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There weren't many to speak of.....April 82, Feb 83, jan 87 and March 93....and none of them anywhere near the calibre of 96...83 came close though.

Wait till you string 4-5 in a row like this....

Had less than that really but it compacted so maybe not, but what was really frustrating were the folks here who told me I didn't know what I was talking about, that I was being a weenie, and it would come down hard eventually. As if I can't see what is outside my front door....

Says 11.5, so be it. Good by March standards. Goos any time really. Think we aren't seeing any 2 footers for awhile.

Just got in from Manhattan. Cold but not bitterly so. Ran into Janice Huff in the lower level at 30 Rock....was past her before I thought I should have asked her where all the snow went this year.....not sure she is an actual meteorologist or not.

Is there fishable ice?

No, we didn't get quite that much, but 10-11 does happen, not a lot, but the two footers in March are very rare. Areas to my south ( Monmouth ) and North got the bulk of the snow.

I remember a few years ago people screaming and yelling at me because I didn't think we would get a two foot blizzard in March. No less than Mitchell Volk chimed in to agree with me. We got 5-6 slushy inches of snow/sleet. Higher elevations got more. the same thing happened in 2018; higher elevations with big amounts, we had 3 inches. Not even the superstorm of 93 could get us to a foot....is it impossible? Nope. Is it likely? Nope. Is it likely this year? Nope.

The mode might be even more useful....what is the most common snowfall in an event, and what is the most common total for the winter....

But we still found ways in the past to snow at times with the positive NAO, correct? I do not remember insects flying around outside, ever, before recent years, in mid winter. And grass wasn't green like it is now. And we never got anywhere near 80 in midwinter. We'd still get piddly 2-4 events from time to time, and the higher elevations of course had more. We really started to see bland winters in the 90's with warmer temps, outside of some notable anomalies ( 94 and 96 ). Then something happened in the 2000's and we started getting monster storms. That could be over for awhile.

It is truly a depressing place, unless you enjoy chopping wood and snowmobiles. And moose. Now, moose are kinda cool...

Those summer tropical storms kill the fishing. I wish they would never happen. They don't even have to be that strong to throw up swells, which cause seasickness and for reasons I don't understand cause the fish to stop feeding, or move out to sea early. When we had a bay fishery it didn't matter but the bays are dead now.

There was one in 2005 as well, though not as big, perhaps that's the one....

And then the winter of 94 sailed in and people were like WTF? NYC doesn't get this cold, it doesn't snow this much.....make it stop! We were almost back to normal in 95 ( no snow, mild temps ) until Feb delivered a nice event. Then in 96 people were again aghast, 1-2 feet? Are they serious? I remember hitting the local Pathmark the day before, and it was like the zombie apocalypse was coming. And yet, none of us believed it would be that much snow, keep in mind a foot was considered gigantic....

There are hordes of tiny flies buzzing around my front yard.....this was inconceivable at this time of the year when I was a child.

I am sitting at a corporate event and not one person here misses the snow. Everyone I spoke to said that they never want to see snow again. And these are all scientists who understand climate change. They just hate the snow. So I popped in here to read Anthony’s rants about lack of snow...

Was just reading an article that said warmer temps are ruining ski seasons everywhere, even in places where there's enough snow, because the pack doesn't last or gets slushy and this affects some events. Article mentioned how some places are getting more lake effect because the lakes aren't freezing, and that Cleveland has been getting less snow and crappier cold springs too. Mentions the east coast as having a really bad year with lack of snow. And a report from ME dept of wildlife that comes to me noted that it has been a poor year for ice fishing because of warm temps, at least down state. It ain't happening this winter. The snowblowers are emptied and in mothballs.

Good. Who needs it.

I'm frankly tired of this damp gloomy weather. it's like an endless late autumn. Once in awhile the sun peeks through but its windy and a little colder so you can't really enjoy it. It's not quite cold enough to feel like true winter, and not nearly warm enough to be spring like. It just sucks. About another month or so and we hopefully will warm up enough to at least enjoy a walk in the park.

Perennials will often start sprouting in Feb; they emerge slowly in the cold and can take a few snowstorms. If Feb is snowless and mild, you will see them emerge. They'l slow down if it gets colder. What's more unusual is the flies and mosquitos.

The climo wasn't that different in the early 90's; it was mostly warm and snowless until 94. Winters were very much like this one, with some colder temps for sure, but not by much. I remember buying a big down parka from LL Bean and not needing it for years, and when I did it no longer fit ( it's an age thing ). The 93 event was the biggest in years, and quite out of the norm; it also mixed, keeping it from being that big around here. But 90, 91, 92 were mild, though we had two small events in March 92. In 91 the Star Ledger asked what had ever happened to winter?

it isn't rare. Anyone who lived in the 80's and 90's can tell you that. I've seen 4-5 years between significant snowfalls. In fact there were only a few events of note throughout the entire 1980's, and most of those were in 1982 and 83. Then 87. There were probably a few others but they were localized and certainly not IMBY. In fact, there was no good reason to own a snowblower. Didn't snow that often.

Can confirm all rain here.

Interesting. hadn't heard that.

Ask the folks in Miami