LibertyBell

I compiled a list of snowstorms that were probably underestimated. Beginning with January 1996 and working our way backwards to include February 1978, December 1947, February 1920, February 1899 and March 1888. Also keep in mind many of our borderline events that switched back and forth between precipitation types were also likely not measured properly because of this behavior of only measuring when an event ended, with lots of melting occurring before that happened.

We had some amazing winters here back then too, culminating in the great Blizzard of 1888 (that season had many historic blizzards nationwide.) The 1800s were pretty wild overall, in 1896 we had our only month with over 30 inches of snow (in March) followed by a historic 10 day super heatwave that killed over 1,500 people in August. That heatwave propelled Teddy Roosevelt into the presidency as he was the police commissioner here and allowed people to sleep in parks and turn on fire hydrants to cool off for the first time. And then of course we had the amazing winter of 1898-1899 that culminated in one of the greatest arctic outbreaks and blizzards of all time that dumped snow from Tampa to NJ and 3 feet of snow in the southernmost point of New Jersey, Cape May.

La Ninas used to be much colder and snowier back then. As a matter of fact when 2010-11 happened the analog people came up with was that one.

Chris how come 1993 is nowhere on this list for JFK? Did they get all their heat in that one heat wave? I also remember September 1993 had a few 90 degree days at JFK in the middle of the month. It isn't even on LGA's top list!

Yes, JFK had almost as many 90 degree days as Central Park in 2010 and more 95 and 100 degree days!

So definitely snow in the Poconos, at around 2000 ft elevation and south of I-80 too?

wow 2022 is very high up on this list and even ahead of 2010! Funny thing about 2010 is JFK had almost as many 100 degree days (3) as Newark did (4). How does the number of 90 degree days compare Chris? 1993 is tops for both 100 and 90 degree day at Newark and Central Park, but not at JFK (although those two 100 degree days in the middle of that 7 day heatwave at JFK was enough for me lol.)

wow, how did they know it was an el nino back then and how did they measure it? That's absolutely fascinating.

The sun came out for a bit here around 10-11. It looked better than it did yesterday.

The record has to be from 1993, which was a historically hot summer, record number of 90 degree days and record number of 100 degree days, 3 in a row at Central Park, 2 at JFK and a mind boggling 9 at Newark including 5 in a row! Back in the 90s we had hot summers much more consistently than we do now. Check out that super heat wave of 7 straight days of 90+ in early July 1993, you simply don't see this kind of thing anymore. I think the only other two times since then we had such lengthy heatwaves was in 1999 and 2002 -- also very memorable summers !

Hey 100 degrees in the summer are fun and which make it memorable. Unfortunately 2022 was not a hot summer here we didn't get to 100 even once and didn't even have a high number of 90 degree days. For me for a summer to be hot it has to have at least 25 90 degree days.

Still no wind here

Those do match for here.... how did you do in 1917-18, that was our coldest, the rest are similar. Warmest is almost a perfect match, surprised that number 1 is a winter from the 1800s though lol. How much snow did you get that winter?

Many of those other winters had a lot of snow here, so I'm surprised you got screwed in 1995-96. And it was a la nina too!

wow I'm surprised all I heard coming out of the Midwest is how historic the arctic outbreak in February was and that was what brought our winter back after the January thaw, Over here in NYC we were below normal all three winter months (and March too) I was surprised to see it was only a little below normal with temperatures. It seems that here in the NE our snowfall is more dependent on storm track and less on temperatures. Even here in the southernmost part of the NE. And that's what most winter lovers care about.

Definitely and I remember 1995-96 was extremely cold in the Midwest too-- longstanding records were set in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin.

wow no winds here at all, everything is quiet and calm.

I remember my stuck doors and not being able to get out for two days lol. How long did this storm last? I don't remember this as being a 24 hour storm....

Was this all frozen Tony? 2.2 LE is a lot for only 5.5 inches....

I thought it was going to be raining on Thursday and then a frontal passage so clearing and colder on Friday?

We just need to get near average long term normals not the fake average of the last 20 years or so.

Records: Highs: EWR: 82 (1990) NYC: 82 (1990) LGA: 77 (1990) JFK: 68 (2002) Lows: EWR: 17 (1992) NYC: 13 (1911) LGA: 19 (1992) JFK: 18 (1992) 1990 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a cold front produced large hail and damaging winds from northwest Florida to western South Carolina. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 75 mph at Floridatown FL. Sixteen cities across the northeastern quarter of the nation reported record high temperatures for the date. The afternoon high of 78 degrees at Burlington VT smashed their previous record for the date by 23 degrees. New York City reported a record high of 82 degrees. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) March 1990, the heat that just didn't quit.... I'm shocked March 1992 was in the teens this late in the month.

all the other ones in that list were much snowier =\

NOAA uses 1951-80 as an established baseline to compare future climate trends. In other words, that's considered the *normal* climate (for better or worse, but we have to start somewhere.)

I'm shocked 1993-94, 1995-96, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15 aren't in the top 20 coldest list.