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36 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

1947 : https://www.life.com/nature/snow-blizzard-of-1947-photos-of-new-york/   /  https://glenallenweather.com/historylinks/1947/NY-Dec26.pdf

 

2010:

 

Great pictures of 1947 event!  Vintage!

Was a solid white Christmas here yesterday with 100% coverage and average depth of 3" at 8am.

Lost coverage mid and late afternoon and by end of the day (7pm) was about 85-90% coverage with average depth of 2".

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone.

1.2" new snow here.  That fell in just about a 2 hour period.  Average snow depth is 4". 

Melted total today is .09".

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

Once we move past today's Christmas White, this is all wet >1 inch of rain Dec 25 - Jan 1

 

That's ok.  We had snow to whiten Christmas and a decent cold snap.  We still need the rain so I'll take it.  Drought Monitor has only made little progress with the recent rains.

1 hour ago, SACRUS said:

 

NYC 1966

DEC 24 : 6.7 inches of snow fall on Christmas Eve - an additional half inch would fall on Christmas day to bring the the total over 7 inches,

 

According to some accounts I've read on this storm there was thunder and lightning in the hours around and just after mid-night (12/24-12/25) in the metro area. 

5 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

It's crapshoot at best....you never know what's going to gum up the works as we draw closer... for example how many times in the last 5 yrs have we seen the MJO shoot back out into the unfavorable phases unexpectedly?

I really have trouble biting on anything outside of 7-10 days.  Beyond day 10 and especially day 15 it has been pure speculation last several years.  Modeling has been very "jumpy" it seems to me.  Taking OP runs surface features as anything more than "interesting" is foolhardy.

NYS minimums.

Overnight low here of +2 (1.9 to be exact) and still a solid snow cover with an average depth of 3.5".

Well below zero in the usual NJ cold spots.

Overnight low of 8 here.

Some mins across NJ and a satellite pic that shows the extent of the snow cover.

13 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Finished with 2.7 here. Lovely start to winter.

Very happy for you !  Nobody wanted this more than you.  Glad you got it finally.

12 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Different start to winter than the last few years. An actual December that feels like winter.

Yes.  This snowfall will stick around for several days out here as opposed to the prior ones.  For the season I'm at 14.3".  No complaints.

Snow and melted totals.

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Total here was 5.2”.  Water content of .37” is 14:1 ratio.  Over performance for many this event.  Seems like areas models were targeting for max amounts received the max amounts but they were higher than modeled by 2-3” in some cases.

Will measure at 7am but eyeballing 3” to 3-1/2”.  Wind getting a bit gusty.  Looks really wintry!  Snow is very dry and blowing off rooftops.  Still steady light snow ongoing.  Temperature 26.

I was only going with about 1-2” here so I am going to be “busting” low if this continues much longer.  Going to look and feel wintry here for several days that’s for sure.

Still hanging at 27  - 27.4 degrees.  Been steady in that range since sunset.  Just measured 2” on the nose.  Steady light snow continues.

Currently 27 and steady light snow ongoing.  Total 1.2".

Steady light snow here.  Down to 27.  Once we got past 4:00 it almost immediately started to stick on my not well traveled street.  Street was just wet all day, except along the edges.  Looks pretty outside especially taking into account the holiday season.

Will take a measurement at 6pm.

A quick video before it gets dark.

Currently 29 degrees .  

43 minutes ago, North and West said:

I hope we're ok with the sun angle today.

Yeah.  That won't be an issue until Sunday. 

12 minutes ago, wdrag said:

Wantage NJ 0.2" as of 1215P 29F.  Roads wet, some driveway-sidewalk pavement snow covered.

About the same conditions here.  Just shy of .2".

Light to very light snow so far here today.  Scattered light coating on some concrete and paved surfaces and light coating on colder surfaces.

3 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Didn’t most of that fall in November? 

Yes, you are correct.  I was referencing the season to date and you were speaking about December.  Sorry. 

6.5" in November and 2.6" so far in December.  Not expecting much additional in December, less than 1" I suspect.

11 minutes ago, Allsnow said:

Looks like the month is locked to come in below normal but no snow to show for it 

The NW corner of the state did well.  I'm sitting at 9.1" on the season and NW of me in higher elevations they did even better, especially the NW corner of Sussex County.   Certainly once south of Rt. 80 and especially Rt. 78 there is nothing to show for December ending a degree or so below normal, albeit against our warmest set of normals.  Certainly elevation played a huge part in who got snow this month.

51 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

 

Records:

Highs:

EWR: 64 (2023)
NYC: 63 (1984)
LGA: 63 (2023)
JFK: 64 (1984)

Lows:

EWR: 13 (1953)
NYC: -1 (1919)
LGA: 16 (1953)
JFK: 16 (1973)

Historical:

 

1957 - A tornado swept across Jackson County, Williamson County and Franklin County in southern Illinois killing eleven persons. (David Ludlum)

1981 - A heavy lake-effect snow blanketed the southern and southeast shores of Lake Michigan leaving up to 22 inches of snow at Valparaiso IND. (David Ludlum)

1983 - Record cold hit the north central states. At Havre, MT, the mercury plunged to a record reading of 34 degrees below zero. (Sandra and TI Richard Sanders - 1987)

1984 - A storm over southern California left up to 16 inches of snow in the mountains and upper deserts, with 13 inches reported at Lancaster. Edwards Air Force Base was closed, and Interstate 5 was closed from Castaic to the Tehachapis Mountains. (18th-19th) (The Weather Channel)

1986 - A strong winter storm, which developed off the coast of New Jersey and moved out to sea, lashed the northeastern U.S. with high winds, heavy rain, and heavy snow. The storm left snowfall amounts of up to 30 inches in Vermont, 24 inches in Massachusetts, and 20 inches in New Hampshire. The highest rainfall amounts approached four inches in southern New England, where winds gusted to 70 mph. (Storm Data)

1987 - A weakening storm moved into the Rocky Mountain Region producing six inches of snow at the Platoro Reservoir in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The storm then spread rain and drizzle across the Southern High Plains into the Middle Mississippi Valley, with thunderstorms over Texas. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

1988 - Warm weather prevailed in the central U.S. while cool weather prevailed across the eastern states. Sheridan, WY, with a record warm afternoon high of 68 degrees, was seven degrees warmer than Key West FL. (The National Weather Summary)

1989 - A winter storm moving out of the Great Plains Region spread freezing rain, sleet and snow across parts of the southeastern U.S. Freezing rain resulted in 170 auto accidents in the Memphis area during the evening hours. Unseasonably warm weather continued ahead of arctic cold front. Miami FL equalled their record for December with an afternoon high of 87 degrees. (Storm Data) (The National Weather Summary)

2009 - A monster snow storm affected the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S. on December 18th through December 20th. The storm originated in the Gulf of Mexico and moved northward along the Eastern Seaboard, leaving behind heavy snow accumulations from North Carolina to Massachusetts. Impacts from this storm included the closing of major airports, interstate highways, and rail systems. Over 1,200 flights were cancelled at the three major airports in the New York City area, and hundreds of thousands of people lost power due to the storm. Seven people were reported killed across the Mid-Atlantic (source: Reuters). Over two feet of snow accumulation was reported in portions of North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. At one point, the storm was over 500 miles in width, and affected 14 states and tens of millions of Americans (Source: AFP).

Following the 1989 weather history over the last 2 weeks has been interesting.  Was brutal for cold and snow across the country.  Our area had the cold but missed out on most of the snow to the south.  Big snows 12/23 or 12/24 for southeast coast if I remember the dates correctly.  Once to January winter was essentially over for our area as it warmed big time.

Remember the 2009 event well.  Remember when Winter storms would lift north out of the GOM, been a long time.

30 minutes ago, NEG NAO said:

amazing you have that time period which is 9 - 16 days away all figured out ! congrats !

Time will tell and we'll know soon enough.