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1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

78 / 53 breezy - gorgeous - pollen building

Green dust season will be here soon.  Was visiting some friends down in Virginia last week and green dust all over the place.  It is coming north.

31 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

I think we had a T here with flakes in the air one day.   

Had two days here with .10" each and flakes in the air (T) on 4 additional days.  Thankfully DJF delivered the goods.  I was honestly ready to move on once March arrived so I'm not disappointed that the month greatly underperformed.

2 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

Another snowless March for the area-3rd in a row.

Had .20" here but I get your point.  The .20" received here in March got me to an even 50" for the season.

11 hours ago, SACRUS said:

Flurries pooping up

 

Had a trace of snow on the deck again this morning.  Temperature a too cold 20 degrees.

4 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Hard to believe this is illustrating a recent storm.  High totals were between 30" and 40".  With the snow, consistently up to the shoulders (consistently), this would mean a five foot depth?

Some reported depth measurements as of this morning across Michigan Upper Peninsula, Northern MN.

Two day event total here was 1.33".  Trace of snow on the deck this morning.  Didn't see it fall but per radar the rain ended as a brief period of light snow or flurries overnight.  Winds howled from late afternoon yesterday right up until daybreak.

Sad to hear about the passing of Roger Smith who posted in this forum.  Always seemed like a gentleman and a knowledgable guy.  As someone pointed out he posted up until the day of his passing.  

We never know when we or someone we love will see their last sunrise or sunset.  Embrace the day.

Huntsville, Alabama !

Hard to pull this off in the dead of Winter much less mid March!

https://x.com/i/status/2033574638379299235

https://x.com/i/status/2033556967118008486

17 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Marquette Webcam

http://livecam.nmu.edu/1/

A thing of beauty right there !

4 hours ago, bluewave said:

Yeah, I agree. It was significantly deeper than the Blizzard of 1888. Had March 1993 taken a benchmark track instead, then we would have had a 40”+ jackpot with 80-100 mph gusts somewhere in the OKX forecast zones and drifts approaching 6-10 feet high in spots.

https://www.weather.gov/media/ilm/Overview_Kocin_Schumacher_Morales_Uccelini.pdf

Great read!  Thanks!

Once in a lifetime event that was.  Especially in terms of the large area affected.  Not to mention max wind speeds, sfc pressure, snow totals and gulf storm surge.  Rouge event not to be repeated anytime soon on that large a scale.  Not to say regional storms across the MA/NE won't pack a punch at times just not to the scale of 93.

46 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Its March. Whats more impressive is that the snow is accumulating to our south .

https://x.com/i/status/2032158839710117932

To our south where it was in the m/u 80's in spots.

Had a burst of moderate snow for about 10-15 minutes.  Per radar heaviest is over as back edge moving east.  Back edge currently along the Delaware River crossing in western NJ counties.

32.4 degrees 

It was moving along but the track as it was dry slotted most spots from eastern NJ on eastward.  Scranton area had 35-40" of snowfall.  Even NW NJ got 20-25" in spots.  Those deformation bands were killer on areas that they affected to the west of the storm track.  Shift the track from where it was to over eastern LI  and I'm confident local spots in this sub forum would have had 30"+ with monstrous drifts.  Some 40" amounts would have been possible from NW NJ into western CT.

We'll obviously never know but the upside would have been huge with a track 20-40 miles to the east.  The upper level pattern was loaded for bear.

1 hour ago, sussexcountyobs said:

Snow falling. 35F

36.5 here and have had periods of off and on light snow for last 90 minutes.  Enough to "slush" the deck and slightly whiten some rooftops.

35 minutes ago, bluewave said:

That was the last time many locations near the coast had a 10”+ snowstorm after February with the exception of our local snow capital and nearby spots back in 2018. 
 

Maximum 2-Day Total Snowfall 
for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ After February
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

	18.2	1956-03-19	0
	15.8	1915-04-04	0
-	15.8	1915-04-03	0
	14.8	1958-03-21	0
	13.9	1960-03-04	0
	12.8	1982-04-07	0
-	12.8	1982-04-06	0
	12.7	1993-03-14	0
-	12.7	1956-03-20	0
	12.5	1960-03-03	0
	12.1	1941-03-09	0
	12.0	1941-03-08	0
-	12.0	1924-04-02	0
-	12.0	1924-04-01	0
-	12.0	1852-03-18	0
-	12.0	1852-03-17	0
	11.9	1993-03-13	0
	11.5	1896-03-16	0
	11.0	1867-03-18	0
-	11.0	1867-03-17	0
	10.5	1851-03-08	0

 

Maximum 2-Day Total Snowfall 
for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY After February
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

	18.4	2018-03-22	0
	17.0	1967-03-22	0
	16.0	1982-04-07	0
-	16.0	1982-04-06	0
	15.0	1967-03-23	0
	14.9	2018-03-21	0
	13.5	2009-03-02	0

 

If that 93 storm evolution had just been a little further eastward, by like 20-40 miles the storm effects and snow totals for this sub forum would have rivaled 1888.

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 73 (2012)
NYC: 71 (2012)
LGA: 69 (2021)
JFK: 70 (2021)

Lows:

EWR: 13 (1934)
NYC: 8 (1888)
LGA: 15 (1984)
JFK: 12 (1984)

Historical:

 

1888 — A blizzard paralyzed southeastern New York State and western New England. The storm produced 58 inches of snow at Saratoga NY, and 50 inches at Middletown CT. The blizzard was followed by record cold temperatures, and the cold and snow claimed 400 lives. New York City received 20.9 inches of snow, Albany NY reported 46.7 inches. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)

1888:  One of the most vicious blizzards ever to strike the nation was in progress, paralyzing southeastern New York State and western New England. When the storm finally ended on the 13th, Saratoga, NY was buried under 58 inches of new snow and 50 inches was recorded at Middletown, CT. New York City received 20.9 inches of snow and Albany, NY reported 46.7 inches. Snow drifted as high as 30 feet, to the second stories of many buildings. Winds of up to 70 mph accompanied the snow, creating blizzard conditions. The train system was paralyzed. The icy and wind swept Brooklyn Bridge was closed. Over 400 people were killed, 200 of them in New York City. Record cold followed the storm.(Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1923: Chicago records its lowest pressure ever 28.70 inches of mercury (This record as broken again on Oct. 26, 2010) as a heavy rain/snow/ice mix blasts the city on gale force winds. (Ref. WxDoctor)

1928: The St. Frances dam near Santa Paula, CA burst before midnight, killing 450 people as a flood tide of 138,000 acres of water rushed down the San Francisquito Canyon. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1935: On this date through the 25th,a series of suffocating dust storms blew across southeastern Colorado depositing up to six feet of dust. Six people died, and many livestock starved or suffocated. Schools were closed, and many rural homes were abandoned. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)

1946: Richmond, Virginia had its earliest last freezing day in the spring when the temperature fell to 29 °F. The average last freezing day in the spring is April 8th and the latest freezing day in the spring was May 11, 1966 when the temperature was 32 °F. (1971 to 2000 average) (Ref. Richmond Weather Records - KRICH)
 

1954 — A blizzard raged from eastern Wyoming into the Black Hills of western South Dakota, while a severe ice storm was in progress from northeastern Nebraska to central Iowa. The ice storm isolated 153 towns in Iowa. Dust from the Great Plains caused brown snow, and hail and muddy rain over parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. (11th-13th) (The Weather Channel)

1967 — A tremendous four day storm raged across California. Winds of 90 mph closed mountain passes, heavy rains flooded the lowlands, and in sixty hours Squaw Valley CA was buried under 96 inches (eight feet) of snow. (David Ludlum)

1987 — Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southeastern U.S., with gale force winds along the Middle Atlantic Coast. A storm in the Pacific Northwest produced rain and gale force winds. Crescent City CA received 2.27 inches of rain in 24 hours. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1988 — A powerful storm produced high winds and heavy snow in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great Lakes Region. Winds gusting to 70 mph produced snow drifts six feet high in Minnesota, and sent twelve foot waves on Lake Superior over the breakwalls of the ship canal at Duluth MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

1989 — An early season heat wave continued in the southwestern and central U.S. Nineteen cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Wichita Falls TX, which six days earlier reported a record low of 8 above, reported a record high of 95 degrees. Childress TX was the first spot in the country in 1989 to hit the century mark. (The National Weather Summary)

1990 — Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC. (The National Weather Summary)

1993: An incredible blizzard known as "The Superstorm” struck the eastern United States on this date through the 15th. The storm was described as the most costly non-tropical storm ever to strike the U.S. doing an estimated $6 billion dollars in damage. The storm was as strong as a hurricane in terms of winds and low pressure. The pressure dropped to an incredible 28.35 inches of mercury or 960 millibars when then storm was located over the Chesapeake Bay. Boston, MA recorded a wind gust to 81 mph, the strongest wind they had recorded since Hurricane Edna in 1954. In addition, as the storm was intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico, a wind gust to 99 mph was recorded by an offshore oil rig. It dumped incredible amounts of snow from Alabama to New England. The snow amounts were significant everywhere, but for places like Birmingham, AL, the 17 inches recorded brought the city to a standstill for three days. Mount Leconte, NC recorded 60 inches of snow. Practically every weather station in West Virginia established a new 24 hour snowfall record during the event. Syracuse, NY was buried under 43 inches of snow. 270 people were killed during the storm and another 48 lost at sea. The storm also brought a 12 foot storm surge and 15 tornadoes to Florida, where 51 people were killed. Air travel was brought to a halt as every major airport from Atlanta north was closed during the height of the storm. During the late evening into the early morning hours of the 13th, a vicious squall line swept through Florida and spawned 11 tornadoes resulting in five fatalities. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 110 mph at Alligator Point and 109 mph at Dry Tortugas. Extremely high tides occurred along the western Florida coast. A 13 foot storm surge occurred in Taylor County, Florida, resulting in 10 deaths with 57 residences destroyed. A 5 to 8 foot storm surge moved ashore in Dixie County. Over 500 homes were destroyed with major damage to another 700 structures. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History) Ref. (NWS Ranking for Storms between 1956 and 2011) This is the Worst Snowstorm of this period of time

1998: The barometer rose to 30.75 inches of mercury at St. Louis, MO to establish their all-time highest barometric pressure. High pressure records for the month were also established in a number of other Midwest cities. The reading at the center of the high pressure cell was 31.12 inHg over South Dakota. The reading of -7° at Kansas City, MO is their latest sub-zero reading. (Ref. Wilson Wx. History)
 

2006 — High school senior Matt Suter survives being blown 1,307 feet by a tornado. (The exact distance is determined by NWS GPS.) The twister rips open his grandmother's mobile home and tosses Suter into the night, launching him over a barbed wire fence and eventually depositing him on the soft grass in an open field. He suffers only a head wound from being hit by a lamp. 

Nice to read the 1993 storm summary!  That was one of the great ones.  Still have the NGM DIFAX maps framed and on my office wall.  Nice triple phaser!

13 hours ago, ForestHillWx said:

Decent slug of precip now. Two good rumbles of thunder. Need all we can get at this point. 

Picked up .97" rainfall overnight. Vivid lightning and low rumbles of thunder with storms before mid-night. Still raining at 9am with a much colder temperature of 40 along with a gusty wind.

Check out the m/u 80's into northern VA and even into Delaware.  Chilly eastern New England and LI and coastal NJ beaches.

16 hours ago, doncat said:

80° high here ties for highest so early in season ( also 80 on this day in 2016)...off an am low of 41°. Also bad week, had to put down my 14 year old shih tzu after a very sudden illness. I'm lost .

So sorry.  Heartbreaking.  Hope each day gets a little better for you.  Good memories last forever.

Max temps across NJ today:

(click images to enlarge)

Local 80+ readings interior south and central NJ.

Sampling of some high temperatures across NJ today.

Was a stellar day.  Reached 70 here today.  Can't beat it with a stick.

Even the plowed mounds are fading fast in my neighborhood.  Expect most to be gone by weeks end.  Mall parking lots might take a little longer.

February and Winter Summary from NJ State Climatologist:

Good summary and interesting stats.

https://www.njweather.org/content/wash-rinse-repeat-february-2026-winter-20252026-recaps

3 hours ago, cmillzz said:

Would be surprised if NYC only finishes with a +0.8 departure, but still very early so can understand being conservative.

I'll definitely take the over on +.8.

Rainfall last two days 1.66".  Total since March 1 = 2.19".

Good riddance to the road salt and dare I say good riddance to the snow cover as well.  Down to about 1/2" here with 25% coverage.

Plowed mounds are another story and it will likely take another week plus to get rid of the mounds on my street.  Even longer for parking lot mounds which are still impressive.

Looking forward to the coming warmth next week.