LibertyBell

the SST got so cold in February 2015 that in addition to seeing snow crystals in clear blue skies with lots of sunshine, we also had freezing drizzle on onshore flow lol

did you have snow crystals in clear blue skies in 2015 too? we had that here, it's very rare and I've only seen it a few times in my entire life. clear blue skies, lots of sunshine and tiny starflakes falling from the skies lol

we had a very similar pattern with a slow start to winter with a mild December, then winter kicked in with a 10 inch snowstorm around January 20 (this ended up being a mild bust as the original forecast was for over 2 feet of snow lol) and then really kicked into high gear for all of February and the first three weeks of March with 2 feet of snow in February and close to 20 inches in March and a -10 F departure for February. We were in the single digits on the last morning of February. I've never witnessed single degree temperatures in March and I was just one day away from seeing that!

1993 heat was much more widespread than 2022, we were all roasting for the entire summer

Nice to see 1977 still at the top of the pack, that was NYC's hottest 2 week period wasn't it?

they are part of the 11 year cycle, 1955 and 1999 are two of the most amazing summers on record but were eclipsed by 2010 (also part of the 11 year cycle.)

I think some earlier winters were even snowier for example 1803-1804, 1836-37, 1843-44. Those are just off the top of my head. 1782-83 might have been the snowiest of them all with that Laki super eruption.

summers should be dry, we have hoses for those who plant stuff that needs water.

we have had plenty of rain, one can argue it's too much rain. This is our first four day period without rain since early June. I only expect or want rain one day per week at most.

OCEANSIDECOOP 69.0 JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTWBAN 69.0 I'm very annoyed by these 69 inch measurements lol, we all undermeasured the January 1996 blizzard so I'm sure we were all over 70 inches and probably all over 72 inches (6 feet) of snow! There was a 96 inch measurement (8 feet) somewhere on Long Island, I just don't remember exactly where. Maybe Ed in Smithtown?

How was 2014-15 by you, for us it was a backend winter but February and March were absolutely historic. 2013-14 was very good but I found 2014-15 to be better (2013-14 had many mixed events here while 2014-15 was mostly all snow and colder later in the season.)

I agree about the 30 day intensity of 12/26/10-1/27/11 I had my most snowcover I've ever seen and it lasted right through Valentines Day which is absolutely amazing for the south shore! It felt like being in the Poconos with how much snow was on the ground here (it even covered the top of my above ground pond!) What's our greatest calendar year total for snowfall? And total 12 month overall highest total? I feel like that could be 2003 (January 2003 to December 2003) and for twelve months from February 2010 through January 2011? If we hadn't gotten that near miss in early February 2010 we could have done it in the 2009-2010 winter too (although that snow season ended so abruptly after February, like 2010-2011 ended abruptly after January.) 2014-2015 had similar long duration snowcover as 2010-11 but shifted to the latter part of the season, I loved January 20 2015 - March 2015. A combination of 2010-11 early on and 2014-15 later on would have been truly historic too! The amazing thing about 1995-96 is we had what would in most seasons be considered an HECS in December, a blockbuster HECS in January and then a three week thaw (complete with severe thunderstorms, flooding, roof collapses and temperatures in the upper 60s) and an abrupt change back to arctic cold and snow in late January and early February followed by what could be considered a third HECS in February and then 3 or 4 4 inch moderate snowfall events in March followed by that big wet snowstorm in April (some places including eastern Long Island actually saw two snowstorms in April!) That winter had absolutely EVERYTHING from big snowstorms of 10+ to what has become very rare for us moderate sized events of 3-6 inches and both early and late season snowstorms. 2002-03 had many of the same things (and a very rare white Christmas with an actual snowstorm later on Christmas Eve) just in smaller amounts than what 1995-96 had.

wow and Long Island had 2-4 inches.... JFK 2 inches, which is almost unheard of after April 15th.... the closest thing I can think of was that very light accumulating snowfall mixed with sleet on April 16, 2014, it was half an inch (but did give us our latest 32 degree low.)

Hows Newark doing? To be fair this summer is hotter than any summer here since 2011. So this has been a very hot summer (so far anyway.)

The reason why I consider 1993 the hottest summer that I experienced (prior to 2010) was because of that absolutely amazing heatwave in July when EWR exceeded 100 on 4 consecutive days, NYC exceeded 100 on 3 consecutive days and JFK exceeded 100 on 2 consecutive days, that was the most extreme heatwave I've ever experienced. EWR finished with a whopping 9 100 plus days including hitting their all time record high of 105 twice.

We even had our latest snow storm ever that season with the April 19-20, 1983 snowstorm, Chris, do you remember what that was like in Long Beach?

Now THAT would be absolutely amazing and I hope I get to see it in my lifetime! 1983 was one of my all time favorite summers following one of my all time favorite blizzards!

reminds me of April 1996, though obviously near JFK I did well in that storm.

people do not feel *average* temperatures, they feel the hottest days, in other words, number of 90 and 100 degree highs. I'm sure most would not think the top 10 in a list of average temperatures were exceptionally hot.

average temperatures are not what defines hottest summers, it's number of 90 degree days.

if we're talking about wall to wall summer heat, it's going to be very difficult to equal 1983, when JFK hit 100 degrees in both July and August and NYC hit 99 on September 11th, 1983. It makes me wonder what exactly was happening in 1983 that made June-July-August-September all 4 months so amazingly hot? AND we also had over 80 inches of rain that year!

it's mostly minimum driven. Around here, only a few summers come to mind for me when it comes to wall to wall summer heat from beginning to end and it's 2010, 2002, 1999, 1993, 1991, 1983.

Yes it was a lesser version of the March 2001 bust lol.

if the low tracked 75 miles south maybe we would have gotten the bigger snowfall totals?

Is there a way to see when clouds arrive? If it's 4-5 pm for rain I'd assume it's 2 pm for clouds?