New England Anomalous Events

[bluewave]

I'll add the 1-16-09 record cold to the list.

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/car/News_Items/2009-02-10_item001.htm#sub3

[CoastalWx]

How much stranger was that than March 2012?

(not good with SD's, etc)

Well March 2012 + departures are beyond ridiculous, but I think it is easier to get greater + departures in March since it can be such a varied month. But, I actually think the prolonged cold in Jan 2012 may eek out March 2012..especially when you think about a slightly warming climate (the reasons up for debate, but just saying).

[ORH_wxman]

How much stranger was that than March 2012?

(not good with SD's, etc)

Well Jan 2004 is the coldest month on record at BOS since Logan airport became the obs site in 1921. March 2012 was not as warm as 1946, so it came in 2nd place...both very anomalous events but one gets a little bit more impressive headline. Also considering the very cold 1960s/1970s winters, its impressive that 2004 was able to beat any of those months.

[CoastalWx]

Looking at the avg temp of Jan and that Jan temp..it is most definitely above March 2012...and probably all other months.

[CoastalWx]

Anybody want to guess the coldest avg Jan temp in Caribou?

[dendrite]

1/6/07

[CoastalWx]

1/6/07

Kevin's favorite. Convertibles driving around and endless frisbee.

[CoastalWx]

O.0 For KCAR in 1994...lol. Good Lord.

[weatherwiz]

I was going to say -4 but I was in the bathroom

[ORH_wxman]

December 1989 is by far the most anomalous event of my lifetime...though it doesnt qualify obviously for the past 10 years.

December 1989 was actually colder in ORH than January 2004 and only 1F warmer in Boston than January 2004....actual temps, not departure. December 1989 was a -14 departure month.

[nzucker]

December 1989 is by far the most anomalous event of my lifetime...though it doesnt qualify obviously for the past 10 years.

December 1989 was actually colder in ORH than January 2004 and only 1F warmer in Boston than January 2004....actual temps, not departure. December 1989 was a -14 departure month.

Do you have a link to the dailies for that month?

[dendrite]

Do you have a link to the dailies for that month?

http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KORH/1989/12/1/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

Dec 89 may be more anomalous than Jan 94/04, but I preferred the brutal cold shots those Jan's provided. Dec 89 was just consistently very cold with no warmups.

[HoarfrostHubb]

6/6/10

Whoops

[CoastalWx]

Happened to find this on the internet.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION..FINAL MID SHIFT..

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA

743 AM EST FRI JAN 16 2004

...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -25 AND -45 THROUGH 10 AM...

BOS ITS THE COLDEST SINCE CHRISTMAS 1980 AND BY THE WAY ITS FEELING A

LOT COLDER THAN IT DID THEN WITH WINDS CONSIDERABLY STRONGER. NEW

RERS AT BOS/PVD. AS OF 730 AM NO FURTHER RERS. WE MAY ADD CHH UA

SITE OF -6..WE JUST DONT KNOW THE PRIOR RECORD AND DATE.

EVERY STN IN SNE REACHED ZERO OR BLOW AND THIS IS A VAST AREA OF

COVERAGE OF WIND DRIVEN (>10KT) ZERO OR COLDER IN THE NE USA.

.PATTERN...

COLD WITH BRIEF BOUTS OF NR NORMAL TEMPS NEXT 10 DAYS AS ALBERTA

CLIPPERS FOR THE NEXT WEEK BRING A VARIETY OF DELIGHT FOR WINTER

ENTHUSIASTS. NUMEROUS SRN STREAMERS CONSTANTLY ADVERTIZED BY DAY10

GFS...EVENTUALLY ONE OF THOSE IS GOING TO COME UP THE COAST.

HIGHLY ANOMALOUS PATTERN MAY NOT BE QUITE AS SVR FOR THE NEXT TWO

WEEKS BUT UNTIL WE LOSE CROSS POLAR WHICH REALLY HAS LITTLE SIGN OF

DOING ATTM...WE WILL HAVE BOUTS OF RECURRING STG CAA IN ASSN WITH

CLIPPERS. IN THE NON SNOWCVR REACH OF I95...FROST WILL GO VERY DEEP

AND POSSIBLY CAUSE SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS IF WE GO SUBZERO NEXT WEEK

WITHOUT SNOWCVR. SO SUNDAYS SNOW IN I95 .. IF IT OCCURS .. COULD

SERVE AS A PROTECTIVE BLANKET.

WIND CHILL WRNG THRU BASICALLY 10AM THEN STEP DOWN TO LESS

THREATNEING WC ADVY.

STILL CONCERNED ABOUT HIGH WIND WARNING BUT FOR NOW JUST EXTENDED

WIND ADVY THRU TONIGHT. HAVE SEEN 45 KT AT MSV.

WXA FOR OUTER CC ONLY...JUST CANT FIRE HEAVY STREAMERS ACROSS THE

CAPE...AT LEAST TO OUR KNOWLEDGE.

RECORDS 1/16/04

LOWS COLDEST HIGHS

BOS -7 2004 435A COLDEST SINCE 12/25/80 7 1994

ORH -12 1994 TIE 0023 6 1994

PVD -6 2004 7 1994

BDL -8 1994 1 1994

CEF -9 1994

MQE -11 2004 435A

&&

.AVIATION...

MOST TERMINALS WILL MAINTAIN VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH SAT...ALTHOUGH

CEILINGS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LOCALLY DROP TO MVFR ACROSS THE

INTERIOR. ALSO OCEAN EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE IFR CEILINGS

AND VISIBILITIES AROUND CAPE COD THIS MORNING. STRONG WINDS ARE THE

MAIN CONCERN TODAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST WHERE SUSTAINED 25KT

WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS NEAR 40KT AT TIMES.

&&

.MARINE...

GALE WARNINGS AND FREEZING SPRAY WARNINGS REMAIN POSTED. STRONG

GALES SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF TODAY PER MODEL SOUNDINGS

WHICH SHOW THE POTENTIAL FOR 40KT GUSTS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON...

THEN WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH SAT. DECIDED TO INCREASE WINDS

FOR LATER SUN AND MON BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...GFS ACTUALLY HAS

GALES IN THE COLD ADVECTION MON BUT FOR NOW WE WILL BRING WINDS TO

THE HIGHER END OF SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLD.

HARBOR AND BAY ICE IS AN ISSUE AND WILL BE THRU AT LEAST SATURDAY.

TEMPO WARMUP MONDAY MAY RELIEVE ALONG WITH ICE BREAKERS BUT DEEP

FREEZE REVISITS EARLY NEXT WEEK! THIS HAS IMPACTED SOME BOS HARBOR

TRANSPORATION.

[HoarfrostHubb]

And like PF stated, the Irene flooding in VT might have been the worst in recorded history. Probably worse than 1927, which is unreal

[CoastalWx]

I miss Drag's discos.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Jan 2004 is when SNE'ers became poosys

Canceling school due to cold...harumph!

[HoarfrostHubb]

I miss Drag's discos.

+1

And Eksters

[OKpowdah]

Some good ones being mentioned here.

One that hasn't shown up yet is the October 2005 flooding ... hit close to home so probably more relevant to me, but it was a regional flood disaster. I saw May 2006. That's a good one.

6/6/10

Whoops

[ORH_wxman]

Do you have a link to the dailies for that month?

Utah state is all changed around, but throwing the data into an excel sheet...you get:

Day    Max    Min      
1    21    6.1      
2    25    3.9      
3    28.9    6.1      
4    15.1    3      
5    24.1    6.1      
6    37.9    14      
7    37.9    9      
8    15.1    5      
9    23    6.1      
10    28.9    10.9      
11    30.9    18      
12    21.9    12      
13    23    7      
14    18    1.9      
15    23    6.1      
16    21.9    12      
17    23    12.9      
18    23    10      
19    24.1    7      
20    23    9      
21    15.1    3      
22    9    -2.9      
23    17.1    -2      
24    19.9    0      
25    24.1    6.1      
26    24.1    5      
27    12.9    -2      
28    24.1    7      
29    19    7      
30    19.9    9      
31    45    19.9   

[CoastalWx]

I think the one thing I'll always remember about Jan 2004..was driving over the Sagamore bridge and watching freaking icebergs drifting down the canal along with the sea smoke. That was something else.

[ORH_wxman]

I think the one thing I'll always remember about Jan 2004..was driving over the Sagamore bridge and watching freaking icebergs drifting down the canal along with the sea smoke. That was something else.

Pretty good dailies in Jan '04 here, lol

Day    Max    Min       
1    38    29       
2    31    26       
3    46    31       
4    47    31       
5    31    28       
6    30    13       
7    16    10       
8    15    5       
9    5    -5       
10    7    -8       
11    19    -3       
12    27    18       
13    34    2       
14    2    -9       
15    3    -12       
16    8    -12       
17    30    5       
18    29    21       
19    21    11       
20    19    9       
21    23    10       
22    33    11       
23    14    4       
24    13    -1       
25    12    -6       
26    16    1       
27    20    8       
28    23    17       
29    20    11       
30    19    9       
31    21    11    

[HoarfrostHubb]

Saw my coldest temp ever in Jan 2004

-18F

A friend of mine here in town saw -20F

[CoastalWx]

I like the difference between the 13th and 14th. Wow.

[CoastalWx]

The wind was brutal where I was. It did not stop during the coldest period which made it unbearable. I remember opening up the door one night and listening to the creaking and cracking sound the trees were making over in the wetlands behind my parents house. Everything was frozen and once in a while..you would hear a big crack from the ice thanks to the trees swaying. Even the pine trees had that cold and shriveled up look to them with the limbs barely moving in the wind. Anybody who lives near pines knows what I mean about the look they get when it is very cold.

[weatherwiz]

The cold I experienced in Jan of 2007 up in VT was pretty crazy...spitting and having it freeze before it hit the ground was awesome. It was like 2 weeks straight without the temperature getting above 0 and I remember one day the high temp got into the low 30's and it felt so warm I was outside with only a light jacket!!!!!!!

[wxmanmitch]

My list for extreme weather events in New England during the past 10 years:

1. October 29, 2011 snowstorm.

2. Irene.

3. June 1, 2011 tornado.

4. Tax Day Nor'easter 2007

5. January 2005 blizzard (even though I got shafted).

[ORH_wxman]

I like the difference between the 13th and 14th. Wow.

The afternoon high was actually 1F....the 2F high was a cheap midnight high.

[ORH_wxman]

May 18, 2002 is close enough to 10 years ago to include it....that was definitely very anomalous...snow of any kind in May is very rare, but to have it happen nearly 3 weeks into May is even more anomalous and have it sticking to grass/car tops/foliage

I don't think I'd put it in my top 5, but its close.

[CT Rain]

Meh on Jan 04. Given what happened in dec 89 I think jan 04 is blah.