3	0	0.27	0.0	0
1990-12-24	63	29	46.0	9.1	19	0	0.44	0.0	0
1990-12-25	31	22	26.5	-10.2	38	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-26	36	25	30.5	-5.9	34	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-27	28	21	24.5	-11.7	40	0	0.07	0.6	1
1990-12-28	36	24	30.0	-6.0	35	0	1.05	6.6	7
1990-12-29	43	35	39.0	3.2	26	0	T	0.0	1
1990-12-30	60	40	50.0	14.4	15	0	0.02	0.0	0
1990-12-31	60	27	43.5	8.1	21	0	0.10	0.0	0

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, we had great storm tracks that winter. So we were able to have a snowy December even though it was the 10th warmest on record. Almost like an earlier version of 16-17 where it didn’t matter how warm it was since the benchmark track was locked in. 

 

Climatological Data for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY - December 1990
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Sum	1540	1100	-	-	686	0	5.58	7.2	-
Average	49.7	35.5	42.6	3.5	-	-	-	-	0.3
Normal	44.3	33.8	39.1	-	804	0	4.38	4.9
1990-12-01	53	36	44.5	1.3	20	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-02	57	42	49.5	6.6	15	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-03	53	38	45.5	2.9	19	0	1.21	0.0	0
1990-12-04	60	35	47.5	5.2	17	0	0.95	0.0	0
1990-12-05	36	32	34.0	-8.0	31	0	T	T	0
1990-12-06	47	31	39.0	-2.7	26	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-07	47	37	42.0	0.6	23	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-08	49	38	43.5	2.4	21	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-09	49	36	42.5	1.6	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-10	54	36	45.0	4.4	20	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-11	39	30	34.5	-5.8	30	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-12	51	35	43.0	3.0	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-13	60	41	50.5	10.8	14	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-14	41	30	35.5	-4.0	29	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-15	49	33	41.0	1.8	24	0	0.47	0.0	0
1990-12-16	48	40	44.0	5.1	21	0	0.26	0.0	0
1990-12-17	49	37	43.0	4.4	22	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-18	58	39	48.5	10.1	16	0	0.44	0.0	0
1990-12-19	52	39	45.5	7.4	19	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-20	45	32	38.5	0.6	26	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-21	59	45	52.0	14.4	13	0	0.30	0.0	0
1990-12-22	61	58	59.5	22.1	5	0	T	0.0	0
1990-12-23	66	57	61.5	24.4	3	0	0.27	0.0	0
1990-12-24	63	29	46.0	9.1	19	0	0.44	0.0	0
1990-12-25	31	22	26.5	-10.2	38	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-26	36	25	30.5	-5.9	34	0	0.00	0.0	0
1990-12-27	28	21	24.5	-11.7	40	0	0.07	0.6	1
1990-12-28	36	24	30.0	-6.0	35	0	1.05	6.6	7
1990-12-29	43	35	39.0	3.2	26	0	T	0.0	1
1990-12-30	60	40	50.0	14.4	15	0	0.02	0.0	0
1990-12-31	60	27	43.5	8.1	21	0	0.10	0.0	0

la nina or el nino?

snowy decembers usually portend well for us either way (see 2002-03).

[Stormlover74]

Yeah I've never seen nearly 8" of snow melt so fast. Well other than last February 

[LibertyBell]

1 minute ago, Stormlover74 said:

Yeah I've never seen nearly 8" of snow melt so fast. Well other than last February 

it was mostly above freezing even during the storm (33-34) and it lasted 36 hours and it really started accumulating at night.

a big surprise, I'm sure that storm wouldn't have been predicted with today's models either.

Is there any way to run today's models on past storms to see how they would have done?

[Stormlover74]

1 minute ago, LibertyBell said:

it was mostly above freezing even during the storm (33-34) and it lasted 36 hours and it really started accumulating at night.

a big surprise, I'm sure that storm wouldn't have been predicted with today's models either.

Is there any way to run today's models on past storms to see how they would have done?

No I meant the December storm. The day after it was 60 and then it rained

[Brian5671]

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

it was mostly above freezing even during the storm (33-34) and it lasted 36 hours and it really started accumulating at night.

a big surprise, I'm sure that storm wouldn't have been predicted with today's models either.

Is there any way to run today's models on past storms to see how they would have done?

We even had the xmas torch with temps in the 60's lol

[LibertyBell]

2 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

No I meant the December storm. The day after it was 60 and then it rained

crazy, so we had two 8 inch snowstorms that winter? that's like a historic season compared to now (and compared to back then too.)

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

crazy, so we had two 8 inch snowstorms that winter? that's like a historic season compared to now (and compared to back then too.)

I think the city got less in December more in February. I only had like 2 or 3 in the late Feb storm and as previously mentioned alot melted so never had a depth of 7 or 8

[psv88]

39 for the low, up to 48

[MJO812]

50 here

[Brian5671]

42 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

50 here

TORCH!   Another run at 60 today for many places.

[LibertyBell]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

50 here

54-55 at JFK, they always run out way ahead but it looks like a sea breeze might be coming in shortly.

 

 

[psv88]

56 today, beautiful. Still not even one bud or leaf out there. Completely dead 

[LibertyBell]

9 minutes ago, psv88 said:

56 today, beautiful. Still not even one bud or leaf out there. Completely dead 

spring birds are highly active though and nest building already

[bluewave]

That big -5 AO drop was the main reason this didn’t turn into another +5 February with how strong the Southeast Ridge was.

 

 

[steve392]

57 in Dumont, nj.  Not used to this warmth.  

[TheClimateChanger]

6 hours ago, bluewave said:

Hopefully we can break the under 5” streak in the coming years so it doesn’t surpass the record.

 

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 5 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1869-01-01 to 2025-02-25
1	1394	1932-12-16
2	1123	2025-02-25
3	1063	1952-01-27
4	1051	1963-12-22
5	794	1956-03-15
6	764	1998-03-21
7	761	2020-12-15
8	744	1981-03-04
9	742	2013-02-07
-	742	1920-02-03

Coming years? It looks like you would need to have snow on or before November 22, 2025 in order to not match or surpass that record?