LibertyBell

How long would you think the good pattern will last? I would say Jan 20 just going by recent history to about Feb 20?

No, the forecasts were all off, we got colder than predicted and with a degree or two to spare (glad we got it to 50 degree difference just before midnight.)

We actually had 4 left at that point, the midnight obs are taken before midnight and count for the previous day, that got us to 50 :-)

Wow March 1990 and April 1990 on this list, brings back some nice memories!

a good time for a boating trip!

Bet you didn't think we'd have a 30 inch plus snowstorm coming less than a month later!

How do you measure your temperature? 4 is the lowest I've heard anywhere near the city.

We had 60 mph gusts at 4:30 am when we got hit by those thunderstorms and 50-60 mph behind the front like you said. The winds were impressive but the temperature drop was a lot more impressive. We do get 60-65 mph winds at least once every few months here. The 50 degree temperature drop was historic.

It would be funny if we got some snow up here but I doubt that will happen.

Hurricane force winds-- but this is all normal for them lol

I was rooting hard for this record! We are the new Rapid City / Spearfish SD! is this the east coast record?

Thanks, that 10 ft surge in Sandy may be the highest storm surge we'll see in our lifetimes. So 8.45 was the highest it got in this last storm and it was timed perfectly with the lunar high tide. This was some storm of extremes, from 58 degrees at 4 am with thunderstorms and 61 mph winds to an 8.5 ft storm surge to diving into the single digits, 7 degrees this morning with -15 wind chill Is this the largest temperature difference this area has ever seen within 24 hours? I remember we went from -2 to 55 in January 1994 but that was over 30-36 hours I believe? Yesterdays splits were 58/8 so a 50 degree spread?

Yes that was one of the best winters for me too. The Grade A winters in the 10s were 10-11, 13-14, 14-15, and 17-18. Not including 15-16 despite 40" here and the biggest snowstorm ever here, over 30" and below zero in NYC on Valentine's Day because December was historically warm and Jan 16 had the only big snow storm (though we did have a few decent ones in February too.) In the 00s, we had 02-03, 03-04, 04-05, 09-10 (not going to put 05-06 in there even though NYC had 40" and their largest snowstorm until Jan 2016 because it was a warm winter and that was the only big snowstorm). So we had 4 in each of the past two decades.

Jan 20th.....history repeats itself.

It's a lot easier to get snow in January and February than it is in December here-- December isn't really a snow month here for a variety of reasons.

From the evidence Chris posted, December seems to have been all about that warm pool east of the area. All blocking is definitely not equal.

late 80s/early 90s too. We did a contest a few years ago and I believe the late 80s/early 90s beat the late 90s-- the thing about the late 90s was no one cared because we were all happy with what we got in 93-94 and 95-96 I don't even remember the late 90s-- I didn't start caring again until the March 2001 bust and the terrible 2001-02 season lol. But let's say you do 87-88 to 91-92 and compare it to 96-97 to 99-00 The former was worse..... Let's say you skip over 00-01 and add in 01-02, maybe they're a draw? 5 seasons of futility vs 5 out of 6 seasons of futility lol

About once a decade here....last one was 17-18 if you go by the 40" per season numbers that a lot of people call a Grade A snow season here.

wow was 8 feet the peak or did it get even higher? What were the levels for Irene and Sandy? I think Sandy was 11 feet?

good thing the airport there is closed, people have no business traveling

the airport there is closed too

Severe Tstorm warning until 1:15 60 mph winds and 3/4 inch hail

This is the way it usually happens, having had this for years, you need everything to be perfect for these parts, it's why you either want to be farther to the north or up in the mountains.

Wasn't the Gulf Stream supposed to be slowing down which is why we're getting much bigger snowstorms-- or is that only for January onwards lol?

ah and the warmth will actually get here before that happens