uncle W

the 1947 storm...

December 26th-27th has seen its share of major snowstorms and rain storms...the biggest snowstorms in order are... 1872......18.0"... 1890...…..8.0"... 1933......11.2" 1947......26.1"... 1969...…..6.8"... 2010......20.0".... 1947... http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?141114 http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?142010 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52878037/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52878066/ 1872 from the NY Tribune... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-5/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352788 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352790 http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50352791 1890 from the Evening World... http://chroniclingam...-26/ed-1/seq-1/ 1890... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-2/ 1890 from the NY Sun... http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-27/ed-1/seq-2/ 1894 from the NY Tribune... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-4/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1894-12-27/ed-1/seq-3/ 1933 from the Brooklyn Eagle... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57565868/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57565928

on this date in 1963 the heavy snow that was falling all afternoon changed to light sleet and freezing drizzle in the late evening...6-7" of snow fell and it was coated with crusty ice...the mix changed back to light snow before ending in the early am hours on the 24th...it stayed cloudy all day with temperatures peaking in the mid 30's after mid 20's in the morning...Christmas eve evening had a period of snow that coated the dirty snow in the streets...6" of snow was on the ground Christmas morning in most areas...the two day totals were... 6.6" in Central Park... 7.4" at Newark airport... 7.2" at LaGuardia airport... 3.7" at JFK... 7.4" at Dobbs Ferry... 7.8" in Elizabeth NJ... 6.2" in Paterson NJ... 6.7" on Staten Island... 6.2" in Brooklyn... 6.5" in Mineola..

3/28...

it even snowed on my birthday that year...

the Philadelphia Eagles won the football championship game in 1948 on this date during a snowstorm... 1948 in NYC...

25th-26th 1993?

it almost snowed on every holiday starting with the Thanksgiving weekend...there were snowflakes in the air on Christmas and Easter...

todays date in NYC weather history... 1995...

I'm 70 years old now and feel it in my bones when it gets cold...I lived in Wellsville NY when I was 4...I moved back to Brooklyn in 1954...I can still remember seeing snow and ice from back then...I was almost seven years old when the first major snowstorm hit NYC in 1956...NYC had above normal snowfall from 1956-1969... 1955-56.....33.5"..... 7 years old... 1957-58.....44.7".....9 years old... 1959-60.....39.2".....11 years old... 1960-61.....54.7".....12 years old... 1963-64.....44.7".....15 years old... 1966-67.....51.5".....18 years old... 1968-69.....30.2".....20 years old... 1977-78.....50.7".....29 years old... 1978-79.....29.4".....30 years old... 1982-83.....27.2".....34 years old... 1993-94.....53.4".....45 years old... 1995-96.....75.6".....47 years old... 2000-01.....35.0".....52 years old... 2002-03.....49.8".....54 years old... 2003-04.....42.6".....55 years old... 2004-05.....41.0".....56 years old... 2005-06.....40.0".....57 years old... 2009-10.....51.4".....61 years old... 2010-11.....61.9".....62 years old... 2013-14.....57.4".....65 years old... 2014-15.....50.7"...,.66 years old... 2015-16.....32.8".....67 years old... 2016-17.....30.2".....68 years old... 2017-18.....40.9".....69 years old... two before ten... four in my reens... two in my 20;s... two in my 30's... two in my 40's... five in my 50's... seven in my sixties... as I got older I witnessed as many snowstorms and good winters after 50 years...I wish this happened in my 20's and 30's...

in 1960 on this date snow was tapering off and temperatures were in the teens going down to the single digits...15-21" of powder with huge drifts...

I was his age at the time...it was the biggest story of my young life...I still remember that day like it was yesterday...

it was December 16th 1960...I remember the forecast was for rain and the news anchor said the mountains of snow will turn to oceans of slush...he was right for 7th Ave and Sterling Pl in Brooklyn...

that was banned from the radio...it was going to be the number 1 record before that...

I play it for laughs...some songs from that time would be considered not politically correct today and probably be banned...songs like Running bear and Pepino the Italian mouse...

I play baby talk and baby sitting boogie to my one year grand daughter...both from around 1960...there were many weird songs in 1960...Mule skinner blues was one of them...

My song was the 'Theme from a summer place'...a song about summer reminds me of winter...I found out it was JFK's favorite also...that decade of music changed drastically from 1960 to 1969...I went from listening to Frankie Valli to Frank Zappa by the end of 1968...

https://www.musicradio77.com/wmgm/surveys1960.html

I remember Scott Muni when he was on WMGM radio say 'hey kids...No school tomorrow' on March 3rd, 1960...

I measured 23.0" in Brooklyn and another sight 3 miles to my se measured 23.6"...Central Park was under measured...

he was so drunk one night you could not understand a word he was saying...It was during the holidays way back around 1963...

Gloria Okon...

January 18-19th, 1936 had a storm that was mostly rain on the 18th but changed to heavy sleet and snow the next day...final totals...9.0" of snow and sleet...2.71" LE... March 1914 set the record for the lowest barometric pressure ever for NYC...

all the winter storms with at least 2.00" of LE for NYC... 4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours... 3.17"...20.9"...02/25-26/2010...mid 30's to upper 20's...wet snow some mix... 3.11"...14.5"...03/01-02/1914...upper 30's to upper teens...started as rain/sleet/ice... 2.68"...12.5"...02/20/1921........mid 30's to low 20's...started as rain/sleet/ice... 2.62"...17.4"...02/03-04/1961...upper 20's to low 30's...changed to sleet/rain for a time... 2.52"...10.6"...03/13-14/1993...low 30's to upper 30's...changed to sleet and rain... 2.40"...26.4"...12/26-27/1947...mid 20's to low 30's...all snow 2.32"...27.5"...01/22-23/2016...mid 20's...all snow 2.22"...10.4"...02/03-04/1926...mid 20's to 30...mixed with sleet and ice... 2.16"...20.2"...01/07-08/1996...low teens to low 20's...all snow... 2.10"...21.0"...03/12-14/1888...upper 30's to single digits...started as rain/sleet... 2.08"...18.1"...03/07-08/1941...low 20's to low 30's...wet snow ending as a mix... 2.08"...12.5"...02/13-14/2014...mid 20's to mid 30's to mid 20's...changed to rain for 12 hours... 2.06"...19.0"...01/26-27/2011...low 30's to mid 30's to upper 20's...changed to rain for a time...

1947-48 had around 330 hours...1993-94 with 310...1919-20 with 305...1995-96 with 295...1960-61 with 237...the local climate data stopped showing what precip. was falling every hour in 1965...after 1965 you have to estimate sometimes...