Storm offshore tomorrow keeps inching a little closer. Looks like eastern Long Island may get something. Southeastern New England looks to get accumulating snow.
Of course it will eventually happen. Those cancelling winter I think are giving up to soon. Goldberg even indicating a week from now the possibility of some wintry weather in the area.
Far west benefiting nicely from recent rains. Long way to go but a real dent has been made. Some reservoirs in northern California have actually filled. Not to mention the great snow pack in the mountains that will help in the spring and summer.
I remember crossing the bridges from Long Island and it would be like another world at times. No snow on Long Island but piles of snow and at least some snow on the ground as you got off the Island. This would happen most often in December.
I wouldn't call it fake snow, just very light (in weight) snow. Whenever it snows with temperatures around 10, it is dry and light. So it can easily compact when temperatures go up.
I found a Climate of New York booklet printed in 1960 and refised in 1972. It is from NOAA/ Department of Commerce. For Central Park they list the following:
1960 Norms Since 2000
Normal temperatures by month- J-33.2 33.3
F-33.4 35.7
M-40.5 43.2
A-51.4 53.7
M-62.4 64
J-71.4 71.9
J-76.8 77.4
A-75.1 76.4
S-68.5 69.6
O-58.3 58.2
N-47 48.2
D-35.9 39
YR.-54.5 55.8