Winter cancelled/uncancelled banter 25/26

[WeatherGeek2025]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

hey Tony,

how many inches of snow has central park received in 2025-2026 winter

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

13 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

I wipe the boards once every 24 hours.  For me it's consistently at midnight so it happened that I cleared the boards about mid-way through the storm and added 9" + 8" to total 17".  If the same snowfall distribution had occured in a calendar day instead of crossing midnight, I would have had about 14.5".  I am not particularly comfortable with such random differences.

I have no reason to doubt the Providence numbers one way or the other, but I'd be very surprised if the max depth was even 6 inches within their 38 inch total. 

I actually checked the data there. They had 5 inches depth before the storm started and 21 inch depth at midnight last night. Hmmmm, measuring every hour maybe on a clean board? Even Newark airport 27.2 inches snow, max depth 18 inches. This is why snowfall measurements are somewhat exasperating.

[IrishRob17]

1 hour ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

I have no reason to doubt the Providence numbers one way or the other, but I'd be very surprised if the max depth was even 6 inches within their 38 inch total. 

I actually checked the data there. They had 5 inches depth before the storm started and 21 inch depth at midnight last night. Hmmmm, measuring every hour maybe on a clean board? Even Newark airport 27.2 inches snow, max depth 18 inches. This is why snowfall measurements are somewhat exasperating.

FWIW, this mornings depths in that area

[winterwx21]

On 10/8/2025 at 9:04 AM, forkyfork said:

i hope we never get a snowy winter again

LOL. 

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

11 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

FWIW, this mornings depths in that area

Yet the airport at Providence had a depth at midnight last night of 21 inches. Somebody doesn't know how to use a yardstick. Plus there was snow on the ground in most of those locations before the storm started.

[North and West]

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[CPcantmeasuresnow]

1 hour ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

hey Tony,

how many inches of snow has central park received in 2025-2026 winter

42.0 on  the nose

[North and West]

42.0 on  the nose

I think MMU is right at 40. Wonder whom the highest and lowest in the NYC area is? (Like, how far out do we count in a radius from CPK, 30 miles? 45? More?)


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[CPcantmeasuresnow]

9 minutes ago, North and West said:

I think MMU is right at 40. Wonder whom the highest and lowest in the NYC area is? (Like, go far out do we count in a radius from CPK, 30 miles? 45? More?)


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I say 50. By radius I believe that would take you to Newburgh, Toms River, Riverhead LI, and Hackettstown NJ.

Looking at that on a map it should probably be 60.
 

[forkyfork]

51 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

LOL. 

sorry your snow is melting quickly in the late winter sun

[Brian5671]

52 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

LOL. 

He's in misery this winter

[winterwx21]

19 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

sorry your snow is melting quickly in the late winter sun

Not bothering me at all. We had snow on the ground for 3 weeks after the January snowstorm because it was so cold. You wanted us to believe that we could never have a cold winter again. You must be stunned about this winter. 

[forkyfork]

instead of posting you should be outside with the snow before it's gone

[Brian5671]

34 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

instead of posting you should be outside with the snow before it's gone

deflect deflect defect 

[forkyfork]

you could even hear dripping sounds right after the storm ended

[coastalplainsnowman]

1 minute ago, forkyfork said:

you could even hear dripping sounds right after the storm ended

Heard that during the storm too, but just assumed it was snowman19's tears.

[donsutherland1]

3 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

I have no reason to doubt the Providence numbers one way or the other, but I'd be very surprised if the max depth was even 6 inches within their 38 inch total. 

I actually checked the data there. They had 5 inches depth before the storm started and 21 inch depth at midnight last night. Hmmmm, measuring every hour maybe on a clean board? Even Newark airport 27.2 inches snow, max depth 18 inches. This is why snowfall measurements are somewhat exasperating.

The 21" figure is from 7 am yesterday. This morning's 7 am figure was 39".

[Santa Claus]

11 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

you could even hear dripping sounds right after the storm ended

funny how it sounds just like the ticking of clocks

[Brian5671]

30 minutes ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

Heard that during the storm too, but just assumed it was snowman19's tears.

wonder if he'll ever come back....

[coastalplainsnowman]

Just now, Brian5671 said:

wonder if he'll ever come back....

Hey just to be clear I meant that all in good fun.  I like the contrarian stuff, it keeps things interesting.  I contribute nothing of value here.

[North and West]

Hey just to be clear I meant that all in good fun.  I like the contrarian stuff, it keeps things interesting.  I contribute nothing of value here.

Deleting this app would be great for my mental health, but there are too many good and funny posts I would miss in the darkest, coldest time of the year.


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[NorthShoreWx]

5 hours ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

I have no reason to doubt the Providence numbers one way or the other, but I'd be very surprised if the max depth was even 6 inches within their 38 inch total. 

I actually checked the data there. They had 5 inches depth before the storm started and 21 inch depth at midnight last night. Hmmmm, measuring every hour maybe on a clean board? Even Newark airport 27.2 inches snow, max depth 18 inches. This is why snowfall measurements are somewhat exasperating.

Snow depth and water content are a better way to compare apples to apples.  But I still like to see snowfall stats.

[NorthShoreWx]

5 hours ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

hey Tony,

how many inches of snow has central park received in 2025-2026 winter

How is it possible that you don't know the answer?

[WeatherGeek2025]

black ice alert tonight after the melt!