March 2025

[donsutherland1]

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

This makes me want to know The Battery's total for the March 1888 snowstorm, do we have numbers for individual snowstorms there and their list of the top 5 snowstorms there, Don?

 

I don’t have daily data from there.

[Sundog]

33 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

This makes me want to know The Battery's total for the March 1888 snowstorm, do we have numbers for individual snowstorms there and their list of the top 5 snowstorms there, Don?

 

 

There was 30 to 40 inches in Queens I think. 

[SRRTA22]

EWR might hit 75 tomorrow 

[Sundog]

3 minutes ago, SRRTA22 said:

EWR might hit 75 tomorrow 

Meanwhile NAM has highs in the 30s for Thursday. 

[SnoSki14]

9 hours ago, Sundog said:

Meanwhile NAM has highs in the 30s for Thursday. 

Over performing today likely, by a lot potentially. Underperforming possible those days given near to BN SSTs and onshore flow. 

I doubt we sniff 50F on Thursday as forecast currently shows. 

[Brian5671]

7 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Over performing today likely, by a lot potentially. Underperforming possible those days given near to BN SSTs and onshore flow. 

I doubt we sniff 50F on Thursday as forecast currently shows. 

low 40's if we get a stiff wind off the water

[jm1220]

Waters are still around 40 degrees in the area. Any east wind will be killer for any warmth and probably shroud us in low cloud gunk. 

[IrishRob17]

Sitting at 27 now, which is likely going to be my low at this point. Forecast high of 65 here, hoping for another over performer to pull off a 40 degree swing today.  

[bluewave]

LGA officially set the record for longest stretch without a daily 4” snowfall event this winter.

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 4 
for New York-LGA Area, NY (ThreadEx)
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1940-01-01 to 2025-03-09
1	1135	2022-01-30 through 2025-03-09
2	1051	1961-02-05 through 1963-12-22
3	761	2018-11-16 through 2020-12-15
4	746	1950-02-14 through 1952-02-29
5	744	1979-02-20 through 1981-03-04
6	743	1996-03-09 through 1998-03-21
7	742	2011-01-28 through 2013-02-07
8	715	1972-02-24 through 1974-02-07
9	701	1975-02-13 through 1977-01-13
10	690	1941-03-09 through 1943-01-27

[jm1220]

6 minutes ago, bluewave said:

LGA officially set the record for longest stretch without a daily 4” snowfall event this winter.

 

Number of Consecutive Days Snowfall < 4 
for New York-LGA Area, NY (ThreadEx)
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

Period of record: 1940-01-01 to 2025-03-09
1	1135	2022-01-30 through 2025-03-09
2	1051	1961-02-05 through 1963-12-22
3	761	2018-11-16 through 2020-12-15
4	746	1950-02-14 through 1952-02-29
5	744	1979-02-20 through 1981-03-04
6	743	1996-03-09 through 1998-03-21
7	742	2011-01-28 through 2013-02-07
8	715	1972-02-24 through 1974-02-07
9	701	1975-02-13 through 1977-01-13
10	690	1941-03-09 through 1943-01-27

This winter gets a D. Snowfall atrocious once again but the colder outcome keeps it from an F. 

[MJO812]

14 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

This winter gets a D. Snowfall atrocious once again but the colder outcome keeps it from an F. 

Agree 

[MJO812]

It's over

I keep looking at the models for more snow but nothing at all.

[Brian5671]

15 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

This winter gets a D. Snowfall atrocious once again but the colder outcome keeps it from an F. 

What little snow we had (18 inches here) stuck around with the cold.   Still have some small  disgusting snow piles left in parking lots here today.

[Brian5671]

Just now, MJO812 said:

It's over

I keep looking at the models for more snow but nothing at all.

Anything arctic is long gone cold wise...you'd need that for any snow this time of year...averages are in the low 50's.

[bluewave]

19 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

This winter gets a D. Snowfall atrocious once again but the colder outcome keeps it from an F. 

This was the first time NYC had 22 days with 1” of snow cover and under 20” of snow on the season.

2024-2025…..22 days…..12.9”

1984-1985……22 days…..24.1”

1965-1966……22 days…..21.4”

1959-1960……22 days….39.2”

1921-1922…….22 days….27.8”

1911-1912……..22 days….29.5”

 

[LibertyBell]

55 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

Waters are still around 40 degrees in the area. Any east wind will be killer for any warmth and probably shroud us in low cloud gunk. 

It's not arctic air or anything like that, but a side effect of being near the ocean.  I looked at the forecast for the Poconos and there are no temperatures below the 50s for the next 7 days.  Once you get well inland you won't see the cooling influence of the ocean.

[LibertyBell]

3 minutes ago, bluewave said:

This was the first time NYC had 22 days with 1” of snow cover and under 20” on the season.

2024-2025…..22 days…..12.9”

1984-1985……22 days…..24.1”

1965-1966……22 days…..21.4”

1959-1960……22 days….39.2”

1921-1922…….22 days….27.8”

1911-1912……..22 days….29.5”

 

Was this one of our drier winters too? Those winters from the 60s and 80s were definitely drier.

 

[bluewave]

25 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Was this one of our drier winters too? Those winters from the 60s and 80s were definitely drier.

 

It was our driest winter since 21-22 across the area.

 

[Feen]

This winter sucked, i give it an F. Barely any snow, every snow was like nickels and dimes and to top off the misery, it was brutally cold! Can't wait for real spring, hopefully summer isn't too hot i don't like that either!

[gravitylover]

3 duds in a row. Blah

[SACRUS]

 

48 / 29 and warm  more mid - upper 60s / perhaps a few 70 degree readings.  Cloudier / wetter period  Thu - Sun with rain mainly later Sat / Sun,  Sunday clouds and rain in the way of 70s but very warm. Overall warm and wetter between the 3/16 - 3/23.

 

[Brian5671]

1 hour ago, gravitylover said:

3 duds in a row. Blah

make you realize how crazy the period from 2002-2018 was....40+ inches of snow many of the years 

[LibertyBell]

The skies are the bluest I have seen in a long time.

This is my favorite kind of weather.

 

[LibertyBell]

57 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

48 / 29 and warm  more mid - upper 60s / perhaps a few 70 degree readings.  Cloudier / wetter period  Thu - Sun with rain mainly later Sat / Sun,  Sunday clouds and rain in the way of 70s but very warm. Overall warm and wetter between the 3/16 - 3/23.

 

We might get some breaks Thursday night into Friday.

Having cloudy skies is absolutely useless there is no storm coming until Sunday.

 

[Stormlover74]

2 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

We might get some breaks Thursday night into Friday.

Having cloudy skies is absolutely useless there is no storm coming until Sunday.

 

Maybe not even then. Euro is mostly light for Sunday 

[SACRUS]

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 75 (2021)
NYC: 73 (1977)
LGA: 70 (1977)
JFK: 68 (2016)


Lows:

EWR: 14 (1960)
NYC: 14 (1960)
LGA: 15 (1960)
JFK: 15 (1960)

Historical:

 

1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 paralyzed the east coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine on March 11 through the 14th. The blizzard dumped as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas, and snowdrifts of 30 to 40 feet were reported. An estimated 400 people died from this blizzard. Click HERE for more information from History.com.

1911 - Tamarack, CA, reported 451 inches of snow on the ground, a record for the U.S. (David Ludlum)

1917: At 3:02 pm on Sunday, March 11, 1917, many New Castle lives were changed forever. In just a few terrifying minutes, 22 people were killed, hundreds were injured, 500 homes were damaged or destroyed, and many of the city's triumphant greenhouses were leveled in what would be part of $1 million suffered in property damage. 

1948 - Record cold followed in the wake of a Kansas blizzard. Lows of -25 degrees at Oberlin, Healy and Quinter established a state record for the month of March. Lows of -15 at Dodge City, -11 at Concordia, and -3 at Wichita were also March records. (The Weather Channel)

1962 - One of the most paralyzing snowstorms in decades produced record March snowfalls in Iowa. Four feet of snow covered the ground at Inwood following the storm. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S., and a storm over the Gulf of Mexico spread rain and sleet and snow into the Appalachian Region. Sleet was reported in southern Mississippi. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - A blizzard raged across the north central U.S. Chadron NE was buried under 33 inches of snow, up to 25 inches of snow was reported in eastern Wyoming, and totals in the Black Hills of South Dakota ranged up to 69 inches at Lead. Winds gusted to 63 mph at Mullen NE. Snow drifts thirty feet high were reported around Lusk WY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Twenty-one cities in the central and southwestern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 95 degrees at Lubbock TX equalled their record for March. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Forty-four cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Record highs included 71 degrees at Dickinson ND and Williston ND, and 84 degrees at Lynchburg VA, Charleston WV and Huntington WV. Augusta GA and Columbia SC tied for honors as the hot spot in the nation with record highs of 88 degrees. A vigorous cold front produced up to three feet of snow in the mountains of Utah. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2006 - Phoenix's record run for dry days finally ends at 143 days. The last measured rain fell on October 18, 2005. Not only did the rain break the dry spell, the 1.40 inches that fell was a record amount for the date.

[Brian5671]

24 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Maybe not even then. Euro is mostly light for Sunday 

Same ol story-rainfall totals lighten up as we get closer to the event....last week was an exception

[IrishRob17]

3 hours ago, IrishRob17 said:

Sitting at 27 now, which is likely going to be my low at this point. Forecast high of 65 here, hoping for another over performer to pull off a 40 degree swing today.  

Managed 30 degree swing in three hours within the past half hour, up to 59 now.

[LibertyBell]

18 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 75 (2021)
NYC: 73 (1977)
LGA: 70 (1977)
JFK: 68 (2016)


Lows:

EWR: 14 (1960)
NYC: 14 (1960)
LGA: 15 (1960)
JFK: 15 (1960)

Historical:

 

1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 paralyzed the east coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine on March 11 through the 14th. The blizzard dumped as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas, and snowdrifts of 30 to 40 feet were reported. An estimated 400 people died from this blizzard. Click HERE for more information from History.com.

1911 - Tamarack, CA, reported 451 inches of snow on the ground, a record for the U.S. (David Ludlum)

1917: At 3:02 pm on Sunday, March 11, 1917, many New Castle lives were changed forever. In just a few terrifying minutes, 22 people were killed, hundreds were injured, 500 homes were damaged or destroyed, and many of the city's triumphant greenhouses were leveled in what would be part of $1 million suffered in property damage. 

1948 - Record cold followed in the wake of a Kansas blizzard. Lows of -25 degrees at Oberlin, Healy and Quinter established a state record for the month of March. Lows of -15 at Dodge City, -11 at Concordia, and -3 at Wichita were also March records. (The Weather Channel)

1962 - One of the most paralyzing snowstorms in decades produced record March snowfalls in Iowa. Four feet of snow covered the ground at Inwood following the storm. (David Ludlum)

1987 - Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S., and a storm over the Gulf of Mexico spread rain and sleet and snow into the Appalachian Region. Sleet was reported in southern Mississippi. (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - A blizzard raged across the north central U.S. Chadron NE was buried under 33 inches of snow, up to 25 inches of snow was reported in eastern Wyoming, and totals in the Black Hills of South Dakota ranged up to 69 inches at Lead. Winds gusted to 63 mph at Mullen NE. Snow drifts thirty feet high were reported around Lusk WY. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 - Twenty-one cities in the central and southwestern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 95 degrees at Lubbock TX equalled their record for March. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 - Forty-four cities in the central and eastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Record highs included 71 degrees at Dickinson ND and Williston ND, and 84 degrees at Lynchburg VA, Charleston WV and Huntington WV. Augusta GA and Columbia SC tied for honors as the hot spot in the nation with record highs of 88 degrees. A vigorous cold front produced up to three feet of snow in the mountains of Utah. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

2006 - Phoenix's record run for dry days finally ends at 143 days. The last measured rain fell on October 18, 2005. Not only did the rain break the dry spell, the 1.40 inches that fell was a record amount for the date.

1888: The Great Blizzard of 1888 paralyzed the east coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine on March 11 through the 14th. The blizzard dumped as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas, and snowdrifts of 30 to 40 feet were reported. An estimated 400 people died from this blizzard. Click HERE for more information from History.com.

The epic anniversary of New York's most famous blizzard !!

[LibertyBell]

8 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Managed 30 degree swing in three hours within the past half hour, up to 59 now.

I love these kinds of days.

In April the swing can be even more extreme (we can start out in the 50s and end up in the 90s).