October 2025 Discussion and Obs

[dmillz25]

Central Park down to 48

[nj08822]

32 in Nazareth PA (75 miles west of NYC).

[donsutherland1]

Montgomery: 28.

[MANDA]

5am temp here is 37 on top of the hill. 
Pequest, Sandyston and Walpack up in NW Sussex  28, 28 and 25 respectively.  Mid 30’s down in the Pine Barrens.  Ideal radiational cooling with low lying rural locations cashing in on coldest temperatures.

[nycwinter]

last 2 nights did not get as cold in the city as was predicted..

[the_other_guy]

37F in Hastings.

 

 

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, donsutherland1 said:

Montgomery: 28.

Yes, 29 here, just down the road from there currently. KMGJ is a good radiation spot. 

[MJO812]

49 here

[Snowlover11]

35

[LAVistaNY]

35° in Westchester-might-as-well-be-CT

[bluewave]

9 hours ago, Picard said:

Wow, I never would have thought single digits had ever been recorded in October in NJ, even in a colder climate of the past.  Was that near the end of the month?
 

10-22-40 was the earliest single digits that I could find for the old Sussex COOP. There used to be a station at Layton in the Delaware water gap not far from the current Walpack station with had their first single digits on 10-28-36. The earliest below 0° reading for Layton and other surrounding sites was 11-26-38.
 

NJ

SUSSEX 1 NW

COOP

1940-10-22

49

7

28.0

-21.1

 

Data for October 28, 1936 through October 28, 1936
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NJ

LAYTON 3 NW

COOP

9

 

Data for November 26, 1938 through November 26, 1938
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RUNYON	COOP	-7
CANOE BROOK	COOP	-5
LAYTON 3 NW	COOP	-5
CHARLOTTEBURG RESERVOIR	COOP	-1
INDIAN MILLS 2 W	COOP	0
HIGHTSTOWN 2 W	COOP	0
BELVIDERE	COOP	1
Belvidere Area	ThreadEx	1
FLEMINGTON 5 NNW	COOP	2
PEMBERTON	COOP	4
LONG VALLEY	COOP	4
SOMERVILLE 4 NW	COOP	5

[donsutherland1]

1 minute ago, bluewave said:

10-22-40 was the earliest single digits that I could find for the old Sussex COOP. There used to be a station at Layton in the Delaware water gap not far from the current Walpack station with had their first single digits on 10-28-36. The earliest below 0° reading for Layton and other surrounding sites was 11-26-38.
 

NJ

SUSSEX 1 NW

COOP

1940-10-22

49

7

28.0

-21.1

 

Data for October 28, 1936 through October 28, 1936
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

NJ

LAYTON 3 NW

COOP

9

 

Data for November 26, 1938 through November 26, 1938
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RUNYON	COOP	-7
CANOE BROOK	COOP	-5
LAYTON 3 NW	COOP	-5
CHARLOTTEBURG RESERVOIR	COOP	-1
INDIAN MILLS 2 W	COOP	0
HIGHTSTOWN 2 W	COOP	0
BELVIDERE	COOP	1
Belvidere Area	ThreadEx	1
FLEMINGTON 5 NNW	COOP	2
PEMBERTON	COOP	4
LONG VALLEY	COOP	4
SOMERVILLE 4 NW	COOP	5

It was likely the combination of thick fresh snow cover and strong radiational cooling that produced the subzero November temperatures in 1938.

[the_other_guy]

52F in Queens. 17 mile drive, +14 degrees. haha

[FPizz]

31.8, some upper 20s within a mile

[jm1220]

36 here.

[steve392]

30 degree's in Mahwah when i got here. WOW, that was refreshing feeling walking in.   

[lee59]

41 here

[Sundog]

50 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

52F in Queens. 17 mile drive, +14 degrees. haha

Eastern Queens was colder.

Despite this I was one of the warmer spots at 45 degrees. I stopped dropping around 3AM for some reason. On other days my temps will drop all the way to sunrise. 

There were some other temps in eastern Queens near 40 and I found one in the upper 30s.

[winterwarlock]

29

 

That was unexpected

[uofmiami]

35.3 in Muttontown & 38.1 in Syosset this morning. 

[ForestHillWx]

32 here at 6:30 am. Curios if the Co-Op confirms. 

[bluewave]

My first 30s of the season here with a low of 38°.

 

[qg_omega]

[IrishRob17]

Low of 28. Managed my first frost, freeze, and hard freeze all on the same night, the last time that happened 2021.

[Superstorm]

12 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Great pic

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

Same here bottomed down at 28° this morning. First frost, freeze and hard freeze all on the same day pretty much in line date wise with the average for the first freeze of the season.

[psv88]

38.9 on top of the hill. In the lower lying areas around me it dropped to 33-34. 

[bluewave]

24 minutes ago, psv88 said:

38.9 on top of the hill. In the lower lying areas around me it dropped to 33-34. 

Close to a 20° difference between 2m and 85m further to your east this morning. 
 

 

[TheClimateChanger]

2 hours ago, bluewave said:

10-22-40 was the earliest single digits that I could find for the old Sussex COOP. There used to be a station at Layton in the Delaware water gap not far from the current Walpack station with had their first single digits on 10-28-36. The earliest below 0° reading for Layton and other surrounding sites was 11-26-38.
 

NJ

SUSSEX 1 NW

COOP

1940-10-22

49

7

28.0

-21.1

 

Data for October 28, 1936 through October 28, 1936
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

NJ

LAYTON 3 NW

COOP

9

 

Data for November 26, 1938 through November 26, 1938
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

RUNYON	COOP	-7
CANOE BROOK	COOP	-5
LAYTON 3 NW	COOP	-5
CHARLOTTEBURG RESERVOIR	COOP	-1
INDIAN MILLS 2 W	COOP	0
HIGHTSTOWN 2 W	COOP	0
BELVIDERE	COOP	1
Belvidere Area	ThreadEx	1
FLEMINGTON 5 NNW	COOP	2
PEMBERTON	COOP	4
LONG VALLEY	COOP	4
SOMERVILLE 4 NW	COOP	5

I wonder how cold it got in November 1950? I know there were a lot of single digit and subzero readings in Ohio during the great blizzard which dropped a widespread 20-30+ inches of snow in the Ohio Valley and Appalachians.

[IrishRob17]

51 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

Same here bottomed down at 28° this morning. First frost, freeze and hard freeze all on the same day pretty much in line date wise with the average for the first freeze of the season.

It was early here based on 21 seasons of records. The average dates are 10/12 for first frost, 10/22 for first freeze and 10/28 for first hard freeze.