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history of major snowfalls in NYC...10" or more...


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snowfalls 10" or greater......
Year....date....amount"...
1872...12/26.......18.0"
1875...4/13.........10.0"
1876...2/3-4........11.0"
1877...1/1-2........13.0"
1879...1/15-16....13.0"

1888...3/12-14....21.0"

1896...3/2...........10.0"
1896...3/15-16....12.0"
1897...1/27-28....10.0"
1898...11/26-27..10.0"
1899...2/12-14....16.0"

1902...2/17..........10.0"
1905...1/24-25.....11.0"
1907...2/4-5.........11.0"
1908...1/23-24.....10.0"

1910...1/14-15.....10.0"
1912...12/24........11.4"
1914...3/1-2.........14.5"
1915...4/3-4.........10.2"
1916...12/15........12.7"

1920...2/4-7.........17.5"
1921...2/20..........12.5"
1925...1/2............11.5"
1926...2/3-4.........10.4"
1926...2/9-10.......12.0"

1933...2/11..........10.0"
1933...12/26........11.2"
1935...1/23-24.....13.0"

1941...3/7-8.........18.1"
1947...2/20-21.....10.7"
1947...12/26-27...26.4"
1948...12/19-20...16.0"

1956...3/18-19.....11.6"
1958...3/19-20.....11.8"
1959...12/21-22...13.7"

1960...3/3-4.........14.5"
1960...12/11-12...15.2"
1961...2/3-4.........17.4"
1964...1/12-13.....12.5"
1967...2/7............12.5"
1969...2/9-10.......15.3"

1978...1/19-20.....13.6"
1978...2/6-7.........17.7"
1979...2/19..........12.7"

1983...2/11-12.....17.6"

1993...3/13-14.....10.6"
1994...2/11..........12.8"
1995...2/4............10.8"
1996...1/7-8.........20.2"
1996...2/16-17.....10.7"

2000...12/30........12.0"
2003...2/16-17.....19.8"
2003...12/5-6.......14.0"
2004...1/28..........10.4"
2005...1/22-23.....13.8"
2006...2/11-12.....26.9"
2009...12/19-20...10.9"

2010...2/9-10.......10.0"
2010...2/25-26.....20.9"
2010...12/26-27...20.0"
2011...1/25-26.....19.0"
2013...2/8-9.........11.4"

2014...1/21..........11.5"

2016...1/23-24.....27.5"

1870's...5
1880's...1
1890's...5
1900's...4
1910's...5
1920's...5
1930's...3
1940's...4
1950's...3
1960's...6
1970's...3
1980's...1
1990's...5
2000's...7
2010's...7

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these are the storms that measured 10" or more with at least 1" LE...

2016 comes in 8th place just behind Dec. 1947...

4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours...

3.17"...20.9"...02/25-26/2010...mid 30's to upper 20's...wet snow some mix...

3.11"...14.5"...03/01-02/1914...upper 30's to upper teens...started as rain/sleet/ice...

2.68"...12.5"...02/20/1921........mid 30's to low 20's...started as rain/sleet/ice...

2.62"...17.4"...02/03-04/1961...upper 20's to low 30's...changed to sleet/rain for a time...

2.52"...10.6"...03/13-14/1993...low 30's to upper 30's...changed to sleet and rain...

2.40"...26.4"...12/26-27/1947...mid 20's to low 30's...all snow

2.32"...27.5"...01/22-23/2016...mid 20's...all snow

2.22"...10.4"...02/03-04/1926...mid 20's to 30...mixed with sleet and ice...

2.16"...20.2"...01/07-08/1996...low teens to low 20's...all snow...

2.10"...21.0"...03/12-14/1888...upper 30's to single digits...started as rain/sleet...

2.08"...18.1"...03/07-08/1941...low 20's to low 30's...wet snow ending as a mix...

2.08"...12.5"...02/13-14/2014...mid 20's to mid 30's to mid 20's...changed to rain for 12 hours...

2.06"...19.0"...01/26-27/2011...low 30's to mid 30's to upper 20's...changed to rain for a time...

1.94"...11.5"...01/02/1925........low and mid 20's...mixed with sleet/ice...

1.87"...12.0"...03/15-16/1896...upper 20's to low 30's...ended as mix and rain...

1.86"...26.9"...02/11-12/2006...upper 20's...all snow...

1.82"...15.3"...02/09-10/1969...mid 30's to mid 20's...

1.78"...19.8"...02/16-17/2003...single digits to mid 20's...

1.61"...20.0"...12/26-27/2010...30 to 20...

1.61"...11.8"...03/20-21/1958...mid 30's to low 30's...

1.58"...16.0"...12/19-20/1948...upper 20's...

1.53"...11.4"...02/08-09/2013...mid 30's to upper 20's...

1.50"...13.6"...01/19-20/1978...mid 20's to low 30's...

1.49"...17.6"...02/11-12/1983...upper teens to low 20's...

1.33"...10.0"...02/10/2010........low 30's...

1.26"...10.8"...02/04/1995........low to mid 30's...

1.18"...10.2"...04/02-03/1915...around 30...

1.18"...13.8"...01/22-23/2005...low teens to mid 20's...

1.16"...10.0"...11/27-28/1898...low 30's to mid 20's...

1.16"...11.6"...03/18-19/1956...mid to low 20's...

1.13"...17.7"...02/06-07/1978...low 20's to low 30's...

1.12"...13.0"...01/15-16/1879...upper 20's to lower teens...

1.10"...11.4"...12/24/1912.........low 30's to mid 20's...

1.09"...12.8"...02/11/1994.........mid teens to mid 20's...

1.08"...14.5"...03/03-04/1960...upper 20's to upper teens...

1.06"...12.5"...02/07/1967.........mid teens to single digits...

1.04"...11.0"...02/03-04/1876...teens/20's...

1.04"...11.2"...12/26/1933.........low 30's to low 20's...

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all snow events LE...

year.....LE.....snow.....

1947....2.40".....26.4" Dec...

2016....2.32".....27.5" Jan...

1996....2.16".....20.2" Jan...

2006....1.86".....26.9" Feb...

1969....1.82".....15.3" Feb...

2003....1.78".....19.8" Feb...

2010....1.61".....20.0" Dec...

1948....1.58".....16.0" Dec...

1983....1.49".....17.6" Feb...

2010....1.33".....10.0" 2/9 storm...not sure if this was all snow?

2005....1.18".....13.8" Jan...

1956....1.16".....11.6" Mar...

1978....1.13".....17.7" Feb...

1879....1.12".....13.0" Jan...

1912....1.10".....11.4" Dec...

1960....1.08".....14.5" Mar...

1967....1.06".....12.5" Feb...

1876....1.04".....11.0" Feb...

1933....1.04".....11.2" Dec...

1935....0.99".....13.0" Jan...

1947....0.98".....10.7" Feb...

1926....0.96".....12.0" Feb...

1959....0.96".....13.7" Dec...

2003....0.93".....14.0" Dec...

2000....0.92".....12.0" Dec...

1979....0.89".....12.7" Feb...

1964....0.88".....12.5" Jan...

1960....0.86".....15.2" Dec...

2009....0.74".....10.9" Dec...

1899....0.70".....16.0" Feb...

1916....0.59".....12.7" Dec...

1996....0.52".....10.7" Feb...

1905....0.51".....11.0" Jan...

1961....0.50"......9.9" Jan...

2014....0.48".....11.5" Jan...

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1 hour ago, uncle W said:

snowfalls 10" or greater......
Year....date....amount"...
1872...12/26.......18.0"
1875...4/13.........10.0"
1876...2/3-4........11.0"
1877...1/1-2........13.0"
1879...1/15-16....13.0"

1888...3/12-14....21.0"

1896...3/2...........10.0"
1896...3/15-16....12.0"
1897...1/27-28....10.0"
1898...11/26-27..10.0"
1899...2/12-14....16.0"

1902...2/17..........10.0"
1905...1/24-25.....11.0"
1907...2/4-5.........11.0"
1908...1/23-24.....10.0"

1910...1/14-15.....10.0"
1912...12/24........11.4"
1914...3/1-2.........14.5"
1915...4/3-4.........10.2"
1916...12/15........12.7"

1920...2/4-7.........17.5"
1921...2/20..........12.5"
1925...1/2............11.5"
1926...2/3-4.........10.4"
1926...2/9-10.......12.0"

1933...2/11..........10.0"
1933...12/26........11.2"
1935...1/23-24.....13.0"

1941...3/7-8.........18.1"
1947...2/20-21.....10.7"
1947...12/26-27...26.4"
1948...12/19-20...16.0"

1956...3/18-19.....11.6"
1958...3/19-20.....11.8"
1959...12/21-22...13.7"

1960...3/3-4.........14.5"
1960...12/11-12...15.2"
1961...2/3-4.........17.4"
1964...1/12-13.....12.5"
1967...2/7............12.5"
1969...2/9-10.......15.3"

1978...1/19-20.....13.6"
1978...2/6-7.........17.7"
1979...2/19..........12.7"

1983...2/11-12.....17.6"

1993...3/13-14.....10.6"
1994...2/11..........12.8"
1995...2/4............10.8"
1996...1/7-8.........20.2"
1996...2/16-17.....10.7"

2000...12/30........12.0"
2003...2/16-17.....19.8"
2003...12/5-6.......14.0"
2004...1/28..........10.4"
2005...1/22-23.....13.8"
2006...2/11-12.....26.9"
2009...12/19-20...10.9"

2010...2/9-10.......10.0"
2010...2/25-26.....20.9"
2010...12/26-27...20.0"
2011...1/25-26.....19.0"
2013...2/8-9.........11.4"

2014...1/21..........11.5"

2016...1/23-24.....27.5"

1870's...5
1880's...1
1890's...5
1900's...4
1910's...5
1920's...5
1930's...3
1940's...4
1950's...3
1960's...6
1970's...3
1980's...1
1990's...5
2000's...7
2010's...7

..............................................................................................................

these are the storms that measured 10" or more with at least 1" LE...

2016 comes in 8th place just behind Dec. 1947...

4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours...

3.17"...20.9"...02/25-26/2010...mid 30's to upper 20's...wet snow some mix...

3.11"...14.5"...03/01-02/1914...upper 30's to upper teens...started as rain/sleet/ice...

2.68"...12.5"...02/20/1921........mid 30's to low 20's...started as rain/sleet/ice...

2.62"...17.4"...02/03-04/1961...upper 20's to low 30's...changed to sleet/rain for a time...

2.52"...10.6"...03/13-14/1993...low 30's to upper 30's...changed to sleet and rain...

2.40"...26.4"...12/26-27/1947...mid 20's to low 30's...all snow

2.32"...27.5"...01/22-23/2016...mid 20's...all snow

2.22"...10.4"...02/03-04/1926...mid 20's to 30...mixed with sleet and ice...

2.16"...20.2"...01/07-08/1996...low teens to low 20's...all snow...

2.10"...21.0"...03/12-14/1888...upper 30's to single digits...started as rain/sleet...

2.08"...18.1"...03/07-08/1941...low 20's to low 30's...wet snow ending as a mix...

2.08"...12.5"...02/13-14/2014...mid 20's to mid 30's to mid 20's...changed to rain for 12 hours...

2.06"...19.0"...01/26-27/2011...low 30's to mid 30's to upper 20's...changed to rain for a time...

1.94"...11.5"...01/02/1925........low and mid 20's...mixed with sleet/ice...

1.87"...12.0"...03/15-16/1896...upper 20's to low 30's...ended as mix and rain...

1.86"...26.9"...02/11-12/2006...upper 20's...all snow...

1.82"...15.3"...02/09-10/1969...mid 30's to mid 20's...

1.78"...19.8"...02/16-17/2003...single digits to mid 20's...

1.61"...20.0"...12/26-27/2010...30 to 20...

1.61"...11.8"...03/20-21/1958...mid 30's to low 30's...

1.58"...16.0"...12/19-20/1948...upper 20's...

1.53"...11.4"...02/08-09/2013...mid 30's to upper 20's...

1.50"...13.6"...01/19-20/1978...mid 20's to low 30's...

1.49"...17.6"...02/11-12/1983...upper teens to low 20's...

1.33"...10.0"...02/10/2010........low 30's...

1.26"...10.8"...02/04/1995........low to mid 30's...

1.18"...10.2"...04/02-03/1915...around 30...

1.18"...13.8"...01/22-23/2005...low teens to mid 20's...

1.16"...10.0"...11/27-28/1898...low 30's to mid 20's...

1.16"...11.6"...03/18-19/1956...mid to low 20's...

1.13"...17.7"...02/06-07/1978...low 20's to low 30's...

1.12"...13.0"...01/15-16/1879...upper 20's to lower teens...

1.10"...11.4"...12/24/1912.........low 30's to mid 20's...

1.09"...12.8"...02/11/1994.........mid teens to mid 20's...

1.08"...14.5"...03/03-04/1960...upper 20's to upper teens...

1.06"...12.5"...02/07/1967.........mid teens to single digits...

1.04"...11.0"...02/03-04/1876...teens/20's...

1.04"...11.2"...12/26/1933.........low 30's to low 20's...

...................................................................................................

all snow events LE...

year.....LE.....snow.....

1947....2.40".....26.4" Dec...

2016....2.32".....27.5" Jan...

1996....2.16".....20.2" Jan...

2006....1.86".....26.9" Feb...

1969....1.82".....15.3" Feb...

2003....1.78".....19.8" Feb...

2010....1.61".....20.0" Dec...

1948....1.58".....16.0" Dec...

1983....1.49".....17.6" Feb...

2010....1.33".....10.0" 2/9 storm...not sure if this was all snow?

2005....1.18".....13.8" Jan...

1956....1.16".....11.6" Mar...

1978....1.13".....17.7" Feb...

1879....1.12".....13.0" Jan...

1912....1.10".....11.4" Dec...

1960....1.08".....14.5" Mar...

1967....1.06".....12.5" Feb...

1876....1.04".....11.0" Feb...

1933....1.04".....11.2" Dec...

1935....0.99".....13.0" Jan...

1947....0.98".....10.7" Feb...

1926....0.96".....12.0" Feb...

1959....0.96".....13.7" Dec...

2003....0.93".....14.0" Dec...

2000....0.92".....12.0" Dec...

1979....0.89".....12.7" Feb...

1964....0.88".....12.5" Jan...

1960....0.86".....15.2" Dec...

2009....0.74".....10.9" Dec...

1899....0.70".....16.0" Feb...

1916....0.59".....12.7" Dec...

1996....0.52".....10.7" Feb...

1905....0.51".....11.0" Jan...

1961....0.50"......9.9" Jan...

2014....0.48".....11.5" Jan...

One quick addition: 2/13-14/2014 12.5"

http://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Climate/CentralPark/BiggestSnowstorms.pdf

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4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours...

 

I want a repeat of this!

 

Interesting that the Jan 2016 storm was 3" LE at JFK and over 30" of snow- that should be noted!  Only 3" LE 30" snowstorm ever recorded in New York City!

 

 

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33 minutes ago, Paragon said:

4.43"...17.5"...02/04-07/1920...mid 20's to low 30's...snow/ice/sleet for over 72 hours...

 

I want a repeat of this!

 

Interesting that the Jan 2016 storm was 3" LE at JFK and over 30" of snow- that should be noted!  Only 3" LE 30" snowstorm ever recorded in New York City!

 

 

me too...

https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-A0FD7F17-FE9A-44DD-9347-4E51031D223C.pdf

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Just now, uncle W said:

What caused it to stall for 72 hours?  You don't even see storms hang around for 24 hours anymore (with the exception of January 2016), let alone 48 or 72!

 

Which location had the highest amounts with it and how much was that?

 

 

 

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16 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

I recall the change after a period of very heavy snow leading up to the transition.

nothing worse than heavy snow changing to rain...this is why I hated that storm...I can recall similar storms but not with that much snow at first...Dec. 1969 and Feb. 1972 had storms that changed to rain before ending as snow again...they only got 5-6" before the change...

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24 minutes ago, Paragon said:

What caused it to stall for 72 hours?  You don't even see storms hang around for 24 hours anymore (with the exception of January 2016), let alone 48 or 72!

 

Which location had the highest amounts with it and how much was that?

 

 

 

I think it was a series of waves along a stalled front that caused the length of it...there was a massive arctic high to the north with below zero temps a few days before the storm...it was a mixed bag of precipitation that was mostly frozen...

http://wintercenter.homestead.com/photo1920.html

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8 minutes ago, uncle W said:

I think it was a series of waves along a stalled front that caused the length of it...there was a massive arctic high to the north with below zero temps a few days before the storm...it was a mixed bag of precipitation that was mostly frozen...

http://wintercenter.homestead.com/photo1920.html

It kind of reminds me of some of the events we saw in 1993-94 with all the cold air just to our north and waves sliding along a front.

 

Was that the storm where we had something like 20" of sleet? I remember one of those happened in the 1920s.

Best storms at JFK from what I've read and can recall were January 2016, January 1996, February 1983, February 1969, February 1960.  JFK got 20" or more in all of those and 30" in the first one.

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25 minutes ago, uncle W said:

nothing worse than heavy snow changing to rain...this is why I hated that storm...I can recall similar storms but not with that much snow at first...Dec. 1969 and Feb. 1972 had storms that changed to rain before ending as snow again...they only got 5-6" before the change...

I'm okay with it changing to rain/drizzle right at the end.  We've had a few of those.

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2 minutes ago, Paragon said:

It kind of reminds me of some of the events we saw in 1993-94 with all the cold air just to our north and waves sliding along a front.

Best storms at JFK from what I've read and can recall were January 2016, January 1996, February 1983, February 1969, February 1960.  JFK got 20" or more in all of those and 30" in the first one.

both years had many storms with ice and sleet along with the snow...

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6 minutes ago, Paragon said:

Was the 1920 storm where we had something like 20" of sleet? I remember one of those happened in the 1920s.

1920 from the Brooklyn Eagle...

http://fultonhistory...cale - 1179.pdf

1920 from the NY Tribune...

http://chroniclingam...-06/ed-1/seq-1/

http://chroniclingam...-06/ed-1/seq-2/

 

1920 from the Brooklyn Eagle...

http://fultonhistory...cale - 1203.pdf

http://fultonhistory...cale - 1204.pdf

1920 from the NY Tribune...

http://chroniclingam...-07/ed-1/seq-1/

http://chroniclingam...-07/ed-1/seq-2/

1920 from the evening world...

http://chroniclingam...-07/ed-1/seq-1/

http://chroniclingam...-07/ed-1/seq-2/

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On 11/29/2017 at 2:26 PM, uncle W said:

nothing worse than heavy snow changing to rain...this is why I hated that storm...I can recall similar storms but not with that much snow at first...Dec. 1969 and Feb. 1972 had storms that changed to rain before ending as snow again...they only got 5-6" before the change...

I strongly agree.

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35 years ago today. The great megalopolis blizzard of '83. The first real storm I remember. As an 8 year old I remember snow starting in the morning sitting in my 2nd grade classroom and getting out early. The next day I took the yardstick and measured 20" in the driveway but there were drifts of 3 to 4 feet all over the yard. Couldn't even walk through it.

Anyway when my grandmother passed we were going through some old pictures and I found this one she took of my grandfather. I had forgotten how she kept track of all the major weather events and took lots of pics of snowstorms from the 50s through the 90s.

 

 

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On 11/29/2017 at 10:45 AM, Stormlover74 said:

Crazy. 14 storms since 2000, but only 1 from 80-92 (though I got 11" on 1/22/87)

Really 15 since 2000 when you include the 2/13-2/14/14 storm that was officially recorded as 12.5 inches, even though as uncle points out it was in 2 different phases.

I always wonder what the breaking point will be where the warmup of the last 35 years finally decreases rather than increases the snow for the coastal areas of the northeast.

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On 11/29/2017 at 3:03 PM, uncle W said:

As always, a fantastic archives of information and history.

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