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  1. Records

     

    Highs:

    EWR: 64 (1947)
    NYC: 63 (1947)
    LGA: 61 (1974)

    Lows:
    EWR: 1 (1948)
    NYC: -1 (1920)
    LGA: 2 (1948)

    Historical:

    1966 - A blizzard struck the northeastern U.S. When the storm came to an end, twenty inches of snow covered the ground at Washington D.C. (David Ludlum)

     

    WOW:

    1911 - Tamarack, CA, was without snow the first eight days of the month, but by the end of January had been buried under 390 inches of snow, a record monthly total for the U.S. (The Weather Channel)

     

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    Records

     

    Highs:

    EWR: 66 (2013. 2006)
    NYC: 64 (2006)
    LGA: 63 (2006)

    Lows:

    EWR: 3 (1935)
    NYC: 2 (1873)
    LGA: 4 (1948)

     

    Historical: 

    1987 - A winter storm brought more heavy snow to the North Atlantic Coast Region, with 13.6 inches reported at Hiram ME. January proved to be the snowiest of record for much of Massachusetts. Worcester MA reported an all-time monthly record of 46.8 inches of snow. (National Weather Summary)

     

     

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  3. Records

     

    Highs:

    EWR: 70 (2002)
    NYC: 69 (2002)
    LGA: 68 (2002)


    Lows:

    EWR: 0 (1977)
    NYC: 0 (1873)
    LGA: 7 (2005)

     

    Historical :

    1780 - On the coldest morning of a severe winter the mercury dipped to 16 degrees below zero at New York City, and reached 20 degrees below zero at Hartford CT. New York Harbor was frozen for five weeks, allowing a heavy cannon to be taken across the ice to fortify the British on Staten Island. (The Weather Channel)

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  4. 48 hour arctic shot Friday - Sunday - looks similar to Christmas Eve into Christmas day type readings.   Have to wonder if a clipper starts to show up on guidance towards the end of the weekend.    Beyond there back on the warmer side of the street by the 7th.

     

     

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  5. Today's records

    Highs:

    NYC: 66 (1916)
    EWR: 62 (2002)
    LGA: 60 (2002)

     

    Lows:

    EWR: -4 (1935)
    NYC: -2 (1925)
    LGA: 7 (2005)

     

    1922 - The "Knickerbocker" storm immobilized the city of Washington D.C. The storm produced 28 inches of snow in 32 hours, and the heavy snow caused the roof of the Knickerbocker movie theatre to collapse killing 96 persons. (David Ludlum)

     

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  6. This would have been something to be part of

    Jan 25 - 29 1821 "The Hudson River was frozen solid during the midst of the coldest winter in forty-one years. Thousands of persons crossed the ice from New York City to New Jersey, and refreshment taverns were set up in the middle of the river to warm pedestrians. (David Ludlum)

     

    This year pina coladas 

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  7. Records - I recall that artic cold in 1994 with some flash freezing around this time and the big chill coming in 2005.

     

    HIghs:
    EWR: 69 (1974)
    NYC: 69 (1916, 1974)
    LGA: 66 (1974)

     

    Lows:

    EWR: -2 (1994)
    NYC: -1 (1927)
    LGA : 0 (1994)

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  8. 57 minutes ago, MANDA said:

    Record lows from the Regan Inaugural outbreak.  Remember it well.  Was an intense, widespread and classic outbreak from right over the pole.  If memory serves 850's dipped to -38 / -39 along the MN border.  I have the old DIFAX maps in a box somewhere in the basement.  Amazing outbreak.

    Another great reference to the historic 1985 cold wave

     

    http://www.markvoganweather.com/2015/12/06/a-look-back-super-arctic-outbreak-january-1985/

     

  9. https://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/anniversary-of-the-great-cold-wave-of-january-21-1985.html

    Anniversary of the Great Cold Wave of January 21, 1985

    By: Christopher C. Burt, 7:57 PM GMT on January 21, 2014

    Anniversary of the Great Cold Wave of January 21, 1985

    Another arctic outbreak is heading into the eastern third of the nation today. Temperatures will be frigid (as witnessed by Embarass, Minnesota which bottomed out at -37° this morning (January 21st). But the current cold wave pales in comparison to what was happening at this time back in 1985. Here is a summary of that historic event.

    http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/chrisburt/12185map.jpg

    Surface conditions for the eastern U.S. at 7 a.m. January 21, 1985. The coldest morning in the Southeast since February 1899. NWS/NOAA Daily Weather Map.

    In what was the most intense cold wave to invade the Southeast of the U.S. since the great arctic outbreak of February 1899 temperatures on January 21, 1985 fell below zero as far south as southern Alabama and Georgia. All-time cold records were set at many significant sites from Chicago to Charleston, South Carolina. Here is a selection of some of the sites, with long historical periods of record, where all-time cold records were set:

    http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/chrisburt/serecords.jpg

    List of significant sites with long POR’s that broke their official all-time cold records during the January 20-22, 1985 cold wave. The cities with the dashed lines under the temperatures are places that recorded even colder temperatures during what was likely THE worst cold wave ever experienced in the Southeast: that of February 8, 1835. The temperature on that date fell to -10° at Athens, GA, -4° at Augusta, GA, 0° at Savannah, GA, and 1° at Charleston, SC. Data from Weather Underground Record Extremes archive.

    In addition to the cities above several state records for cold were also broken:

    -34° NORTH CAROLINA, Mt. Mitchell on January 21

    -30° VIRGINIA, Mt. Lake Biology Station on January 21, 1985

    -19° SOUTH CAROLINA, Caesars Head on January 21

    Actually, a temperature of -22° was observed at Hogback Mountain, South Carolina as well. It is not clear to me why this figure has apparently not been accepted as the ‘official’ state record (I inquired about this to the South Carolina State Climatology Office but never received a response).

    http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/chrisburt/hoback.jpg

    In a way somewhat similar to the cold wave earlier this month, the January 20-22, 1985 event passed quickly across the region so that record low maximum temperatures were a matter of just where you were when the core of the cold air passed. We can see this clearly in the map below of max and min temps published at 7 a.m. ET on January 21, 1985. The maximum temperatures indicated were for the 12-hour period ending at 7 p.m. on January 20th and the minimum temperatures are for the 12-hour period ending at 7 a.m. on January 21st. Note the amazing ‘high’ temperature of -7° at Nashville on the 20th. However, the official daily max for that day in Nashville was actually 7° which occurred just after midnight on the 20th (the record low max for Nashville is 2° on January 12, 1918).

    http://icons.wxug.com/hurricane/chrisburt/1985map.jpg

    One can only imagine the frenzy that would engulf popular media should a cold wave of this magnitude occur again! ‘The Uber-Polar Vortex Attack!!’

    Christopher C. Burt
    Weather Historian
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  10.  

    Sun sets at 5:00 PM again , since Nov 5th DST 

     

    Record Highs


    EWR: 63 (2006)
    LGA: 64 (2006)
    NYC: 63 (2006)
    JFK: 61 (2006)

    Record Lows:
     

    NYC: -2 (1985)
    JFK: -2 (1985)
    LGA: -3 (1985)
    EWR: -8 (1985)


     

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    Records:

    Highs

    EWR: 72 (2007)
    NYC: 72 (2007)
    LGA: 72 (2007)
    JFK:  71 (2007)
    PHL: 73 (2007)

    Lows: also see records in 1910

    NYC:  -2 (1896)
    PHL: 4 (1896)
    EWR: 6 (2018)
    JFK: 7 (2018)
    LGA: 8 (2018)

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    Today's record:

     

    Highs;

    EWR: 71 (1984)
    NYC: 70 (1984)
    LGA: 68 (1984)
    New Brnswck: 66 (2008)
    JFK: 65 (1984)
    ISP: 65 (1984)

     

    Lows:
    LGA: 12 (2017)
    JFK: 12 (2017)
    ISP : 11 (2017)
    EWR: -2 (1933)
    New Brnswck: -2 (1933)
    NYC: -6 (1917)

     

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