LibertyBell

what was the smallest Don? one thing I want to understand is how is this winter is supposedly colder than last winter when we had two extreme single digit arctic shots last winter and this winter is setting all sorts of high min records? see this is why I dont trust average temperatures, this winter has been tangibly warmer than last winter, regardless of what the so-called "averages" say.

So amazing, even though it was really bad. I guess it could happen again since it also seems to have happened in January 2008 lol

is there a way to download the data onto a spreadsheet and keep it updated without visiting the site using a program that downloads the data directly?

what caused this huge bust I wonder and could it happen like that again if that storm happened in this era? I remember hearing thunder and seeing lightning and seeing heavy rain and then I knew we were done lol The complete reverse bust of February 1989 We actually had a bust like that again in January 2008.

wow speaking of which I wanted to ask you about Yellowstone. So there's this rather funny scifi series called Resident Alien in which the good alien is trying to stop the bad aliens from funneling a large quantity of water into the Yellowstone caldera, he said they are trying to destroy all life on the planet by causing it to erupt. But then he also said that even if he stopped them that Yellowstone could erupt "at any time" because it erupts on average every 600,000 years and it's been 643,000 years since its last eruption. He said the bad aliens were hastening its eruption and because of them it could erupt within one year but even if he was able to stop them it could erupt anyway since it was "due"-- and in his crazy sense of humor he thought it was funny if he stopped them but it erupted anyway. Anyway that part isn't true-- that Yellowstone is "overdue" to erupt?

It was annoying because DC got a lot more snow than us, like the previous February when Atlantic City had a 19 inch snowstorm and 0 here.

2018 too March through early April was amazing.

1 inch snow in early April 1990 too

Maybe one day we can automate snowfall measurements? We could use a laser light system to automatically measure the maximum depth of snowfall at any point during a storm.

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.