CPcantmeasuresnow

Yes it is, but it hasn't felt like it for most of the month. It's been a terrible 30 day stretch.

I can't believe that, I ended up with 8, although I do vaguely remember the heavier precip all around you from that storm but never getting to you. One of the weirder radars I've ever seen if I'm thinking of the correct storm. March 2018 was 43.4 inches for me, the Highland Mills Monroe area seemed to jackpot every storm that month of course topped off with 5.8 on April 2nd. 50 inches in 30 days I shouldn't complain, but I would rather it had happened in December or January and not March.

I love it that you never give up. It keeps me going during these trying times.

Yet every year the same people will always state that it ends March 1. This despite the fact 4 of the last 5 winters in NYC March has been the snowiest month and 2 of the last 3 Marchs have been colder than February.

starting from the 1940's the 10 year averages are 1941-1950.....31.5 1951-1960.....24.1 1961-1970.....29.0 1971-1980.....21.3 1981-1990.....20.2 1991-2000.....25.4 2001-2010.....32.1 2011-2020.....36.9 if no more snow falls until Dec 31 2020, perish the thought The 150 year average is 28.8 so which decade from the above was normal for snowfall ? You could make the argument the 60's was, all of the others fall out of the range.

This is where people, I guess of a certain age (35-55) make that same mistake thinking the 70's and 80's were normal. They were the two least snowiest decades of the 150 years NYC has been keeping official records. When people say the 2000's aren't the norm it's true but neither was that 20 year period. The 150 year average is 28.8 inches in Central Park. The 1970's and 1980's averaged 21.3 and 20.2 inches respectively ,and the 2000's and 2010's 32.1 and 36.9 so far. Both are way above and below the 28.8 inch 150 year average.

Not many in NYC in the late 80's. Jan 22, 1987 8.1 inches in the Park

Sorry but this year and last aren't even close to normal. Certainly not for temperatures and not for snowfall either. Forget the last 20 years the 150 year average is 28.8 inches per season. I posted the 10 year averages per decade somewhere this morning. NYC had 2/3 their average last year and will be lucky to get anywhere near that this year. But as you say one big storm could bring them near average. Let's hope.

True. With 4 out of the last 5 winters in NYC March has been the snowiest month, and in two of the last three March has been colder than February which is really out of the norm. I'll take snow any month but my preference has always been December, January, February in that order.

Using the 01-10 years the same as the averages are calculated by the NWS no 10 year periods other than the 1960's come within a couple of inches of the 150 year average for snowfall in NYC which is 28.8 inches. Was the 1971-1990 period normal for snowfall? hardly, 2001-2020 I doubt it. The only consistent is that winters have been getting milder, and the snow especially along the coastal areas and UHI, does not stick around as long. starting from the 1940's the 10 year averages are 1941-1950.....31.5 1951-1960.....24.1 1961-1970.....29.0 1971-1980.....21.3 1981-1990.....20.2 1991-2000.....25.4 2001-2010.....32.1 2011-2020.....36.9 if no more snow falls until Dec 31 2020, perish the thought

Not sure where this one started but it's not even close to being true. As Don already pointed out there was the 6.4 inches on Nov 15, 2018, NYC came close on March 3, 2019 with 5.0 and 4.0 the day before (I forget if that was one event that equaled 9.0 or two separate events) 8.4 inches on March 21, 2018, 9.8 inches on January 4 2018, 5.5 inches on April 2, 2018, 7.6 inches on March 14, 2017, 9.4 inches on Feb 9, 2017. So in the last three years there's been six storms on the great heat island over 6 inches and a couple more of 5-6 inches. I know this winter has been disappointing so far but we can't start making stuff up.

The highest storm total I saw was 36 inches and it was only one place, The airport at St. Johns was a little shy of 31 inches. Maybe some are confusing the cm totals with inches.

Mid Atlantic as in Virginia, Delaware, Maryland?

What did you guys end up with from the early December storm? I thought I remember @IrishRob17 and @snywx saying they had over a foot from that? On the other side of the river where you guys are it was that much less?

Good to hear, based on this I'm putting 10,000 on the Chiefs today

Temperatures up to 25.7° and it looks like the accumulating snow is over. Final tally is 2.7 inches bringing the seasonal to 18.8 inches. Was expecting about 4-5 so a little disappointed, especially since temps stayed as cold as they did throughout.

They ended up with 27 inches, at least that's what their daily total was yesterday I'm not sure what the storm total was. The big thing there was the winds which were 50-70 in areas Drifts are over 10 feet. Also I don't know what they already had OTG before this storm started. Newfoundland is definitely a snow lover and Nor'easter lovers paradise.

All I'm hoping for regarding NYC is they reach 17.7 inches this season. Why 17.7 ? Because 17.7 will get their 30 year average for the 1991-2020 period to 30 inches. Then they won't have to rely on next November and December. As we all know December is becoming very unreliable. If next January the averages are calculated and they're at 29.9, it will annoy me. Their current average if it doesn't snow between now and Dec 31 is 29.5 inches.

Yeah 15.4° here which is the normal low for the date. After getting use to a month straight of above normal temperatures it feels like Antarctica relatively speaking.

True: Chicago had a period where 8 out of 9 days were above 80, that March. It was nuts.

Good point

We shall see. Dec 2006 was 43.6 but December 2019 was 38.8 January 2007 was 37.5, so far this January is 42.7. I'd call it a draw right now. December 2015 was an unprecedented 50.8 which was close to the average temperature for April.

We're at the halfway mark for January and NYC is currently 10.2° above normal for the month, Poughkeepsie is 11.9° above normal, Trenton is 11.4° above and Albany is a ridiculous 14.6° above normal. Nightmare flashbacks to December 2015, not quite as bad but getting close.

42.3° and windy. What a boring, dreary, April in January this has been.

Hey that's bald shaming. Although I believe the correct term now is follicley challenged.