uncle W

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/

in 1994 and 1996 on this date winter was here in full force...1994 was heading into an ice storm and 1996 a blizzard to remember...

I managed to get 3" from the 2/6/10 storm in Bulls Head Staten Island...

meh...it snowed about 9" and then rained for 12 hours...Not one of my favorite storms...it did end as a few inches of snow...photo from the morning after the storm...

the record snow for Jan. 5th was set in 1883...here is a newspaper article about the storm... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1883-01-06/ed-1/seq-5/

the number of times NYC saw 30" in 30 days has really gone up in recent years...there were five such periods from 1869 to 1993...five in 125 years...since 1994 there were six in only 25 years... 30" in 30 days... 02/24-03/24, 1896.....32.0" 02/06-03/07, 1914.....35.2" 12/26-01/24, 1948.....43.4" 01/15-02/13, 1961.....34.1" 01/16-02/14, 1978.....37.2" 02/02-03/03, 1994.....30.8" 12/14-01/12, 1996.....35.2" 01/28-02/26, 2010.....38.2" 01/07-02/05, 2011.....37.6" 01/21-02/19, 2014.....42.1"  01/17-02/15, 2016.....31.5"