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[WestBabylonWeather]

On this date in 2018 didn’t we get a nor’easter with record snow? Was barely predicted? 

[IrishRob17]

39 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

On this date in 2018 didn’t we get a nor’easter with record snow? Was barely predicted? 

11/15/18

[WestBabylonWeather]

On this date in 2020, tornados? 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Today is the 5th anniversary of the December 2020 snowstorm. This weekend's snowstorm was the biggest December snowstorm since then.

[NorthShoreWx]

34 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Hey Don I may be mistaken however did this storm occur during a slightly negative PNA? January 27/28 2004.

 

 

 

1/27-28/2004 was borderline epic here.  An over-performer and we jackpotted for once.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

On 11/15/2025 at 5:36 PM, WestBabylonWeather said:

On this date in 2020, tornados? 

I don't think so. That was the day my brother and sister-in-law got married. I remember it being 70 and sunny in the morning, maybe a little breezy and cloudy in the afternoon during the ceremony, but no tornado.

[NorthShoreWx]

4 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

This is from Rye, NY looking across the Sound on a cloudy day. 

 

4 hours ago, the_other_guy said:

This is true. it froze in wading river. and that is wide open there

 

4 hours ago, psv88 said:

Nice photo. I remember crossing the throgs neck bridge and seeing the sound frozen completely across from queens to the Bronx. Probably have some photos somewhere 

https://patch.com/connecticut/branford/then-and-now-three-times-a-century?fbclid=IwY2xjawO-islleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7I7VfT2I1ml9MVxPQs5PnCcMvpFnBcO0uEYsFjjkArKVKr6InglMmr09clOg_aem_J0fJPAJ8ylgDdejmSaL_IQ

 

 

[donsutherland1]

27 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

 

 

https://patch.com/connecticut/branford/then-and-now-three-times-a-century?fbclid=IwY2xjawO-islleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR7I7VfT2I1ml9MVxPQs5PnCcMvpFnBcO0uEYsFjjkArKVKr6InglMmr09clOg_aem_J0fJPAJ8ylgDdejmSaL_IQ

 

 

Wonderful find.

[coastalplainsnowman]

Had this originally in the other thread but moved here.  Regarding the intense rates and low visibility of the 12/30/2000 storm, here's a pic I took with a good ol' SLR (non digital) camera.  For reference, the car on the right is at most 75-80 feet away.  Still doesn't do it justice.

 

[The 4 Seasons]

Today is the 25th anniversary of the Dec 30th, 2000 snowstorm that left a foot of snow in NYC and was the biggest storm since the blizzard of '96.

I have a full radar animation and surface map loop up here on our site

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/dec-30-31-2000

[North and West]

Had this originally in the other thread but moved here.  Regarding the intense rates and low visibility of the 12/30/2000 storm, here's a pic I took with a good ol' SLR (non digital) camera.  For reference, the car on the right is at most 75-80 feet away.  Still doesn't do it justice.
 

One of my favorite storms. Underrated.


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[Krs4Lfe]

On this Day in 2013, models started honing in on a winter storm across Midwest that would make Its way to northeast and amplify off the coast. New Year’s Day NHL classic was in Michigan and it was snowing heavily. I remember thinking wow that’s coming to us. By January 2nd we were under winter storm warning for 6-10+” of snow, near blizzard conditions. All out blizzard for eastern New England and Long Island though. Was great tracking that one. A kickstart to an amazing winter in 2014, the best I’ve ever seen second to 2011 (which I wasn’t into weather back then but it was still cool to see all that snow too). 
 

[coastalplainsnowman]

1 hour ago, North and West said:

One of my favorite storms. Underrated.


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I remember tracking the rain/snow line on the old Accuweather radar.  This storm was probably the best example I've ever seen of the saying "you have to smell the rain to get the best snows."

 

[North and West]

I remember tracking the rain/snow line on the old Accuweather radar.  This storm was probably the best example I've ever seen of the saying "you have to smell the rain to get the best snows."
 

A few favorite memories of this storm:

• Being at my childhood best friend’s parents’ home during college Christmas break the night before watching Paul Kocin (my buddy has since become a meteorologist!) break down a development
• Waking up around 6 the next morning hearing my dad say if it was 50 miles further east it would have missed us
• Essentially seeing a foot and a half of snow drop in under eight hours at our house

Pre-smart phone weather is something we will never got back. There was some mystery there.


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[Heisy]

Today is the 25th anniversary of the Dec 30th, 2000 snowstorm that left a foot of snow in NYC and was the biggest storm since the blizzard of '96.
I have a full radar animation and surface map loop up here on our site
https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/dec-30-31-2000

This was the first storm I “tracked” on a weather community. I was only 14 years old. Joined up on the weather channel forums and wright-weather I believe. About 1-2 weeks before this storm our local met. Hurricane Schwartz had a segment on NBC10 Philly about a pattern change in the LR. He spoke about something called a -NAO which made me curious. Not sure why I remember this vividly, but I do lol. I always loved weather and snow so I did some internet searches and found the message boards. Before this I would get my weather news from TWC local forecasts and their 5 day outlooks lol. There was no model snow maps really that I remember. If I recall, people just posted snow fall amounts from the MRF or ETA. Using precip maps and soundings I suppose.


Anyway, the night of the storm I stayed up all night watching the radar. I remember speaking to our very own Ji on AOL AIM and him telling me how big of a bust this event was for DC.

I didn’t know much, but watching the radar I could tell the storm was farther E than expected. Luckily it just clipped us good enough to get a few hours of +SN in the morning down here in Philly. Ended with around 8 or so I believe.

I remember speaking to someone in C Nj on aim early in the morning as well. He was going nuts at how heavy the snow was and reported thunder snow. I think his screen name was Boltaire or Killerhamster. He could be a member here since he lived in your region, who knows.

Good times, then later in that season we had the March 01 bust which taught me a lot about this hobby


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[Volcanic Winter]

LI crew and @The 4 Seasons remember 1/4/18? That was an absolute monster for my area, LI, and much of NE. Actually looking at the snow map reminds me a lot of 1/29/22.

 

Don’t think I ever realized how much snow that one dropped in northern Maine…

And wow, I also didn’t realize 1/22/29 had some crazy maxes right around me. I’m pretty much spot on the left point in the 1 where it says 16 on this map over Toms River, and that’s about exactly what I had in that storm. But I just missed out on local maxes of 18-19 and apparently 21! Crazy. 
 

 

This one also crushed LI… really crushed, like 25 inches I recall? And the city + immediate metro did a bit better than in 1/4/18; a bit spottier in New England but some areas also got absolutely crushed IIRC. 
 

Both storms seem as if they were a 50ish mile westward shift away from being properly historic. 

[The 4 Seasons]

3 hours ago, Volcanic Winter said:

LI crew and @The 4 Seasons remember 1/4/18? That was an absolute monster for my area, LI, and much of NE. Actually looking at the snow map reminds me a lot of 1/29/22.

 

Don’t think I ever realized how much snow that one dropped in northern Maine…

And wow, I also didn’t realize 1/22/29 had some crazy maxes right around me. I’m pretty much spot on the left point in the 1 where it says 16 on this map over Toms River, and that’s about exactly what I had in that storm. But I just missed out on local maxes of 18-19 and apparently 21! Crazy. 
 

 

This one also crushed LI… really crushed, like 25 inches I recall? And the city + immediate metro did a bit better than in 1/4/18; a bit spottier in New England but some areas also got absolutely crushed IIRC. 
 

Both storms seem as if they were a 50ish mile westward shift away from being properly historic. 

Yeah this ok here def a solid blizzard but 2021 and 2017 were better

 

[coastalplainsnowman]

6 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Yeah this ok here def a solid blizzard but 2021 and 2017 were better

 

What an embarrassment of riches the 2000-2018 period was.  If this storm happened anytime in the 80s or 90s it would be referred to knowingly as the Blizzard of '18 like we talk about the Blizzard of '83 or '96.  But because of when it happened it was just another ho hum foot+ storm lost in the mix. 

[Volcanic Winter]

It was a very impressive looking storm on satellite combined with a local max in my area so it’s one I remember fondly. But yeah, that period was unbelievable. I grew up through so many central NJ snowstorms they blend together - and I mean big dogs. Not 2-6 events. Lived between Monmouth and Middlesex the first half of that period and down where I am now in northern Ocean the second half. 

[coastalplainsnowman]

On this date 12 years ago, some places on LI went subzero.  Was that the last time in these parts (excluding Westhampton Beach)?

[NorthShoreWx]

28 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

On this date 12 years ago, some places on LI went subzero.  Was that the last time in these parts (excluding Westhampton Beach)?

Not at all.  2015 and 2016 come to mind and it's happened once or twice this decade too.  I'd have to check, but I think maybe 2018 too.

[coastalplainsnowman]

8 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Not at all.  2015 and 2016 come to mind and it's happened once or twice this decade too.  I'd have to check, but I think maybe 2018 too.

Thanks. I should clarify.  I had an outdoor home thermometer I was watching closely that morning, and it briefly hit -1.  KFRG had the low at 1, but I remember others nearby on here reporting subzero.   I do see that Feb 2016 had a zero day too per KFRG, but that's the closest I see that they got since 2014.  I know I'm mixing apples and oranges here.  Also, I'm getting my history via the Almanac section of weather underground for KFRG, clicking through month by month.  So this is messy for sure.

To your point, elsewhere on the island in the past 12 years I'm sure you're right that other stations have gone below zero.

[NorthShoreWx]

33 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Thanks. I should clarify.  I had an outdoor home thermometer I was watching closely that morning, and it briefly hit -1.  KFRG had the low at 1, but I remember others nearby on here reporting subzero.   I do see that Feb 2016 had a zero day too per KFRG, but that's the closest I see that they got since 2014.  I know I'm mixing apples and oranges here.  Also, I'm getting my history via the Almanac section of weather underground for KFRG, clicking through month by month.  So this is messy for sure.

To your point, elsewhere on the island in the past 12 years I'm sure you're right that other stations have gone below zero.

FWIW, my backyard sensor had 0° on 1/4/2014 (snow depth was 8").  Then we hit 50 on the 5th and 58 on the 6th after which we repeated the whole cycle (6° on the 7th, 59° on the 11th).  Following that we had constant snow cover of at least 2" from January 23 through March 10 (max 20" on February 16 and February 18).  March was cold, but the snowstorms stayed down in the mid Atlantic or that winter could have rivaled 1996 for snowfall.

Other 0° days IMBY:

-2   2/21/2015

-1    2/24/2015

-2    2/14/2016

Close but no cigar:

1°    1/7/2018

3°    1/31/2019

3°    2/4/2023

The last time we had single digits at my site was 6° on 1/23/2025

 

[Krs4Lfe]

Around this time in 2018: By the beginning of second week of January, after spending about 12 days below freezing, most of Flushing Bay and Little Neck Bay, along with other bays along north shore of Long Island and Queens became frozen. Was one of the most impressive cold snaps I’ve ever seen here. Didn’t make it close to 0, single digits only, but the duration was very impressive. Similar to the duration of January 2014 and February 2015, Late January 2019 made it close to 0, mid February 2023, and Valentine’s Day 2016 of course. All of those were close to 0, but just a few days of deep cold. The duration of January 2018, January 2014, and February 2015 was very impressive. Late Jan through early Feb 2025 was also very impressive in duration. Most of the south bays were frozen over I believe 

[Stormlover74]

Interesting

News from US National Weather Service Eastern Region HQ and NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information: As we remember the Blizzard of '96 which was 30 years ago this week, we also want to take a look back at the rest of the 1995-1996 snow season, of which the Blizzard of '96 was only a part of, especially in the I-95 corridor. This was for many at the time the snow season that would go down as the all-time snowiest ever, and in many cases, these records still hold 3 decades later.

 

As part of the review process, we revisited the seasonal snowfall totals in many areas, and in some cases some data that was not part of the official dataset at the time was added within the last few months at some stations. Thus, this updates some records and as of today, the state seasonal snowfall record for any season for New Jersey is officially recognized as 122.0 inches at High Point Park for the 1995-1996 snow season.

 

This is now considered the snowiest season on record at any station in New Jersey, breaking the prior record long held by the 1915-1916 snow season. To read the full report that explains why this was approved by the State Climate Extremes Committee for New Jersey, go to https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/reports/20260106-New-Jersey-Seasonal-Snowfall.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawPKM1JleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFGUVg2clo5WlpDNUxPVGNSc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHhOirwroeZZkBRsaF-pQR1x4KaequIFlPph93g7TC4Ojqyb7m6TSrgO-1Rx4_aem_hNtO9uFR3acAsgpjcquJ7Q

[NorthShoreWx]

If its a Northeast Snowfall Impact rating, why does the storm of January 19-21, 1978 rank higher than the famous blizzard a little over 2 weeks later:

 

[NorthShoreWx]

3 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

If its a Northeast Snowfall Impact rating, why does the storm of January 19-21, 1978 rank higher than the famous blizzard 2 weeks later:

My best guess is, because Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.  Is that really northeast?

[IrishRob17]

4 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

If its a Northeast Snowfall Impact rating, why does the storm of January 19-21, 1978 rank higher than the famous blizzard a little over 2 weeks later:

 

The only thing that jumps out at me is that the earlier storm covered more area. 

[NorthShoreWx]

32 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

The only thing that jumps o8t at me is that the earlier storm covered more area. 

Same here, except that most of the additional area was well away from the Northeast.

[coastalplainsnowman]

30 years ago tonight, something really big was on our doorstep, I just can't quite remember what it was.