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But January 1982 had a big snowstorm so the cold and snow had already paid us a visit.

1989-1990 was one of our most extremely weird seasons, beginning in with those nationwide severe weather outbreaks in October. What made that season so severe-- it was neutral-- so why all the extremes and turbulent weather from October through April, Don? Severe weather to early leaf drop to very cold and snowy November and then historically cold and dry December to historically warm January, February and March to early April snow? I believe it was even more extreme that season than anything we've seen since maybe 2015-16?

Thanks, I'll take a look! I'm also into older historical data from the 1700s and 1800s because the weather was more extreme back then

I find that 39.9 really annoying lol, maybe NYC undermeasures on temperatures too? Did LGA and JFK both average 40.0 or higher for all three months, Don?

Was that the year JFK had 42 days with a dew point of 70+ Chris? Breaking the record of the super hot and humid summer of 1983?

1990 was unbelievable because it came right after one of our coldest Decembers EVER and didn't both January and February average close to 40 Don?

I noticed that a February average of 40.0 has become likely.... I wonder how many JF average temperatures of 40.0+ or higher we have seen in NYC climate history?

yep, grass fires and brush fires I just didn't know fires like that can get so BIG and so extensive. There has to be a strong wind component too

tropical storm force winds

1748 - The heaviest snow of the "Winter of the Deep Snow" in New England came to an end. Coastal Salem was left with more than thirty inches of snow on the ground. (David Ludlum) was this a big winter and storm for us too, Tony? and I take it we missed out on the storm below too? 1952 - An intense storm brought coastal sections of southeastern Massachusetts to a halt, stranding 3000 motorists on Lower Cape, and leaving ten thousand homes on the Cape without electricity. Winds gusting to 72 mph created mountainous snowdrifts of the 18 inches of snow which buried Nantucket and Hyannis. A barometric pressure reading of 29.02 inches was reported at the center of the storm. (The Weather Channel)

60+ it was scary last night between 9-11

Scandanavia was the place to be, as usual, for pretty much everything lol.

Did 2011-12 have any snow from this point forward? I remember there was a little snow in March that season? We only had 1.1 inches of snow in 1918-19 to this point? How much did that season finish with, Don?

I doubt it's going to be very snowy in the west too.

hopefully we get rid of this in March so we go to very warm and dry in April like the last two years .

how about a very warm spring and hot summer, I love that. rain once a week that's it.

only big difference besides the temperatures was no big snowstorm in the SE, that also probably had to do with the warmer climate

and there's not even any trees out there...

if it snows during December in an el nino you know it's going to be a good winter like 2002-03

Wow this is absolutely amazing, Chris, thanks for all this info! They must have been in operation in 2011 because they have the highest temp on record (108) from that year? Did they shut down after 2011? I remember December 1989 very well, it was colder than many Januarys but mostly snowless. I take it Mineola's below zero history is close to JFK's? Nowhere near as extreme as KFOK?

lets see if this follows the pattern of 2002....

Back in 2020, I saw something I'll never forget. I was in the Poconos for Presidents Day weekend in February and on Monday I was packing up the car to drive home and it was an extremely warm day just like today (maybe even warmer than today), crystal clear sky, no winds, very warm, etc. For some reason I looked straight up at the zenith of the sky and saw a very strange sight-- a small spherical rainbow that was completely reversed in a clear blue sky (wth......) in a normal rainbow red is the color on top and blue is at the bottom, but in this case, blue was on top and red was on the bottom, and it was directly overhead and there wasn't a single cloud in the sky. So very strange and yet it was a sign.... Driving on I-80 on the way home passing through the Delaware Water Gap in western NJ I saw my first wildfire-- a fire was burning on the side of the mountain right next to the highway and just above it. It was both a scary and an exciting sight to see my first wildfire-- just like it was when I experienced my first earthquake back in August 2011. I remember I checked the news as soon as I got back here and read that there had been an 80 acre fire. What I had seen was the beginning of it. This was the earliest I had ever heard of a wildfire in our area and 2019-2020 had very little snow (the most memorable snow that year was in May lol) and now I'm wondering if seeing that tiny spherical reversed rainbow in a completely clear sky was some sort of sign that there would be a wildfire there that very strange day.

we already have wildfires going on in Texas with temps in the 90s and a state of emergency and the smoke from those fires has made it up to us now as was noted in the evening news broadcasts.

The people who mentioned the danger of wildfires happening again this year are correct, we already have our first smoke in the air, there are widespread wildfires in Texas right now (no surprise with temperatures in the 90s) and a state of emergency there and the smoke from there is making its way up here now.

The problem with mean temperature is it also includes high minimums which are much more an indication of humidity rather than actual heat.