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His point has merit though. The definition of extreme is getting diminished by increasing frequency of them. Some would like to hide in the cozy euphemism that it is just cycles of nature playing out, and the gaslight of that evasion of reality is that yeah .. nature does have cycles. But excluding that denial tactic ( which is either amoral, a straight suggestion of competent intelligence, or a mash up of both), the frequency increase graph is matching the CC graph... sort of like a Keeling Curve for events, not CO2. haha. Nice cozy fit. Tongue in cheek aside... you almost feel better about getting a repeat of the "extraordinary" now, than you would living in 1990

That one was sort of painful here. And somewhat reminiscent of what we just experienced. The Susquehanna separated the haves (east) from the have nots. (west) I lived in Centerville and measured 3.4". Areas to my east did MUCH better.

Warm-ish March is fine if we must. Torching March = mud + mosquitos. Terrible.

I think 60s is a good compromise for this time of year. Nice enough where you can comfortably wear no jacket but not so warm where it starts feeling uncomfortable.

You would have loved that storm. Imagine, the last week of April with legit SN+ in the middle of the day, temps in the mid 20s and howling winds. The rarest of winter days, and it came on April 6th. Snow was powder, too. I remember it was really cold after the storm but the snow had no chance up against the April sun. Areas that were drifted over held up for nearly a week but outside of that, it was toast the following day. School was closed the day of the storm and the day after. At least fine, rural and agricultural schools like Penn Manor were.

I just want 50's not 80's.

Oh please do let me know if you have any good wildflower hikes to go on. I've done the Bull Run Bluebells but otherwise just know about the Mountain Laurels across Shenandoah and WV. Got some hikes I've done in the winter (namely Cranberry wilderness) that I can't wait to do in the spring. Also have a patch of wild daffodils out next to a path near my house. Just hundreds of them.

Of course, I moved from here to Sandwich in 2020. and Of course, I wasn't in Sandwich for Jan 27, 2015 Missed both maxes due to bad timing. I won't complain much outside of those two storms though. For instance, 2/14/15 was epic in Acushnet

And honestly most bugs are more hardy than people give them credit for. You really need more than just one night of hard freeze to kill most. Many can just sort of slow down their metabolism and hunker down.

Yeah that aint happening again there in our lifetimes. Sure, there will be more 30-burgers here and there for C/E MA....those do happen occasionally. But 40 burgers for Fall River and PVD do not.

There’s still a lot of snow here but it’s definitely been melting fast in my area as well. The piles of course will be around for weeks or longer and they already look black/gross. I’m all for whatever warmup is on the way if it won’t snow.

Strong signal for warmth as we roll into the second week of March, showing up well on both the EPS and GEFS.

Yep doesnt look good for snow

Maybe, but the NESIS rating is Northeast-centered so I don't know the extent in which areas get included. Jan 25-27 was better BOS and points north, Feb 23-24 better for PVD and points south.

I’m home now so it’s guaranteed to miss.

GFS back to being shitty? it's like 6 hours earlier than NAM's

The general public will be happy...everyone's done. (Except us weenies)

I feel good saying that for PVD-EWB. At least not in my lifetime.

Seekonk had 27" in '78.

How likely are those 50s and 60s in NNE around the 9th? Sent from my SM-S921U using Tapatalk

The April Fools, 1997 Snowstorm was a good one too (I was living in South Jersey at the time) with reports in South Jersey of 10" or so. Not sure how good it was for central PA.

like clockwork, march gets your hopes up then april crushes us with some of the most depressing weather of the year

I’m hyped.

That seems to be the pattern most of this decade with the exception of the first half of 2024, at least here in S WI. Long periods of nothing interspersed with about 6 weeks of precip and storms, followed by another 2-3 month stretch of nothing. Hopefully we can get enough precip in the Spring this year.

Great data list, @SACRUS Were the measurements done somewhere in Newark-proper before the airport was established? Does the airport location goes back to 1931?