Rainman Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 Detroit finished at 14.1, an amazing -14 departure, which is actually a larger departure than Morch. 5th coldest month ever over 140 years. Important to note that Morch is only a smaller departure when using the 1980-2010 normals which are rather warm. When compared against a 100 year average or a period-of-record average, Morch is still the king of ridiculousness. I illustrate. Morch Observed: 50.7 140 year normal: 35.1 Departure: +15.6 February 2015 Observed: 14.1 140 year Normal: 26.0 Departure: -11.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Detroit finished at 14.1, an amazing -14 departure, which is actually a larger departure than Morch. 5th coldest month ever over 140 years. Toledo finished at 15.9F below average, with an average monthly temperature of 12.4. This is a significantly higher departure from average compared to the "hot" March 2012, which was +13.3F. In my spreadsheet of Toledo monthly departures from average, only three other months have a double-digit departure from average, including the cold February 2014, the hot March 2012, and the mild January 2006. Toledo had the snowiest February ever. The -19F recorded this month was 1 degree away from Toledo's all time coldest temperature of -20F. http://www.fortcollins.salsite.com/Temp_Toledo1.png -- [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] AVERAGE MONTHLY: 12.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.57 DPTR FM NORMAL: -15.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.50 HIGHEST: 46 ON 8 LOWEST: -19 ON 20 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL TOTAL MONTH: 25.3 INCHES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Feb 2015 tied for 10th coldest month ever at Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Feb 2015 tied for 10th coldest month ever at Chicago Remember when everyone laughed at those mid January extreme cold runs of the models? Delayed, but not denied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 This link from DTX on Feb... http://www.crh.noaa.gov/images/dtx/web/Feb15Cold.pdf Our Feb was a typical Feb in Edmunton, Alberta cold-wise. Detroit records date to 1874. Coldest Febs on record 1.) 12.2F - 1875 2.) 14.1F - 2015 3.) 14.8F - 1934 4.) 16.0F - 1936 5.) 16.1F - 1904 Coldest all-time Months on record 1.) 12.2F - Feb 1875 2.) 12.8F - Jan 1977 3.) 13.1F - Jan 1912 4.) 13.2F - Jan 1918 5.) 14.1F - Feb 2015 This Feb also made 2014-15 the 20th coldest winter on record, in spite of the mild December. Winter 2013-14 was the 8th coldest on record, and prior to this, a winter hadnt made the top 20 coldest since 1981-82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbertfly Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Remember when everyone laughed at those mid January extreme cold runs of the models? Delayed, but not denied. Not denied and not dead yet...a couple more sub z's possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I dug up some additional stats that I included in the writeup about the winter and February. Pretty incredible that after December was +4.3, Chicago still finished up -3.5 for the winter. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=107096&source=0 Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveNay Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 I dug up some additional stats that I included in the writeup about the winter and February. Pretty incredible that after December was +4.3, Chicago still finished up -3.5 for the winter. http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=lot&storyid=107096&source=0 Sent from my SM-G900V January 1912 at RFD makes my brain hurt. I can't even imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 CLE had a monthly departure of -16.2. I think that might take the prize as the largest negative departure station. Who would have thought that this winter would have ended up much colder than last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 CLE had a monthly departure of -16.2. I think that might take the prize as the largest negative departure station. Who would have thought that this winter would have ended up much colder than last? At KOZW we had an average of 17F last winter and 21F this winter. December really crapped it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I guess we can add March to this thread. -4 via truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 -3 here this morning. Clinton down to -11, DVN -8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 stayed above zero. hopefully we just do this single digits thing one more time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 -3 currently. Just took my dog out it actually didn't feel cold. Now that's sad. Imagine what 50 will feel like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwohweather Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Toledo finished at 15.9F below average, with an average monthly temperature of 12.4. This is a significantly higher departure from average compared to the "hot" March 2012, which was +13.3F. In my spreadsheet of Toledo monthly departures from average, only three other months have a double-digit departure from average, including the cold February 2014, the hot March 2012, and the mild January 2006. Toledo had the snowiest February ever. The -19F recorded this month was 1 degree away from Toledo's all time coldest temperature of -20F. http://www.fortcollins.salsite.com/Temp_Toledo1.png -- [TEMPERATURE DATA] [PRECIPITATION DATA] AVERAGE MONTHLY: 12.4 TOTAL FOR MONTH: 1.57 DPTR FM NORMAL: -15.9 DPTR FM NORMAL: -0.50 HIGHEST: 46 ON 8 LOWEST: -19 ON 20 SNOW, ICE PELLETS, HAIL TOTAL MONTH: 25.3 INCHES It's been a hell of a 28 days that's for sure. The snowpack of these last two winters has been something truly to remember as well. This years wasn't as deep but the bitter cold kept it around forever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Crazy cold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Crazy cold! image.jpg Made it to -15 in Port Huron. Horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Made it to -15 in Port Huron. Horrible. It probably was couple or few degrees colder if I was out and about an hour earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 DTW fell to 0F this morning, breaking the record low of 2F from 1901. This is Detroit's 7th record low since Feb 16th (18 days)! (6 record lows, 1 record low max temp....im not even counting record low daily mean temps in that). Since records go to 1874, I cant recall such a blitz of record temps outside of Mar 2012 & Feb/Mar 2015. Not even close actually. Remember the days when it seemed like we could never get a single record low? Well we have now broken 16 record low temps the last two winters a Detroit! 2013-14 saw 8 (5 rec lows, 3 rec low maxes) and 2014-15 saw 8 as well (7 rec lows, 1 rec low max). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Hit -3 a little after 2am, and have since made it back to 6 above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherzen Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 I bet my son a week ago that it wouldn't get below zero in March. OSU airport got down to 2 last night. Almost, but as I've told him before, almost doesn't count except in hand grenades and horseshoes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitelakeroy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 It probably was couple or few degrees colder if I was out and about an hour earlier. Yep ... negative teens this morning ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespasian70 Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 -4 was all we could manage. Being in a valley on cold clear nights with good snowcover we usually drop like a rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCNYILWX Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 New record low at ORD today. 0 broke the previous record of 2 set in 1960. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Tied the record here last night, at -15F (-26.1C). Quite the chilly night, perfectly clear skies. The stars and nearly full moon were beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinook Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 8 climate divisions in OH and MI had their coldest February. NOAA plot shows something a little different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormtrackertf Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 8 climate divisions in OH and MI had their coldest February. NOAA plot shows something a little different. Talk about ying and yang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Talk about ying and yang. Im sure its more of NCDC's typical "quality control" Regardless, super impressive. This was every climate sites coldest Feb since 1875. I would love for NCDC to tell us which February(s) since 1895 were colder if 2015 wasnt the coldest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Vortex 2014 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Im sure its more of NCDC's typical "quality control" Regardless, super impressive. This was every climate sites coldest Feb since 1875. I would love for NCDC to tell us which February(s) since 1895 were colder if 2015 wasnt the coldest. You can look it up at this link: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/. According to NCDC, February 1904 with a mean temperature of 11.6F is the coldest for SE Lower Michigan. February 2015 was #2 at 12.2F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 You can look it up at this link: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/. According to NCDC, February 1904 with a mean temperature of 11.6F is the coldest for SE Lower Michigan. February 2015 was #2 at 12.2F. The link doesnt work for me. I wonder how they calculate that? The only station in SE MI that reported in 1904 was Detroit, and it was 2 degrees warmer in Feb 1904 than Feb 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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