lee59

Ok you want someone to chime in so I will. First let me say, I believe our climate is becoming more mild. What you are claiming may become fact, I have no crystal ball to predict what will happen in the future. Maybe in 50 years we will have a climate like North Carolina, maybe not. If we do, out side this weather board, a lot of people will be happy about that. The thing that bothers me is sometimes people show stats that support their point but they may be misleading. I am not going to check all the cities you mention but I did check Syracuse NY. I was surprised you have your graph line starting at 150 inches because I don't think they ever averaged that high over an extended period. I did check what they averaged from 1951-2 thru 1981-2 seasons. For that 30 year period they averaged 109.6 inches of snow per year. Looking forward, they had a very snowy period from 2002-3 to 2010-11 seasons. Similar to us, the last 6 seasons have not been good at all by their standards. Last year they had 115 inches of snow which is their average since 1951.

I agree between the 1890s and 1960s NYC expanded a lot and it keeps getting bigger. Maybe it isn't substantial but I wouldn't call all that building of skyscrapers a drop in the bucket. What makes me even bring it up is when I cross the Throgs Neck bridge and look toward the city I see the Manhattan skyline but then to the south you see the Brooklyn and Queens skyline and it looks like another large city was built.

Long Island

What a difference here, 44 and light rain

I'm not sure how much it has affected the UHI but the city skyline has changed a lot in the past 20 or so years. Many more skyscrapers, Western Brooklyn and Queens are like a continuation of Manhattan. So I would think this would have at least some affect on the UHI

Jay Peak Vermont received 100 inches of snow in November.

My low teens this morning not so bad compared to Saranac Lake NY, -22 degrees.

38 just after midnight

Winter starting early for much of the Midwest, Great Lakes area and a good portion of the northeast. Meanwhile our immediate area can't buy snow.

Good radiational cooling last night, hit 23 here. Meanwhile UHI had temps mostly above freezing in the city as suburbs were in the teens and twenties.

19 here this morning

.97 inch of rain, raw, miserable cold day.

After dropping to 26 before clouds last evening, I am now at 37 degrees.

Seeing some real winter weather move into many northern areas so early in the season. Folks in the Chicago area will probably be ice skating this time next week.

Some temperatures in the Catskills already in the teens. Great radiational cooling night before clouds move in.

I am down to 29 but will probably be above freezing by midnight if clouds move in.

It is hard for the coast to get decent snows this early in the season. I remember years in the past crossing over the bridges from Long Island was like going to a different world, no snow on the Island to snow and large piles of snow in parking lots

.57 inch of rain here, tapering off.

27 here earlier this morning, frosty

33 the high gust here

Low barometric pressure today around 29.30.

34 mph highest gust here. Airports get higher wind gusts being so wide open.

They already had snow and this seems not that uncommon for them to have snow before the first freeze. Heat Island.

Coldest morning this season here, dipped into the high 20s

I don't know if if hit 32 in Manhattan but they are getting flurries and I have noticed they seem to get snow some years before the first official freeze.