December 2022

[donsutherland1]

9 hours ago, LibertyBell said:

Thanks Don, did JFK also have single digit highs and below zero lows on these dates (or in 1977)?

I lived in Park Slope, Brooklyn in the 70s and early 80s up until November 1982 (I saw the April 1982 blizzard there!) and we moved to Long Island's south shore after that so I saw February 1983 there.  Normally I use NYC as my "location" up through Veteran's Day 1982 (the day we moved) and JFK after that.  JFK got over 20" in February 1983 (I think-- they always do better in strong el nino snowstorms-- same thing happened in PD2 and January 2016!) so that works for me!

 

 

January 17, 1977 had a high temperature of 8° at JFK.  The temperature stayed in the single digits during the afternoon of December 25, 1980. During the 1985 Arctic outbreak, the coldest maximum temperature was 10°.

[LibertyBell]

On 1/1/2023 at 8:34 AM, donsutherland1 said:

January 17, 1977 had a high temperature of 8° at JFK.  The temperature stayed in the single digits during the afternoon of December 25, 1980. During the 1985 Arctic outbreak, the coldest maximum temperature was 10°.

Thanks Don and did all three have lows of -1 or -2 at JFK?

 

[donsutherland1]

7 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

Thanks Don and did all three have lows of -1 or -2 at JFK?

 

Only 1977 (-1) and 1985 (-2) had subzero lows at JFK. 1980 had a low of 3. 1983 holds the record for 12/25 at JFK with a low of 2.

[LibertyBell]

13 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Only 1977 (-1) and 1985 (-2) had subzero lows at JFK. 1980 had a low of 3. 1983 holds the record for 12/25 at JFK with a low of 2.

So it looks like January 1977 is the only one where JFK really fits my requirement of a single digit high and below zero low.

 

[donsutherland1]

9 minutes ago, LibertyBell said:

So it looks like January 1977 is the only one where JFK really fits my requirement of a single digit high and below zero low.

 

Yes. That’s JFK’s only such case on record.