uncle W

the morning of the March 3rd 1960 storm had a forecast for snow changing to rain on the morning TV news...I was walking on 11th Ave and 63rd St at about 8am with light snow falling...it was 27 degrees and snow was starting to drift near the curb...I said to myself how could this snow change to rain...it could have easy if a coastal that developed near Virginia and bombed out didn't...the weather bureau missed that one...That evening while listing to WMGM on the radio the disc jockey ( Scott Muni ) said 'hey kids...no school tomorrow'...

the December 11-12th 1960 storm is still one of my favorites...16.6" in Bensonhurst...21" at Newark...15.2" in Central Park...record cold followed...then the two disasters spoiled it...it was great to be 11 years old during March 1960 to Feb. 1961 ...four cold windy snowstorms and hurricane Donna...

one of my first weather memories was hearing the wind howling thru the alley way of my house...it was situated almost ne/sw so the ne wind had a funneling effect...it had to be from 1954 when I was five...

Newark NJ...…. least and most 90 degree days for Newark NJ since 1933... year.....total...cons...max...total 100 days... 1933.....18.....….5.....101.....1 1934.....18...…...5.....100.....1 1935.....14...…...3...….96 1936.....22...…...5.....104.....2 1937.....22...…...5.....100.....1 1938.....18...…...3...….95 1939.....24...…...3......95 1940.....15...…...5......99 1941.....27...…...4......97 1942.....15...…...2......98 1943.....31...…...4.....102.....2 1944.....39...…...8.....102.....4 1945.....24...…...5...….99 1946.....11...…...3......95 1947.....22...…...4......99 1948.....26...…...6.....103.....2 1949.....36...…...8.....105.....8 1950.....18...…...4...….98 1951.....18...…...3...….96 1952.....31...…...6.....102.....1 1953.....32...….11.....105.....6 1954.....18...…...3.....103.....2 1955.....32...…...6.....101.....4 1956.....14...…...5...….99 1957.....28...…...5.....101.....1 1958.....21...…...3...….96 1959.....40...…...5.....100.....1 1960.....13...…...4...….94 1961.....34...…...4...….98 1962.....14...…...4...….98 1963.....20...…...6.....100.....1 1964.....26...…...4...….99 1965.....26...…...4...….97 1966.....33...…...5.....105.....5 1967...….7...…...3...….95 1968.....23...…...4...….98 1969.....15...…...3...….96 1970.....22...…...5...….94 1971.....22...…...5...….96 1972.....21...….12...….96 1973.....31...….11.....100.....1 1974.....18...…...4...….98 1975.....12...…...4...….98 1976.....14...…...3...….93 1977.....26...…...9.....102.....2 1978.....16...…...5...….98 1979.....20...…...5...….96 1980.....27...…...4.....101.....2 1981.....21...…...8...….98 1982.....12...…...4.....100.....1 1983.....40...…...7...….99 1984.....22...…...5...….97 1985.....11...…...3...….97 1986.....22...…...5.....100.....1 1987.....37...…...8...….98 1988.....43...….20.....101.....5 1989.....27...…...6...….99 1990.....26...…...4...….98 1991.....41...…...7.....102.....2 1992.....22...…...3...….98 1993.....49...….10.....105.....9 1994.....39...…...5.....102.....2 1995.....33...….12.....104.....1 1996...….9...…...3...….99 1997.....20...…...6.....101.....2 1998.....21...…...4...….98 1999.....33...…...8.....103.....3 2000.....16...…...4...….96 2001.....22...…...5.....105.....3 2002.....41...….10.....100.....2 2003.....20...…...5...….95 2004.....13...…...2...….97 2005.....37...…...5.....102.....3 2006.....31...….10.....101.....3 2007.....21...…...4...….97 2008.....22...…...7...….99 2009.....11...…...7...….95 2010.....54...….14.....103.....4 2011.....31...…...5.....108.....4 2012.....33...….11.....104.....3 2013.....25...…...7.....101.....2 2014.....15...…...3...….96 2015.....35...…...9...….98 2016.....40...…...8...….99 2017.....22...…...4...….99 2018.....36...…...6...….98 2019.....27...…...4...….99 2020.....

fake news covering the day...

I was a baby in 1949 and it is still the hottest July 4th on record...1978 was the coolest with a high of 62 and rain falling...1986 was the coolest...two days later it was 98 degrees...1981 is the wettest with a rainy fireworks night... July 4th almanac for NYC... Highest max. Lowest max. Highest min. Lowest min. Max. Precipitation. 102 in 1949....62 in 1978....81 in 2002....55 in 1986....1.76" in 1981 ..99 in 1919....64 in 1941....79 in 1999....57 in 1938....1.20" in 1872 ..98 in 1966....68 in 1909....78 in 1876....58 in 1882....1.20" in 1895 ..97 in 1911....69 in 1895....78 in 1908....58 in 1909....1.19" in 1978 ..97 in 1955....70 in 1882....78 in 1974....58 in 1978....1.11" in 1967 ..96 in 1999....70 in 1954....78 in 1983....58 in 1979....1.06" in 1906 ..96 in 2002....71 in 2007....77 in 2006....59 in 1963....1.00" in 1889 ..96 in 2010 ..96 in 1898. 1872... http://bklyn.newspap.../image/50350422 1895 storm... http://bklyn.newspap.../image/50410949 1906... http://bklyn.newspap.../image/53874183 1949 heat... http://bklyn.newspap...image/57072676/ http://bklyn.newspap.../image/57072686 1919 heat... http://bklyn.newspap...image/55306748/ 1911 heat wave... http://bklyn.newspap...image/53944070/ 1939... http://www.nycsubway...erl/show?113363

snow lovers have been spoiled since 1994...some great winters since then...1993-94...1995-96...2002-03...2009-10...2010-11...2013-14...2014-15...the two biggest snowstorms came in different years...both topped 1947...the 1980's and 1880's had one each...both epic storms...the blizzard of 1888 looks like it was under measured when you look at some of the pictures...

here is NYC 10" snowfalls...JFK you can get from this site... https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/IPS/lcd/lcd.html?_page=1&state=NY&stationID=94789&_target2=Next+> snowfalls 10" or greater...... Year....date....amount"... 1872...12/26.......18.0" 1874...12/20.......10.0" 1875...4/13.........10.0" 1876...2/3-4........11.0" 1877...1/1-2........13.0" 1879...1/15-16....13.0" 1888...3/12-14....21.0" 1896...3/2...........10.0" 1896...3/15-16....12.0" 1897...1/27-28....10.0" 1898...11/26-27..10.0" 1899...2/12-14....16.0" 1902...2/17..........10.0" 1905...1/24-25.....11.0" 1907...2/4-5.........11.0" 1908...1/23-24.....10.0" 1910...1/14-15.....10.0" 1912...12/24........11.4" 1914...3/1-2.........14.5" 1915...4/3-4.........10.2" 1916...12/15........12.7" 1920...2/4-7.........17.5" 1921...2/20..........12.5" 1925...1/2............11.5" 1926...2/3-4.........10.4" 1926...2/9-10.......12.0" 1933...2/11..........10.0" 1933...12/26........11.2" 1935...1/23-24.....13.0" 1941...3/7-8.........18.1"...ended as a mix... 1947...2/20-21.....10.7" 1947...12/26-27...26.4" 1948...12/19-20...16.0" 1956...3/18-19.....11.6" 1958...3/19-20.....11.8"...some rain was mixed.. 1959...12/21-22...13.7" 1960...3/3-4.........14.5" 1960...12/11-12...15.2" 1961...2/3-4.........17.4" 1964...1/12-13.....12.5" 1967...2/7............12.5" 1969...2/9-10.......15.3" 1978...1/19-20.....13.6"...ended as ice... 1978...2/6-7.........17.7" 1979...2/19..........12.7" 1983...2/11-12.....17.6" 1993...3/13-14.....10.6"...changed to sleet and rain...ended with a dusting... 1994...2/11..........12.8" 1995...2/4............10.8"...ended as rain... 1996...1/7-8.........20.2" 1996...2/16-17.....10.7" 2000...12/30........12.0" 2003...2/16-17.....19.8" 2003...12/5-6.......14.0" 2004...1/28..........10.4" 2005...1/22-23.....13.8" 2006...2/11-12.....26.9" 2009...12/19-20...10.9" 2010...2/9-10.......10.0" 2010...2/25-26.....20.9"...changed to rain for a time... 2010...12/26-27...20.0" 2011...1/25-26.....19.0" 2013...2/8-9.........11.4" 2014...1/21..........11.5" 2014...2/13-14.....12.5"...(9.5" or snow changed to heavy rain and ended as 3" of snow)... 2016...1/22-23.....27.5"* biggest of all time...

1995-96 went a head of 2011 on Feb. 16th...2011 had 57.2" but 1996 went a head with 60.9"

like last year winter will say hello when it's time to say goodbye...this year when the ao went negative we got extreme cold...Last year when the ao went negative we got big snows...lets hope that changes this month...I'm still waiting for the big one and I think it will come this year...TWT...

yeah...4" of snow on this date in 2012...

the cold snowstorm of 1857... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030213/1857-01-20/ed-1/seq-5/ the great storm of 1867... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1867-01-21/ed-1/seq-5/ 1961 and 1978 had big snows that started on the 19th...

these are the storms that measured 10" or more with at least 2" LE... 2016 comes in 8th place just behind Dec. 1947... 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...

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59982454/ the article continues on page 15 and it says Amityville was -16...

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59982057 this article said Fire Island hit -26...

there was a period of sleet in the middle of the storm that kept accumulations down otherwise it would have been a 30" storm...

I can't check the local climate because of Nancy Lugosi... I bet Poughkeepsie had a 30" snow depth on Feb. 5th...

February 3rd-4th, 1961 is still my greatest storm...17.4" in Central Park and 21" in Bensonhurst Brooklyn...there was 8-9" on the ground from previous storms going back to Jan. 15th on the ground...The temperature failed to reach 30 for 16 days...it briefly hit 34 when the snow ended on the 4th late in the day...thawing after that but 25-28" was on the ground the morning of the 5th...

1964...

1964 on this date...

reanalysis...

1965 on this date...no snow in the forecast the night before...

the 1919-20 winter was one of greatest winters of the 1900's...I think it was a neutral year but I can't check that...JMA has it neutral... December 1919:::Temperature hit 60 on the 13th-14th...cold wave drops the temps to -1 on the 18th...2" of cold snow on the 17th...3" of snow on the 24th-25th...2" of snow on the 30th... Jan:::5 degrees on 1/5...2" of snow 1/16...3" of snow 1/19...2" of snow 1/22...very cold period...freezing rain and sleet 23rd-24th...7 degrees on 1/26...-1 on 1/31...top ten coldest Jan... Feb:::-2 on 2/1...on 2/4th-7th NYC saw snow freezing rain sleet and even some plain rain for 75 hours...two hours reported nothing...strong winds and glaze...17.5" of snow and ice fell...13" snow depth at the end...4.43" of LE...2" snow and sleet on the 10th...2/16...9 degrees...5" snow depth...4" of snow 2/21-22...6 degrees 2/27... March:::storm 3/5th-6th...rain to sleet to snow...2.15" LE...3" snow...13 degrees 3/6th-7th...similar storm on 3/13...last inch of snow on 3/19... a 1920 storm...

1913 was an el nino year and was one of the wettest years on record...the winter did not get going until Feb. 8th...the 1913-14 winter... the first hint of winter came on November 11th with a few snow flurries and below freezing temps...December was on the warm side with a dusting of snow on the 10th...there was a rainy Christmas Holiday...mild and wet before and after the 25th...January 4th had a noreaster with gale winds nd mixed precipitation...coastal damage from the storm...the first cold wave came on January 13th...it got as low as -5 the morning of the 14th...gale winds ushered in the cold...thawing after the cold shot with a dusting of snow...no more snow after that...brief cold shots came between mild and wet days...the benign pattern continued until Feb 7th...after a long series of rain storms it got a lot colder Feb. 8th with a little light snow on Feb 10th...after the light snow another severe cold wave hit...the temperature registered -3 on Feb. 12th...the morning of the 13th was -1...snow and sleet developed late in the day...temperature was 26 by midnight...the snow and sleet got heavy on the 14th...snow and sleet accumulated almost 10"...the temperature maxed out at 34 before dropping back below freezing...8" was on the ground on the 15th...temperature dropped to 12...more snow on the 16th...another 5"...that brought the snow depth to 13"...max temperatures were below freezing the next ten of eleven days...light snow on the 19th...snow depth was 8"...light snow on the 23rd...7" snow depth...the third cold wave of the season came after that...temperatures were as low as one degree on the 25th...the next three days had some thawing with temperatures topping out in the 40's...March 1st 2014 was 38 degrees when the day started just after midnight...rain developed early am hours and became heavy...sleet mixed in as temperatures dropped below freezing...heavy sleet and snow fell all day and into the night when it let up to lighter snow and sleet...the storm ended the next day and when all was said and done the temperature dropped to 17 and there was 13" of snow on the ground again...gale winds accompanied the storm and NYC set a record for the lowest pressure ever recorded...it stayed wintry until March 26th when the first 65 degree day came...March 6th had another 3" of snow...snow depth was 6"...mild mid month but colder and snowier from the 18th-24th...3.5" of snow fell on March 22nd...last measurable snowfall of the season...that brought the season total just over 40"...1913-14 was a slow starting winter that got over 35" from 2/10 to 3/7...two severe arctic outbreaks...two heavy snow and sleet storms...twice the snow depth exceeded 13".. date...….max...min...precip...snowfall...depth 11/11......39......30......trace......trace...big lake effect snows and gales...flurry in the city... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-11-12/ed-1/seq-1/ 12/10......42......28......0.03"......0.3"....snow showers... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1913-12-11/ed-1/seq-15/ 12/23......47......35......1.61"......heavy rains...mild... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1913-12-24/ed-1/seq-13/ 12/25......44......35......0.43"...…rainy Christmas... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1913-12-26/ed-1/seq-5/ 01/04......38......38......0.98"......0.1" 01/05......36......23......0.17"......1.1"...big storm with coastal damage...mostly mixed precipitation...temps mostly in the mid 30's...1.2" of snow/sleet... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-05/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55515916/ 01/13...…..9......-3...…0 01/14......18...…-5...…0 01/15......33......18......0.01"......0.1".....cold wave with gales...then thawing... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-14/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/55521138/ 01/24......50......40......1.07" 01/25......46......17......0.40".....more rain then turning colder briefly... 01/28......58......39......trace....,.mild and damp... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-01-29/ed-1/seq-13/ 01/30......58......42......trace 01/31......55......33......1.51"...more heavy rain and mild... 02/10......37......21......0.05"......0.5"...….trace 02/11......21...…..2......trace......trace.....trace...earthquake then cold wave... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-11/ed-1/seq-1/ 02/12......10...….-3...…………………..trace 02/13......26.......-1......0.29"......1.6"......2" 02/14......34......17......1.59"......8.1"......8" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-12/ed-1/seq-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-14/ed-1/seq-1/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-14/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-15/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-15/ed-1/seq-2/ 02/16......23......12......0.34"......5.2"......12" 02/17......24......13......0.01"......0.1"......11" https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1914-02-16/ed-1/seq-1/ https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165669/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-17/ed-1/seq-1/ 02/23......25........8......0.07"......1.0"...…..7" 02/24......15...….2......0.01"......0.1"...…..7"...light snow and a cold wave...heavier snow to the south... https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53165905/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-02-25/ed-1/seq-15/ 03/01......38......22......2.95"....13.5"...….13" 03/02......26......17......0.16"......1.0"...….13" http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-3/ http://chroniclingam...-03/ed-1/seq-4/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-3/ http://fultonhistory...cale - 1989.pdf http://fultonhistory...cale - 1990.pdf 03/06......37......30......0.29"......2.9"......6" 03/07......42......31......0.04"......0.4"......5"....some more snow but with some melting... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1914-03-07/ed-1/seq-4/ 03/18......44......33......0.44"......0.2"......rain ending as snow...more snow in the forecast... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-19/ed-1/seq-13/ 03/22......34......25......0.20"......3.5"......2"...last snowfall of the winter... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-23/ed-1/seq-4/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-23/ed-1/seq-11/