uncle W

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...

no winter had its coldest temperature i9n November...1932 came the closest...

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/

todays ao forecast looks good...it will be negative for the 13th storm...it rises to neutral but all members go quite negative at the end of the run...this is what I was waiting for...hopefully the forecast doesn't change tomorrow...it looks like a minus 3-4sd coming up...

1913-14 had a few major storms with gale winds and coastal damage...Feb. 13th-14th was the first big snowstorm of the year...1.88" of precip...9.7" of snow and sleet...5 more inches from another storm on the 16th brought the snow depth 12"...

I cant pull up the local data for that day due to the shutdown...But I remember seeing 0.30 and 0.40 per hour falling as sleet and snow mid day on the 1st...it was the super storm but the storm passed to our east instead of just west of the area...

the March 1914 started as rain but changed to heavy sleet then snow with gale winds... 1914 from the NY Tribune... 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/ 1914 storm from the NY Sun... http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ 1914 from the evening world... http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-02/ed-1/seq-3/ 1914 from the brooklyn eagle... http://fultonhistory...cale - 1989.pdf http://fultonhistory...cale - 1990.pdf 1914... https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1914-03-03/ed-1/seq-1/

March 1st...lowest record pressure in NYC...

January 13th, 1964 NYC got over a foot of snow in a blizzard...will the 13th turn out lucky?...

I'm reading about the1913-14 winter...it was an el nino year...it got a very late start...from mid Feb to mid March NYC got almost 40" of snow including two major storms. ..1913 was a wetyear...similar 2018...I'm putting together a recap of that winter with old newspaper stories...I should be finished by next week...

yeah he was fat...

NYC can't set a record for the least amount of snowfall this year thanks to 6.4" in the November storm...2006-07 is in the lead for the least amount of snow up to January 6th...it had zero snowfall until a trace fell on January 10th...it was so bad the a priest in my church was praying for snow...the only none el nino on this list is 1999-2000...1973 had the latest measurable snow on record...it also had the least amount of snow for a season...2.8"...1919 had 1.4" on 3/23 to end up with 3.8"...1998 had the least amount of snow until a 5" snowfall on 3/22...it ended up with 5.5" for the season... 1/09/2007.....0 1/10/2007/73/00/66.. trace 1/19/2000/73/66...trace 1/28/1973.....trace 1/29/1995.....0.2" 2/04/1998.....0.5" 3/22/1919.....2.4" 3/28/1973.....2.8" to end...

winter will say hello when it's time to say goodbye...still waiting for the winter's lowest AO...I think it comes in February or March...last year was in early March... season.......ao min.....date...…………...weather around the date... 1949-50......-2.854.....3/15/50......1.4" 3/14...record cold the beginning of the month... 1950-51......-4.353.....12/27/50....3" snow 12/27 and 9 degrees...the biggest snow and coldest temperature of the winter... 1951-52......-3.805.....3/4/1952....4" snow 3/2... 1952-53......-3.766.....12/27/52....12 degrees is the coldest temp. of the season...4" snow 12/31... 1953-54......-3.495.....1/30/54......cold continues...Cold snowy January... 1954-55......-3.064.....1/4/55........ 1955-56......-4.564.....2/15/56......1.4" 2/17 and 2/22...Big March snows..... 1956-57......-4.473.....2/21/57......2.6" snow 3/1... 1957-58......-4.030.....3/11/58......snow storms 3/14 and 3/21... 1958-59......-4.026.....1/7/59....... 1959-60......-4.108.....1/28/60......18 degrees 2/3 is the coldest temp for Feb...Big March cold and snow... 1960-61......-2.719.....1/10/61......greatest snowy and cold period followed 1/15-2/12... 1961-62......-4.417.....3/4/62........record cold 3/2 and the Ash Wednesday storm 3/6... 1962-63......-5.010.....1/21/63......Near record cold 1/23 and 4" snow 1/26...Biggest snow of the season... 1963-64......-4.470.....12/20/63....1.4" 12/18...6.6" 12/23-24...11 degrees 12/20 coldest for that month...January Blizzard... 1964-65......-3.973.....1/26/65......ice storm 1/24 and continued cold... 1965-66......-5.130.....1/28/66......8 degrees is the coldest temp. of the season 1/28...storm 7" on 1/30... 1966-67......-4.147.....12/13/66....wet snow and rain 12/13-14 is the start of two weeks of snow and cold...7" snow 12/24-25... 1967-68......-3.490.....2/7/68........8 degrees 2/11...Cold and dry continues... 1968-69......-5.282.....2/13/69......17 degrees 2/17 is the coldest temp for the month...15" of snow 2/9-10.... 1969-70......-6.365.....3/5/70........20 degrees 3/10 coldest temp for the month...4" of snow 3/29... 1970-71......-2.821.....2/6/71........12 degrees max 2/2... 1972-73......-2.044.....12/17/72...24 degrees max 12/17... 1973-74......-2.792.....12/19/73...big ice storm 12/16-17...17 degrees 12/19 is the coldest temp of the month... 1974-75......-1.695.....12/18/74... 1975-76......-3.262.....1/24/76......-1 degrees 1/23 is the coldest temp of the winter...1" of snow 1/23... 1976-77......-7.433.....1/15/77......-2 degrees on the 17th is the coldest temp of the winter...5" snow 1/14-15... 1977-78......-5.291.....2/5/78........10 degrees 2/5 is the coldest temperature of the season...18" snow 2/6-7... 1978-79......-4.387.....1/25/79......Very cold and snowy February.... 1979-80......-3.705.....1/24/80...... 1980-81......-4.318.....3/4/81........largest snowfall for the winter...8.6" 3/5... 1981-82......-3.804.....12/30/81...January 1982 was very cold and snowy... 1982-83......-3.410.....2/6/83........4" of snow 2/6 and 18" 2/11-12... 1983-84......-3.706.....3/13/84......record cold 3/10...7" snow 3/8-9... 1984-85......-6.226.....1/19/85.....-2 degrees 1/21 is the coldest temperature that winter... 1985-86......-3.894......2/6/86.......4.5" of snow 2/7 and 2/11...Snowiest period of the winter... 1986-87......-3.507.....3/9/87........2" snow 3/12...Near record cold 3/10... 1987-88......-2.314.....2/28/88......0.6" 2/27 is the last measurable snow...Thawing after... 1988-89......-0.318.....3/4/89........2.5" 3/6 and near record cold 3/7... 1989-90......-3.482.....12/10/89...One of the coldest Decembers on record... 1990-91......-3.381.....3/9/91.......24 degrees 3/12...benign after that... 1991-92......-2.597.....12/4/91.....0.7" 12/5...benign after that... 1992-93......-2.228.....3/2/93.......Super storm 3/13...Near record cold followed... 1993-94......-3.503.....2/24/94.....2.6" 2/23...12 degrees 2/27.... 1994-95......-3.116.....3/9/95.......20 degrees 3/10 is the coldest temp for the month.... 1995-96......-4.353.....12/19/95...8" of snow during a very cold period...January blizzard. 1996-97......-3.377.....12/30/96...11 degrees New Years Day.... 1997-98......-4.269.....1/10/98.....14 degrees New Years day...Coldest of the winter... 1998-99......-3.856.....3/10/99......5" snow 3/14-15...17 degrees 3/8 is the coldest temp for the month... 1999-00......-2.118.....2/18/00......3" snow and ice 2/22.. 2000-01......-4.854.....2/25/01......6" snow 2/22 and 17 degrees...coldest for the month... 2001-02......-3.293.....12/28/01...Coldest period of the winter followed but benign... 2002-03......-3.575.....1/22/03......7 degrees 1/24 is the coldest for the winter... 2003-04......-4.387.....1/17/04......1 degree 1/16 is the coldest temp of the season...6" of snow 1/15...Dec. 2004-05......-4.337.....2/26/05......6" of snow 2/25 and 8" 2/29... 2005-06......-3.569.....12/5/05......2" snow 12/4...1" 2/6 and 6" 12/9...14 degrees 12/14 is the coldest temp of the season... 2006-07......-2.184.....2/4/07........8 degrees 2/5 is the coldest for the winter... 2007-08......-2.468.....1/2/08........12 degrees 1/3 second coldest of the winter... 2008-09......-3.178.....2/3/09........4.3" 2/5 12 degrees... 2009-10......-5.821.....12/21/09...11" snow 12/19-20....16 degrees 12/18 is the coldest for the month... 2010-11......-5.172.....12/18/10...20" of snow 12/26-27...23 max on 12/14.. 2011-12......-3.451.....01/28/12...4.3" of snow 1/21...Biggest of the season... 2012-13......-5.688.....03/20/13...3.0" of snow 3/18 and continued cold... 2013-14......-2.605.....01/27/14...5 degrees 1/22...11" of snow 1/21...21 max 1/28... 2014-15......-1.462.....03/19/15...4.5" of snow March 20th... 2015-16......-4.898.....01/16/16...first measurable snow 1/17...27" blizzard 1/23...largest ever... 2016-17......-2.228.....02/14/17...9.4" of snow 2/9...largest of the year... 2017-18......-4.426.....03/02/18...noreasters 3/3...trace to 1"windy..3/7...3-8"...3/21...8-12"...

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...

none of the winters that followed those years had a major snowstorm...only two had near average snowfall...

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/

2006-07 averaged 36.5 for met winter...30 straight days averaged 25.8 from late Jan to late Feb...that means the other 60 days averaged 41.8...two sleet storms yielded almost 8" of snow and sleet...if those storms were snow NYC would have seen 25"... edit...1984-85 averaged 36.4 for met winter...there were 30 consecutive days that averaged 27.5...the other 60 days averaged around 40.8...in contrast 2007-08 averaged 36.4 but the coldest 30 day period averaged only 35.7...that means the other 60 days averaged slightly 36...

last year NYC got almost 10" of snow on this date...big snow on this date in 1859...another big snow in 1905... 1859...16" of snow...  http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030313/1859-01-05/ed-1/seq-8/ 1905 snowstorm...  http://chroniclingam...-04/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-04/ed-1/seq-2/ http://chroniclingam...-05/ed-1/seq-1/ http://chroniclingam...-05/ed-1/seq-2/

sorry to hear that...get well soon and pay a neighborhood kid to shovel for you...

what a difference a year makes...last year we were in the grip of an arctic outbreak and a storm was on the horizon...this year is the opposite...the temps are close to record highs today...1966, 1919, 1973 were all el nino years...2005 too...4 of the five warmest New Years day came during an el nino...two more el nino years show up in the record high minimums...the last time the city had a very cold New Years day and the next year was warm was 100 years ago... NYC's almanac for Jan. 1. Highest max. Lowest max. Highest min. Lowest min. Max. precipitation.....snowfall.....est. max snow depth... 62 in 1966.....10 in 1918.....52 in 1966......-4 in 1918.....2.05" in 1888.....9.0" in 1869..........15" in 1948 61 in 1919.....16 in 1881.....50 in 1979.......1 in 1881.....1.68" in 1923.....6.4" in 1971..........12" in 2011 60 in 1973.....18 in 1899.....45 in 1973.......7 in 2018.....1.52" in 2003.....5.0" in 1877..........12" in 1873 60 in 1979.....19 in 2018.....45 in 2007.......7 in 1875.....1.52" in 2007.....4.0" in 1947..........11" in 2001 60 in 2005.....20 in 1900.....44 in 1952.......8 in 1899.....1.32" in 1893.....3.0" in 1899............9" in 1869 Philadelphia 1/1 Highest max. Lowest max. Highest min. Lowest min. Max. precipitation.....snowfall........ 64 in 2005.....16 in 1918.....48 in 1966.......4 in 1881.....1.60" in 1948.....5.3" in 1971 62 in 1973.....19 in 1899.....45 in 1979.......5 in 1918.....1.58" in 1888.....3.5" in 1899 61 in 1979+...21 in 1881.....44 in 2007+.....7 in 1899.....1.44" in 2007.....2.5" in 1876 + also in earlier years... 1869...snowstorm... 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/ 1873... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1873-01-02/ed-1/seq-5/ 1888... http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83030193/1888-01-02/ed-1/seq-2/ 1899... http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1899-01-02/ed-1/seq-4/ 1949 from the Brooklyn Eagle... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52872109/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52872138 1948... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52810758/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52810762 1947... http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52675774/ http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52675793

back loaded like 1973 or bad loaded like 1966?...TWT...