uncle W

4 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

world war 1 and world war 2 winters were amazingly cold on both sides of the Atlantic

Look how rare single digit high days are....we barely missed in 1993-94 and the one in 1984-85 I remember really well

 

...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

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8 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Uncle is the 1917/18 daily max of 2 degrees the closest NYC has come to a Max of 0 or below since 1869?

yes

11 minutes ago, Intensewind002 said:

I can’t believe the crappy 2018-19 winter had some of the lowest maxes of the past couple decades

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.
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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...

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5.0" 12/19/1883...

2.1" 12/21/1883...

7.6" 12/23-24/1883...

5.0" 12/25/1883...

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10.4" 2/3-4/1926...

12.0" 2/9-10/1926...

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..9.7" 2/13-14/1914...

..5.3" 2/16/1914...

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7.6" 2/19-20/1934...

9.3" 2/25-26/1934...

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..5.3" 12/15/1948...

16.0" 12/19-20/1948...

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..6.7" 3/16-17/1956...

11.6" 3/18-19/1956...

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..9.0" 2/8-9/1994...

12.8" 2/11/1994...

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5.0" 2/20-21/2005...

6.0" 2/24-25/2005...

7.7" 2/28-3/1 2005

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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...

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...

7 hours ago, MJO812 said:

I miss El Nino winters 

Screw La Nina's 

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

3 minutes ago, STORMANLI said:

Thanks,took a quick read and found some neat interesting stories.

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

10 minutes ago, STORMANLI said:

It's weather data; never something not to be cared about.

Nice link,wow, the old WB 1024a!

Not sure what they use now.

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

1 hour ago, LibertyBell said:

what happened to it?

did someone break it?

 

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

40 minutes ago, Torch said:

The “Mirror” had some gruesome pics on the cover on that tragedy.

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..

49 minutes ago, rclab said:

Your absolutely right on the car Feb ban. I remember using the sled to help my mom haul shopping from the A&P on 13th Ave. As always …..

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