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...Max in single digits... date...............max min mean 12/20/1884.......7...-4...1.5 12/20/1942.......8...-3...2.5 12/29/1917.......8...-6...1.0 12/30/1917.......2.-13..-5.5 12/30/1880.......4...-6..-1.0 12/31/1917.......6...-7..-0.5 01/03/1879.......7...-4...1.5 01/12/1886.......8....2...5.0 01/13/1912.......8...-3...2.5 01/13/1914.......9...-3...3.0 01/21/1985.......9...-2...3.5 01/24/1882.......6...-6...0.0 02/02/1881.......9...-3...3.0 02/05/1918.......4...-6..-1.0 02/05/1886.......7...-4...1.5 02/08/1895.......8....2...5.0 02/09/1934.......8.-15..-3.5 02/10/1899.......7...-6...0.5 02/11/1899.......9...-2...3.5 02/12/1899.......9....4...6.5 02/15/1943.......8...-8...0.0 02/17/1896.......7...-5...1.0 ...............................................................

yes

the first six winters I was alive for did not have a max in the teens...a max of 15 is pretty cold...more than a few snowy winters had no days with a max in the teens...

winters coldest max and total days max below 20...the last two winters had a low max of 25... winter....coldest max and number of times max temps were below 20... 2020-21...0....25 2019-20...0....25 2018-19...2....14 2017-18...5....13 2016-17...0....23 2015-16...1....15 2014-15...1....19 2013-14...3....17 2012-13...0....20 2011-12...0....27. 2010-11...0....23. 2009-10...0....20 2008-09...1....16 2007-08...0....20 2006-07...1....18 2005-06...0....24 2004-05...2....18 2003-04...4....15 2002-03...1....15 2001-02...0....31 2000-01...0....25 1999-00...1....19 1998-99...0....25. 1997-98...0....29. 1996-97...1....17 1995-96...3....17 1994-95...0....20 1993-94...5....10 1992-93...0....27 1991-92...0....23 1990-91...0....20 1989-90...1....18 1988-89...0....20. 1987-88...1....17 1986-87...1....19 1985-86...0....22 1984-85...1......9 1983-84...3....13 1982-83...0....21 1981-82...6....15 1980-81...3....14 1979-80...0....21 1978-79...6....13 1977-78...0....21 1976-77...5....12 1975-76...2....15 1974-75...0....27 1973-74...0....22 1972-73...1....18. 1971-72...1....15 1970-71...4....12 1969-70...3....14 1968-69...0....22 1967-68...4....13 1966-67...1....16 1965-66...1....19 1964-65...3....16 1963-64...0....22 1962-63...1....13 1961-62...0....24 1960-61...2....19 1959-60...0....23 1958-59...0....22 1957-58...2....10 1956-57...1....12 1955-56...1....18 1954-55...1....17 1953-54...0....21 1952-53...0....29. 1951-52...0....20 1950-51...0....20 1949-50...0....22 1948-49...0....22. 1947-48...2....18. ...................................................................... 1942-43...2......8. 1935-36...4....16 1934-35...5....16 1933-34...6......8. 1917-18...12......2.

some very close snowstorms in Central Park...within a week or so... ..8.0" 1/31/1882... ..9.0" 2/4-5/1882... ................................... 5.0" 12/19/1883... 2.1" 12/21/1883... 7.6" 12/23-24/1883... 5.0" 12/25/1883... ................................................. 10.4" 2/3-4/1926... 12.0" 2/9-10/1926... .................................... ..9.7" 2/13-14/1914... ..5.3" 2/16/1914... ........................................... 7.6" 2/19-20/1934... 9.3" 2/25-26/1934... ..................................... ..5.3" 12/15/1948... 16.0" 12/19-20/1948... ....................................... ..6.7" 3/16-17/1956... 11.6" 3/18-19/1956... ......................................... ..9.0" 2/8-9/1994... 12.8" 2/11/1994... ...................................... 5.0" 2/20-21/2005... 6.0" 2/24-25/2005... 7.7" 2/28-3/1 2005 ...............................................

another bomb cyclone in this pattern or lots of fantasy?...interesting weeks ahead...

some 10" or greater snowfalls in Central Park with less than 0.90" of LE... 1979....0.89".....12.7" Feb... 1964....0.88".....12.5" Jan... 1960....0.86".....15.2" Dec... 2009....0.74".....10.9" Dec... 1899....0.70".....16.0" Feb... 1916....0.59".....12.7" Dec... 1996....0.52".....10.7" Feb... 1905....0.51".....11.0" Jan... 1961....0.50"......9.9" Jan... 2014....0.48".....11.5" Jan... I don't have a list of 6" storms with a relable LE ...on Feb 8th 1974 NYC got 6.0" from 0.29" of LE...

5.5" from 0.33" LE here...

this is the second most snow NYC got on this date...January 7th... 13.6" in 1996... todays total at least 5.5"... 5.0" in 2017... 4.5" in 1958... 4.1" in 1981...

Islip recordk minimums... 1/8 -1 in 1968 5 in 1981 5 in 1970 1/9 -4 in 1981 -4 in 1968 3 in 1970 1/12 -4 in 1981 4 in 1968 8 in 1988+ 1/14 -4 in 1988 5 in 1981 6 in 2011 1/15 -7 in 1988 -4 in 1965 1 in 2004 1/18 -8 in 1965 -2 in 1982 -0 in 1977 1/22 -7 in 1984 1 in 2005 4 in 1991 2/4 -1 in 1965 7 in 1978 7 in 1970 2/8 -2 in 1967 8 in 1972 10 in 1966 2/11 -2 in 1979 3 in 1978 5 in 1968 2/12 -6 in 1979 -2 in 1967 3 in 1968 2/13 -14 in 1967 4 in 2016 5 in 1979 2/18 -2 in 1979 7 in 2015 9 in 1973 2/20 2 in 2015 8 in 1979 8 in 1966 2/21 2 in 2015 2 in 1968 5 in 1978 2/24 3 in 2015 11 in 1967 11 in 1965 + 3/18 -0 in 1967 14 in 1993 18 in 1981 3/19 -0 in 1967 15 in 1993 20 in 2015 3/26 12 in 1974 22 in 1975 24 in 2014 3/31 19 in 1964 24 in 1969 25 in

nothing like a major storm with a foot or more of snow with temperatures in the teens and single digits and near ten as the storm ends...not to mention strong winds...Dec 1960, Jan 1961, Jan 1964 and Feb 67 were storms in that category...2004 and 2014 had cold snowstorms but not like those 1960's storms...Jan 1965 had a 5" event with a max of 17...Jan 2018 was the last time a cold wave followed a major storm...the storm itself was in the 20's when snow was falling...

Ashlan VA...

1995-96, 2010-11 and last year were pretty good...

so far this winter is full of stuff nobody cares about...

there is actually a site called stuff nobody cares about and it has some weather records in there... Stuff Nobody Cares About - A not so random collection of observations about things you should care about

under the heading stuff nobody cares about I found a discrepancy for the December 1947 big storm and the total monthly snowfall...I have almanacs showing Central Park getting 26.4" on December 26th-27th 1947...the final monthly snowfall was 29.6" for the most ever in December...I checked the latest snowfall table for Central Park and its 30.2" in December 1947...the original local climate data has 25.8" for the storm and 29.6" for the month...... IPS-05E658F3-9C01-465E-9E26-2DA36EA08E70.pdf (noaa.gov) Climate (weather.gov)

January...climate stats from Central Park...since 1870... Decade averages... decade...ave...high...low...ave/ max min max...min...snowfall...precipitation 1870's...30.3...37.5...23.8.....53.3.....5.6...68...-4......9.6"......3.29" 1880's...28.7...39.6...24.7.....53.5.....4.3...65...-6......9.1"......4.12" 1890's...31.7...37.6...23.7......55.0.....9.0...64...-2......8.6"......3.46" 1900's...32.1...38.4...25.3.....55.2.....7.5...64...-1......8.1".......3.07" 1910's...32.4...40.9...21.7......57.1......6.6...69...-5......5.1"......3.77" 1920's...30.5...34.0...23.4.....53.9....4.6...62...-2......8.9".....3.52" 1930's...34.7...43.2...28.9.....59.9.....9.7...70...-3......6.4".....3.98" 1940's...31.0...38.6...25.0......56.2.....7.6...63....0......7.7"......3.20" 1950's...33.7...41.4...28.5......58.7....10.8...72....0......5.0"......2.75" 1960's...31.8...37.4...26.7......55.4......8.6...68...-1......7.1"......2.37" 1970's...30.6...37.3...22.1......57.5.....6.0...66...-2......8.0"......4.57" 1980's...31.3...37.4...26.1......57.4.....6.8...63...-2......7.9"......3.26" 1990's...34.8...41.4...25.6......60.9...11.2...66...-2.....6.1"......4.47" 2000's...33.1...40.9...24.7......60.8....9.8...72.....1......7.2"......3.19" 2010's...32.8...38.0...28.6.....59.2.....8.7...66....2....12.7"......3.60"..... 2020's...37.0...39.1...34.8......60.0...17.0...69...14......2.2"......2.12"...2020-2021... 1870- 2019......32.0...43.2...21.7…..57.2......8.0...72...-6.......7.8"....3.45" 1990- 2019......33.6...41.4...24.7.....60.3......9.9...72...-2......8.7"....3.75"

Christmas 1995...

1948...the storm my mom fell in the snow while pregnant with me and had to be helped...maybe this is why I'm such a snow freak... 1948 blizzard... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53991524/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53991528

yeah and we got seven years of no snow...

the Mirror...lol...I haven't heard that name in decades...

Dec 16th has been a sad day for me going back to 1960 and my mother passed away on this date in 1986..

I got sick for a week and couldn’t go out and play in it..