LibertyBell

I made a 10 foot tall snowman from the snow in my front yard, the tallest snowman I've ever made lol. I used a ladder .....

Was that -21 the lowest temperature there going back to 1977, Don?

maybe Groundhog Day storm redux

today is a famous 9 year anniversary, but you missed this storm JM, I hope your parents took pics of it for you to see when you got back.

it's gotten much more severe over the last few years =\

Highs: EWR: 62 (2018) NYC: 63 (1874) LGA: 62 (1967) JFK: 56 (1967) Lows: EWR: -4 (1936) NYC: -3 (1936) LGA: 3 (1976) JFK: 2 (1976) Historical: 1780 - The coldest day of the coldest month of record in the northeastern U.S. A British Army thermometer in New York City registered a reading of 16 degrees below zero. During that infamous hard winter the harbor was frozen solid for five weeks, and the port was cut off from sea supply. (David Ludlum) wow we went from -3 on this date in 1936 in NYC to 106 in July..... it's also the anniversary of the actual coldest day on record in New York City.

can we recalculate NESIS based on these maps, Tony? I would argue for a thin stripe of 30-36 from Allentown to Queens to Nassau county.

Not to mention that NESIS is inaccurate because they didn't count the 30+ amounts of JFK and Allentown, this storm was MUCH better than March 1960, which was ranked entirely too high.

This storm should be ranked higher than March 1960 and just below January 1996, I don't think they counted the 30"+ at JFK or Allentown.

April 2018 was pretty good too But January 2016 was the only 30 inch snowstorm I've ever seen.

RSV can lead to pneumonia. That's what my sister was worried about. However she was in no shape to go see a doctor or even go down the stairs because she had such a problem breathing and was wheezing. She called her doctor and he prescribed her prednisone which I picked up at the pharmacy.

I wonder why this crap is happening now, 10 years ago we never heard of RSV.

an unusual storm in which Allentown and JFK both exceeded 30 inches! Very similar to February 1983 in that respect.

Don it appears that Mt Pocono can be extremely cold regardless of whether NYC experiences extreme cold. How did MPO do in 1985 and 1977 when NYC hit -2? Were those days not as extreme there? Thanks!

Great we can track indices instead of storms

I fully expect this month to end up at just under 29.5 degree average temp and UHI from my reading has about a 2.5 degree impact on our averages.

it's definitely hard to walk in especially when it gets icy. It reminds me of my grade school days, I hated walking in the wind and cold and slip sliding around on my way to school in the morning. It was much better when we had 2 feet of snow and everything was closed, of course that didn't happen much....

hopefully they only last a month or two like last time and we go right back to sunny and dry. We're in a much drier regime now than we were a few years ago.

New York area also had multiple blizzards and it was so cold that the ink in Washington's pen froze. Based on his diaries there were at least a dozen blizzards in the tristate area. It makes one wonder why back then snowstorms affected much larger areas and now they only affect much smaller areas-- when the Deep South gets them we don't.

Crime rates are also much lower in the winter than they are in the summer and snow (while it's still clean and not contaminated with chemicals) does make everything look prettier and cleaner.

Yep, I think the last one was best plus the one in April.

I had mine back in October 2023 when I was sick for 3 weeks. =\ My fever was up around 104 too.

This is why we had so many years back in the 70s and 80s with below average snowfall, when we did have a favorable ridge out west, we still didn't get our snow.

Next colder day was in January 1985, Don?

Looks like the Hudson is freezing over already and ice breakers are being used there and ferry service is being canceled on the Hudson. Firefighters are having major problems fighting fires because fire hydrants are freezing up and water is turning to ice on contact.