uncle W

I tried kicking a football on the sleet on that Saturday night in 1965 and my elbows still hurt from falling on them...January 1965 had four straight weekends with snow or sleet...it was a very good month...the fifth weekend had snow in the forecast but the storm sailed south of us...

I started this in February...perfect timing with whats going on...it passes the time... Video (3).mov

it was Feb 1920 that had the three day storm that was 1/3 snow...1/3 sleet...1/3 freezing rain...March 1993 had 3" of sleet after the 9" of snow imby...it ended with an inch of rain and a dusting of snow...The March 1914 had a lot of sleet...Feb. 1921 had a lot of sleet...Feb 1940 also...Feb 1961 had hours of sleet mid storm...the earliest sleet storm I remember came on my 10th birthday 3/28/1959...

the greatest mainly sleet storms of my life are...January 1965...Feb. 2007...March 2007... On January 1st 1869 NYC got 9" of sleet according to newspaper reports but the liquid equivalent does not show that...it shows 9" of snow or sleet from 0.75" of LE... 1869...storm... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1869-01-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1869-01-02/ed-1/seq-8/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1869-01-02/ed-1/seq-4/

1967 came close and had more snow...

my wife bought toilet paper today...what a relief...Now I only have a two months supply...

some of NYC greatest snowstorms came in March...1993, 1960, 1958, 1941, 1914, 1888... 1888... http://bklyn.newspap.../image/50437841 http://chroniclingam...-13/ed-1/seq-1/ http://fultonhistory...cale - 0455.pdf http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1888-03-15/ed-1/seq-1/

on this date in 1958 NYC got 8-10" of wind swept snow around the area...temperature dropped to 3 degrees a day later...I was in the third grade at the time and remember what I was doing before and after the storm...

1963-64 is similar to 1995-96...both had a good December and a white Christmas...a Jan blizzard...a snowy February...more snows in March...2010-11 and 1960-61 shut off early...1947-48 can be put in the same category with them but had a comeback after a big Feb. Thaw...1994 had a comeback after a big Feb. thaw...1958 and 1996 had snows after a big Feb. thaw...

its funny that 1966 had similar storms in January and then December...both were KU storms and both times the low was very close to us and we got dry slotted...the December storm did have hours of sleet which was a downer...it did changed back to snow once the low got north of us...

the 1966-67 winter was predicted quite well by the farmers almanac...the white Christmas was predicted three months in advance...it did have many ups and downs... 12/4.....14 degrees 12/8-11...60 degrees or above...66 on the 9th... 12/13-14...wet snow and rain... 12/18...56 degrees... 12/21...1" of snow... 12/24...7" of snow... 12/29...heavy rain starts as snow... 1/19...13 degrees light snow... 1/22-26...major thaw...68 degrees on the 24th... 2/2...58 degrees...wet snow that evening... 2/5...48 degrees... 2/6...3" of snow... 2/7...12" of snow...9 degrees... 2/8...6 degrees... 2/10...2" of snow... 2/13...4 degrees... 2/15...60 degrees... 2/18...2" of snow... 2/23...4" of snow... 2/25...12 degrees... 3/1...16 degrees... 3/3...64 degrees... 3/5...2" of snow changing to rain... 3/6-7...3" of rain... 3/11...72 degrees... 3/14...63 degrees... 3/15-16...3" snow and sleet... 3/17...3" of snow...20 degree max... 3/18...8 degrees... 3/21-22...10" of snow...

the Lindsay storm in 1969 ended on this date...20" of paste at JFK...one of the best busts ever because the storm was forecast to change to rain...

I got over a foot in Bulls Head that day...

these are the years with the greatest snow depth on Jan. 31st in Newark since 1946... 1948-----7" 1949.....4" 1961.....9" 1963.....6" 1966.....7" 1987.....5" 2000.....4" 2004.....6" 2005.....7" 2011...15" 2015.....6" 2016.....7"

1877... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1877-01-09/ed-1/seq-5/ 1884...storm http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50342130 1912...storm http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1912-01-09/ed-1/seq-4/ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1912-01-13/ed-1/seq-2/ 1930...warm https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/58234219/ 1942...cold https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52678953/ 1953...storm https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59518969/ 1996...home video... 1988...

1971 was ushered in with a snowstorm that measured 6.4" in Central Park and 7.2" in Bensonhurst Brooklyn....8" in parts of Long Island...9.9" in Dobbs Ferry....snow started falling about 1am and ended in the afternoon...1978 had a 2" snowfall on this date...first inch or more of that season...1976 saw rain that started on 12/31 change to 1" of snow before ending after ball drop in the early am hours...1967 had snow falling for the ball drop at midnight with 3" on the ground...that ended soon after...

the temperature was just below freezing for most of the storm in NYC and it still changed to a mix that evening ...JFK being right on the water with December Ocean Temperatures could have kept accumulations down there...

To old...the forecast was for snow flurries...Boston changed to rain for a time...in 1969 Boston got 4" of rain after 4" of snow. ..we did better both times...

they blew the forecast that day...maybe that was the reason...

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...