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0.00” today, radar returns this afternoon displayed rain in every directions, unable to penetrate this part of Suffolk, with the humidity here randomly plummeting to around 50% for a few hours.

ISP might do it.

These in particular were retired by 2003, they no longer do this, however it’s actually good for marine life, they were placed off the coast from NJ to GA in areas mostly devoid of any natural reefs.

March 2012 was ELITE.

54 here, topped out at 59 before it started cooling off. Highest temp of the month.

Agreed. We’re long overdue for a torchy March.

“Mid-Atlantic” originally meant the middle of the entire East Coast (including Canada), it only included NY, NJ, PA, and DE, this is still the case under some definitions. Basically not New England, but not the South either. MD, DC, and VA were originally part of the South (politically), but are now generally regarded as part of the Mid-Atlantic, for obvious reasons.

Temp actually rising now, currently at 30 which is the high for the day so far. Might make it above freezing today after all.

Low of 14 here, high only at 29 so far, might unseat Dec 19th (27°F/17°F) as the coldest day of the winter.

Some of us have never experienced subzero temperatures. JFK hasn’t since 1985. 17 here, officially the coldest night of the winter (so far).

I’m really curious to know the amount of hours we’ve spent below freezing (and hard freezing or 28°F) vs normal. I’ve had a few potted plants sitting outdoors all winter, half of them wouldn't survive our normal winters, especially in pots which expose the plant roots (the most cold sensitive part of a plant) to the ambient air temperatures. The Cilantro I planted in like Sept/Oct is still going.

Lol I’m twice that. I meant anything weather-related prior to 2009 is a bit hazy, unless it was very major. I remember a blizzard in 2006, NYC schools closing for the first time (in my memory), but anything between that and the summer of 2009 is a blur.

I wasn’t alive in the 80’s, but it sounded awful. I only have a clear memory of 2009 onwards (weather-wise), that was right around the time our snowfall amounts went haywire. My normal is abnormal.

My semi-sheltered PWS recorded a 30mph gust, only the 2nd time that has happened. Actual gusts were higher of course. Pressure bottomed out at 975.2mb, lowest I’ve ever recorded.

It’s a good thing that Weather/Climate is wholly unaffected by individual comfort levels*, I want a string of 70’s right now but I’ll settle for what we’ve been getting. *Oddly enough, EWR did reach 80 in February 2018, a mere 2 weeks after I made a post suggesting that very thing was bound to happen in the future. But despite the mild temperatures this winter it hasn’t been consistently warm enough to disturb the already heavily disturbed natural environment from its slumber. Enjoy the not-cold weather.

Drove through a bit of mixing on I-95 NE of Philly but otherwise all misty rain from about I-195 all the way to Suffolk.

Lightly snowing in Trenton.

Now that January has ended we get our first look at the 1991-2020 averages. NYC, LGA, JFK, and EWR now have an average high of 40°F in January, up from 39°F in the 1981-2010 averages. EWR is leading the pack at 40.3°F. ISP falls short by 0.1°F. Islip is now “subtropical”, meaning that the mean temperature in its coldest month (January) is at the freezing point 32°F, up from 31°F in the 1981-2010 averages.

I would’ve expected snow totals to be far greater just based on how it looked up there, those were some serious drifts. Also beginning to wish we’d switch over to the metric system (while retaining °F), I’m tired of having to make conversions between imperial and metric.

Heaviest rains of the day just as the rain is moving out, closing in on 1.00”. Sky getting brighter despite the sun having set already.

Made it to 57 here, 10 degrees above forecast.

51 right now but with the sunshine and calm winds it feels like it’s in the 60’s, I’m out here in a t-shirt.

21 this morning with tons of frost, colder than forecast. Yesterday’s low of 18 was the coldest temp so far this January, and 17 back in December is the lowest temp so far this winter. Only one sub-freezing high temp this winter. Our area’s flora would look radically different if this was the norm, even if our average temps remained the same as they are now.