LibertyBell

Wow, some things dont change, remember when the LIE was closed for miles after the February blizzard in 2013? Would you say the impact of Feb 1978 was similar to that?

I think so! I remember seeing it in a scientific equipment catalog years ago.

where did you get accurate analog stuff? none of mine seemed to work right until I went all digital.

Feb 1983 was the prototype for Jan 1996, PD2 and Jan 2016. The odd storm out was Jan 1996, which happened in an la nina, the others were all el nino.

oh that reminds me, what about 1966-67?

the barometer with a pointer and dial, sort of like the things you measured blood pressure with before the digital stuff came out lol. It responded far too slowly to air pressure changes and I ended up breaking it because I put it outside when that wasn't even necessary lol. My digital barometer measures outside air pressure just fine from inside my bedroom!

I didn't even have an accurate thermometer until I got my first digital one from Radio Shack back in 1995. It was far more accurate than any of the liquid ones. All those "scientific" ones with the red liquid (alcohol!) were not accurate. I used to think they used mercury but they didn't. And they were extremely slow in responding to radiational cooling or any rapid temp drop. And those aneroid barometers dont work either- what a rip off! I didn't have any accurate weather equipment until I went all digital, which wasn't until 2005.

Just imagine it, back in those days we were begging for scraps because the weather only came on for a few minutes every day. I used to wait for AM Weather on PBS, 15 min every morning! And Joe Cioffi on WOR radio! Could you imagine if we didn't have the internet during this snowy era? It's good that it waited until now. Even 93-94 and 95-96 could have been a lot better if we had discussion boards like these back then! I got weather radio just in time for the 95-96 winter :-)

Jer, was all 7.1 of that from the last storm at Logan?

I think he meant that Dec 2010 (Boxing Day Blizzard) was the one that snuck up on us.

my first encounter with thundersnow that I remember was Feb 1994, it happened during the day and the snowfall rates were crazy and I actually saw the bolts of lightning and heard the thunder!

1993-94 though is the all time snowiest winter at Allentown.

Feb 1961 was one of the greatest storms of all time, 25" of snow even though rain and sleet mixed in. Central Park undermeasured back then, and JFK kept better numbers.

also please check 2002-03 and 2010-11 and 2014-15

for snow pack 10-11 eventually topped 93-94. If the winter had continued beyond the end of January it would have topped 95-96 too. I would have loved a combo of 10-11 and 14-15 what a winter that would have been! Combine the December and January of 2010 with the February and March of 2015 lol.

March 1993 was earth's equivalent of the Great Red Spot, except it was the Great White Spot :-P It would be fun if Earth ever got a perpetual storm that never dissipates like that!

being a snowfall purist I preferred 95-96 to 93-94.... sleet and freezing rain annoys me (unless it's an all ice storm, which looks pretty on the trees.)

only 13 inches here in Feb 2006

there were like 25 storms of 1" or more or a sleet/freezing rain mix... its why the city ran out of salt in the middle of winter lol

Definitely..... 89-90 had the two worst possible winter outcomes here- dry and cold followed by warm and wet. When it was in the mid 80s in Mid March we were happy and hoping for a warm spring and then we got hit with an inconsequential little snow event in early April lol. I like April snow but it should at least be a few inches.

it was like being in two completely opposite seasons within the same season!

was school closed for 2 days

all I remember about that winter is changing over to rain while it snowed a few miles away lol

thanks I saved that graphic, it actually verified! I hope JM sees it too lol. It actually snowed right to 7 am too, it ended at the perfect time for the official measurement!

lol I thought they were prank or crank calling you after the predictions massively busted.