LibertyBell
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On a different note, the last time a plane crashed into the Potomac, January 13, 1982 during a raging snowstorm. 74 perished =\ 1981-82 had two periods of historic winter weather, one in January with a 3 day snowstorm and below zero cold right down to the coast and the second one came in April with a historic blizzard and a week of arctic cold and another snow event at the tail end of that.
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lol any reason why you're looking at Mid March? Winter will likely be over before then.
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they are even poor in analyzing climate trends because we keep shifting to newer 30 year periods.... and who decided on 30 years anyway, it seems quite subjective.
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it's why I don't like monthly *averages* or even daily *averages* -
as we have seen, you can have a 4-6 inch snowstorm both before and after a 60 degree day (sometimes both).
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thats correct and how we got snow in February 2018. you can even get an HECS in a torch winter like 2015-16 obviously completely different but any kind of pattern can result in a minor or moderate snowfall in the dead of winter (Jan/Feb)
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100 inches of snow in 10 days in Norfolk, Va? WOW ! and the revenge of the coastal in the second snow storm, 40 inches in Norfolk in one night and 0 inches 25 miles inland!
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Great Northern Lights displays! Edmonton is a large city with a huge mall. I know a few people who live there.
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-40 is a truly magical temperature, at which C=F Most analog thermometers I've seen do not go below -40.
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January should end after today, tomorrow should be considered the beginning of February.
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I'd want to experience the 1780s for this and also for that volcanic eruption in Iceland that caused the mammoth winter of 1782-83 which I'm convinced was more snowy than any winter that has happened since. No snowfall measurements from that winter anywhere?
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Saw this WSI graphic that indicates that NYC has had an *average* winter... they factor in cold, snowfall and days of snowcover into this index.
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Yes-- and we're more focused on snow instead of cold also because cold has become more rare as the years go by (regardless of enso state, warmer winters are canonical now....)
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Yes one of my favorite and most memorable snowstorms happened during a mild winter overall, 2015-16, over 30 inches of snow in one snowstorm and -1 on Valentines Day! One of my favorite winters for those two reasons alone (we also had some other moderate snowstorms that winter.) We had over 40 inches of snow that season with a seasonal average temperature over 40 degrees.
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Most people around here care about snow not cold. It's perfectly fine for all of February to be in the 60s except for the one or two days on which it snows, that happens a lot around here and with climate change increasing going forward that's how we get our snowstorms, not with monthlong cold and suppressed patterns that deliver snow in places that never get snow.
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Some people think we live on the Gulf Coast and we need it to be extremely cold for it to snow here LOL. There are numerous examples that show otherwise. The January pattern was trash, good riddance to it being gone. We can even have an HECS with a monthly average temperature around 40. Chris has said that storm track matters more for us than temperatures.
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You don't need it to be very cold for in February for it to snow in NYC (see February 2018). This is MUCH better than the crap we had in January. Those 2-3 days are plenty to get a snow storm and it can be in the 60s both before and after the storm.
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Is the reason for this mismatch because it's a la nina after el nino? That explains why we usually have snowy winters in la nina after el nino.
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I missed this lol, how did you get snow at 46 degrees?
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NYC and LGA are still way more than everyone else.
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I agree, 40 inches a year is our long term average (or around there anyway). 48-50 inches is when it becomes too much. Wow it sounds like you experienced a spring squall.
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Thanks, so this really isn't that unusual. We also had a nice snowstorm that season near the end of January.
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wow besides January 1977 it's the only top 10 coldest month in my lifetime.
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I think we're going to see a lot more weather like this instead of snowy midwest and snowy northern new england, etc. Soon enough cold air will be scoured out of NA.
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absolutely epic day, Don, I hope we see a lot of downsloping days just like this during the summer!!
