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It would seem to me the 3 inch measurement on the part of the bench you sit on was relevant and considering it snowed for hours after that makes me question the 2.9

Didn't the 1 inch record continue because Central Park said there was .9 in one of the snowfalls?

I enjoyed reading your posts. As we get older different things become far more important. Hope you continue to check in.

For those who like cold and snow, this winter is off to a very good start.

7 inches of snow here.

I have noticed that about Islip

4 inches of snow here and still snowing. Temperature has been about 32 to 33 the entire event.

Approaching 4 inches here

Turning to light snow

Radar shows snow over me, but actually just a little light drizzle

Flurries here, 36.4 degrees

I enjoy reading your posts, thanks.

I'm not sure how it is done, but to me, a snowstorm is a snowstorm, take the clock out of it.

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.