LibertyBell

1989-90 says yes

I think so too, and it probably means instead of mild and wet like we are seeing now with the jet, it'll be mild and dry a la February 2018. It remains to be seen what March brings (whether there is an SSW or not-- but no one should think there will be a March 2018 repeat) but that may be the only decent chance at snow here. Of course there can be a random small or moderate event even in a mild pattern, but no one should count on that.

I think that Pac jet retracting is all anyone cares about.

Now this looks like more of a chance at getting snow than the storm for next weekend, Don?

who had 40" in 1965-66....was it ACY? or DCA? I remember someone to our south did, I just don't remember the city lol.

The best winters in that weather almanac book that I read about were in the 1840s and 1860s when there were a couple of winters that had constant snowcover from PHL to NYC from Thanksgiving to St Paddy's Day. Those were the 100" snowfall winters. A couple in the 1700s were like that too, in the 1750s and 1780s as well as one or two in the early 1800s (I think 1804 was one of those.)

Awesome if you're like me your first weather memories are from 1994 and 1996

Interesting that 1965-66 is on this list, as that was a historic winter in the midatlantic.... 40" of snow in Norfolk? a good el nino too. Followed by a classic switch from el nino to neutral/la nina that gave us one of our hottest driest summers ever and one of our greatest winters, 1966-67 was very memorable.

1999 was one of the greatest summers, July 1999 was a true treasure of the 11 year cycle with temperatures over 100 back to back and 20 90 degree days in that month alone. The big problem we had that year was west nile virus lol.

2001-02 is the peak low WSI winter isn't it? Even lower WSI than 1972-73? When taking into account temperates and low snow?

That book I read at NYPL did not have snowfall totals but did have average temperature records going back to the early 1700s..... we always had at least one month back then that averaged in the 20s.

What we need to do is very clear....find some way to destroy the Pacific Ocean =\

Wow Rochester is even more amazing, although the deficits look about the same. Do they ever think about transporting some of that Buffalo snow farther east? Although it's probably all melted by now.

Pennsylvania Weather Book and I remember seeing some really old records in a weather almanac all the way back to the 1700s for NYC (I don't remember the exact location) when I was at the New York Public Library. Back then both January and February had mean temperatures in the 20s and February was consistently colder than January. Both NYC and PHL peaked with 100" snowfall seasons a few times and the all time record low was -16 at NYC in January pre Revolutionary War when canons were being dragged across the Hudson and shops were set up right on the river in the winter.

papyrus is tough to write on

it's more like neutral which is actually worse than a la nina

when we get to the warm(er) season there will probably be much less rain. I'm thinking we get a 2002 type spring and summer-- which will be nice.

If this is what it takes to end the drought out west, we need to bite the bullet. Sacrificing the snow is really insignificant compared to that.

Ending the california and western drought is a big positive too.

I think NY and NJ are suing all those companies lol My sister left Bank of America years ago when they data mined her private info and sold them to an outside party. Their email talking about how they want people's wages to go down and want a recession went viral. THESE CORPORATIONS SHOULD NEVER BE BAILED OUT-- IF THEY CAN'T SUCCEED ON THEIR OWN THEY DON'T DESERVE TO EXIST. Community banks are much better, which is where most people are migrating to. Exxon of course their record speaks for itself. Another one to go after is the collusion of big pharma hiking prices on lifesaving drugs which no one can afford. Honestly universal healthcare and price regulation would bring this country in line with the rest of the world.

wow 2014 and 2018 really were something on the opposite end of the winter spectrum 2012 really was "something" "something" !#%$^^&

Except for April 1982 and 1983 which were actually fun. That April 1982 blizzard is the first snowstorm I have clear memories of.

8" in Scranton lol. This really is an all timer

Yeah the common theme back then was all the cold was frontloaded and then it was warm in February and beyond. December and January were especially MUCH colder back then but usually cold and dry. February became warmer and by then even if it was stormy it was too warm for snow.

Prime example of the predominant cold suppressed pattern of the 80s is how DC averaged a lot more snow then than they have since NYC's "snowy" era began.