Roger Smith

Final scoring for April 2022 SEA required adjusted scoring as top raw score was 56. Most of the changes are small as the progression overlapped the raw scores most of the way. Scores marked ^ are adjusted to fit the progression. The lower half of the scores were higher (or same) on raw score than progression. FORECASTER __________DCA_NYC_BOS __east __ORD_ATL_IAH__cent __ c/e __ DEN_PHX_SEA __west ___ TOTALS RJay ___________________ 84 _ 90 _ 60__ 234__ 66 _ 80 _ 96__242 _476 __98 _ 60 _ 42^__200 ____ 676 DonSutherland1________ 64 _ 66 _ 82 __212 __ 64 _ 96 _ 60 __220 _ 432 __ 78 _ 90 _ 60^__228 ____ 660 Roger Smith ____________96 _ 96 _ 56__ 248 __74 _ 76 _ 08 __ 158 _ 406 __100_ 96 _42^__238 ____644 RodneyS _______________ 62 _ 72 _ 96 __230 __ 70 _ 76 _ 72 __218 _ 448 __ 92 _ 72 _ 24 __ 188 ____ 636 wxdude64 ______________42 _ 56 _ 92 __190 __ 36 _ 74 _ 88 __198 _ 388 __ 74 _ 82 _ 48^__ 204 ____ 592 Tom ____________________86 _ 90 _ 58 __ 234__ 36 _ 98 _ 78__212 _ 446 __76 _ 52 _ 08 __ 136 ____ 582 ___ Consensus _________ 58 _ 62 _ 90 __210__ 36 _ 74 _ 74 __184 _ 394 __ 88 _ 62 _ 32 __ 182 ____ 576 wxallannj _______________ 48 _ 56 _ 92 __196__ 34 _ 66 _ 60 __160 _ 356 __ 80 _ 82 _ 54^__ 216 ____572 ___ Normal _____________ 74 _ 80 _ 70 __224__ 46 _100 _ 44 __190 _ 414 __ 92 _ 40 _ 16 __ 148 ____ 562 Scotty Lightning _______ 54 _ 60 _ 90 __204__ 26 _ 70 _ 74 __ 170 _ 374 __ 98 _ 60 _ 16 __ 174 ____ 548 so_whats_happening ___34 _ 48 _ 98 __180 __ 20 _ 60 _ 86 __ 166 _ 346 __ 88 _ 62 _ 28 __ 178 ____ 524 BKViking _______________ 58 _ 62 _ 78 __198 __ 26 _ 56 _ 76 __ 158 _ 356 __ 88 _ 48 _ 32 __ 168 ____ 524 hudsonvalley21 ________ 20 _ 38 _ 92 __150 __ 14 _ 50 _ 96 __ 160 _ 310 __ 64 _ 54 _ 18 __ 136 ____ 446 ___________________________________ Extreme Forecast Report DCA, NYC, ORD, DEN _ Coldest forecasts take top score (Roger Smith) SEA _ Coldest forecast takes top score (Don Sutherland 1) IAH _ Warmest forecasts take top score (RJay, hudsonvalley21) PHX _ Warmest forecast takes top score (Roger Smith) BOS _ Second warmest forecast takes top score (so_whats_happening); warmest (hudsonvalley21) takes a loss. ATL _ Second coldest forecast takes top score (Tom, also Normal); coldest (Roger Smith) takes a loss. (nine of nine qualified, six coldest, three warmest) ============================================ (migrating in from March thread ...) Snowfall Forecast Contest Departures (errors) This table will track the departures of each forecaster, those which are in italics and underlined are forecasts already passed by actual amounts; those departures (errors) can only increase with more snow. All other departures (errors) can be reduced by new snowfalls. The actual snowfalls are the latest available for each station. A reminder, our contest is based on total winter snowfall, not any portion such as Dec to Mar, so it includes anything that might fall in April and May. The table is now in order of least total departures. _________________________________ DCA __NYC __BOS ___ ORD __DTW __BUF __ DEN __SEA __BTV ___ Total dep (to date -- May 21) _____________ 13.2 __ 17.9 __ 54.0 ___ 32.8 __ 47.1 ___ 97.4 __49.4 __ 9.2 __70.7 RodneyS ________________________ 12.8 __ 25.0 __ 45.0 __ 54.0 __ 42.0 __ 91.0 __ 48.0 __12.0 __ 75.0 RodneyS _________________________ 0.4 ___ 7.1 ____ 9.0 ___ 21.2 ___ 5.1 ____ 6.4 ___ 1.4 __ 2.8 ___ 4.3 ______ 57.7 Roger Smith ______________________17.5 __ 32.5 __ 50.7 __ 44.8 __ 49.5 __107.2 __ 52.0 __10.5__ 82.2 Roger Smith ______________________ 4.3 __ 14.6____ 3.3 __ 12.0 ___ 2.4____ 9.8 ___ 2.6 ___ 1.3 __ 11.5 ______ 61.8 DonSutherland 1 __________________9.4 __ 27.3 __ 44.9 __ 35.1 __ 28.3 __ 84.0 __ 43.4 __ 9.5 __ 71.5 DonSutherland 1 __________________3.8 ___ 9.4 ___ 9.1 ____ 2.3 __ 18.8 ___13.4 ___ 6.0 __ 0.3 ___ 0.8 ______ 63.9 RJay _____________________________ 5.0 __ 20.0 __ 42.0 __ 40.0 __ 34.0 __ 90.0 __ 50.0 __13.0 __100.0 RJay _____________________________ 8.2 ____ 2.1 __ 12.0 ____ 7.2___13.1 ____ 7.4 ___ 0.6 ___ 3.8 __ 29.3 _____ 83.7 wxallannj ________________________12.0 __ 28.0 __ 36.0 __ 38.0 __ 36.0 __ 92.0 __ 41.0 __ 11.0 __ 95.0 wxallannj ________________________ 1. 2 __ 10.1 ___ 18.0 ___ 5.2 ___ 11.1 ___ 5.4 ____8.4 ___1.8 __ 24.3 ______ 85.5 hudsonvalley21 __________________11.6 __ 30.3 __ 33.8 __ 32.7 __ 32.4 __ 94.0 __ 45.0 __10.2 __108.8 hudsonvalley21 __________________ 1.6 __ 12.4 __ 20.2 ____ 0.1 ___14.7 ____3.4 ____4.4 ___ 1.0 ___ 38.1 ______95.9 so_whats_happening _____________16.0 __ 34.0 __ 62.0 __ 41.0 __ 45.0 __ 74.0 __ 36.0 __11.0 __ 91.0 so_whats_happening ______________2.8 __ 16.1 ____ 8.0 ___ 8.2 ____2.1 __ 23.4 ___ 13.4 ___1.8 __ 20.3 ______ 96.1 wxdude64 _______________________20.0 __ 38.0 __ 54.0 __ 52.0 __ 47.0 __104.0__ 58.0 __13.0 __105.0 wxdude64 ________________________ 6.8 __ 20.1 ____0.0 __ 19.2 ____ 0.1 ___ 6.6 ___ 8.6 ___3.8 __ 34.3 _____ 100.5 Tom ______________________________17.7 __ 36.9 __ 46.1 __ 48.7 __ 47.8 __ 94.4 __ 65.2 __ 8.1 __102.2 Tom ______________________________ 4.5 __ 19.0 ___ 7.9 ___ 15.9 ___ 0.7 ___ 3.0 ___ 15.8 ___1.1 ___ 31.5 ______ 101.4 BKViking _________________________ 8.0 __ 28.0 __ 42.0 __ 44.0 __ 25.0 __ 88.0 __ 55.0 __22.0__ 85.0 BKViking _________________________ 5.2 ___ 10.1 ___12.0 __ 11.2 __ 22.1 ____ 9.4 ____ 5.6 __12.8 __ 14.3 _____ 102.7 Deformation Zone ________________ 8.0 __ 18.0 __ 36.0 __ 38.0 __ 44.0 __ 70.0 __ 24.0 __ 4.0 __ 86.0 Deformation Zone ________________ 5.2 ____ 0.1 __ 18.0 ____5.2 ___ 3.1 ___ 27.4 __ 25.4 __ 5.2 __ 15.3 _____ 104.9 Scotty Lightning _________________10.0 __ 23.0 __ 38.0 __ 44.0 __ 38.0 __106.0 __ 49.0 __ 7.0 __129.0 Scotty Lightning _________________ 3.2 ___ 5.1 ____16.0 __ 11.2 ____ 9.1 ____ 8.6 ___ 0.4 ___ 2.2 __ 58.3 ______ 114.1 mean of forecasts _______________12.3 __ 28.4 __ 44.2 ___ 42.7 __ 39.1 __ 91.2 __ 47.2 __10.9 __ 94.2 mean of forecasts _______________ 0.9 __ 10.5 ____ 9.8 ____ 9.9 ____8.0 ___ 6.2 ___ 2.4 ___ 1.7 ___23.5 _______ 72.9 (3rd-4th) ==================================== These departures will continue to be updated but as of May 21st the contest is probably finished. Congrats to RodneyS -- a little more snow at DEN and I could have taken this one.

Putin has a plan to change all that.

That's good to know. Just out of interest, what are the latest measurable snowfall dates for the four airports? I think it would be last week of April for NYC and middle of May for Toronto so I am guessing maybe around now to 20th? Also last traces would be interesting to know. Those are about 2-3 weeks later for the places for which I have stats -- there was a trace of snow in Toronto last May 29th and the absolute latest is June 3rd. NYC is May 9th (2020 tied 1977).

Updated anomalies and projections ... _________________________ DCA _NYC _BOS __ ORD _ATL _IAH __ DEN _PHX _SEA 11th ___ (10d anom) ____ -2.5 _ -0.6 _ +3.0 __-3.2 _-2.4 _+1.2 __ -0.2 _+6.7 _-2.5 21st ___ (20d anom) ____ -1.0 _ +0.3 _+3.4 __-3.6 _-1.0 _ +2.6 __ -1.5 _+4.0 _-5.0 11th ___ (p20d anom) __ -2.0 _ -0.5 _ +1.5 __ -3.0 _ -2.0 __0.0 __ -3.5 _+2.0 _-2.5 11th ___ (p27d anom) __ -1.0 __ 0.0 _ +1.5 __ -2.5 _ -1.5 _ +0.5 __ -2.0 _ +2.5 _-1.5 21st ___ (p30d anom) ___ 0.0 _+1.0 _+3.0 __ -2.5 __ 0.0 _ +2.0 __ -0.5 _ +3.0 _-4.0 28th ___ (p30d anom) ___ 0.0 _ 0.0 _ +2.0 __ -2.5 __ 0.0 _ +3.0 ___ 0.0 _ +3.5 _ -4.0 30th ___ (30d anom) _____-1.3 _-1.0 _ +1.5 __ -2.7 __ 0.0 _ +2.8 __ +0.4 _ +3.0 _-4.2 11th __ A rather cold start to April in many regions except the southwest which has seen summer-like heat. Colder air is moving south again but mostly into central and western regions with just leftover cool temperatures expected to reach the northeastern states. Past the immediate outlook period a more average sort of regime is indicated. There are a few minor changes to seasonal snowfall totals -- 32.6" ORD, 44.8" DTW, 95.3" BUF which will be incorporated into the table still over in the March thread. That will migrate over to this thread eventually. The snowfall season may have a bit left to give in a few locations, by the looks of recent model runs. 21st _ Trends continue up and down but rather cold in ORD and very cold for SEA (and here, we currently have light snow and a balmy 1 p.m. temp of 35F). Additional snow 0.2" ORD to 32.8", DTW 2.3" to 47.1", BUF 0.7" to 96.0" and BTV 4.2" to 70.7" with all others incl DEN no measurable new snow, some traces. Changes will be made to the contest scoring table located in the March thread. The table will be migrating over to this thread at end of April. The contest is not settled as further snow at DEN or other locations could change the order of finish. The measurable snow season lasts through May at some locations. Projections to end of month based on balancing warm and cold spells next ten days in east, continued warmth in PHX and continued current trends in DEN and SEA. Will post some preliminary scoring based on these estimates. 28th _ Tweaked the end of month projections, some have changed a bit, others were okay. BUF had 1.4" more snow on the 27th, waiting for this cold spell to end to update the tables and bring them over to here at end of April. No other new snow reported as of end of 27th. 30th _ Posting end of month estimates that has been edited to completion overnight into May 1st. Also, snowfall contest update has been added to scoring table.

Table of forecasts for April 2022 FORECASTER ___________ DCA _NYC _BOS __ ORD _ATL _IAH ___ DEN _PHX _SEA hudsonvalley21 _________+2.7 _+2.1 _+1.9 ___ +1.6 _+2.5 _+3.0 ___ +2.2 _+0.7 _-0.1 so_whats_happening ___+2.0 _+1.6 _+1.4 ___ +1.3 _+2.0 _+2.1 ___ +1.0 _+1.1 _-0.6 wxdude64 ______________+1.6 _+1.2 _ +1.1 ___ +0.5 _+1.3 _+2.2 ___ +1.7 _+2.1 _-1.2 wxallannj _______________+1.3 _+1.2 _ +1.1 ___ +0.6 _+1.7 _+0.8 ___ +1.4 _+2.1 _-1.8 Scotty Lightning _______ +1.0 _+1.0 _+1.0 ___ +1.0 _+1.5 _+1.5 ___ +0.5 _+1.0 __0.0 BKViking _______________ +0.8 _+0.9_+0.4 ___+1.0 _+2.2 _+1.6 ___ +1.0 _+0.4 _-0.8 ___ Consensus _________+0.8 _+0.9 _+1.0 ___ +0.5 _+1.3 _+1.5 ___ +1.0 _+1.1 _-0.8 RodneyS _______________+0.6 _+0.4 _+1.3 ___ -1.2 _+1.2 _+1.4 ___ +0.8 _+1.6 _-0.4 DonSutherland1________+0.5 _+0.7 _+0.6 ___ -0.9 _+0.2 _+0.8 ___ +1.5 _+2.5 _-2.0 ___ Normal ______________ 0.0 __ 0.0 __ 0.0 ___ 0.0 __ 0.0 __ 0.0 ____0.0 __ 0.0 __0.0 RJay ___________________-0.5 _ -0.5 _ -0.5 ___ -1.0 _+1.0 _+3.0 ___ +0.5 _+1.0 _-1.0 Tom ____________________-0.6 _ -0.5 _ -0.6 ___ +0.5 _-0.1 _+1.7 ___ +1.6 _+0.6 _+0.4 Roger Smith ____________ -1.1 _ -1.2 _ -0.7 ___ -1.4 _ -1.2 _ -1.8 ___ +0.4 _+2.8 _-1.0 ___________________________________ warmest and coldest forecasts are color coded. Normal is coldest for DEN and PHX. Consensus is the median value, sixth ranked of eleven forecasts.

Record Low Maxima, Minima by Years _ NYC The intention was to add logs of record low temperatures to the annual summaries for NYC, but editing those already long posts seems to be straining the pagination to the extent that I can't be very confident that the posts will edit without freezing up or corrupting the information already in the posts. So with the addition of a disclaimer in the 1869 annual summary, here's what will happen to fill in the details ... for 1869 to 1900 (the starter era for records), the daily max and high min are already posted, so I need to post only the low max and min data for those years. Starting in 1901, only the high max are logged, high min and the low max, min will all be required. The first post here will detail the minimum values for 1869 to 1900, showing the records established in the starter era and then what happened to them, if anything (a lot of them survive to the end of data because the urban heat island was weakest in these decades, and it was a cold climatic era). The cold records often occur together (low max, low min) either on the same day or adjacent days so the tables will be arranged to show these groupings. In all of the following, ER will mean eventual record. If the record set is later tied, that will show as ER (t 1940) etc. All counts of records include 0.5 counts for ties (or 0.333, 0.25, 0.2, 0.167 etc depending on number of ties, there is one low minimum that was tied six times). For starter era records set, that includes ties within the starter era only. For eventual records retained, that includes ties in later years so that if for example a record was set in 1871 and tied in 1893, those two years would be credited with 0.5 originally set records each, and if the record held up but was tied twice more, then they would each be credited 0.25 for eventual records as well as the other two years (which would count 0.33 and 0.25 when they joined the tied grouping for originally set records). The count in the starter era should be interpreted as the count as of end of 1900, obviously the first set of tied records stood alone until tied. However, since this was a starter set, it would not have been too obvious at first what the range of eventual records might look like. By 1900 this was fairly clear. In fact, the average starter low max is only 1.95 F deg higher than the eventual record, so quite a few of them have survived. Any temperatures shown in the tables for low max or low min in brackets are not daily records but are shown to illustrate the range of temperatures associated with the reading that is a record low. The more extreme of days before or after the actual record are used, where applicable, and the date selected is shown when the non-record is not on the same date as the record value shown. (e.g., record low 31 F on Nov 7, 1869, before a low max of 39F on Nov 8th which was not a record; the max on 7th was 43F not shown). This approach may be skipped if the value that would be selected appears anyway for a subsequent or previous date, then a less impressive actual daily associated reading may appear (e.g. Oct 26, 1869, max 47F before record low max next day). Dates that set records for both low max and low min are shown indented and the low max information appears in the first of the two rows of data, the low min in the second row. Note that the expected number of starter year records of each type at random is 11.4 (365/32 or 366/32). The expected number of surviving records is 2.4 (366/153.2). Since this was generally a colder climate era, the average number of surviving records is more than twice the numbers expected for low max and low min. 1869 _ The year set 17.17 starter record low maxima, and 8.5 starter record low minima. Of those, 6.83 and 4.0 have survived to the end of data. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Mar 1 ___ (26) _______ 4 ________ ---- _____ ER __________________________ 1869 _ 4F ___ (1.0, 1.0) Mar 7 ___ 26 _______ (20) _______ ---- _____ 1913 _ 20F _________ 1913 _ 20F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 May 1 ___ 46 _______ (42) _______ 1893 __ 1917 _ 45F __________ 1917 _ 45F ___ count 1.5, 0.0 May 28 __ 58 _______ (50) 27th __ ---- ____ 1902 _ 52F __________ 1902 _ 52F ___ count 2.5, 0.0 June 8 ___ 57 _______ (55) _______ 1916 __ 1947 _ 56F __________ 1947 _ 56F ___ count 3.5, 0.0 June 16 __ 68 _______ (61) _______ ---- ____ 1903 65F, 1954 64F ___1965 _ 62F ___ count 4.5, 0.0 July 1 ____ 70 _______ (62) _______1871,88 __ ER (t 1871,88) ____ 1869,71,88 _70F _ count 4.83, 0.33 July 6 ____ 74 _______ (63) 7th __ 1879,94 __ 1914 71F _________ 1956 _ 61F ___ count 5.17, 0.33 July 20 ___ 69 _______ (67) _______ ---- ______ ER _________________ 1869 _ 69F ___ count 6.17, 1.33 Aug 5 ____ 72 _______ (67) _______ ---- ______ 1903 _ 68F _________ 1903 _ 68F ___ count 7.17, 1.33 _Aug 6 ___ 67 _______ 56 _______ ---- ______ 1915 _ 64F _________ 1915 _ 64F ___ count 8.17, 1.33 _Aug 6 ___ 67 _______ 56 _______ ---- ______ ER _________________________ 1869 _ 56F ___ (2.0, 2.0) Aug 7 ____(67) _______ 58 _______ ---- ______ 1994 _ 57F _________________ 1994 _ 57F ___ (3.0, 2.0) Aug 8 ____(75) _______ 57 _______ ---- ______ 1903 _ 54F __________________1903 _ 54F ___ (4.0, 2.0) _Sep 1 ____59 _______ 51 _______ ---- _______ ER __________________ 1869 _ 59F ___ count 9.17, 2.33 _Sep 1 ____59 _______ 51 _______ ---- _______ ER __________________________1869 _ 51F ___ (5.0, 3.0) Sep 2 _____62 _______ (55) _______ ---- ______ ER __________________1869 _ 62F ___ count 10.17, 3.33 Sep 17 ___ 66 _______ (62) 18th _ 1872 ____ 1924 _ 61F _________1945 _ 57F ___ count 10.67, 3.33 Oct 19 ___ 49 _______ (41) _______ 1880 ____ 1940 _ 45F _________1972 _ 43F ___ count 11.17, 3.33 Oct 20 ___ 48 _______ (37) _______ 1940 ____ 1952 _ 47F _________ 1974 _ 44F ___ count 12.17, 3.33 Oct 26 ___(47)_______ 30 ________ 1879 _____ ER (t 1879) ________________ 1869,79 _30F _ (5.5, 3.5) _Oct 27 __ 39 _______ 30 _______ ---- ________ ER __________________ 1869 _ 39F ___ count 13.17, 4.33 _Oct 27 __ 39 _______ 30 _______ ---- ________ 1936 _ 28 F _________________ 1936 _ 28F ___ (6.5, 3.5) Oct 28 ___(44) ______ 35 _______ 1880 ____ (t1904) 35F, 1914,36 33F _____ 1976 _ 29F ___ (7.0, 3.5) Oct 29 ___ 46 _______ (38) ______ 1876 ____ 1909,25,52 _ 43F ___ 1909,25,52 _ 43F _ count 13.67, 4.33 Oct 30 ___ 40 _______ (34) ________ ---- ______ 1925 _ 38F _________ 1925 _ 38F ___ count 14.67, 4.33 Oct 31 ___ 41 _______ (32) ________ ---- ______ ER __________________ 1869 _ 41F ___ count 15.67, 5.33 _Nov 1 ___ 41 _______ 30 ________ 1875 _____ ER (t 1875) ___________ 1869,75 _ 41F _ count 16.17, 5.83 _Nov 1 ___ 41 _______ 30 ________ 1875 _____ ER (t 1885) _________________ 1869,85 _ 30F _ (7.5, 4.0) Nov 7 ____(39) 8th __ 31 ________ ---- _______ 1930 _ 29F ________________ 1930 _ 29F __ (8.5, 4.0) Dec 7 ____ 26 _______ (14) _______ ---- _______ ER ___________________1869 _ 26F ___ count 17.17, 6.83 1870 _ 4.5 low max, 1.5 surviving records; 1.33 low min, no surviving records. The next year with no surviving low minimum records is 1901. The two records set (one tied twice in starter era and again in 1904) survived only to July 3, 1914 and Feb 22, 1918. The five low maxima fared somewhat better and two have survived, Feb 21 untied, July 3 tied once, the count from those is 1.50. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Feb 21 ____ 17 ______(11)_______ ---- _______ ER _________________ 1870 _ 17F ___ count 1.0, 1.0 _Feb 22 ___ 21 ______ 10 _______ ---- ______ 1963 (18F) _________ 1963 _ 18F ___ count 2.0, 1.0 _Feb 22 ___ 21 ______ 10 _______ ---- ______ 1918,63 _ 8F ____________ 1918,63 _8F ___ (1.0, 0.0) May 10 ___ 50 ______(47) ______ 1877 _____ 1919 _ 48F ________ 1919 _ 48F ___ count 2.5, 1.0 May 11 ___ 50 ______(46) _______ ---- _______1924 _ 49F ________ 1924 _ 49F ___ count 3.5, 1.0 _July 3 ____ 64 ______ 59 _______1914 _____ ER (t 1914) _________ 1870,1914 _ 64F _ count 4.5, 1.5 _July 3 _____64 _____ 59 ____t1885,88,t1904 59F, 1914 58F 1918 57F 1929 55F __1933_54F __ (1.33, 0.0) 1871 _ This was a relatively cold year, in particular January, September, late November and December. There were 10.67 record low maxima of which 5.83 remain, and there were 16.0 low minima, of which 6.5 remain. Dec 21st was a particularly cold day (9, -2). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 9 _____ 18 ________(3) 10th__ ---- ____ 1968,70 _ 14F _____ 1968,70 _ 14F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 23 ___ 11 ________ 0 ______ ---- ______ ER ________________ 1871 _ 14F ____ count 2.0, 1.0 _Jan 23 ___ 11 ________ 0 ______ 1882 ___ 1936 _ -3F ________________ 1936 _ -3F ____ (0.5, 0.0) _Jan 26 ___ 14 ________ 2 ______ ---- ______ ER ________________ 1871 _ 18F ____ count 3.0, 2.0 _Jan 26 ___ 14 ________ 2 ______ ---- ______ ER _______________________ 1871 _ 2F _____(1.5, 1.0) Feb 14 ____24 _______(14) 15th _1879,99 _ 1905 _ 18F _______ 1916 _12F _____ count 3.33, 2.0 May 4 ____ 48 _______(44) 5th _ 1987 ____ ER (t 1987) _______ 1871,1987_48F _ count 4.33, 2.5 June 17 ___(71) 16th _54 ______1893 ____1901_53F, 1914_52F ______ 1926 _ 51F ___ (2.0, 1.0) June 30 ___(74)_______54 ______ ---- _______1919 _ 53F ________________ 1919 _ 53F ___ (3.0, 1.0) July 1 _____70 _______ (57) _____1869,88 __ ER (t 1869,88) ___ 1869,71,88 _70F _ count 4.67, 2.83 July 22 ____(72)_______58 ______ 1890 _____ER (t 1890) _________________ 1871,90_58F __ (3.5, 1.5) July 23 ____(82)_______58 ______ 1890 _____ER (t 1890) _________________ 1871,90_58F __ (4.0, 2.0) July 25 ____ 69 ______(60) ______ 1902 _____ 1902t _69F ______2013 _ 68F __count 5.67, 2.83 July 26 ____(75)_______61 ______ ---- _______ 1911,13_60F _______________ 1920 _ 55F ____ (5.0, 2.0) Aug 20 ___(74) 19th _ 56 ______ 1922 _____ 1949 _ 55F _________________ 1949 _ 55F ____ (6.0, 2.0) _Sep 8 _____65 ______ 52 _______ 1877, 1917 __ 1918 _ 63F _____1918 _ 63F __ count 6.17, 2.83 _Sep 8 _____65 ______ 52 _______ ---- _______ ER __________________________ 1871 _ 52F ____(7.0, 3.0) Sep 18 ____(62)_____ 54 ______ 1875 _____ 1937 _ 45F __________________1990 _ 44F ___ (7.5, 3.0) Sep 20 ____(63)______ 45 _____ 1920,56,79 _ 1993 _ 44F _________________ 1993 _ 44F ____(8.5, 3.0) _Sep 21 ____56 ______ 40 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________1871 _ 56F __ count 7.17, 3.83 _Sep 21 ____56 ______ 40 _______ ---- _______ ER __________________________ 1871 _ 40F ___(9.5, 4.0) Sep 22 ____ (62) ______42 _______ ---- _______ 1904 _ 41F _________________ 1904 _ 41F ___(10.5, 4.0) Oct 20 ____ (52) ______ 36 _____ 1872, 1930 __1940,52_33F, 1972_32F ___1974 _ 31F ___(11.0, 4.0) Oct 21 ____ (52) ______ 31 ______ ---- _______ ER ___________________________1871 _ 31F ___(12.0, 5.0) Nov 27 ____(34) ______ 21 ______ ---- ________1903,17 _ 19F _______________ 1932 _ 12F ___(13.0, 5.0) _Nov 28 ____24 ______ 16 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________1871 _ 24F __ count 8.17, 4.83 _Nov 28 ____24 ______ 16 _______ ---- _______ 1930 _ 15F ___________________ 1930 _ 15F ___(14.0, 5.0) Nov 29 ____ 25 ______ (15) ______ ---- _______ ER ________________1871 _ 24F __ count 9.17, 5.83 _Dec 6 _____ 26 ______ 13 _______ 1886 _____ 1926 _ 22F ________1926 _ 22F __ count 9.67, 5.83 _Dec 6 _____ 26 ______ 13 _______ 1926 _____ ER (t 1926 _ 13F) ____________ 1871,1926_13F _ (15.0, 5.5) _Dec 21 _____ 9 ______ -2 ________ ---- _______ ER ________________1871 __ 9F __ count 10.67, 6.83 _Dec 21 _____ 9 ______ -2 ________ ---- _______ ER _________________________ 1871 _-2F ___ (16.0, 6.5) Dec 22 _____21 ______ (5) _______ 1888 _____ 1921 _ 20F ________1989 _ 18F __ count 11.17, 6.83 1872 _ The coldest portion of the year was early March, readings of 10, 3 on March 5th were both all-time lowest max and min for March. September and December (24th-28th in particular) were also quite cold. There were 17.0 low maxima (from 19 with four tied), of which 6.33 remain, and 17.0 low minima (20 with six tied), from which 6.5 survive to the present time. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 31 ____ 22 _______ 8 _______ ---- ______ 1935, 2019 _ 16F ___ 1935,2019_16F _ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 31 ____ 22 _______ 8 _______ ---- ________ 1920 _ -1F _______________ 1920 _ -1F ___ (1.0, 0.0) Mar 4 _____(38) _______6 _______ ---- ________ ER _______________________ 1872 _ 6F ___ (2.0, 1.0) _Mar 5 ____ 10 _______ 3 ________ ---- ________ ER ________________ 1872 _ 10F ___ count 2.0, 1.0 _Mar 5 ____ 10 _______ 3 ________ ---- ________ ER _______________________ 1872 _ 3F ___ (3.0, 2.0) _Mar 6 ____ 22 _______ 5 ________ ---- _______ 1901 _ 17F ________ 1901_ 17F ___ count 3.0, 1.0 _Mar 6 ____ 22 _______ 5 ________ ---- ________ ER ________________________ 1872 _ 5F ___ (4.0, 3.0) Mar 16 ____(34)______17 _______ 1893 ______1911 _ 13F ________________ 1911 _13F ___(4.5, 3.0) Mar 26 ____ 35 _______(27) 25th _ 1937,47___ER (t1937,47) ____ 1872,1937,1947_35F _ count 4.0, 1.33 _Apr 16 ___ 39 ______ 32 _______ ---- ________ ER _________________ 1872 _ 39F ___ count 5.0, 2.33 _Apr 16 ___ 39 ______ 32 _______ ---- ________ 1928 _ 29F ______________ 1928 _ 29F ___ (5.5, 3.0) Apr 23 ____ (52) ______ 29 _______ ---- ________ ER ________________________1872 _ 29F ___ (6.5, 4.0) June 4 _____ 66 ______ (55) ______ 1900,26 ___1927 _ 64F _______ 1945 _ 52F ___ count 5.5, 2.33 _June 5 ____ 58 _______ 52 ______ ---- ________ 1920 _ 57F _______ 1945 _ 55F ___ count 6.5, 2.33 _June 5 ____ 58 _______ 52 ______ 1878 _____ 1920, 44 _ 50F _____________ 1945 _ 47F ___ ( 7.0, 4.0) Aug 30 ____(72) _____ 55 _______ ---- _________ 1912_54F, 1934_52F ________1965 _ 50F ___ (8.0, 4.0) _Aug 31 ____66 ______53 _______ ---- _________ 1903 _ 65F _______ 1911 _ 59F ___ count 7.5, 2.33 _Aug 31 ____66 ______53 _______ ---- _________ 1912, 65 _ 51F ____________1976 _ 50F ___ (9.0, 4.0) Sep 3 ______ 65 _____ (51) _______ ---- _________ 1935 _ 62F _______ 1935 _ 62F ___ count 8.5, 2.33 _Sep 4 ______67 _____ 47 _____ 1874,1974 ____ 1984 _ 66F _______ 1984 _ 66F ___ count 9.0, 2.33 _Sep 4 ______67 _____ 47 ________ 1883 _______ ER _(t 1883) ________ 1872, 1883 _ 47F ___ (9.5, 4.5) Sep 5 ______ 67 _____ (57) _______ 1902 _______ 1926 _ 62F _______ 1926 _ 62F ___ count 10.0, 2.33 Sep 15 _____61 _____ (57) ________ ---- _________ 1933 _ 58F _______ 1954 _ 57F ___ count 11.0, 2.33 Sep 16 _____60 _____ (57) ________ ---- __________ER ________________ 1872 _ 60F ___ count 12.0, 3.33 Sep 17 _____66 _____ (53) 16th __1869 ________1924 _ 61F ________1945 _ 57F ___ count 12.5, 3.33 Oct 20 ____ (55) ______ 36 _____ 1871, 1930 ____1940,52_33F, 1972_32F ____1974 _ 41F ___(10.0, 4.5) _Dec 12 ____27 _______ 11 _______ 1895 ___1910_25F, 1917,33_24F, 1960_21F _1988 _20F _count 13.0, 3.33 _Dec 12 ____27 _______ 11 _______ 1934 _______ 1960 _ 9F _________________ 1988 _ 5F ____ (11.0, 4.5) Dec 13 ____ (32) ______ 11 _______ ---- __________ 1960 _ 8F _________________ 1960 _ 8F ____ (12.0, 4.5) Dec 22 ____ (28) _______ 4 _______ ---- ___________ ER _________________________1872 _ 4F ____ (13.0, 5.5) _Dec 24 ____13 ________ 7 _______ ---- ___________ ER ________________ 1872 _ 13F ___ count 14.0, 4.33 _Dec 24 ____13 ________ 7 _______ 1883 ________ 1983 _ 6F _________________ 1983 _ 6F ____ (13.5, 5.5) _Dec 25 ____15 ________ 4 _______ ---- ___________ 1983 _ 13F ________ 1983 _ 13F ___ count 15.0, 4.33 _Dec 25 ____15 ________ 4 _______ ---- ___________ 1980 _-1F _________________ 1980 _-1F ____ (14.5, 5.5) _Dec 26 ____12 ________ 6 _______ ---- ___________ ER ________________ 1872 _ 12F ___ count 16.0, 5.33 _Dec 26 ____12 ________ 6 _______ ---- ___________ 1914 _ 3F _________________ 1914 _ 3F ____ (15.5, 5.5) _Dec 27 ____15 ________ 6 _______ ---- ___________ ER ________________ 1872 _ 15F ___ count 17.0, 6.33 _Dec 27 ____15 ________ 6 _______ ---- ___________ ER _________________________ 1872 _ 6F ____ (16.5, 6.5) Dec 28 ____(21) ______ 10 _______ 1880 _________1917 _ 8F _________________ 1917 _ 8F ____ (17.0, 6.5) 1873 _ This was another cold winter (1872-73) with several records set continuing on from the cold Dec of 1872. The entire year was prone to cool spells, and November was particularly cold. There was a total count of 20.0 record low maxima of which 12.5 have survived, and a count of 12.17 record low minima of which 6.33 have survived. The data base also tracks "coldest since record low" for minima. The first example occurs in 1873 on March 6th (9F was coldest since record of 1872). This particular "coldest since" was tied in 1948. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 11 ____ 12 _______ 5 _______ ---- ________ER _____________ 1873 _ 12F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Jan 11 ____ 12 _______ 5 ______ 1883,93 __1968 _ 3F _____________ 1968 _ 3F ____ (0.33, 0.0) Jan 29 _____(21) ______-1 _______ ---- ________ER _____________________ 1873 _-1F ____ (1.33, 1.0) _Jan 30 ____ 20 _______ 0 _______ ---- ________1908 _ 18F ____ 1934 _ 16F __ count 2.0, 1.0 _Jan 30 ____ 20 _______ 0 _______ ---- ________ ER _____________________ 1873 _0F ____ (2.33, 2.0) Feb 23 _____19 _______(11)_____ ---- ________ ER _____________ 1873 _ 19F __ count 3.0, 2.0 Feb 24 ____(17) _______-1 _______---- ________ ER _____________________ 1873 _-1F ____ (3.33, 3.0) Mar 3 _____(33) ______ 15 _____ 1888,90,1912 _ 1925,38,43,50,62,2003 >> same_11F ___ (3.67, 3.0) Mar 4 ______20 _______(9) 5th __ ---- ________ ER _____________1873 _ 20F __ count 4.0, 3.0 Mar 25 ____ 30 _______(24)_____ 1878 ______ER (t 1878) ____ 1873,78 _ 30F _ count 4.5, 3.5 Apr 22 ____ 40 _______(37) _____ ---- _________ER ____________ 1873 _ 40F ____ count 5.5, 4.5 May 3 _____43 _______(38) _____ ---- _________ER _____________1873 _ 43F ____ count 6.5, 5.5 May 4 _____(67) ______37 ____ 1911,17 ____ ER _________________ 1873, 1911,17 _ 37F __ (4.67, 3.33) May 9 _____ 49 ______(43) ______ 1972 _____ 1977 _ 45F _____1977 _ 44F ____ count 7.5, 5.5 June 24 ___ 62 ______(57) ______ 1903 _____ 1940 _ 59F _____1940 _ 59F ____ count 8.5, 5.5 June 25 ___(77) ______ 53 _______ ---- ________ ER ___________________ 1873 _ 53F __ (5.67, 4.33) July 17 ____ 74 ______(69) ____ 1949, 62 ____ 1992 _ 72F _____1992 _ 72F ____ count 9.5, 5.5 July 18 ____ 74 ______(62) ______ 1881 ____1903_71F, 1910_70F__1962 _ 66F ____ count 10.0, 5.5 July 19 ____ 70 ______(62) _______ ---- ________ 2000 _ 69F _____ 2000 _ 69F ____ count 11.0, 5.5 Aug 13 ____ 68 ______(63) _______1934 ______ ER (t 1934) _____ 1873, 1934_ 68F __ count 12.0, 6.0 Aug 14 ____ 66 ______(62) 15th _ 1919 ______ER (t 1919) _____ 1873, 1919_ 66F __ count 13.0, 6.5 Aug 25 ____ 64 ______(56) _______ ---- _________ER ______________1873 _ 64F __ count 14.0, 7.5 _Sep 14 ___ 60 ______ 49 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1873 _ 64F __ count 15.0, 8.5 _Sep 14 ___ 60 ______ 49 _______ 1888 ______ 1911,75 _ 46F ________ 1911,75 _ 46F __ (6.17, 4.33) Sep 15 ____(65) _____ 44 ________ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1873 _ 44F ___ (7.17, 5.33) Sep 20 ____ 61 ______(50) _______ ---- _________1901 _ 59F _____1901 _ 59F __ count 16.0, 8.5 Oct 7 ______48 ______(41) ________---- _________ER ______________ 1873 _ 48F __ count 17.0, 9.5 Oct 29 ____(46) 30th _33 ________ ---- _________1925 _ 31F ____________ 1925 _ 31F __ (8.17, 5.33) _Nov 10____38 ______ 29 ________---- _________ER ______________ 1873 _ 38F __ count 18.0, 10.5 _Nov 10____38 ______ 29 ________---- _________ 1914 _ 27F ____________ 2017 _ 25F __ (9.17, 5.33) Nov 11 ____(43) _____ 28 ________1926,33 ___ 2017 _ 24F _____________2017 _ 24F __ (10.17, 5.33) _Nov 14 ____29 ______23 ________---- _________ ER ______________ 1873 _ 29F __ count 19.0, 11.5 _Nov 14 ____29 ______23 ________---- _________ 1905 _ 20F _____________ 1905 _ 20F _ (11.17, 5.33) _Nov 20 ____32 _____ 21 ________---- _________ER ______________ 1873 _ 32F __ count 20.0, 12.5 _Nov 20 ____32 _____ 21 ________---- _________ER ______________________ 1873 _ 32F __ (12.17, 6.33) 1874 _ The spring was particularly cold, with numerous records set in late April and early May. There was a total count of 13.5 record low maxima of which 6.0 have survived, and a count of 15.83 record low minima of which 10.0 have survived. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Apr 1 ____ 34 _______25 _______ ---- ________ER ______________ 1874 _ 34F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Apr 1 ____ 34 _______25 _______1883 ______1919 _ 22F ____________ 1923 _ 12F _____(0.5, 0.0) Apr 4 _____(47)_______20 _______ ---- _______ ER ______________________ 1874 _ 20F ____ (1.5, 1.0) Apr 5 _____(38)_______20 _______ ---- _______ ER ______________________ 1874 _ 20F ____ (2.5, 2.0) Apr 11 ____(57)_______26 _______ ---- _______1909 _ 24F _____________ 1909 _ 24F ____ (3.5, 2.0) _Apr 12 ___35 _______ 22 _______ 1918 _____ ER (t 1918) _____ 1874, 1918 _ 35F __ count 2.0, 1.5 _Apr 12 ___35 _______ 22 _______ ---- ________ ER _____________________ 1874 _ 22F ____ (4.5, 3.0) Apr 13 ___ (46)_______ 22 _______ ---- ________ER _____________________ 1874 _ 22F ____ (5.5, 4.0) _Apr 26 ___42 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________ 1874 _ 42F __ count 3.0, 2.5 _Apr 26 ___42 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________ 1919 _ 31F ____________ 1919 _ 31F ___ (6.5, 4.0) Apr 27 ____(52) _____ 38 ______1897, 1926 ___ 1932 _ 36F ___________ 1932 _ 36F ___ (7.0, 4.0) Apr 28 ____(44) _____ 31 _______ ---- ________ ER _____________________ 1874 _ 31F ___ (8.0, 5.0) _Apr 29 ___38 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________ER ______________ 1874 _ 38F __ count 4.0, 3.5 _Apr 29 ___38 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________ER ______________________ 1874 _ 32F ___ (9.0, 8.0) _Apr 30 ___51 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________1909 _ 46F _____ 1925 _ 45F __ count 5.0, 3.5 _Apr 30 ___51 _______ 32 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________________ 1874 _ 32F __ (10.0, 9.0) May 2 ___ (52)_______ 37 _______ 1903 _____ ER (t 1903) ____________ 1874,1903 _ 37F _ (11.0, 9.0) May 3 ___ (62) _______33 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________________ 1874 _ 33F __ (12.0, 10.0) _May 7 ___ 50 _______(38)_______ ---- ________ 1958 _ 47F _____ 1967 _ 44F __ count 6.0, 3.5 May 12 ___(57)_______40 _______ 1907 ______ ER (t 1907) ____________ 1874,1907 _ 40F ___ (13.0, 10.5) June 20 __ 64 _______(54)_______ ---- ________ 1958 _ 59F ____ 1958 _ 59F __ count 7.0, 3.5 July 4 ____(72)_______58 _____ 1882,1909,33 __ 1938 _ 57F ____________ 1986 _ 55F ___ (13.5, 10.5) Aug 4 ____ 71_______(59) _______ 1886 ______ 1909 _ 69F ______ 1909 _ 69F __ count 7.5, 3.5 Aug 8 ____ 71_______(65) 9th __ ---- _________ 1903 _ 69F ______ 1903 _ 69F __ count 8.5, 3.5 Aug 18 ___62_______(60)_______ ---- __________ ER ______________ 1874 _ 62F __ count 9.5, 4.5 Aug 23 ___ 68_______(55) ____ 1890. 1928 ____ 1930 _ 63F ______ 1930 _ 63F __ count 10.0, 4.5 Sep 4 _____67_______(56) _____1872, 1974 __ 1984 _ 66F ______1984 _ 66F __ count 10.5, 4.5 Oct 13 ___ 47 _______(39)_______ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1874 _ 47F __ count 11.5, 5.5 Oct 14 ___(47) ______ 38 ______1875,87 & 1934,37_t38F >>__________ 1988 _ 37F ___ (13.83, 9.0) _Nov 13 ___36 _______26 _______ ---- _________ 1911 _ 33F _____ 1911 _ 33F __ count 12.5, 5.5 (34F 2019) _Nov 13 ___36 _______26 _______ 1911 _______1920_25F, 1986_24F __ 2019 _ 23F __ (14.83, 9.0) Dec 15 ___ 20 ________ 8 ________1914 _______ER (t 1914) _____ 1874,1914 _ 20F __count 13.5, 6.0 Dec 15 ___ 20 ________ 8 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1874 _ 8F __ (15.83, 10.0) 1875 _ This very cold year was particularly cold in mid-April and late November, but set numerous records throughout. For low maxima, the count in the starter era was 23.83, second only to 1888 with 26.83, and 13.33 have survived. That is the highest total, just ahead of 1888 which has 12.83 surviving low maximum records. The count for 29 low minima was 25.67 of which 14.5 remain as records now. The surviving records are the largest total of all years (1888 second at 12.75) but 1888 had 37.67 starter records to make 1875 second place in that category. 1875 still has a surviving low record of some kind in every month except May and July. Nov 30th 1875 holds the lowest max and min for November. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 9 _____(34)_______ 2 _______ ---- ______ 1968 _ -1F __________________ 1968 _ -1F ____ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 10 ___ 13 ______ -3 _______ ---- ______ ER _________________ 1875 _ 13F ___ count 1.0, 1.0 _Jan 10 ___ 13 ______ -3 _______ ---- ______ ER __________________________ 1875 _ -3F ___ (2.0, 1.0) _Jan 18 ____ 18 _______1 _______ ---- ______ 1904_17F, 1921_16F__1977 _ 13F ___ count 2.0, 1.0 _Jan 18 ____ 18 _______1 _______ ---- ______1982 _ 0F ___________________ 1982 _ 0F ___ (3.0, 1.0) Jan 19 _____(21)______ -1 _______ ---- ______1994 _-2F ___________________ 1994 _ -2F __ (4.0, 1.0) _Jan 20 ____ 19 _______ 8 _______1961 ____ 1994 _ 15F _________ 1994 _ 15F ___ count 3.0, 1.0 _Jan 20 ____ 19 _______ 8 _______1884 ____ 1940_7F, 1946_5F, 1985_4F ___ 1994 _0 F __ (4.5, 1.0) _Feb 7 ____ 10 _______(0) 9th ___ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1875 _ 10F ___ count 4.0, 2.0 Feb 14 ____(15) 15th _ 7 ________---- _______1916 _ 2F __________________ 2016 _ -1F __ (5.5, 1.0) Feb 15 _____15 ______(7) _______ ---- _______ 1943 _ 8F _________ 1943 _ 8F ___ count 5.0, 2.0 _Feb 28____19 ______ (12) ______ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1875 _ 19F __ count 6.0, 3.0 Mar 23 ____(29)22nd__13 _____ 1934 ______ ER (t 1934) _______________ 1875,1934_ 13F _ (6.5, 1.5) Apr 7 _____ 37 ______(31) _______ ---- _______1982 _ 30F ________ 1982 _ 30F ___ count 7.0, 3.0 Apr 13 ____35 ______(30) ______ 1940 ______ ER (t 1940) ________ 1875,1940 _35F _count 8.0, 3.5 Apr 14 ____(52)______30 ______ 1885, 1940 _1950 _ 26F _______________ 1950 _ 26F ____ (7.0, 1.5) _Apr 17 ___ 33 _____ 27 ______ ---- _________ ER __________________1875 _ 33F ___ count 9.0, 4.5 _Apr 17 ___ 33 _____ 27 ______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1875 _ 27F ____ (8.0, 2.5) _Apr 18 ___ 32 _____ 25 ______ ---- _________ ER __________________1875 _ 32F ___ count 10.0, 5.5 _Apr 18 ___ 32 _____ 25 ______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1875 _ 25F ____ (9.0, 3.5) _Apr 19 ___ 40 _____ 22 ______ ---- _________ ER __________________1875 _ 40F ___ count 11.0, 6.5 _Apr 19 ___ 40 _____ 22 ______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1875 _ 22F ____ (10.0, 4.5) Apr 20 ____ 41 _____(29)______ ---- _________1904 _ 37F __________1904 _ 37F ___ count 12.0, 6.5 _Apr 21 ___ 43 _____ 26 ______ ---- _________ 1940 _ 40F __________1940 _ 40F ___ 13.0, 6.5 _Apr 21 ___ 43 _____ 26 ______ ---- _________ ER _________________________ 1875 _ 26F ___ (11.0, 5.5) Apr 22 ___ (51) _____ 28 ______ ---- _________ ER ________________________ 1875 _ 28F ____(12.0, 6.5) June 9 ____ 62 ______(55) 8th __1897 ______1909 _ 61F __________ 1916 _ 57F ___ count 13.5, 6.5 _June 13___ 64 ______ 53 ______ 1924 ______1941_61F, 1962_58F__1982 _ 55F ___ count 14.5, 6.5 _June 13___ 64 ______ 53 ______ ---- _________1922,51_52F ______________ 1953 _ 51F ___ (13.0, 6.5) June 14____(70)______49 ______ ---- _________ ER ________________________ 1875 _ 49F ___ (14.0, 7.5) _Aug 1 _____ 71 ______(64) _____ ---- _________1923 _ 68F _________ 1923 _ 68F ___ count 15.5, 6.5 _Aug 2 _____ 67 ______57 _______---- _________ER __________________ 1875 _ 67F ___ count16.5, 7.5 _Aug 2 _____ 67 ______57 _______ ---- ________ ER ________________________ 1875 _ 57F ___ (15.0, 8.5) Sep 11 _____(64)_____ 49 _____1883,85,1914 __1917 _ 43F _______________1917 _ 43F ___ (15.33, 8.5) Sep 12 _____(65)_____ 51 _______ ---- ________ 1917 _ 46F _______________ 1917 _ 43F ___ (16.33, 8.5) _Sep 18_____ 60 _____ 46 _______ ---- _________ ER __________________ 1875 _ 60F ___ count 17.5, 8.5 _Sep 18_____ 60 _____ 46 _______1871________1937 _ 45F _______________1990 _ 44F ___ (16.83, 8.5) _Sep 19_____ 51 _____ 45 _______ ---- _________ ER __________________ 1875 _ 51F ___ count 18.5, 9.5 _Sep 19_____ 51 _____ 45 ________---- _________1929 _ 44F _______________ 1929 _44F ___(17.83, 8.5) Sep 22 _____ 55 _____(43) ____ 1904 ________ ER (t 1904) __________ 1875,1904_55F _ count 19.5, 10.0 Sep 23 _____(61)_____43 _______ ---- __________ 1947 _ 41F _______________ 1947 _41F _ (18.83, 8.5) Oct 12 _____ 49 _____(38)_____1887,91______ ER (t 1887,1891) ____1875,87,91_49F _ count 19.83, 10.33 Oct 13 _____(51) ____ 34 ________---- _________ ER ________________________ 1875 _ 34F ___ (19.83, 9.5) Oct 14 _____(52) ____ 38 ______1874,87,1934,37 __1988 _ 37F _____________ 1988 _37F ___ (20.17, 9.5) Nov 1 ______ 41 _____(36)______ 1869 ________ ER (t 1869) __________ 1869, 1875 _ 41F __ count 20.33, 10.83 Nov 2 ______ 41 _____(31)______ 1895 ________ ER (t 1895) __________ 1875, 1895 _ 41F __ count 20.83, 11.33 Nov 3 ______(44)_____ 28 ________ ---- __________ER ________________________1875 _ 28F ___ (21.17, 10.5) Nov 29 _____(46) ____ 14 ________ ---- __________ER ________________________1875 _ 14F ___ (22.17, 11.5) _Nov 30_____ 14 ______ 5 ________ ---- __________ ER _________________ 1875 _ 14F ___ count 21.83, 12.33 _Nov 30 ____ 14 ______ 5 ________ ---- __________ ER ________________________1875 _4F ___ (23.17, 12.5) _Dec 1 ______18 ______ 8 ________ ---- __________ ER _________________ 1875 _ 18F ___ count 22.83, 13.33 _Dec 1 ______18 ______ 8 ________ ---- __________ ER ________________________1875 _8F ___ (24.17, 13.5) Dec 2 ______(27) _____11_________---- __________ ER ________________________1875 _11F ___ (25.17, 14.5) Dec 3 ______(33) _____ 14 _______1882 ________1940 _ 11F _______________ 1976 _8F ____ (25.67, 14.5) Dec 18 _____ 20 ______2 19th ____ ---- __________ 1919 _ 11F ________ 1919 _ 11F ___ count 23.83, 13.33 _ _ _ _ _ _ (Dec 19 min 1 F not a record) 1876 _ The year had few record cold spells until October, then started to make up its deficit with very cold October and December setting the majority of the records. The two low max records before October were both fairly weak and pushed aside in the 1920s. There were 8.5 record low maxima of which 5.5 have survived, and a count of 12.25 record low minima of which 6 have survived. The second instances in the record log of a "coldest since" a low minimum record were on Apr 30 (34F coldest after the 1874 record of 32F) and Dec 2 when 11F from 1875 was followed in 1876 by a reading of 15F that was later tied in 1886 (for "coldest since"). That made the count for 1876 1.5 for this statistic -- the "coldest since" stat is helpful later on in the urban heat island and warmer climate era, to get a better idea of the cold potential of various more recent years. These very early "coldest since" markers are rare due to the frequency of cold years following (until the 1920s at least). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Mar 19 ______(27) ______ 9 _______ ---- _________1967 _ 8 F ___________ 1967 _8F ____ (1.0, 0.0) May 23 _____ (63) _____ 47 ______ 1924 _______1929,31_46F, 1935_44F _ 1963 _43F __ (2.0, 0.0) June 1 _______(66) 31st _48 ______ ---- _________ 1938 _ 47F ___________ 1945 _44F __ (3.0, 0.0) June 12 _____ 68 ______(63) ______---- __________1910 _ 65F ___ 1924 _ 62F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 July 27 ______ (77) 26th _62 ___1884,91,93 _____ 1901_61F, 1903_59F ____ 1920 _55F __ (3.25, 0.0) July 31 ______ 69 ______(62)_______---- _________1923 _ 65F ____1923 _ 65F ___ count 2.0, 0.0 Sep 11 ______ 61 ______(55) _____ 1914 _______ ER (t 1914) ___ 1876, 1914 _ 61F __ count 3.0, 0.5 Oct 12 ______(52) ______35 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________________1876 _35F ___ (4.25, 1.0) _Oct 15 ______ 46 _____ 32 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1876 _46F __ count 4.0, 1.5 _Oct 15 ______ 46 _____ 32 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________1876 _32F ___ (5.25, 2.0) _Oct 16 ______(49)_____ 34 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________1876 _34F ___ (6.25, 3.0) Oct 18 _______(59) _____ 37 _______ ---- _________1929,39,74 _35F ______ 1929,39,74_35F __ (7.25, 3.0) Oct 28 _______ 41 _____(37)_______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1876 _41F __ count 5.0, 2.5 Oct 29 _______ 46 ____ (35) ______ 1869 ____ 1909,25,52 _ 43F ___ 1909,25,52 _ 43F _ count 5.5, 2.5 Dec 2 ________ 24 _____(15)_______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1876 _24F __ count 6.5, 3.5 Dec 9 ________(40)_______7 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________________1876 _7F ___ (8.25, 4.0) Dec 10 ______(17) _______3 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________________1876 _3F ___ (9.25, 5.0) Dec 11 ______ 20 _______(13) ______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1876 _20F __ count 7.5, 4.5 Dec 16 ______(15)17th _ 7 ________ ---- _________ ER ________________________ 1876 _7F ___ (10.25, 6.0) _Dec 17______ 15 _______ 6 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1876 _15F __ count 8.5, 5.5 _Dec 17______ 15 _______ 6 ________ ---- _________1919 _ 1F _________________ 1919 _1F __ (11.25, 6.0) Dec 18 _______(32) _____ 13 _______ ---- _________ 1919 _-1F _________________ 1919 _-1F __(12.25, 6.0) 1877 _ This was another weak producer of low records especially for its time, with only 5.5 low maximum records, of which 2.5 survived to the present time, and five low minimum records, count 3.5, of which the surviving count is only 0.33 after a record on July 14th was tied twice later. There were also two "coldest since" records which followed record low minima 52F in 1871 (Sep 8, 54F in 1877 was tied five times later in the series as coldest since 1871, and the record of 33F in 1874 (May 3, 37F in 1877 was tied by 1911). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 4 ________18 ______(11) _____1882 _________1904,81_14F ___ 1904,81_14F __ count 0.5, 0.0 Mar 10 _____ 29 ______(21) _____ ---- ___________ 1987 _28F _____ 1987 _ 28F ___ count 1.5, 0.0 Mar 19 _____ 22 ______ (10) _____ ---- ___________ ER ____________ 1877 _ 22F ___ count 2.5, 1.0 May 10 _____ 50 ______(43) ____ 1870 ________ 1919 _48F ______ 1919 _ 48F ___ count 3.0, 1.0 May 11 _____(55) _____ 42 _____ 1900 ________ 1902 _41F ____________ 1913 _36F ___ 0.5, 0.0 _May 24 _____ 50 ______ 43 ______ ---- ___________ ER _____________ 1877 _ 50F ___ count 4.0, 2.0 _May 24 _____ 50 ______ 43 ______ ---- __________ 1963 _39F __________ 1963 _39F ___ (1.5, 0.0) _May 25 _____ 57 ______ 45 _____1882, 1901 ____ 1921 _52F ______ 1967 _ 46F ___ count 4.5, 2.0 _May 25 _____ 57 ______ 45 ______ ---- __________ 1925 _41F ___________ 1925 _41F ___ (2.5, 0.0) June 23 _____ (70)22nd__52_______1885________1918 _49F ___________ 1918 _49F ___ (3.0, 0.0) July 14 ______ (75) ______58 _____1888,1926 _____ ER _(t 1888,1926) _______1877,88,1926 _58F __ (3.5, 0.33) Sep 7 ________ 63 ______(54) _____ 1888 ________ ER _(t 1888) ____ 1877,88 _63F __ count 4.5, 2.5 Sep 8 ________ 65 ______(52) _____1871, 1917 ____ 1918 _ 63F _____1918 _63F ___ count 5.0, 2.5 1878 _ This was a relatively warm year for the period, and another rather weak production of record lows, with 4.0 record low maxima, of which 3.5 survive, and 6.5 record low minima, of which 3.0 survive. There was a cold spell in mid-May to mid-June, and the year became somewhat colder than average again in November. There were no "coldest since" a previous record low minimum readings in 1878. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 7 ______ 17 _____(11)_______ ---- _________ER ______________ 1878 _ 17F ___ count 1.0, 1.0 Feb 19 _____ (31) ____ 11 _______1885 _______1903 _ 4F _______________ 1936 _ 1F ___ (0.5, 0.0) _Mar 25 ____ 30 _____ 13 ______ 1873 _______ ER (t 1873) ______ 1873, 1878 _ 22F ___ count 1.5, 1.5 _Mar 25 ____ 30 _____ 13 ______ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1878 _ 13F ___ (1.5, 1.0) May 14 _____(57)_____ 40 ______ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1878 _ 40F ___ (2.5, 2.0) May 15 _____ 50 _____(44)______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1878 _ 50F ___ count 2.5, 2.5 May 16 _____(62)_____ 42 ______ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1878 _ 40F ___ (3.5, 3.0) May 31 _____ 57 _____(53)______ 1894 _______ ER (t 1894) _____1878, 1894 _ 57F ___ count 3.0, 3.0 June 5 ______(59) 4th _52 _______1872 _____ 1920,44 _ 50F ___________ 1945 _ 47F ___(4.0, 3.0) June 6 ______(68) 7th _49 _______ ---- ________ 1945 _ 47F _______________1945 _ 47F ___(5.0, 3.0) June 11 _____(65) _____50 _______1881 ______ 1972 _ 46F ______________ 1972 _ 46F ___(5.5, 3.0) June 12 _____(72) _____53 _______ 1887 ______1951 _ 51F _______________1979 _ 48F ___(6.0, 3.0) Sep 28 _____ (59) _____ 45 _______ 1897 ______1914 _ 42F _______________1947 _ 41F ___(6.5, 3.0) Nov 6 _______ 38 _____ (31) ______ 1953 ______ ER (t 1953) _____ 1878, 1953 _ 38F ___ count 4.0, 3.5 1879 _ This was a colder year more similar to the period 1871 to 1875, and had a steady showing of record lows; 14 record low maxima had a starter era count of 12.17, of which 9.0 have survived; and from a count of 14.0 record low minima, 8.75 have survived. The coldest intervals were in April, June and November. There were also two "coldest since" record low minima, from 1873 (22F on Nov 20 1879 is coldest since record of 21F) and 1875 (30F on Nov 3 1879 is coldest since record of 28F), and neither of them has been tied since 1879. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 2 ________(33)______ 3 ________ ---- ________ 1918 _2F _____________1918 _2F ___ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 3 _______ 7 _______ -4 ________ ---- ________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 7F ____ count 1.0, 1.0 _Jan 3 _______ 7 _______ -4 ________ ---- ________ ER ____________________ 1879 _-4F ___ (2.0, 1.0) Jan 4 ________(26) ______ 6 ________1882______1918 _-3F ______________1918 _-3F ____ (2.5, 1.0) Feb 14 ______ 24 ______(9) 15th __1871,99 __ 1905 _ 18F ______ 1916 _12F ___ count 1.33, 1.0 Apr 4 _______ 32 ______(25) 5th ___ ---- ________ ER _____________1879 _ 32F ___ count 2.33, 2.0 June 7 ______(64) ______47 ________ ---- ________ ER ___________________ 1879 _47F ___ (3.5, 2.0) June 18 ____ (68) ______ 53 ________ ---- ________1920 _ 52F ___________1950 _48F ___ (4.5, 2.0) June 19 ____ (70) ______ 54 ______ 1886,89 ____1920 _ 52F ___________1920 _52F ___ (4.83, 2.0) June 20 ____ (76) ______ 53 ________ ---- ________1914 _ 49F ___________ 1914 _49F ___ (5.83, 2.0) June 22 _____68 ______(62) ________ ---- ________1903 _ 64F _____1928, 1952_62F __ count 3.33, 2.0 _July 6 ______ 74 ______ 58 _____ 1869,94 _______1902_73F, 1914_71F __1956 _61F __ count 3.67, 2.0 _July 6 ______ 74 ______ 58 _____ 1882,90,1927 __1956_57F, 1972_56F _______1979 _54F __ (6.17, 2.0) July 7 _______ 74 ______(63) _____ 1894, 1906 ____1914,43,87_73F ___1914,43,87_73F __ count 4.17, 2.0 July 26______ 72 ______(63)________ ---- _________ 1901,2000 _71F __ 1901,2000 _71F __ count 5.17, 2.0 Aug 9 _______ 68 ______(61) _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 68F ___ count 6.17, 3.0 Aug 10 ______(73) _____ 55 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1879 _55F ____ (7.17, 3.0) Aug 11 ______(80) _____ 57 _______ ---- _________ 1962 _ 56F ____________1962 _56F ____(8.17, 3.0) Sep 25 ______ 53 ______(44) ______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 53F ___ count 7.17, 4.0 Sep 26 ______(60) ______43 _____ 1887,94,1928 __1940 _ 42F ____________1940 _42F ___ (8.5, 3.0) _Oct 25 ______ 40 ______29 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 40F ___ count 8.17, 5.0 _Oct 25 ______ 40 ______29 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1879 _29F ____ (9.5, 4.0) Oct 26 _______(52) _____30 _______ 1869 ______ ER _(t 1869) ___________ 1869, 79 _30F __ (10.0, 4.5) Nov 3 _______ 37 ______(30) _______ ---- _________ER _____________ 1879 _ 37F ___ count 9.17, 6.0 _Nov 4 _______35 ______ 25 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 35F ___ count 10.17, 7.0 _Nov 4 _______35 ______ 25 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1879 _25F ____ (11.0, 5.5) _Nov 5 _______35 ______ 23 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 35F ___ count 11.17, 8.0 _Nov 5 _______35 ______ 23 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1879 _23F ____ (12.0, 6.5) Nov 6 _______(40) ______ 27 _______ ---- _________ER ____________________ 1879 _27F ____ (13.0, 7.5) _Nov 21 ______24 ______ 16 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1879 _ 24F ___ count 12.17, 9.0 _Nov 21 _____ 24 ______ 16 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1879 _16F ____ (14.0, 8.5) 1880 _ This was a fairly warm year until mid-autumn, then November and December turned very cold and set numerous records. From an original count of 15.5 low maxima, the surviving count was 6.0, and from 18.0 low minima, there are still 6.7 that have been retained. One (June 2nd) has been tied four times since being set (hence the 0.7 portion as another has been tied once). All of these retained records are in November as December 1917 took out several records set in December 1880 at the end of the month. The second half of November 1880 is one of the most significant cold spells of the NYC (and also Toronto) climate record, relative to normal. There were two "coldest since" record low minima; 36F on Oct 25 was one of five such readings following the 1879 record of 29F, and 6F on Dec 10 was coldest after the record of 3F set in 1876. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Mar 9 _______29 _______(21)_______ ---- ______ 1932 _ 28F ______ 1996 _24F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 Mar 26 _____(35) 25th __ 21 _______ 1947 ____ 1960 _20F _____________ 1960 _20F ___ (1.0, 0.0) Apr 8 _______(38) 7th __ 28 _____1888,1920 __1972 _26F _____________ 1982 _25F ___ (1.5, 0.0) May 1 ______(54)_______ 35 _______ ---- ______ ER ______________________ 1880 _35F ___ (2.5, 1.0) May 15 _____(56) 14th __ 43 _______ ---- ______ 1920, 47 _ 42F __________ 1920,47 _42F __ (3.5, 1.0) _June 2 _____ 61 _______ 48 _______ ---- ______ 1907,46 _52F _____1907,46 _52F__count 2.0, 0.0 _June 2 _____ 61 _______ 48 ___1907,29,45,46 _ ER (t 1907,29,45,46) _____ 1880 t(4 yr)_48F __ (4.5, 1.2) June 15 _____66 _______ (59)______ ---- ______ 1903 _63F _______ 1916,71 _60F __ count 3.0, 0.0 July 22 ______70 _______(60) 23rd __1894 ____ 1958 _69F _______ 1958 _69F ___ count 3.5, 0.0 July 29 _____ (73) 28th __ 60 _______ 1888 ____ 1914 _59F _______________ 1914 _59F __ (5.0, 1.2) Aug 16 _____(72) _______55 _______ ---- ______ ER ________________________ 1880 _55F __ (6.0, 2.2) Sep 9 _______ 61 _______(54) 10th___1883 ___ ER (t 1883) ______ 1880,83 _61F __ count 4.0, 0.5 Oct 18 ______ 50 _______(40) _______ ---- _____ 1909 _48F ________ 2009 _45F ___ count 5.0, 0.5 _Oct 19 ______49 _______ 36 _______1869 ____1940 _45F _______ 1972 _42F ___ count 5.5, 0.5 _Oct 19 ______49 _______ 36 _______---- ______ 1922 _35F ______________ 1940 _30F ___ (7.0, 2.2) Oct 28 _______(42)______ 35 _____1869,1904 __ 1914,36 _33F __________ 1976 _29F __ (7.5, 2.2) _Nov 19______ 31 ______ 24 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 6.5, 1.5 _Nov 19______ 31 ______ 24 _______ ---- _______1924 _19F ______________ 1936 _18F ___ (8.5, 2.2) Nov 20 _______(30) 21st__21_______1924 _____1936 _18F ______________ 1936 _18F ___ (9.5, 2.2) _Nov 22 _____ 23 ______ 13 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 7.5, 2.5 _Nov 22 _____ 23 ______ 13 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________________ 1880 _13F __ (10.5, 3.2) _Nov 23 _____ 25 ______ 14 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 8.5, 3.5 _Nov 23 _____ 25 ______ 14 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________________ 1880 _14F __ (11.5, 4.2) _Nov 24 _____ 30 ______ 14 _______ 2013 ____ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 9.5, 4.0 _Nov 24 _____ 30 ______ 14 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________________ 1880 _14F __ (12.5, 5.2) _Nov 25 _____(31) _____(24) ______ not records, both 1F higher than 1881 records (later broken) _Nov 26 _____ 26 ______ 16 _______ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 10.5, 5.0 _Nov 26 _____ 26 ______ 16 _______ 1938 ____ ER ________________________ 1880 _16F __ (13.5, 5.7) Dec 9 ________22 ______(13)________ ---- ______ 1902 _18F ________ 1902 _18F ___ count 11.5, 5.0 Dec 10 ______ 16 ______ (6) ________ ---- _______ ER ________________ 1880 _31F ___ count 12.5, 6.0 Dec 11 ______(27) ______ 6 ________ ---- _______ ER ________________________ 1880 _ 6F __ (14.5, 6.7) Dec 28 ______(32)______10 _______ 1872 ____ 1917 _8F __________________ 1917 _8F ___ (15.0, 6.7) Dec 29 _______10 ______ 4 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _8F _________ 1917 _8F ___ count 13.5, 6.0 Dec 29 _______10 ______ 4 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _-6F ______________1917 _-6F ___ (16.0, 6.7) Dec 30 ________ 4 ______ -6 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _2F _________1917 _2F ___ count 14.5, 6.0 Dec 30 ________ 4 ______ -6 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _-13F ____________1917 _-13F ___ (17.0, 6.7) Dec 31 _______10 ______ -3 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _6F _________ 1917 _6F ___ count 15.5, 6.0 Dec 31 _______10 ______ -3 ________ ---- ______ 1917 _-7F ______________ 1917 _-7F ___ (18.0, 6.7) 1881 _ The year was quite variable with some portions quite warm but others quite cold, and more records of all types were set than in most years. There were 16.0 low maxima of which 7.5 have survived to end of the data, and there were 15.5 record low minima with 4.5 that have survived. There was one "coldest since" record, 21F on Apr 5 was coldest after the record low of 20F in 1874. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 1 _______16 ______ 1 _______ ---- __________1918 _10F _____ 1918 _10F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 1 _______16 ______ 1 _______ ---- __________1918 _-4F ____________ 1918 _-4F __ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 15______14 ______ 7 _______ ---- __________1957 _12F _____ 1957 _12F __ count 2.0, 0.0 _Jan 15______14 ______ 7 ______ 1916,27 _____1957 _ 0F ____________ 1957 _ 0F __ (2.0, 0.0) Feb 1 _______(21) _____ 3 _______ ---- __________1920 _-2F _____________ 1920 _-2F __ (3.0, 0.0) _Feb 2 _______ 9 _______ -3 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1881 _9F __ count 3.0, 1.0 _Feb 2 _______ 9 _______ -3 _______ ---- _________ ER ___________________ 1881 _-3F __ (4.0, 1.0) _Feb 3 ______ 18 _______ 1 _______ ---- __________ 1917 _16F _____ 1917 _16F __ count 4.0, 1.0 _Feb 3 ______ 18 _______ 1 _______ ---- __________ 1955 _ 0F _____________ 1955 _ 0F __ count 5.0, 1.0 Mar 31 _____ 38 ______(31) ____ 1882, 1919 ___ 1922 _37F _____ 1923 _34F __ count 4.5, 1.0 Apr 5 _______ 30 _______(21)_______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1881 _30F __ count 5.5, 2.0 _Apr 6 _______31 _______ 23 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1881 _31F __ count 6.5, 3.0 _Apr 6 _______31 _______ 23 _______ ---- _________ 1982 _21F ___________ 1982 _21F __ (5.0, 1.0) Apr 7 ________(49)_______23 _______ ---- _________ 1982 _21F ____________1982 _21F __ (6.0, 1.0) May 17 ______52 _______(47)_______1915 _______ ER (t 1915) _____ 1881, 1915 _52F __ count 7.5, 3.5 May 18 ______53 _______(46) _______ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1881 _53F __ count 8.5, 4.5 June 3 _______59 _______(50)_______ ---- _________ 1907 _58F ______ 1945 _53F __ count 9.5, 4.5 June 4 ______(71)_______ 49 _______ 1915 _______ 1926 _48F ____________1926 _48F __ (7.0, 1.0) _ June 10 ___ 55 _______49 _______ ---- __________ ER _______________ 1881 _55F __ count 10.5, 5.5 _ June 10 ___ 55 _______49 _______ 1972 _______ ER (t 1972) ____________1881, 1972 _49F __ (8.0, 1.5) June 11 _____(65) ______ 50 _______ 1878 _______1972 _ 46F ___________ 1972 _ 46F ___(8.5, 1.5) June 24 _____(70) 23rd __ 52 _______ 1932 _______ER (t 1932) ____________1881, 1932 _52F __ (9.5, 2.0) July 18 ______ 74 ______(62) _______ 1873 _____ 1903_71F, 1910_70F_ 1962 _ 66F __ count 11.0, 5.5 July 30 ______ 68 ______(63) 31st ___ 1914 _______ER (t 1914) ______ 1881, 1914 _68F _ count 12.0, 6.0 _Aug 17 _____ 68 ______ 56 _______ ---- __________ 1909 _65F ______ 1909 _65F __ count 13.0, 6.0 _Aug 17 _____ 68 ______ 56 _______ ---- __________ ER (t 1979) ____________ 1881, 1979 _56F __ (10.5, 2.5) Aug 18 ______(67) _____ 57 ______ ---- __________ 1915 _55F _____________ 1915 _55F __ (11.5, 2.5) Aug 19 ______ 70 ______(64) ______ 1946 _______ ER (t 1946) ______ 1881, 1946 _70F _ count 14.0, 6.5 _Oct 5 _______ 50 _______35 _______ ---- __________ER _______________ 1881 _50F __ count 15.0, 7.5 _Oct 5 _______ 50 _______35 _______ ---- __________ER _____________________ 1881 _35F __ (12.5, 3.5) _Oct 6 _______(60)_______36 _______ ---- __________ER _____________________ 1881 _36F __ (13.5, 4.5) _Nov 25 _____ 30 ______ 23 ________ 1917 ______ 1938 _29F ______ 1938 _29F __ count 16.0, 7.5 _Nov 25 _____ 30 ______ 23 ________ ---- _________ 1917 _21F ______________ 1938 _ 19F __ (14.5, 5.5) 1882 _ This was a fairly average year for the climate era, and set 12.83 low maxima with 5.5 of those surviving, and 12.33 low minimum records, of which just three have survived. Jan 24th with a low maximum of 6F is the coldest such reading in January although December has had lower values. (Also it is probable that Jan 22, 1857 was colder). Mid-May and early December were the coldest parts of the year relative to normal. There was also one "coldest since" reading in 1882, on Nov 6th when a low of 30F (later tied in 1953) was coldest since the record of 27F set in 1879. It was also 31F on that date in 2012 which probably indicates a structurally colder air mass given the strength of the urban heat island at the various times of previous records. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 2 ________ 19 ______(9) ________ ---- ________ 1918 _10F ______1918 _10F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 4 _______18 _______ 6 ______ 1877 ________ 1904,81_14F ____ 1904,81_14F __ count 1.5, 0.0 _Jan 4 _______18 _______ 6 ______ 1879 ________ 1918 _-3F _____________ 1918 _-3F __ (0.5, 0.0) _Jan 23 _____ (13) ______ 0 ______ 1871 ________ 1936 _ -3F _____________ 1936 _ -3F ____ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 24 ______ 6 _______ -6 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1882 _6F __ count 2.5, 1.0 _Jan 24 ______ 6 _______ -6 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1882 _-6F __ (2.0, 1.0) _Jan 25 ______(29) _____ 3 ________ 1888 _______ 1945 _ 2F ______________ 1945 _ 2F __ (2.5, 1.0) Mar 31 ______ 38 ______(31) _____ 1881, 1919 __ 1922 _37F ______1923 _34F __ count 3.0, 1.0 Apr 10 ______(44)______ 29 ___ 1909,17,20,50 ___ 1974,85,97 _27F _____ 1974,85,97 _27F _ (3.5, 1.0) Apr 11 ______ 38 _______(27)________ 1918 ______ ER _____________ 1882, 1918 _38F __ count 4.0, 1.5 Apr 27 _______46 _______(40)_____ 1893,97,1916 __1946 _45F ______1946 _45F __ count 4.33, 1.5 May 12 ______ 47 _______(43)________ ---- _________ER _____________ 1882 _47F __ count 5.33, 2.5 May 13 ______ 51 _______(43)________ ---- _________1914 _49F _____ 2019 _48F __ count 6.33, 2.5 May 14 ______ 50 _______(46)________ ---- _________ER _____________ 1882 _50F __ count 7.33, 3.5 May 18 ______(57) ______ 42 ________ ---- _________1973_41F ____________ 1973 _41F __ (4.5, 1.0) _May 19 ______52 ______ 42 ________ ---- _________ 1950_48F _____ 1950 _48F __ count 8.33, 3.5 _May 19 ______52 ______ 42 ________ ---- _________ 1976_38F ____________ 1976 _38F __ (5.5, 1.0) May 25 ______ 57 ______ (46) 26th __1877, 1901 ___ 1921 _52F _____ 1967 _ 46F __ count 8.83, 3.5 July 4 ________(70) ______ 58 _____ 1874,1909,33 ___1938_57F ____________ 1986 _55F __ (6.0, 1.0) _July 5 ________62 ______ 58 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1882 _62F __ count 9.83, 4.5 _July 5 ________62 ______ 58 ________ ---- _________ 1909_57F, 1927_54F _____ 1979 _53F __ (7.0, 1.0) July 6 ________(76) ______ 58 ______1879,90,1927 __1956_57F, 1972_56F ______1979 _54F __ (7.33, 1.0) Aug 19 ______(76) _______57 _______ 1886 _______ 1924 _55F _____________ 1924 _55F __ (7.83, 1.0) Sep 13 ______(69) _______53 _______ ---- __________ 1911,54 _51F __________ 1963 _46F __ (8.83, 1.0) Sep 28 _______ 55 ______(48)_______ ---- __________ 1984 _53F _____ 1984 _53F __ count 10.83, 4.5 Nov 18 _______34 ______ (23) 19th __ ---- _______ 1914,24,59 _33F ___ 1914,24,59 _33F __ count 11.83, 4.5 Dec 3 ________(38)______ 14 _______1875 ________ 1940 _ 11F _____________ 1976 _8F ____ (9.33, 1.0) Dec 4 ________(34)______ 10 ________ ---- __________ ER ______________________1882 _19F __ (10.33, 2.0) Dec 7 ________(44)______ 13 ________1906 _______ 1926 _ 10F _____________ 1926 _10F ____ (11.33, 2.0) _Dec 8 ________19 ______ 10 ________ ---- __________ ER ___________ 1882 _19F __ count 12.83, 5.5 _Dec 8 ________19 ______ 10 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________________ 1882 _10F __ (12.33, 3.0) 1883 _ This was one of the coldest years by average temperature but it didn't quite match the production of similar years 1875 and 1888, with . March, September and November were particularly cold. From the original count of 14.17 low maxima, 9.0 have been retained, while from the original count of 13.67 record low minima, 4.5 have survived. 1883 holds six "coldest since" record low minima, two relative to 1874 records (34F on Apr 29 followed a 32F record low from 1874, and 9F on Dec 15 was one higher than the 1874 reading), two for 1876 record lows, Oct 16th (34F with 1883 at 35F) and Dec 16, 9F later tied by 1917, failed to break 7F from 1876, one for the 1881 Oct 5 record of 34F (37F later tied in 1892 and 1965) -- and one for an 1882 record when on Jan 24th, 2F (tied in 1925) remains coldest since the record of -6F. This count of 4.83 "coldest since" records would not be broken until 1914. Later on in the series a count of 4 to 6 became fairly common for this statistic. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 11 ________(14) 10th __ 5 ________ 1873,93 ____ 1968 _3F ____________ 1968 _3F ___ (0.33, 0.0) _Mar 8 ________23 _______ 8 ________ ---- __________ ER ___________ 1883 _23F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Mar 8 ________23 _______ 8 ________ ---- __________ ER ___________________ 1883 _8F ___ (1.33, 1.0) _Mar 9 _______(37)______ 14 ________ ---- __________ 1996 _11F ___________1996 _11F __ (2.33, 1.0) Mar 31_______(36) 30th __22 ________ ---- __________ 1923 _14F ___________1923 _14F __ (3.33, 1.0) Apr 1 ________ (39) 31st __25 _______1874 _________1919 _ 22F __________ 1923 _ 12F __ (3.83, 1.0) Apr 23 _______40 ______(34)________ ---- __________ ER ____________ 1883 _40F __ count 2.0, 2.0 Apr 24 _______44 ______(34)________ 1930 _______ ER (t 1930) ____1883,1930 _44F __ count 3.0, 2.5 _Apr 25 _______44 ______(34)________ ---- __________1919 _43F _____1919 _43F __ count 4.0, 2.5 July 24 ________ 71 _____ (62)________ 1896,99 ____1904 _67F ____ 1904 _67F __ count 4.33, 2.5 July 30 ________(74) _____58 _______ 1914 ________ 1956 _57F ___________ 1956 _57F __ (4.83, 1.0) Aug 16 _______65 ______ (57) 17th ___ ---- __________ER _____________1883 _65F __ count 5.33, 3.5 Sep 4 ________ (68)______ 47 ________ 1872 _______ ER _(t 1872) __________ 1872,1883 _47F _ (5.33, 1.5) Sep 5 ________ (70)______ 54 ________ 1906 _______ 1924 _53F ____________ 1963 _51F __ (6.33, 1.5) Sep 6 ________ (70)______ 49 ________ 1888 ________1924 _48F ____________ 1924 _48F __ (6.83, 1.5) _Sep 9 ________61 ______ 48 ________ 1880 ________ER _____________1880,1883 _61F __ count 5.83, 4.0 _Sep 9 ________61 ______ 48 _________---- __________ ER _____________________ 1883 _48F __ (7.83, 2.5) _Sep 10 _______62 ______ 43 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________1883 _62F __ count 6.83, 5.0 _Sep 10 _______62 ______ 43 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________________ 1883 _43F __ (8.83, 3.5) Sep 11 ______ (63)______ 49 _____ 1875, 85, 1914 ___1917 _43F _____________ 1917 _43F __ (9.17, 3.5) _Sep 12 _______62 ______(54)________ ---- __________ ER _____________1883 _62F __ count 7.83, 6.0 _Oct 4 ________ 51 ______(38) 5th ___ ---- __________ ER _____________1883 _51F __ count 8.83, 7.0 Oct 16 ________ 47 ______(35) ______ 1886,93 _____2009 _46F _____ 2009 _46F __ count 9.17, 7.0 Oct 17 ________ 50 ______ (35) ______ 1902 _______ 1970 _47F _____ 1970 _47F __ count 10.17, 7.0 _Nov 15 _______36 ______ 24 ________ ---- __________ 1933 _32F _____ 1933 _36F __ count 11.17, 7.0 _Nov 15 _______36 ______ 24 ________ ---- __________ 1933 _21F ____________ 1967 _20F __ (10.17, 3.5) _Nov 16 _______29 ______ 21 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________1883 _29F __ count 12.17, 8.0 _Nov 16 _______29 ______ 21 ________ ---- __________ 1933 _17F ____________ 1933 _17F __ (11.17, 3.5) _Nov 17 _______35 ______ 21 ________ ---- __________ 1924 _30F _____1924 _30F __ count 13.17, 8.0 _Nov 17 _______35 ______ 21 ________ ---- __________ 1924,33 _19F ________ 1924,33 _19F __ (12.17, 3.5) _Dec 23 _______10 ______ -1 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________1883 _10F __ count 14.17, 9.0 _Dec 23 _______10 ______ -1 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________________ 1883 _-1F __ (13.17, 4.5) Dec 24 ________(31) _____ 7 ________ 1872 ________1983 _6F _______________1983 _ 6F __ (13.67, 4.5) 1884 _ While not quite as cold as the years on either side, this was on the larger scale quite a cold year. From a count of 16.0 low maxima, 7.75 survived as records to end of the data. And from 9.083 record low minima, 3.5 have survived. There is also one "coldest since" a record low minimum, set in 1869, when the 1884 minimum on March 1st (5F) was coldest after the 1869 record of 4F. This came after 1884 set the leap year day records for both low max (12F) and low min (4F). The max of 18F on Mar 1st also missed being a daily record in the starter era by 2 deg (1886 had 16F). Mid-July of 1884 was particularly cool, three consecutive days (14th-16th) failed to break 73F (and 17th also just 75F). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 5 _________ 13 ______ (8) _______ ---- ________ ER _____________ 1884 _13F ___ count 1.0, 1.0 Jan 20 ________(20) 21st __8 ______ 1875,1918 __1940_7F, 1946_5F, 1985 4F __ 1994 _ 0F __ (0.5, 0.0) _Feb 29 _______12 _______ 4 _______ ---- ________ ER _______________1884 _12F ___ count 2.0, 2.0 _Feb 29 _______12 _______ 4 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________________ 1884 _ 4F __ (1.5, 1.0) (Mar 1 ________(18) ______(5) ______ not daily records) Mar 2 _________ 21 ______(15)_______ ---- _______ ER ______________ 1884 _21F ___ count 3.0, 3.0 Mar 3 _________ 27 ______(16)_______ ---- _____ 1943,50,2009 _26F__1943,50,2009 _26F _ count 4.0, 3.0 Mar 30 ________ 31 ______(21)_______ ---- _______ ER ______________ 1884 _31F ___ count 5.0, 4.0 May 8 _________ 51 ______(46)_______ ---- _______ 1947 _50F ______ 1962 _49F ___ count 6.0, 4.0 May 28 ________(64) _____48 ____ 1891,1894 ___ 1902 _47F ______________1907, 1961 _43F _ (1.83, 1.0) _May 29________51 ______43 ______ 2021 ______ ER (t 2021) ______1884, 2021 _51F __ count 7.0, 4.5 _May 29________51 ______43 ______ 1902 ______ ER (t 1902) ______________1884, 1902 _43F (2.83, 1.5) _May 30________55 ______42 _______ ---- ________ 2021 _51F _______ 2021 _51F __ count 8.0, 4.5 _May 30________55 ______42 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________________ 1884 _42F __ (3.83, 2.5) May 31 _______ (63) _____48 _______1915 ______ 1924,30,38 _46F _______ 1924,30,38 _46F _ (4.83, 2.5) June 11 ________63 _____(57) 12th _ ---- ________ 1910 _59F ________ 1916 _57F __ count 9.0, 4.5 June 15 _______(65) 14th__49 ______ ---- ________ 1933 _48F ________________ 1933 _48F __ (5.83, 2.5) June 16 _______(70) 15th__53 ______ ---- ________ 1927 _52F ________________ 1933 _52F __ (6.83, 2.5) July 14 ________ 73 _____(63)_______ ---- ________ ER (t 1960,63,2017) _ 1884,1960,63,2017 _73F __ count 10.0, 4.75 July 15 ________ 72 _____(61)_______ ---- ________ 1903 _69F ________ 1926 _67F __ count 11.0, 4.75 July 16 ________ 72 _____(63)_______ ---- ________ 1933 _70F ________ 1933 _70F __ count 12.0, 4.75 July 27 ________(72) 28th_ 62____1876,91,93 ____ 1901_61F 1903_59F __________ 1920 _55F __ (7.083, 2.5) July 29 ________ 69 _____(61) 30th___---- ________ ER _________________ 1884 _69F __ count 13.0, 5.75 Aug 10 ________71 _____ (63) 11th___---- _______ 1916 _68F __________ 1962 _60F __ count 14.0, 5.75 _Dec 19 _______ 16 ______ -1 _______ ---- ________ ER _________________ 1884 _16F __ count 15.0, 6.75 _Dec 19 _______ 16 ______ -1 _______ ---- ________ ER _________________________ 1884 _ -1F __ (8.083, 3.5) _Dec 20 ________ 7 _______-3 _______ ---- ________ ER _________________ 1884 _ 7F __ count 16.0, 7.75 _Dec 20 ________ 7 _______-3 _______ ---- ________ 1942 _-4F __________________ 1942 _ -4F ___ (9.083, 3.5) 1885 _ This was another of the coldest years. From a count of 18.5 low maxima, 6.33 have survived as records to end of the data (all in March and April). And from 18.67 record low minima, 6.5 have survived. There were no minima that were "coldest since" a record low minimum. After quite a cold winter, March 1885 was exceptionally cold (17th to 22nd coldest) and this only faded out gradually for the rest of the spring. Some cold periods returned in the late summer and early autumn. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 29 ________ 15 _______(5) ______ ---- _________ 1977 _13F _____ 1977 _13F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 Feb 7 ________ (25) _______ 4 _______---- _________ 1910 _1F _____________ 1910 _1F __ (1.0, 0.0) Feb 11 _______(11) ______ -2 _______1899 ______ ER (t 1899) ___________ 1885, 1899 _-2F __ (1.5, 0.5) _Feb 19 _______19 _______11 _______ ---- ________ 1903 _16F ______ 1903 _16F ___ count 2.0, 0.0 _Feb 19 _______19 _______11 _______1878______ 1903 _ 4F _____________ 1936 _1F ___ (2.0, 0.5) _Feb 20 _______16 _______(10) _____ ---- ________ ER _______________1885 _16F ___ count 3.0, 1.0 Mar 10 _______(36) ______ 19 ______ ---- ________ 1929 _12F _____________ 1929 _12F __ (3.0, 0.5) _Mar 11 _______28 ______ 17 _______---- _________ ER ______________ 1885 _28F __ count 4.0, 2.0 _Mar 11 _______28 ______ 17 ______1918________ 1933,39 _16F __________ 1960 _12F __ (4.0, 0.5) _Mar 17 _______25 ______ 10 _____ 1900 ________ ER ______________ 1885,1900 _25F __ count 4.5, 2.5 _Mar 17 _______25 ______ 10 _______ ---- ________ 1916 _9F ______________ 1916 _9F __ (5.0, 0.5) _Mar 18 _______25 _______ 8 _______ ---- _________1916 _24F _______ 1967 _20F __ count 5.5, 2.5 _Mar 18 _______25 _______ 8 _______ ---- ________ 1916 _7F ______________ 1916 _7F __ (6.0, 0.5) ___ Mar 19 ___ (30) _____ (16) __ (not daily records in starter era (22, 9), shown because of longer cold spell) _Mar 20 _______21 ______ 11 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1885 _21F __ count 6.5, 3.5 _Mar 20 _______21 ______ 11 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1885 _21F __ (7.0, 1.5) _Mar 21 _______21 ______ 10 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1885 _21F __ count 7.5, 4.5 _Mar 21 _______21 ______ 10 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1885 _21F __ (8.0, 2.5) _Mar 22 _______22 ______ 12 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1885 _22F __ count 8.5, 5.5 _Mar 22 _______22 ______ 12 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1885 _22F __ (9.0, 3.5) _Apr 9 _________39 _______ 27 _____1982,2003 ____ ER _(t 1982,2003) __1885,1982,2003 _39F _ count 9.5, 5.83 _Apr 9 _________39 _______ 27 ______ 1950_______1977 _25F ______________ 1977 _ 25F __ (10.0, 3.5) _Apr 14 _______ 44 _______ 30 _______ 1904 ______1923,29 _42F _____ 1940,48 _41F __ count 10.5, 5.83 _Apr 14 _______ 44 _______ 30 ______ 1875, 1940 ___1950 _26F _____________ 1950 _26F __ (10.5, 3.5) _Apr 15 _______ 41 _______ 33 _______ 1943 ______ ER (t 1943) _______ 1885,1943 _41F __ count 11.5, 6.33 _Apr 15 _______ 41 _______ 33 _______ 1928 ______ 1940 _31F _____________ 1943 _28F __ (11.5, 3.5) June 9 ________(65) _______ 56 _______ ---- _________ 1902_50F, 1913_49F ______ 1980 _47F __ (12.5, 3.5) June 23 ______ (72) _______ 52 ______ 1877 _______ 1918 _49F ______________ 1918 _49F __ (13.5, 3.5) June 30 _______ 70 _______(59) 1st ___1902 _______ 1927,43 _69F _____ 1967 _65F __ count 12.5, 6.33 July 3 _________ (76) 2nd ___59 __ 1870,88,1904 ___ 1914_58F,1918_57F,1929_55F __1933 _54F _ (13.83, 3.5) Aug 26 ________ 65 _______(54) _______ ---- __________1908 _64F ________1940 _61F __ count 13.5, 6.33 _Aug 27 _______ 65 _______ 50 _______ 1908 _______ 1915 _63F _______ 1927_ 62F __ count 14.5, 6.33 _Aug 27 _______ 65 _______ 50 _______ ---- __________ ER ______________________ 1885_ 50F __ (14.83, 4.5) _Aug 28 _______ 68 _______ 50 ____1903,08,15 _______1927 _65F _______ 1940 _60F __ count 15.5, 6.33 _Aug 28 _______ 68 _______ 50 _______ ---- __________ ER ______________________ 1885_ 50F __ (15.83, 5.5) Aug 29 ________ 68 _______(56)_______ ---- ___________1903 _63F _______ 1903 _63F __ count 16.5, 6.33 Sep 3 _________ (63) 2nd ___ 50 _______ 1893 _________ER (t 1893) ____________ 1885,1893 _50F __ (16.33, 6.0) Sep 11 ________(64) _______49 _____ 1875, 83, 1914 ___1917 _43F _____________1917 _43F __ (16.67, 6.0) Oct 6 __________ 53 _______(43)_______ ---- ___________ 1935 _50F _______ 1935 _50F __ count 17.5, 6.33 Oct 7 __________(51)_______ 40 ______1904,1923 _______1954, 1999 _39F ________ 1954, 99 _39F __ (17.67, 6.0) _Oct 8__________ 49 _______ 39 _______ ---- ___________ 1988 _45F _______ 1988 _45F __ count 18.5, 6.33 _Oct 8__________ 49 _______ 39 ______1935,1964 ______ 1988 _37F ________________ 1988 _37F __ (18.17, 6.0) Nov 1 _________ (45) 31st __ 30 _______ 1869 _________ER (t 1869) ____________ 1869,1885 _30F __ (18.67, 6.5) 1886 _ The colder trend continued with 17.83 low maxima leaving a remaining 7.25 surviving records, and 16.33 low minimum records with 6.17 of them surviving to the end of the data. The year has one "coldest since" a record low, that being Dec 3, tied with 1876 15F after the 1875 record of 11F. It also had the second coldest minimum for March 2nd (10F) but that came before the record was set in 1891. The portions of the year that were coldest were in the winter and autumn months. Unlike some of the coldest years, 1886 sometimes balanced out cold spells with relatively warm periods, even though it produced cold records at a similar pace. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 12 _______ 8 _______ 2 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1886 _8F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Jan 12 _______ 8 _______ 2 ______1968,81_______ ER (t 1968, 81) _________ 1886,1968,1981 _2 F _ (1.0, 0.33) _Jan 13 ______ 14 _______ 2 _______ ---- _________ 1912 _8F _______ 1912 _8F __ count 2.0, 1.0 _Jan 13 ______ 14 _______ 2 _______ ---- _________ 1912, 14 _-3F __________ 1912, 14 _-3F __ (2.0, 0.33) Jan 14 _______(20) ______ 6 _______ ---- _________ 1912 _2F _______________ 1914 _-5F ___ (3.0, 0.33) _Feb 4 _______12 _______ 0 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1886 _12F __ count 3.0, 2.0 _Feb 4 _______12 _______ 0 _______ 1918 _______ ER (t 1918) ____________ 1886,1918 _ 0 F __ (4.0, 0.83) _Feb 5 ________7 _______-4 _______ ---- _________ 1918 _4F _______ 1918 _4F __ count 4.0, 2.0 _Feb 5 ________7 _______-4 _______ ---- _________ 1918 _-6F _____________ 1918 _-6F __ (5.0, 0.83) _Feb 27 ______18 ______ (9) _______---- _________ ER ______________ 1886 _18F __ count 5.0, 3.0 _Mar 1 _______16 ______ (8) _______---- _________ ER ______________ 1886 _16F __ count 6.0, 4.0 May 26 ______(59) ______45 _______ ---- _________1925 _43F ____________ 1967 _42F __ (6.0, 0.83) June 14 ______ 63 ______(59)______ 1896 _______1907 _59F ______1907 _59F __ count 6.5, 4.0 June 19 ______(75) _____ 54 _____ 1879,89 ______ 1920 _52F ______________1920 _52F __ (6.33, 0.83) June 23 ______ 66 ______(60) 24th__ ---- _________ 1903 _60F ______ 1918 _59F __ count 7.5, 4.0 July 21 _______ 71 ______(62) 20th__ ---- _________ 1956 _66F ______ 1956 _66F __ count 8.5, 4.0 _Aug 3________ 69 ______ 55 _______ ---- _________1921 _66F ______ 1921 _66F __ count 9.5, 4.0 _Aug 3________ 69 ______ 55 _______1927_______ ER (t 1927) _____________ 1886, 1927 _55F __ (7.33, 1.33) _Aug 4________ 71 ______ 56 _______1874 _______ 1909 _69F _______ 1909 _69F __ count 10.0, 4.0 _Aug 4________ 71 ______ 56 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1886 _56F __ (8.33, 2.33) Aug 5 ________(70) 6th___56 _______ ---- _________ ER (t 1912,51) _________ 1886,1912,1951 _56F __ (9.33, 2.67) Aug 7 _________ 66 _____ (59) 8th___---- _________ 1975 _64F _______ 1975 _64F __ count 11.0, 4.0 Aug 19 _______ (70) 18th__57_____ 1882 _______ 1924 _55F ______________1924 _55F __ (9.83, 2.67) Aug 21 _______ (75) _____ 54 ______ ---- __________1922 _53F ______________1922 _53F __ (10.83, 2.67) Sep 2 _________(68) 1st___51 ______ ---- __________ ER ______________________ 1886 _51F __ (11.83, 3.67) Sep 13 ________ 66 ______(53) 14th__ ---- ________ 1911_61F, 1937,64_60F _1965 _59F_ count 12.0, 4.0 Oct 1 __________(64)______ 42 _______1899 ______ 1916 _41F ______________ 1947 _36F __ (12.33, 3.67) Oct 2 __________(54)______ 39 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1886 _39F __ (13.33, 4.67) Oct 16 ________ 47 ______(36) _____ 1883,93 _____2009 _46F _____ 2009 _46F __ count 12.33, 4.0 Oct 17 ________ (52)______ 33 _______ ---- __________ ER _____________________ 1886 _39F __ (14.33, 5.67) Nov 7 _________ 41 ______ (32)_____1903,27,2012 ___ER (t 1903,27,2012)__1886,1903,1927,2012 _41F _ count 13.33, 4.25 _Nov 8 _________38 ______ 29 ________ ---- __________ER ____________ 1886 _38F __ count 14.33, 5.25 _Nov 8 _________38 ______ 29 ________ 2019 _______ER (t 2019) ____________ 1886, 2019 _38F __ (15.33, 6.17) _Dec 3 _________ 24 ______(17)________ ---- _________1976 _23F _____ 1976 _23F __ count 15.33, 5.25 _Dec 5 _________22 ______ 13 ________ ---- __________ER ____________ 1886 _22F __ count 16.33, 6.25 _Dec 5 _________22 ______ 13 ________ ---- __________1926 _11F ____________ 1926 _11F __ (16.33, 6.17) _Dec 6 _________26 ______(19)________1871_________1926 _22F _____ 1926 _22F __ count 16.83, 6.25 _Dec 16 ________19 ______(13) 17th __ ---- __________ ER _____________ 1886 _19F __ count 17.83, 7.25 1887 _ In a cold decade, this was one of the warmer years, and the count of low maxima in the starter era was only 7.83, with 3.83 surviving low maximum records now. Although the year managed 16.67 low minima, only 4.5 of those have survived. Another five minima were "coldest since" record lows from 1875 (three), 1876 and 1885, with ties the count for this statistic was 4.0. The coldest since values were on Apr 18th, 30F was coldest after record 25F from 1875; Apr 19th, 29F (tied in 1897) was coldest after record 22F from 1875); Aug 27, 51F was coldest after record 50F from 1885; Oct 15th, 34F (tied in 1937) was coldest after record 32F from 1876, and on Dec 1st, 11F was coldest after record 8F from 1875. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Jan 8 _________ 16 ______ 7 _______ ---- ________ 1942 _14F _______ 1968 _13F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 8 _________ 16 ______ 7 _______ ---- ________ 1942 _ 5F ______________ 1968 _ 2F __ (1.0, 0.0) Mar 15 ________(30) _____15 _______1916 ______ 1993 _14F _____________1993 _14F __ (2.0, 0.0) _Mar 29 _______29 ______ 19 _______ ---- ________ ER _______________ 1887 _29F __ count 2.0, 1.0 _Mar 29 _______29 ______ 19 _______ ---- ________1923 _10F _____________ 1923 _10F __ (3.0, 0.0) _Mar 30 _______(33)______16 _______ ---- ________ ER ____________________ 1887 _16F __ (4.0, 1.0) June 12 _______ (74) 11th__53______1878 _______1951 _ 51F ____________ 1979 _ 48F __ (4.5, 1.0) Aug 9 _________ (78) ______60 ______1899 ______ 1919,89 _57F __________1919,89 _57F __ (5.0, 1.0) Aug 15 ________ 68 ______(60) 14th__1930 ______1992 _66F _______ 1992 _66F __ count 3.0, 1.0 Aug 25 ________ (69) _____ 55 _______ ---- ________1927 _54F _____________1940 _52F __ (6.0, 1.0) Aug 26 ________ (67) _____ 53 _______ ---- ________ ER _____________________1887 _53F __ (7.0, 2.0) Sep 16 ________ (63) _____ 51 _______ ---- ________1913,61 _49F, 1964_48F ___1966 _47F __ (8.0, 2.0) Sep 17 ________ (68) _____ 47 _______ ---- ________1950,59 _46F ___________ 1986 _45F __ (9.0, 2.0) _Sep 24________ 52 ______ 43 _______ ---- ________ ER _____________ 1887 _52F __ count 4.0, 2.0 _Sep 24________ 52 ______ 43 _______1950 ______ 1963 _40F ______________ 1963 _40F __ (10.0, 2.0) Sep 25 ________ (55) _____ 40 _______---- _________ ER ______________________ 1887 _40F __ (11.0, 3.0) _Sep 26 ________ 56 _____ 43 ___________________ 2000 _54F ______2000 _54F __ count 5.0, 2.0 _Sep 26 ________ 56 _____ 43 ___ 1879,94,1928___1940 _42F ______________ 1940 _42F __ (11.33, 3.0) Sep 27 ________ (62) _____ 43 _______1940 ______ 1947,57 _41F ___________ 1947,57 _41F __ (12.33, 3.0) Oct 12 _________ 49 _____(40) _____1875,91 ______ ER _____________1875,87,91 _49F __ count 5.33, 2.33 Oct 14 ________ (50) 15th__38 ___1874, 75, 1934,37 _1988 _37F _____________ 1988 _37F __ (12.67, 3.0) Oct 22 ________ 43 _____ (34) 23rd __ ---- _________ ER _____________1887 _43F __ count 6.33, 3.33 Oct 26 ________ 46 _____ (33) _______ ---- __________ 1958 _45F ____ 1962 _39F __ count 7.33, 3.33 Oct 30 _______ (49) ______ 32 _______ ---- _________ 1925 _31F _________________ 1925 _31F __ (13.67, 3.0) Oct 31 _______ (48) ______ 29 _______ ---- _________ ER (t 1925) _______________ 1887, 1925 _29F __ (14.67, 3.5) Nov 1 ________ (43) ______ (34) ______ not daily records in starter era (40F, 30F) Nov 2 ________ (49) ______ 30 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1887 _30F __ (15.67, 4.5) Nov 9 ________ (49) ______ 30 _______ 1923 ______ 1971 _28F _________________ 1976 _24F __ (16.67, 4.5) Nov 11 _______ 39 ______ (30) ______ 1895, 1913 __1926 _37F ________ 1987 _33F __ count 7.83, 3.83 1888 _ This year had the most low maximum and low minimum records in the starter era but finished second to 1875 in terms of records that have survived, in both cases. There were 26.83 record low maxima, of which 12.83 have survived, and 37.67 record low minima, of which 12.75 have survived. There were also two minima that were "coldest since" a record low, one was 10F on March 5th (record 5F 1872), and the other was March 25th when 16F was the lowest minimum after the 1878 record of 13F. March and September-October were particularly cold. Only two of the 1888 records happened after Oct 22nd and if we take the year from Oct 22nd 1887 to Oct 22nd 1888 the counts are even more impressive, For low maximum it increases to a count of 27.83 with 13.83 survivors, and for low minimum, 41.67 with 14.25 surviving. Jan 19 ________ 20 _______(14) 20th__---- ________ 1904 _14F ______ 1994 _10F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _Jan 21________ 16 _______ 1_______ ---- _________ 1985 _9F _______ 1985 _ 9F __ count 2.0, 0.0 _Jan 21________ 16 _______1 _______ ---- _________ 1985 _-2F _____________ 1985 _-2F __ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 22 _______ 14 _______ 0 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1888 _14F __ count 3.0, 1.0 _Jan 22 _______ 14 _______ 0 _______ ---- _________ ER ___________________ 1888 _ 0F __ (2.0, 1.0) Jan 25 ________ (20) 24th__ 3_______ 1882 _______ 1945 _2F ____________1945 _-2F __ (2.5, 1.0) _Jan 27 _______ 14 _______ 4 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1888 _14F __ count 4.0, 2.0 _Jan 27 _______ 14 _______ 4 _______ 1925 _______1927 _-1F _____________ 1927 _-1F __ (3.5, 1.0) _Jan 28 _______ 10 _______ 3 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1888 _10F __ count 5.0, 3.0 _Jan 28 _______ 10 _______ 3 _______ ---- _________ 1925 _-2F _____________ 1925 _-2F __ (4.5, 1.0) Feb 15 ________(40) ______3 _______ 1916 _______ 1943 _-8F ______________ 1943 _-8F __ (5.5, 1.0) _Feb 16 _______18 _______ 1 _______ ---- _________ 1904 _11F _______1904 _11F __ count 6.0, 3.0 _Feb 16 _______18 _______ 1 _______ ---- _________ ER ___________________ 1888 _1F __ (6.5, 2.0) Feb 28 ________(20) ______ 8 _______ ---- _________ 1934 _5F _____________ 1934 _5F __ (7.5, 2.0) Mar 3 ________ (24) 4th __ 15 ____1873,1890,1912___1925,38,43,50,62,2003 >> ___ same_11F ___ (7.83, 2.0) Mar 12 _______ (33) ______ 8 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1888 _ 8F __ (8.83, 3.0) (midnight low) _Mar 13 _______12 _______ 6 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1888 _12F __ count 7.0, 4.0 (blizzard of 1888) _Mar 13 _______12 _______ 6 ________ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1888 _ 6F __ (9.83, 4.0) (blizzard of 1888) Mar 14 ________(37) _____12 ________ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1888 _12F __(10.83, 4.0) Mar 23 ________ 20 _____ (14) _______ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1888 _20F __ count 8.0, 5.0 _Mar 24 _______ 26 ______12 ________ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1888 _26F __ count 9.0, 6.0 _Mar 24 _______ 26 ______12 ________ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1888 _12F __ (11.83, 5.0) _Apr 8__________ 41 _____ 28 _______ 1894 _______ 1912 _40F ________1916,56,2003 _37F __ count 9.5, 6.0 _Apr 8__________ 41 _____ 28 _____ 1880, 1920 ___ 1972 _26F _______________ 1982 _25F __ (12.33, 5.0) Apr 24 _________(45) _____33 _______ ---- __________1930 _31F ______________ 1930 _31F __ (13.33, 5.0) Apr 25 _________(56) _____31 _______ ---- __________1919 _29F ______________ 1919 _29F __ (14.33, 5.0) May 2 __________ 49 _____(41) 3rd ___---- _________ 1947,53 _48F _____ 1962 _45F __ count 10.5, 6.0 May 16 ________ 52 ______(44) ______ ---- __________ ER ________________ 1888 _52F __ count 11.5, 7.0 May 17 ________(58)______40 _______ ---- __________1956_ 39F _______________ 1956 _39F __ (15.33, 5.0) May 21 ________(61) 20th__44_______ ---- __________ 1907 _40F _______________ 1907 _40F __ (16.33, 5.0) May 23 ________ 60 ______(49)______ 1892 _____ 1907 _58F, 1916_ 56F ___1982 _55F __ count 12.0, 7.0 May 26 ________ 58 ______(55)______ 1898 _______ 1901, 07 _53F ________1901, 07 _53F __ count 12.5, 7.0 June 3 _________(69) ______ 51 _______ ---- ________1907 _49F, 1915_ 47F _________ 1929 _45F __ (17.33, 5.0) _June 28_______ 68 ______ 54 ________ ---- _______ 1914 _65F __________ 1938 _60F __ count 13.5, 7.0 _June 28_______ 68 ______ 54 ___ 1893,1915,95 ___ ER _(t 1893,1915,95) ________ 1888,93,1915,95 _54F __ (17.83, 5.25) _June 29_______ 67 ______ 52 ________ ---- _______ 1903 _65F ___________ 1903 _65F __ count 14.5, 7.0 _June 29_______ 67 ______ 52 ______ 1919 _______ ER (t 1919) _______________ 1888,1919 _52F __ (18.83, 5.75) July 1 _________ 70 ______ (59) _____ 1869,71 ____ ER (t 1869,71) ________ 1869,71,88 _70F _ count 14.83, 7.33 July 2 _________ (74) ______ 56 ______ 2001 _______ ER (t 2001)________________ 1888, 2001 _56F __ (19.83, 6.25) July 3 _________(82) ______ 59 __ 1870,85,1904 ___ 1914_58F,1918_57F,1929_55F ___1933 _54F _ (20.17, 6.25) July 9 _________ 69 _______(62) 10th__---- _________ 1964 _63F ____________1964 _63F __ count 15.83, 7.33 July 12 ________(78) ______58 _______ ---- _________ 1926 _57F _________________1926 _57F _ (21.17, 6.25) July 13 _______ (70) ______ 54 ______ ---- __________ ER ________________________ 1888 _54F __ (22.17, 7.25) July 14 _______ (80) ______ 58 _____ 1877, 1926 ____ER (t 1877,1926) __________ 1877,1888,1926 _58F __ (22.67, 7.58) July 15 ________(80) ______59 _______ 1924 _______1926 _58F _________________1930 _57F __ (23.67, 7.58) July 18 _______ (74) 19th__59 _______ ---- _________ 1924 _58F _________________ 1925 _57F __ (24.67, 7.58) July 29 ________(78) ______60 _______ 1880 ______ 1914 _59F __________________1914 _59F __ (25.17, 7.58) Aug 13 _______ (72) ______ 59 _______ ---- _________ 1902 _57F __________________ 1930 _55F __ (26.17, 7.58) Aug 22 ________70 _______(56) ______ 1926 _______1928 _69F, 1965 _68F __2007 _65F __ count 16.83, 7.33) Aug 23 ________(70)______ 53 _______ ---- _________ 1923 _51F ________________ 1923 _51F __ (27.17, 7.58) Aug 29 _______ (70) 28th__54 _______ ---- __________ 1965,82,86 _50F _________1965,82,86_50F __ (28.17, 7.58) _Sep 6 ________ 57 _______ 49 _______ ---- _________ 1963 _56F ___________ 1963 _ 56F __ count 17.83, 7.33 _Sep 6 ________ 57 _______ 49 _______ 1883 ______ 1924 _48F _________________ 1924 _48F __ (28.67, 7.58) _Sep 7 _______ 63 _______ 46 _______ 1877 ________ER (t 1877) __________ 1877,1888 _63F __ count 18.33, 7.83 _Sep 7 _______ 63 _______ 46 _______ ---- __________ ER ________________________ 1888 _46F __ (29.67, 8.58) Sep 14 _______(69)_______49 _______1873 ________ 1911,75 _46F ____________ 1911,75 _46F __ (30.17, 8.58) _Sep 29 ______ 53 _______ 42 _______ ---- __________ ER __________________1888 _53F __ count 19.33, 8.83 _Sep 29 ______ 53 _______ 42 _____ 1914,42 _______ ER (t 1914,42) _____________ 1888,1914,1942 _42F __ (31.17, 9.92) _Sep 30 ______ 52 _______ 40 _______ ---- __________ ER __________________ 1888 _53F __ count 20.33, 9.83 _Sep 30 ______ 52 _______ 40 _______ ---- __________1912 _39F __________________1912 _39F __ (32.17, 9.92) _Oct 3 _______ 47 _______ 38 _______ ---- __________ ER __________________ 1888 _47F __ count 21.33, 10.83 _Oct 3 _______ 47 _______ 38 _____1899, 1974 _____ER (t 1899, 1974) __________1888,1899,1974 _38F __ (32.67, 10.25) Oct 4 _________(55) ______ 37 _______ ---- __________ ER _________________________ 1888 _37F __ (33.67, 11.25) _Oct 9_________ 43 _______ 37 _______ ---- __________ ER ___________________1888 _43F __ count 22.33, 11.83 _Oct 9_________ 43 _______ 37 ______1988 _________ER (t 1988)__________________ 1888,1988 _37F __ (34.67, 11.75) _Oct 10________ 52 _______ 35 _______ ---- ___________1925 _43F ____________1925 _43F __ count 23.33, 11.83 _Oct 10_________52 _______35 _______ ---- ___________ER __________________________ 1888 _35F __ (35.67, 12.75) _Oct 11_________49 _______ 36 ______ 1906 _________ 1951 _48F ___________1951 _48F __ count 24.33, 11.83 _Oct 11_________49 _______ 36 _______ ---- ___________ 1925 _35F __________________ 1964 _34F __ (36.67, 12.75) Oct 21 _________43 _______ (34)_______---- ___________ ER __________________ 1888 _43F __ count 25.33, 12.83 _Oct 22________ (48) _______33_______ ---- ___________ 1940 _30F __________________ 1940 _30F __ (37.67, 12.75) Dec 14 ________ 22 ________(15) ______ ---- ___________ 1902 _21F _________ 1902 _21F __ count 26.33, 12.83 Dec 22 ________ 21 ________ 9 _______ 1871 _________1921 _20F __________ 1989 _18F __ count 26.83, 12.83 1889 _ This was a considerably warmer year and from a count of only 5.5 low maxima, 4.0 have survived, while from 5.33 record low minima, only 2.0 have survived. There were no "coldest since" record lows in 1889 (or the following two years). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Feb 23 _______(23) 24th ___ 5 _______ ---- ________ ER ______________________ 1889 _ 5F __ (1.0, 1.0) Feb 25 ________ 26 _______(3) 24th ___ 1904 _____ 1910 _23F ________ 1934 _16F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 May 27 ________55 ______(50) 26th __ 1893 ______1961 _47F ________ 1961 _47F __ count 1.5, 0.0 June 19 _______ (69) 18th__54 _____1879,86_______1920 _52F ______________1920 _52F __ (1.33, 1.0) July 16 ________ (74) 15th__58 _______1903 ______ 1926,46 _56F __________ 1926,46 _56F __ (2.33, 1.0) Aug 12 _______ (73) _______ 55 _______ ---- _______ ER _____________________ 1889 _55F __ (3.33, 2.0) Oct 14 ________ 45 _______ (42) _______ ---- _______ER _____________ 1889 _45F __ count 2.5, 1.0 _Oct 23________ 42 _______ 33 _______ ---- _______ ER _____________ 1889 _42F __ count 3.5, 3.0 _Oct 23________ 42 _______ 33 _______ ---- _______ 1969 _32F _____________ 1969 _32F __ (4.33, 3.0) _Oct 24________ 44 _______ 32 _______ ---- _______ ER _____________ 1889 _42F __ count 4.5, 3.0 _Oct 24 ________44 _______ 32 _______ ---- _______ 1969 _31F ______________1969 _31F __ (5.33, 3.0) Dec 4 _________ 22 _______ (13) _______ ---- _______ ER _____________ 1889 _22F __ count 5.5, 4.0 1890 _ The winter of 1889-90 was very mild and colder weather appeared rather gradually, peaking in July relative to normal values. Mid-July was exceptionally cool. But the year only generated 3.5 record low maxima and none of them have survived. From 7.67 record low minima, 6.0 have survived. This suggests that 1890 was taking advantage of the weak urban heat island to score durable records by radiational cooling in fairly marginal air masses by modern standards. There were no "coldest since" low minimum records set. The extinction date for 1890 low maxima was Aug 24, 1937. This is earlier than any of the other years that had record low maxima and failed to retain any. Before 1890 became the first extinct year in this regard, 1936 became the first year not to record any record low maxima, followed by 1939. The next extinction for a year with records was in 1940 (for 1908). Thus by 1940, four years had no record low maxima (1890, 1908, 1936 and 1939). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Mar 3 ________ (32) ______ 15 _____ 1873,88,,1912 ___ 1925,38,43,50,62,2003 >>___ same_11F ___ (0.33, 0.0) Mar 7 ________ (27) _______ 7 _______ ---- __________ ER _______________________1890 _ 7F ___ (1.33, 1.0) July 6 _________(79) 5th ___58 _____1879,1882,1927__ 1956 _57F, 1972_56F ____ 1979 _54F ___ (1.67, 1.0) _July 10________70 _______ 55 _______ ---- _________ 1917 _65F ________ 1917 _65F __ count 1.0, 0.0 _July 10________70 _______ 55 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1890 _55F __ (2.67, 2.0) July 19________(71)_______ 58 _______ ---- _________ 1924 _57F ______________ 1924 _57F __ (3.67, 2.0) July 20________(70)_______ 55 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1890 _55F __ (4.67, 3.0) July 21________(76)_______ 55 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________________ 1890 _55F __ (5.67, 4.0) July 22________(77)_______ 58 _______ 1871 _______ER _(t 1871) ______________ 1871,1890 _55F __ (6.17, 4.5) July 23________(75)_______ 58 _______ 1871 _______ER _(t 1871) ______________ 1871, 1890 _55F __ (6.67, 5.0) Aug 11 _______ 69 _______(61) _______ 1916 ______ 1931,33,62 _68F ____1931,33,62 _68F __ count 2.0, 0.0 Aug 23 _______ 68 _______(55) ______ 1874, 1928 _1930 _63F _________ 1930 _63F __ count 2.5, 0.0 _Aug 24_______ 65 ______ 52 _______ ---- _________ 1937,45 _64F _____ 1937,45 _64F __ count 3.5, 0.0 _Aug 24_______ 65 ______ 52 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________________ 1890 _55F __ (7.67, 6.0) 1891 _ This was a relatively warm year when compared to the two decades previous, but had a reasonably large yield of record lows. From 7.33 low maximum records during the year, the surviving count was 3.83. From 4.58 record low minima, 4.0 have survived. This survival rate of 87.3% was the highest of the starter era, and would not be overtaken until 1910 which achieved a full survival (albeit just one record was set). One would need to go as far as 1945 to find a year that had both a better survival rate and more surviving records. The year had no cases of "coldest since" record low minima. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Mar 2 _______ (25) _______ 9 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1891 _ 9F __ (1.0, 1.0) _May 5________ 43 _______ 34 ________ ---- _________ER ______________ 1891 _43F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _May 5________ 43 _______ 34 ________ ---- _________ER _____________________ 1891 _34F __ (2.0, 2.0) _May 6________ 45 _______ 32 ________ ---- _________ER ______________ 1891 _45F __ count 2.0, 2.0 _May 6________ 45 _______ 32 ________ ---- _________ER _____________________ 1891 _32F __ (3.0, 3.0) _May 7 _______ (57)_______37 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1891 _ 37F __ (4.0, 4.0) May 28 _______(63) ______ 48 ____ 1884,1894 ____ 1902 _47F ____________1907, 1961 _43F _ (4.33, 4.0) June 7 ________ 61 ______ (54) ________ 1905 ______ ER (t 1905) _____ 1891, 1905 _61F __ count 3.0, 2.5 June 18________65 ______(59) _______ ---- _________ 1903 _64F _______ 1920 _63F __ count 4.0, 2.5 June 19________63 ______(56) _______ ---- _________ 1935 _59F _______ 1935 _59F __ count 5.0, 2.5 July 2 _________ 67 ______(62) 3rd_____ ---- _________ER _______________ 1891 _67F __ count 6.0, 3.5 July 27 ________(74)_______ 62 ____1876,84,93 ____ 1901_61F, 1903_59F _______ 1920_ 55F __ (4.58, 4.0) Aug 30 _______ 68 _______(xx) ________ ---- _________1903 _66F ________1911 _62F __ count 7.0, 3.5 Oct 12 ________ 49 _____ (40) _______1875,87 ______ ER _____________1875,87,91 _49F __ count 7.33, 3.83 1892 _ This was a below-average year for cold records. From a total count of 3.5 low maxima, just 1.33 have survived (March 14th and a third share of May 21) and from 2.5 record low minima, 1.0 has survived (July 17). There were four other lows that were "coldest since" previous record lows. These had some ties and the count was 2.83. July 21st (59F) tied 1965 as coldest since record 55F of 1890. 52F on Sept 2nd was coldest after record of 51F in 1886. 38F on Oct 5 was tied with 1883 and 1965 as coldest since the record low 35F in 1881. And the following day, 37F was also coldest since Oct 6, 1881 (36F). May 1892 had the one notable cold spell of the year. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Mar 14 ________ 28 ______(17)________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1892 _28F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _May 20 _______ 55 ______ 46 ________ ---- _________ 1901 _53F ______ 1957,2000 _51F __ count 2.0, 1.0 _May 20 _______ 55 ______ 46 ________ ---- _________ 1907, 2002 _43F __________ 1907, 2002 _43F __ (1.0, 0.0) May 21 ________ 50 ______(46) _______1924,1929 ____ ER (t 1924,1929) ___ 1892,1924,1929 _50F __ count 3.0, 1.33 May 22 ________ (55) ______45 ________ 1895 ______ 1907 _42F _______________1907 _42F __ (1.5, 0.0) May 23 ________ 60 ______(48) ________ 1888 _____ 1907 _58F, 1916_ 56F __1982 _55F __ count 3.5, 1.33 July 17 _________(76)______ 57 ________ ---- __________ER _______________________ 1892 _57F __ (2.5, 1.0) 1893 _ With a notably cold January, this year set an average number of records for the starter era, 11.17 low maxima of which 3.33 had survived to March 28, 2022 when one was broken leaving 2.33 intact, and 13,58 low minima of which 3.083 have survived. There were no "coldest since" record low minimum values. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 11 ________(15)_______ 5 ______ 1873,1883 _____ 1968 _3F _________________ 1968 _3F (0.33, 0.0) Jan 14 ________ 17 _______(9) 15th ___1988, 2004_____ER (t 1988, 2004) _______ 1893, 1988 2004 _17F __ count 1.0, 0.33 _Jan 16 _______ 17 _______ 1 ______ 1912 ________ 1920 _14F __________1920 _14F __ count 2.0, 0.33 _Jan 16 _______ 17 _______ 1 ______ 2004 _________ ER (t 2004) _______________1893,2004 _1F __ (1.33, 0.5) _Jan 17 _______ 17 _______ 5 ________ ---- _________ 1965 _16F ________ 1977 _12F __ count 3.0, 0.33 _Jan 17 _______ 17 _______ 5 ________ ---- _________ 1977 _-2F _________________ 1977 _-2F __ (2.33, 0.5) Feb 20 ________(25) ______9 _______1934,36 _______ 1950 _ 7F _________________ 2015 _2F __ (3.33, 0.5) _Mar 16 _______28 ______ 17 _______ ---- __________ 1911 _20F _______ 1911 _20F __ count 4.0, 0.33 _Mar 16 _______28 ______ 17 _______ 1872 ________ 1911 _13F ______________ 1911 _13F __ (3.83, 0.5) _Mar 28 _______34 ______ (22) 29th ___ ---- _________ 2022 _33F _______ 2022 _33F __ count 5.0, 0.33 Apr 27 ________ 46 ______(35) 26th __1882,97,1916 __1946 _45F _______1946 _45F __ count 5.33, 0.33 May 1 _________ 46 ______(43) _______1869 _______ 1917 _45F _______ 1917 _45F __ count 5.83, 0.33 May 27 ________ 55 ______(51) ______ 1889 _______ 1961 _47F ________1961 _47F __ count 6.33, 0.33 _June 17_______ 62 _______ 54 _______ ---- _________ 1959 _61F ________ 1959 _61F __ count 7.33, 0.33 _June 17_______ 62 _______ 54 _______ 1871 ______ 1901_53F, 1914_52F _______ 1926 _51F __ (4.33, 0.5) _June 26 _______63 _______56 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________ 1893 _63F __ count 8.33, 1.33 _June 26 _______63 _______56 _______1974,79 _____ER _(t 1974,79) __________ 1893,1974,1979 _56F __ (5.33, 0.83) _June 27 _______63 ______ 56 ________ 1938 _______ 1968 _61F _______ 1968 _61F __ count 9.33, 1.33 _June 27 _______63 ______ 56 _______ 1905,15 _____ 1940 _55F ______________ 1940 _55F __ (6.33, 0.83) June 28_______ (69) ______ 54 ___ 1888,1915,95 _____ ER _(t 1888,1915,95) ______ 1888,93,1915,95 _54F __ (6.83, 1.08) July 11 ________(75) 10th__ 57 _______ 1898 _______ ER (t 1898) ______________ 1893, 1898 _57F __ (7.33, 1.58) July 24 ________(74) ______ 56 ________ ---- _________ ER_______________________1893 _56F (8.33, 2.58) July 25 ________(87) ______ 58 ________ ---- _________ 1953 _57F _______________1953 _57F (9.33, 2.58) July 27 ________(76)_______ 62 ____1876,84,91 ____ 1901_61F, 1903_59F _______ 1920_ 55F __ (9.58, 2.58) July 28 ________(80)_______ 59 ________ ---- ________ 1903 _57F _______________ 1903 _57F __ (10.58, 2.58) Aug 14 _______ (72)_______ 56 ________ ---- ________ 1941 _55F ________________1964 _54F __ (11.58, 2.58) Aug 15 _______ (83)_______ 58 ________ ---- ________ 1921 _56F, 1963 _55F _____1964 _54F __ (12.58, 2.58) Aug 20 ________70 _______(66) 21st___1900,1948 __1990 _68F ______1990 _68F __ count 9.83, 1.33 Sep 3 _________ (69) ______ 50 _______ 1885 ________ER (t 1885) ______________ 1885,1893 _50F __ (13.08, 3.08) Sep 27 ________ 56 _______(47) 28th___ ---- _________ ER _____________1893 _56F __ count 10.83, 2.33 Oct 16 ________ 47 ______ (38) 17th __1886,93______2009 _46F _____ 2009 _46F __ count 11.17, 2.33 Dec 14 ________(26) 13th__ 13 _______ 1898 _______ 1976 _12F _________________ 1976 _12F __ (13.58, 3.08) 1894 _ The year was more productive for low maxima than low minima. From 13.33 low maximum records set in the starter era, 7.7 have been retained, and surprisingly this is the highest number for any year after 1888. Within the starter era, 1894 ranks 13th of 32 for starter records set and also falls behind 1903 so is 14th overall, but ranks 7th for those that have survived (and therefore is seventh overall since no years surpassed it afterwards). For low minima, 1894 had 10.17 in the starter era and of those only 2.5 survived. The coldest part of the year relative to normal appears to be July but the various records are sprinkled through the entire year, and in addition, there are three "coldest since" record low minima, with a count of 2.5, these being Feb 24th (2F the lowest minimum after the -1F record set in 1873), June 7th (48F was coldest after record of 47F in 1879) and July 10th (56F coldest after 1890 record of 55F which prevented this from being the fourth consecutive daily record set (only one of the other three survives today, see table below). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Feb 24 _______ 10 _______(2) ________ ---- ________ ER ________________ 1894 _10F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Feb 25 _______(27) _______1 _______ 1914 _______ ER (t 1914) _______________ 1894,1914 _ 1F (1.0, 0.5) _Mar 27 _______30 _______ 20 _______ ---- _________ ER ________________ 1894 _30F __ count 2.0, 2.0 _Mar 27 _______30 _______ 20 _______ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1894 _20F __ (2.0, 1.5) Mar 28 _______ (39) _______25 _______ ---- _________1919 _24F _______________ 1923 _13F __ (3.0, 1.5) Apr 2 _________(43) _______ 27 _______ ---- _________1911 _24F _______________ 1919 _22F __ (4.0, 1.5) Apr 3 _________(42) ______ 25 ______ 1896 ________1954 _24F ________________ 1954 _ 24F ___ (4.5, 1.5) Apr 8__________ 41 _______(32) 9th __1888 _______ 1912 _40F ________1916,56,2003 _37F __ count 2.5, 2.0 May 22 _______ 54 ______ (52)________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1894 _54F __ count 3.5, 3.0 May 28 _______(61) 29th__ 48 ____ 1884,1894 ___ 1902 _47F ______________1907, 1961 _43F _ (4.83, 1.5) May 31 _______ 57 ______ (52)________ 1878 _______ER (t 1878) _______ 1878, 1894 _57F __ count 4.0, 3.5 June 6 _________54 ______ (48) 7th ____ ---- _________ ER _______________ 1894 _54F __ count 5.0, 4.5 June 8 _________(64) 7th __ 49 ________ ---- __________1932 _47F ______________1932 _47F __ (5.83, 1.5) July 6_________ 74 _______(66) ______1869,1879 __ 1902_73F, 1914_71F ___ 1956 _61F __ count 5.33, 4.5 _July 7_________ 74 _______ 59 ______ 1879, 1906 __ 1914,43,87 _71F _____1914,43,87 _71F __ count 5.83, 4.5 _July 7_________ 74 _______ 59 _______ ---- __________1913 _58F _______________ 1914 _56F __ (6.83, 1.5) July 8_________ 67 _______ 56 ________ ---- _________ 2005 _66F __________2005 _66F __ count 6.83, 4.5 July 8_________ 67 _______ 56 ________ ---- _________1894 _56F ______________ 1894 _56F __ (7.83, 2.5) July 9 _________(71)_______ 58 ________ ---- _________ 1963 _54F ______________ 1963 _54F __ (8.83, 2.5) July 22 ________ 70 _______(63) _______ 1880 _______ 1958 _69F __________1958 _69F __ count 7.33, 4.5 July 23 ________ 70 _______(63) _______ ---- _________ ER (note five yrs tied, see below) _70F __ count 8.33, 4.70 Aug 12 ________70 _______(59) 11th__ ---- _________ 1922 _66F ___________ 1979 _64F __ count 9.33, 4.70 Aug 21 ________69 _______(53) 22nd__---- ______1926_66F, 1956_65F, 1999_64F _2007 _59F __ count 10.33, 4.70 Sep 26 ________(58) ______ 43 ___ 1879,94,1928___1940 _42F _________________ 1940 _42F __ (9.17, 2.5) Nov 9 _________ 37 ______ (33) _______ ---- _________ ER _________________ 1894 _37F __ count 11.33, 5.70 _Nov 12________ 38 ______ 29 _______ ---- _________ ER _________________ 1894 _38F __ count 12.33, 6.70 _Nov 12________ 38 ______ 29 _______ ---- _________ 1920 _27F, 1925 _26F ____ 2019 _25F __ (10.17, 2.5) Dec 28 ________ 17 ______ (8) 29th ___ ---- _________ ER _________________ 1894 _17F __ count 13.33, 7.70 --------------- note: July 23 record low max 70 tied in 1894, 1909, 1969, 1992 and 1996 1895 _ This year resembled 1881 in having rather frequent sharp oscillations from very warm to very cold weather, but its production of record low values was weaker. The high points were similar, namely May, September and December. February of 1895 was notably cold, and there were some chilly days in mid-summer despite some all-time records for heat set at either end of the summer. Out of 6.5 low maxima set, 2.5 have survived. From the 6.5 low minima, four have survived. There were no "coldest since" record lows in 1895. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Feb 6 ________10 _______ -4 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________ 1895 _10F ___ count 1.0, 1.0 _Feb 6 ________10 _______ -4 ________ ---- __________ ER ___________________ 1895 _-4F ___ (1.0, 1.0) Feb 7 _________(13) ______(6) ____ not starter era records (10, 4). _Feb 8 ________ 8 ________ 2 ________ ---- __________ ER _____________ 1895 _ 8F ___ count 2.0, 2.0 _Feb 8 ________ 8 ________ 2 ________ ---- _________ 1934 _-7F _____________ 1934 _-7F ___ (2.0, 1.0) May 13 _______(xx) ______ 39 _______ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1895 _39F __ (3.0, 2.0) May 22 _______(54) 21st__45 ______ 1892 _______ 1907 _42F ______________ 1907 _42F __ (3.5, 2.0) July 4 _________69 _______(61) 3rd ___---- ________ 1909 _68F, 1941 _64F__1978 _62F __ count 3.0, 2.0 July 11 _______ 69 _______(58) 10th__ ---- _________ 1917 _64F ________ 1917 _64F __ count 4.0, 2.0 July 31 _______(72)_______ 57 _______1914 _______ ER (t 1914) _____________ 1895, 1914 _57F __ (4.5, 2.5) Aug 1 ________(73)_______ 59 _______1964 _______ ER (t 1964) _____________ 1895, 1964 _59F __ (5.5, 3.0) Aug 22 ______ (71) _______52 _______ ---- _________ ER _____________________ 1895 _52F __ (6.5, 4.0) Nov 2 ________41 _______ (37) _______1875 _______ ER (t 1875) _____________ 1875,95 _41F __ count 4.5, 2.5 Nov 11 _______39 _______(31)12th ___ 1887, 1913 _ 1926 _37F _______1987 _33F __ count 5.0, 2.5 Dec 12 _______27 _______(14) _______ 1872 ____1910_25F,1917,33_24F, 1960_21F 1988 _20F _ count 5.5, 2.5 Dec 13 _______24 _______(13) ________ ---- ________1960 _20F ________1960 _20F __ count 6.5, 2.5 1896 _ This was a year of frequent contrasts. The winter was generally quite cold and established several record lows. April and May were very warm. The summer remained quite warm, and the autumn was then more variable but had several occasions where lowest temperatures were 1 to 3 degrees outside record range. The overall count was fairly low for the starter era with 5.83 low maxima (3.0 surviving) and 6.5 low minima (3.0 also still remain). There were also three minima which were "coldest since" records, March 13th had 14F (1888 record low 6F), March 14th had 15F (1888 record low 12F), March 24th had 15F (1888 record low 12F) and Oct 25 had 30F (part of a five-way for coldest after the 29F in 1879) for a count of 3.2 "coldest since" records. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 5 _________(18) _______ 6 ________ ---- ________ 1904 _-4F _______________1904 _-4F __ (1.0, 0.0) _Jan 6 ________12 _______ -2 ________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1896 _12F __ count 1.0, 1.0 _Jan 6 ________12 _______ -2 ________ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1896 _-2F ___ (2.0, 1.0) Jan 7 _________(25) _______ 6 ________ ---- _________ 2014 _ 4F _______________2014 _ 4F __ (3.0, 1.0) _Feb 17 _______7 _______ -5 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1896 _ 7F ___ count 2.0, 2.0 _Feb 17 _______7 _______ -5 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1896 _-5F ___ (4.0, 2.0) Feb 18 _______(26) ______ 1 ________ ---- _________ 1979 _0F ________________ 1979 _0F ___ (5.0, 2.0) _Feb 21 ______(19) 20th__ 4 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________________ 1896 _ 4F ___ (6.0, 3.0) _Apr 3 ________34 _______ 25 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________ 1896 _ 34F ___ count 3.0, 3.0 _Apr 3 ________34 _______ 25 _______ 1894_______1954 _24F ______________ 1954 _ 24F ___ (6.5, 3.0) June 14 _______63 ______ (52) 15th___1886_______1907 _59F ______1907 _59F __ count 3.5, 3.0 June 25 _______67 ______ (58) _______ ---- ________1972 _66F ______1974 _63F __ count 4.5, 3.0 July 24 _______ 71 _______(65)______ 1883,1899 __ 1904 _67F ______ 1904 _67F __ count 4.83, 3.0 Sep 23 ______ 58 _______ (46) _______ ---- ________ 1963 _57F _______1963 _57F __ count 5.83, 3.0 1897 _ This was a rather average year and the count of record lows was not high for the starter era or even the longer term. From 5.83 record low maxima, only 2.5 remain, while from 5.5 record low minima, 2.5 remain. There was one "coldest since" record, when 29F on April 19th tied 1887 as coldest since the very low 22F reading in 1875. (The coldest since these being 30F in 1904 and 1926). So the count for this statistic is just 0.5. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Jan 25 _______ 12 _______(6) 26th _____ ---- _______ ER ______________ 1897 _12F __ count 1.0, 1.0 Apr 20 _______(43)_______24 _________ ---- ________ER _____________________ 1897 _24F __ (1.0, 1.0) _Apr 27 ______ 46 _______ 38 ____ 1882,93,1916 __ 1946 _45F ________1946 _45F __ count 1.33, 1.0 _Apr 27 ______ 46 _______ 38 ______ 1874,1926 __1932 _36F ______________1932 _36F __ (1.5, 1.0) May 8 ________(66)_______40 ______ 1898 _______1947 _37F _____________ 2020 _36F __ (2.0, 1.0) May 27 ______ (63) 26th__48 _______ 1907 ______ 1915 _43F _____________ 1961 _41F __ (3.0, 1.0) June 1 ________ 60 _______(51) 2nd __ ---- _________1945, 2015 _58F ___1945,2015 _58F __ count 2.33, 1.0 June 9 ________ 62 _______(57) 8th ___1875 ______1909 _61F _______ 1916 _57F ___ count 2.83, 1.0 _June 21 ______ 67 _______49 _______ ---- _________1918,28,52 _64F____1958,2003 _63F __ count 3.83, 1.0) _June 21 ______ 67 _______49 _______ ---- _________ ER ______________________1897 _49F __ (4.0, 2.0) June 22 _______ (74) 26th__ 52 _______ 1940 ______ ER (t 1915) _____________ 1897, 1940 _52F __ (5.0, 2.5) July 27 ________ 68 _______(64)________ 2000 ______ER (t 2000) ______1897,2000 _68F __ count 4.83, 1.5 July 28 ________ 68 _______(64)________ ---- ________ ER ______________ 1897 _68F __ count 5.83, 2.5 Sept 28 _______(62) ______ 45 _______ 1878 _______1914 _42F _____________ 1947 _41F __ (5.5, 2.5) 1898 _ This was one of the warmer starter years and had a very sparse count of record lows especially for this era. Out of 4.5 record low maxima, the surviving count is 1.5, and from just 1.5 record low minima, 0.5 (a tie for Nov 27th with 1932) remains. There were also no "coldest since" record low minima. Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Apr 28 ________ 41 _______(39) ________ ---- _______ ER _______________ 1898 _41F __ count 1.0, 1.0 May 26 ________ 58 ______(56) ______ 1888 _____ 1901, 07 _53F ________1901, 07 _53F __ count 1.5, 1.0 July 11 ________ 71________ 57 _______1893 _______ ER (t 1893) _____________ 1893, 1898 _57F __ (0.5, 0.5) July 12 _________70 _______(60)_______ ---- _________ 1940 _ 69F _______ 1990 _67F __ count 2.5, 1.0 July 13 _________69 _______(58)_______ ---- _________ 1964 _ 67F _______ 1964 _67F __ count 3.5, 1.0 Nov 27 ________ 28 _______(25) 25th _ 1932 ________ ER (t 1932) ______________ 1898,1932 _28F _ (4.5, 1.5) Dec 14 ________(27) _______13 _______ 1893 _______ 1976 _12F _________________ 1976 _12F __ (1.5, 0.5) 1899 _ 1899 was generally a rather warm year but had two notable cold spells, one in mid-February, and the other in early October. This is when many of the year's record lows were set. From 8.67 low maxima, a robust 6.0 remain including all of Feb 10 to 13. From 6.0 record low minima, only 1.5 have survived. In addition, the low of 40F on Oct 2nd was coldest since the 1886 record of 39F. (count 1.0). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) _Feb 9 ________9 ________-2 _________ ---- _________ 1934 _8F ________1934 _8F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 _Feb 9 ________9 ________-2 _________ ---- _________ 1934 _-15F ____________1934 _-15F ___ (1.0, 0.0) _Feb 10 _______7 _______ -6 _________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1899 _7F ___ count 2.0, 1.0 _Feb 10 _______7 _______ -6 _________ ---- _________ ER ____________________ 1899 _-6F ___ (2.0, 1.0) _Feb 11 _______ 9 _______ -2 _________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1899 _9F ___ count 3.0, 2.0 _Feb 11 _______ 9 _______ -2 _________1885 _______ ER (t 1885) ___________________ 1885, 1899 _-2F (2.5, 1.5) _Feb 12 _______ 9 _______ 4 __________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1899 _ 9F ___ count 4.0, 3.0 _Feb 12 _______ 9 _______ 4 __________ ---- _________1914 _-3F _________________ 1914 _ -3F __ (3.5, 1.5) _Feb 13 _______11 _______6 __________ ---- _________ ER _____________ 1899 _11F ___ count 5.0, 4.0 _Feb 13 _______11 _______6 __________ ---- _________1914 _-1F _________________ 1914 _ -1F __ (4.5, 1.5) Feb 14 ________24 ______(10) ______1871,79 ______ 1905 _ 18F ______ 1916 _12F ___ count 5.33, 4.0 (blizzard of 1899) Apr 2 _________ 36 ______(28) 3rd ____ ---- _________1911 _35F ______ 1911 _35F ___ count 6.33, 4.0 July 24 ________71 ______(64) 24th__ 1883,1896 ___ 1904 _67F ______ 1904 _67F __ count 6.67, 4.0 Aug 9 ________ (78) ______60 _______1887 ________ 1919,89 _57F __________1919,89 _57F __ (5.0, 1.5) _Oct 1_________ 51______ 42 ________ ---- _________ ER ______________1899 _51F __ count 7.67, 5.0 _Oct 1_________ 51______ 42 _______1886 _________ 1916 _41F ______________ 1947 _36F __ (5.5, 1.5) Oct 2 _________ 49 _____ (40) _______ ---- ___________ ER ____________ 1899 _51F __ count 8.67, 6.0 Oct 3 _________(52) _____ 38 _____1888,1974_______ ER (t 1888,1974)______ 1888,1899,1974 _38F __ (6.0, 1.83) 1900 _ This was often quite a warm year, with brief cold spells that set a few records. From the original count of 7.5 record low maxima, 3.5 have survived. From the original count of 5.5 low minima, only one (Feb 27) has survived. In addition, March 12th was the coldest minimum (11F) after the 1888 record of 8F (count 1.0). Three cold overnight lows in May (9th-11th) came immediately before some record highs were set May 13th-15th (84, 88, 90F). Date ___ Low Max _ Low Min __ Tied __ Year(s) broken ______ Eventual record values, counts (original, eventual). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ max __ min __ max count _ (min count) Feb 1 __________16 ______ (7) _________ ---- _________ 1971 _12F ________________1971 _12F ___ count 1.0, 0.0 Feb 18 _________22 ______(14) 19th____---- _________ 1903 _19F _______1958 _16F ___ count 2.0, 0.0 _Feb 26 ________19 _______ 8 _________ ---- _________ ER _______________1900 _ 19F ___ count 3.0, 1.0 _Feb 26 ________19 _______ 8 _________ ---- _________ 1928,90 _7F _____________1928,90 _7F __ (1.0, 0.0) Feb 27 ________ (21) ______ 5 _________ ---- _________ ER _______________________ 1900 _ 5F ___ (2.0, 1.0) Mar 12 ________ 26 ______(11)_________---- _________ ER _______________1900 _26F __ count 4.0, 2.0 Mar 15 ________ 24 ______(18) _________---- _________ ER ______________ 1900 _24F __ count 5.0, 3.0 _Mar 17 _______ 25 ______ (11) 18th ___1885 ________ ER ______________ 1885,1900 _25F __ count 5.5, 3.5 Apr 10 _________39 ______(30) _______ 1909 ________ 1942 _37F _______1942 _37F __ count 6.5, 3.5 May 9 ________(66) ______ 41 ________ ---- __________ 1923 _38F, 1947_35F _____ 2020 _34F __ (3.0, 1.0) May 10 ______ (54) ______ 40 ________ ---- __________ 1902,23 _38F ____________1947,66 _36F __ (4.0, 1.0) May 11 ______ (54) ______ 42 ________ 1877 ________ 1902 _41F _______________1913 _36F __ (4.5, 1.0) June 4 _________ 66 ______ (55) 5th___1872, 1926 ____ 1927 _64F _______1945 _52F __ count 7.0, 3.5 July 1 __________(72)_______56 _______ 1925 ________1943 _52F ______________ 1943 _52F __ (5.5, 1.0) Aug 20 ________ 70 _______(63) 21st __1893, 1948 ___1990 _68F ______ 1990 _ 68F __ count 7.5, 3.5 ========================================= Summary of Records Set in Starter Era (1869-1900) Over the 32 years of the starter era, 177.5 low maximum records survived to the end of the data. This was reduced from 178.5 as recently as March 28th of 2022 (1893 lost a record to 2022). So that means that almost half the days of the calendar year have a low maximum at least tied if not outright owned by a starter year. The count for low minima is 149.2, which means that about 40% of all days have a record low minimum from the starter era. For those 149.2 eventual minima, those with later ties could not produce a "coldest since" value, as those are only valid after the last tie. So from about 140 candidates, 30.233 "coldest since" values were set, not the pace reached in later decades, but given that later decades would have more candidates, probably a fairly similar actual pace, and also it should be noted, as this was a cold epoch without much urban heat island, any really cold night would be quite likely to set a record rather than go "coldest since." The decades with the most "coldest since" values are the 1930s (to 1940) and the 1960s to 1970, and 1970s to 1980. The next sets of tables will document how the remaining years changed various starter era records.

_<<< ____________ Annual Scoring Report (Jan-Mar 2022) _______________>>>_ Total scores for each location, region ... best scores for locations in red, for regions in bold type. Tom advanced from 8th to 5th after taking high score in March. Those who had been 5th to 7th are now 6th to 8th. Consensus moved into a tie for 4th (had been below 4th last month). These are the only changes to ranks. FORECASTER ___________ DCA_NYC_BOS__east_ ORD_ATL_IAH __ cent _ c/e __ DEN_PHX_SEA __west __ TOTAL wxdude64 ______________205 _237 _257 __ 699__241 _247_ 120 __608 _1307 __176 _212 _ 261 __649 ____1956 so_whats_happening ____202 _214 _214 __ 630 __253 _230_ 84 __567 _1197 __ 140 _236 _274 __650 ____1847 wxallannj ________________184 _196 _216 __ 596 __238 _224 _130__592 _1188 __184 _220 _230 __634 ____1822 hudsonvalley21 __________190 _204 _188 __ 582 __246 _218 _100 __564 _1146 __170 _254 _250 __674 ____1820 ___ Consensus ___________190 _204 _198 __ 592 __230 _222 _ 96 __548 _ 1140 __180 _248 _252 __680 ____1820 Tom _____________________ 166 _170 _186 __ 522 __240 _192 _210 __642 _ 1162 __212 _240 _176 __628 ____1792 DonSutherland1 _________ 204 _216 _220 __ 640 __252 _180 _ 82 __514 _ 1154 __160 _234 _220 __614 ____1768 BKViking _________________188 _194 _194 ___ 576 __210 _222 _ 66 __498 _ 1074 __172 _250 _248 __670 ____1744 RodneyS _________________166 _158 _168 ___ 492 __178 _208 _126 __512 _ 1004 __206 _254 _248 __708 ____1712 _____ Normal _____________134 _154 _162 ___ 450 __146 _180 _180 __506 __ 956 __168 _254 _222 __644 ____1600 Scotty Lightning _________154 _174 _182 ___ 510 __128 _180 _100 __408 __ 918 __ 148 _238 _212 __598 ____1516 RJay _____________________176 _188 _192 ___556 __206 _196 _ 46 __448 _ 1004 __138 _ 170 _156 __464 ____1468 Roger Smith ______________ 66 _ 78 _ 58 __ 202 __ 88 _ 136 _156 __380 __ 582 __ 236 _210 _220 __666 ____1248 Stormchaser Chuck (2/3) _184 _180 _147 __ 511 __ 64 _ 174 _ 84 __ 322 __ 833 __ 100 _ 109 _ 118 __327 ____1160 =========================================== Best Forecasts _ * tied for high score with one other forecaster __ ^ tied for high score with three others (Mar). FORECASTER __________ DCA_NYC_BOS _east_ ORD_ATL_IAH_ cent _c/e__ DEN_PHX_SEA _west _ total wxdude64 _______________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 2 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 1 __ Jan so_whats_happening ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 1*____ 0 wxallannj ________________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 hudsonvalley21 __________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 1*___ 1*____ 0 ___ Consensus ___________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 Tom ______________________ 1^___ 0 ___ 1 ____ 1 ____ 0 ___ 1 ___ 2 ___ 2 ___ 1 ___ 1*___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 1 __ Mar DonSutherland1 __________ 2^___ 2 ___ 0 ____ 1 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 1 ____1 ____ 1 ____ 1 __ Feb BKViking _________________ 1^___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 RodneyS _________________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 1*___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ Normal ________________0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 1 ___ 0 ____ 0 Scotty Lightning __________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 RJay ______________________ 1^___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___0 ___ 0 ____ 0 Roger Smith ______________ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ____ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 2 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ____ 0 Stormchaser Chuck _______ 1 ___ 1 ___ 0 ____ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1 ___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 1*___ 0 ____ 0 ========================= EXTREME FORECAST SCORING (second total in brackets adjusts for tied wins which are indicated by * in monthly logs only -- so far this has occurred once for SEA in Feb.) (in March, four shared a win for DCA shown by ^ -- this counts as 0.25 in the second bracketed total). (wins for Normal are in addition to forecaster wins and do not replace them) So far, 17 of 27 forecasts qualify, 6 warmest and 11 coldest; Jan 0-5, Feb 4-4, Mar 2-2. FORECASTER ____________ Jan _Feb _Mar _ _TOTAL DonSutherland1 __________ --- _ 4-0*_ 1-0^____5-0 (3.75 - 0) wxdude64 ________________1-0 _ 3-0*_ --- ____4-0 (3.5 - 0) Tom ______________________ 1-0 _ 1-0 _ 2-0^___ 4-0 (3.25 - 0) Roger Smith ______________ --- _ 1- 1 _ 2-0 ___ 3-1 Stormchaser Chuck _______2-1 _ --- _ --- ____ 2-1 RodneyS __________________ --- _ 1-0 _ --- ___ 1-0 so_whats_happening _____ 1-0 _ --- _ --- ____ 1-0 ____ Normal _______________ --- _ 1-0 _ --- ____ 1-0 RJay ______________________ --- _ --- _ 1-0^____ 1-0 (0.25 - 0) BKViking __________________ --- _ --- _ 1-0^____ 1-0 (0.25 - 0) hudsonvalley21 ___________ --- _ --- _ --- ____ 0-0 Scotty Lightning __________ --- _ --- _ --- ____ 0-0 wxallannj __________________--- _ --- _ 0-1 ____ 0-1 ===============================

_ -1.1 _ -1.2 _ -0.7 __ -1.4 _ -1.2 _ -1.8 __ +0.4 _ +2.8 _ -1.0

I'm hoping for a repeat of 25,732 B.C.

Final Scoring for March 2022 Scoring is based on final anomalies (two posts back also shown in table). FORECASTER ___________ DCA_NYC_BOS__east__ORD_ATL_IAH__cent _ c/e _ DEN_PHX_SEA__west ___ TOTAL ___ final anomalies ______+2.8 _+2.5 _+3.1 _____ +1.7 _+2.5 _-1.8 ____________ -2.2 _+0.6 _-0.2 Tom ______________________96 _ 94 _ 94 __ 284 __96 _ 96 _ 52 __ 244 __528 __ 66 _ 76 _ 86 __ 228 ____ 756 ___ Consensus ____________90 _ 90 _ 68 __ 248 __ 80 _ 90 _ 22 __ 192 __440 __ 44 _ 96 _ 92 __ 232 ____ 672 hudsonvalley21 ___________86 _ 82 _ 62 __ 230 __ 92 _ 90 _ 20 __ 202 __ 432 __ 40 _ 98 _ 94 __ 232 ____ 664 wxdude64 ________________78 _ 92 _ 68 __ 238 __ 82 _ 94 _ 32 __ 208 __ 446 __ 50 _ 80 _ 80 __ 210 ____ 656 BKViking __________________96 _ 88 _ 66 __ 250 __ 70 _ 92 _ 24 __ 186 __ 436 __ 38 _ 84 _ 92 __ 214 ____ 650 wxallannj _________________ 90 _ 88 _ 90 __ 268 __ 90 _ 78 _ 08 __ 176 __ 444 __ 44 _ 78 _ 84 __ 206 ____ 650 DonSutherland 1 __________ 96 _ 96 _ 74 __ 266 __ 98 _ 74 _ 16 __ 188 __ 454 __ 22 _ 76 _ 90 __ 188 ____ 642 RodneyS __________________ 82 _ 78 _ 58 __ 218 __ 70 _ 66 _ 38 __ 174 __ 392 __ 68 _ 94 _ 76 __ 238 ____ 630 so_whats_happening ______86 _ 84 _ 62 __ 232 __ 88 _ 82 _ 16 __ 186 __ 418 ___32 _ 86 _ 92 __ 210 ____ 628 RJay ______________________ 96 _ 94 _ 78 __ 268 __ 76 _ 66 _ 14 __ 156 __ 424 __ 46 _ 68 _ 80 __ 194 ____ 618 Scotty Lightning __________ 64 _ 70 _ 48 __ 182 __ 66 _ 70 _ 44 __ 180 __ 362 __ 46 _ 82 _ 86 __ 214 ____ 576 ____ Normal _______________ 44 _ 50 _ 38 __ 132 __ 66 _ 50 _ 64 __ 180 __ 312 __ 56 _ 88 _ 96 __ 240 ____ 552 Stormchaser Chuck (-2%) _ 92*_ 88*_67*__247 __ 06 _ 88*_ 04 __ 098 __345 __ 06 _ 41*_ 94*__141 ____ 486 Roger Smith _______________18 _ 20 __ 04 __ 042 __ 22 _ 30 _ 96__ 148 __ 190 __ 84 _ 92_ 90 __266 ____ 456 -------------------------------------------------------- Extreme forecast report _ DCA (+2.8) borderline, four scores higher than warmest forecast (+3.3), 2nd-3rd (+3.0) and 4th-5th warmest (+2.6) all tied at 96, will count this using the fractional 0.25 win in the table. Wxallannj takes a loss on this one. _ NYC (+2.5) finished just outside the criteria with 4th warmest forecast high score. _ BOS (+3.1) is a win for Tom with warmest forecast (+2.8). _ ORD (+1.7) not quite in the extreme forecast range with third warmest forecast (+1.8) top score. _ ATL not in range with consensus close to high score. _ IAH (-1.8) a win for Roger Smith coldest (-2.0). _ DEN (-2.2) another win for Roger Smith cold ramping at -3.0. _ PHX (+0.6) not in range with consensus close to high score. _ SEA (-0.2) also not in range, four forecasts warmer and eight colder. Overall, just four extreme forecasts, two warm and two cold. (forecasts) FORECASTER ____________ DCA _NYC _BOS __ ORD _ATL _IAH ___ DEN _PHX _SEA wxallannj _________________+3.3 _+3.1 _+2.6 __ +2.2 _+3.6 _+2.8 ___+0.6 _-0.5 _-1.0 RJay _____________________ +3.0 _+2.8 _+2.0 __+0.5 _+4.2 _+2.5 ___+0.5 _-1.0 _+0.8 DonSutherland 1 _________+3.0 _+2.3 _+1.8 __ +1.8 _ +3.8 _+2.4 ___+1.7 _+1.8 _-0.7 Tom ______________________+2.6 _+2.8 _+2.8 __ +1.9 _+2.7 _+0.6 ___-0.5 _-0.6 _-0.9 BKViking _________________+2.6 _+1.9 _+1.4 __ +0.2 _+2.9 _+2.0 ___+0.9 _+1.4 _+0.2 Stormchaser Chuck (-2%)_+2.5_+2.0_+1.5 __ -3.0 _ +3.0 _+3.0 ___+2.5 _+3.5 __0.0 ___ Consensus ___________+2.3 _+2.0 _+1.5 __+0.7 _+3.0 _+2.1 ___ +0.6_ +0.4 _-0.6 so_whats_happening _____+2.1 _+1.7 _+1.2 __ +1.1 __+3.4 _+2.4 ___+1.2 _ +1.3 _-0.6 hudsonvalley21 ___________+2.1 _+1.6 _+1.2 __ +1.3 _+3.0 _+2.2 ___ +0.8 _+0.5 _-0.5 RodneyS __________________+1.9 _+1.4 _+1.0 __ +0.2 _+4.2 _+1.3 ___-0.6 _+0.3 _-1.4 wxdude64 ________________+1.7 _+2.1 _+1.5 __ +0.8 _+2.2 _+1.6 ___ +0.3 _-0.4 _-1.2 Scotty Lightning __________+1.0 _+1.0 _+0.5 ___ 0.0 _+1.0 _+1.0 ___ +0.5 _+1.5 _+0.5 ____ Normal _______________ 0.0 __0.0 __0.0 ____0.0 __ 0.0 __ 0.0 ____ 0.0 __ 0.0 __0.0 Roger Smith ______________ -1.3 _ -1.5 _ -1.7 __ -2.2 _ -1.0 _ -2.0 ___ -3.0 _ +1.0 _ -0.7 ============================================== ==============================================

I was reading about Ukrainian President Zelensky and apparently he was born on Jan 25, 1978 which was the formative stage (or day before) the celebrated storm in this region.

Predict the temperature anomalies (F deg) relative to 1991-2020 normal values as reported by the NWS in their CF-6 documents. Nine locations are used in the contest: DCA _ NYC _ BOS __ ORD _ ATL _ IAH ___ DEN _ PHX _ SEA Deadline as always is 06z April 1st (Thursday night, early Friday morning this year). Good luck !!

The discussion of extreme warmth in March does not include any reference to the consecutive record breaking Marches of 1945 and 1946 which were just before the era of reliable upper air measurements. It is quite plausible from the surface temperatures that 500 mb heights in late March 1945 were similar to the records set recently. Also, what about late March 1998, there were some very high surface temperatures recorded then. For NYC, March 1945 remains top monthly average (51.1) ahead of 2012 (50.9) with 1946 in third place (49.8). Daily records of 84F and 86F were set on March 28-29, 1945, matched by 86F on March 31, 1998. I think there were some places in the northeastern US that came very close to 90F in late March 1945. The notable warmth was repeated in many places in late March 1946 (Toronto actually had a higher reading that year and set its monthly record of 80F). At Toronto the order of the three months was 2012, 1945 and 1946. Any attempt to separate out natural and anthropogenic factors involved should include these two very warm months as well as the rest of the recent data.

Just a follow up, that record low pressure was at the location I mentioned (Cartwright) and the station nowadays does not record daily precip amounts, unfortunately, just temperatures and pressures hourly. There may be a record of the snowfall somewhere but it's not on the historical weather section of the official website for Canada. As to pictures, would imagine it looks something like the remaining part of this post: ----- ^ ____ ^ ----- ---- : : ------ (stunted trees) ------ (truck)

I looked up their climate data, the average winter snowfall is 182" and the maximum snow depth on record is 138" on Apr 7, 2003. They could perhaps make a killing hosting weather weenies, I live in a fairly snowy location but these numbers are like you might see on Mount Baker or high up in the Coast Ranges of BC. They have a cool, foggy summer but occasional visits from hot air masses so it has been up to 98F in July once.

Update to the storm's progress into Labrador ... probably not quite a Canadian low pressure record if the 940.2 mb of 1-20-1977 (St Anthony NL) is correct as per Chris Burt's Wunderground blog. The lowest at Cartwright on the southeast coast of Labrador was 946 mb as the low tracked close to that location about eight hours ago. It is shown over the Labrador Sea at 932 mbs and current model depictions take it to 930 mb around 58N directly south of Greenland's southern tip. Just a note about "NL" designation, back in the day Newfoundland was the full name of the province and NF was used, but that changed to Newfoundland and Labrador so nowadays NL is used for all locations including those on the island (where 95% of the province's people reside). Labrador is almost uninhabited other than a cluster of towns inland near the Goose Bay air force base and Churchill Falls hydro dam. If you are familiar with the outline of Labrador even on a basic weather chart, you will know that there's a large inlet (known as Lake Melville although it is a salt water extension of Hamilton Inlet) in south-central Labrador, and the towns mentioned are near the western end of the Lake. Cartwright is located on the second fairly prominent inlet that is south of that larger one. There has been a weather station there for about a century even though it is a very small place (about 500 people). Cartwright is one of about half a dozen outports along the coast, Hopedale is further north to the north of Hamilton Inlet, and a number of small towns including Red Bay are located on the Strait of Belle Isle across from the northern peninsula of Newfoundland. There is a road connection up the inland portion of the east coast to Cartwright (a ferry connects the coast to roads in Newfoundland) and you can also get to Goose Bay from Sept Isles Quebec and Labrador City located in the far west of Labrador. Cartwright has been reporting severe blizzard conditions all day, heavy snow, NW winds now in the range of 40-60 mph and temperatures of about -8 C. I will see if they come up with a snowfall total tomorrow and report back on that. It's possible that some uninhabited portion of the coast had a reading close to 940 mb as the low tracked out to sea but that won't count as a record.

Snowfall Forecast Contest Departures (errors) This table will track the departures of each forecaster, those which are in italics and underlined are forecasts already passed by actual amounts; those departures (errors) can only increase with more snow. All other departures (errors) can be reduced by new snowfalls. The actual snowfalls are the latest available for each station. A reminder, our contest is based on total winter snowfall, not any portion such as Dec to Mar, so it includes anything that might fall in April and May. The table is now in order of least total departures. _________________________________ DCA __NYC __BOS ___ ORD __DTW __BUF __ DEN __SEA __BTV ___ Total dep (to date -- April 28) _____________ 13.2 __ 17.9 __ 54.0 ___ 32.8 __ 47.1 ___ 97.4 __47.1 __ 9.2 __70.7 RodneyS ________________________ 12.8 __ 25.0 __ 45.0 __ 54.0 __ 42.0 __ 91.0 __ 48.0 __12.0 __ 75.0 RodneyS _________________________ 0.4 ___ 7.1 ____ 9.0 ___ 21.2 ___ 5.1 ____ 6.4 ___ 0.9 __ 2.8 ___ 4.3 ______ 57.2 DonSutherland 1 __________________9.4 __ 27.3 __ 44.9 __ 35.1 __ 28.3 __ 84.0 __ 43.4 __ 9.5 __ 71.5 DonSutherland 1 __________________3.8 ___ 9.4 ___ 9.1 ____ 2.3 __ 18.8 ___13.4 ____ 3.7 __ 0.3 ___ 0.8 ______ 61.6 Roger Smith ______________________17.5 __ 32.5 __ 50.7 __ 44.8 __ 49.5 __107.2 __ 52.0 __10.5__ 82.2 Roger Smith ______________________ 4.3 __ 14.6____ 3.3 __ 12.0 ___ 2.4____ 9.8 ___ 4.9 ___ 1.3 __ 11.5 ______ 64.1 wxallannj ________________________12.0 __ 28.0 __ 36.0 __ 38.0 __ 36.0 __ 92.0 __ 41.0 __11.0 __ 95.0 wxallannj ________________________ 1. 2 __ 10.1 ___ 18.0 ___ 5.2 ___ 11.1 ___ 5.4 ____6.1 ___1.8 __ 24.3 ______ 83.2 RJay _____________________________ 5.0 __ 20.0 __ 42.0 __ 40.0 __ 34.0 __ 90.0 __ 50.0 __13.0 __100.0 RJay _____________________________ 8.2 ____ 2.1 __ 12.0 ____ 7.2___13.1 ____ 7.4 ___ 2.9 ___ 3.8 __ 29.3 _____ 86.0 hudsonvalley21 __________________11.6 __ 30.3 __ 33.8 __ 32.7 __ 32.4 __ 94.0 __ 45.0 __10.2 __108.8 hudsonvalley21 __________________ 1.6 __ 12.4 __ 20.2 ____ 0.1 ___14.7 ____3.4 ____2.1 ___ 1.0 ___ 38.1 ______93.6 so_whats_happening _____________16.0 __ 34.0 __ 62.0 __ 41.0 __ 45.0 __ 74.0 __ 36.0 __11.0 __ 91.0 so_whats_happening ______________2.8 __ 16.1 ____ 8.0 ___ 8.2 ____2.1 __ 23.4 ___ 11.1 ___1.8 __ 20.3 ______ 93.8 Deformation Zone ________________ 8.0 __ 18.0 __ 36.0 __ 38.0 __ 44.0 __ 70.0 __ 24.0 __ 4.0 __ 86.0 Deformation Zone ________________ 5.2 ____ 0.1 __ 18.0 ____5.2 ___ 3.1 ___ 27.4 __ 23.1 __ 5.2 __ 15.3 _____ 102.6 wxdude64 _______________________20.0 __ 38.0 __ 54.0 __ 52.0 __ 47.0 __104.0__ 58.0 __13.0 __105.0 wxdude64 ________________________ 6.8 __ 20.1 ____0.0 __ 19.2 ____ 0.1 ___ 6.6 __ 10.9 ___3.8 __ 34.3 _____ 102.8 Tom ______________________________17.7 __ 36.9 __ 46.1 __ 48.7 __ 47.8 __ 94.4 __ 65.2 __ 8.1 __102.2 Tom ______________________________ 4.5 __ 19.0 ___ 7.9 ___ 15.9 ___ 0.7 ___ 3.0 ___18.1 ___ 1.1 ___ 31.5 ______ 103.7 BKViking _________________________ 8.0 __ 28.0 __ 42.0 __ 44.0 __ 25.0 __ 88.0 __ 55.0 __22.0__ 85.0 BKViking _________________________ 5.2 ___ 10.1 ___12.0 __ 11.2 __ 22.1 ____ 9.4 ____ 7.9 __ 12.8 __ 14.3 _____ 105.0 Scotty Lightning _________________10.0 __ 23.0 __ 38.0 __ 44.0 __ 38.0 __106.0 __ 49.0 __ 7.0 __129.0 Scotty Lightning _________________ 3.2 ___ 5.1 ____16.0 __ 11.2 ____ 9.1 ____ 8.6 ___ 1.9 ___ 2.2 __ 58.3 ______ 115.6 mean of forecasts _______________12.3 __ 28.4 __ 44.2 ___ 42.7 __ 39.1 __ 91.2 __ 47.2 __10.9 __ 94.2 mean of forecasts _______________ 0.9 __ 10.5 ____ 9.8 ____ 9.9 ____8.0 ___ 6.2 ___ 0.1 ___ 1.7 ___23.5 _______ 70.6 (3rd-4th) ==================================== These departures will continue to be updated. Will be a close finish if DEN and BUF add more snow (current leaders will lose ground if so)

My data base for NYC (CP) shows 0.63" precip 10th-11th Dec 1993, with 2.9" snow 11th. Lowest temp 22F.

Low is in western NC tracking towards central VA and should pass about 30-50 miles southeast of DCA by 12-13z. Expect snow to begin in DC and BAL around 0730h EST. Thunder-sleet likely around 0600-0730h. If you follow golf, you'll know they are fearing the potential of severe storms around JAX around 9 a.m. and this satellite image shows them developing over the eastern Gulf. Link will probably be current at any time you might be reading this post.

I wonder if you could get severe storm conditions with a snow squall along a sharply defined arctic front. This could approach that limit in se MA and RI.

The storm is now modelled to reach 922 mbs south of Greenland by Monday. That's crazy low pressure, the North Atlantic non-tropical cyclone record is 916 mbs. The all-time lowest pressure in Canada is 940.2 mbs set on Jan 10, 1977 at St Anthony Newfoundland which is on the northern tip of the island near the Strait of Belle Isle. (source: C. Burt, Weather Underground blog). This may give it a run as it continues to deepen heading offshore from Labrador on Sunday. I will keep an eye on hourlies from Labrador and see what happens.

The storm is now modelled to reach 922 mbs south of Greenland by Monday. That's crazy low pressure, the North Atlantic non-tropical cyclone record is 916 mbs. The all-time lowest pressure in Canada is 940.2 mbs set on Jan 10, 1977 at St Anthony Newfoundland which is on the northern tip of the island near the Strait of Belle Isle (source: C. Burt, Weather Underground blog). This may give it a run as it continues to deepen heading offshore from Labrador on Sunday.

It's a 12" storm going at three times the normal speed so that means 4" give or take. (you take)

Still some spread in track guidance but with the eastward trend on NAM and given its superior performance in other storms, inclined to boost my earlier airport predictions by about a full doubling to 3" BWI and DCA, 5" IAD. Probably 4, 5, 7 would be the upper limit.

Anomalies and projections updated ... _______________________ DCA _ NYC _ BOS __ ORD _ ATL _ IAH ___ DEN _ PHX _ SEA 11th __ (10d anom) ___ +5.3 _ +3.1 _ +2.5 __ +3.0 _ +7.8 _ -1.1 ___ -5.5 _ -1.6 _ -1.7 21st __ (20d anom) ___+5.0 _ +5.0 _ +4.3 __ +3.0 _ +2.8 _ -3.2__ -3.9 _ -0.5 _ -1.2 11th __ (p20d anom) _ +3.0 _ +2.0 _ +1.5 __ +1.5 _ +4.0 __ 0.0 ___ -3.0 _ -1.0 _ -1.0 11th __ (p27d anom) _ +2.0 _ +1.5 _ +1.0 __ +0.5 _ +2.0 _ +0.5 ___ -2.0 _ -0.5 _ -0.5 21st __ (p31d anom) _ +4.0 _ +4.0 _ +3.5 __ +2.0 _ +2.0 _ -2.0 ___ -2.0 _ +0.5 _ -0.5 29th __ (p31d anom) _ +3.0 _ +3.0 _ +3.0 __ +1.5 _ +2.0 _ -2.0 ___ -1.5 _ +1.0 _ 0.0 1st Apr _ final anoms _ +2.8 _ +2.5 _ +3.1 __ +1.7 _ +2.5 _ -1.8 ___ -2.2 _ +0.6 _ -0.2 (the above are now all final values) ------------------ (11th) _ The projections in general are towards normal from both the currently warm east and the cold west, as a less distinct pattern emerges with various rather unspectacular temperature regimes indicated. In the east there looks to be a tendency for the storm track to be rather far south to sustain much warmth, but at the same time the next large cold outbreak after the coastal storm on the weekend seems to be the last one for a while. Expecting a lot of days not that far from average in all regions. (21st) _ The anomalies have remained fairly static and the projections recognize that this trend is fairly resistant to change although some much colder air is shown for ORD at times next week. Final monthly anomalies are generally on the same side of normal as current ones, with slight reductions. DEN and IAH should approach normal. (29th) _ End of month projections updated for preliminary scoring. ( 1st ) _ Final anomalies posted. The snowfall amounts are updated to April 10th ... Updated winter snowfall totals ... to Apr 10th DCA _ 13.2" NYC _ 17.9" BOS _ 54.0" ORD _ 32.6" DTW _ 44.8" BUF _ 95.3" DEN _ 47.1" SEA _ 9.2" BTV _ 66.5"