January 2026 OBS and Discussion

[donsutherland1]

This morning's snow squall brought Central Park its first measurable snowfall on New Year's Day since 1987. All amounts are preliminary and the final amounts at some of the locations could be higher.

[JerseyWx]

1" here overnight.  Stuck in the mid-20's and windy.

 

[winterwx21]

54 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

I mean its been BN temp wise and basically normal snow wise. But after last several winters its great. this hasnt been gangbusters tho

10 and a half inches of snow here so far this winter. That's solidly above normal snowfall to this point. 

[Stormlover74]

8 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

10 and a half inches of snow here so far this winter. That's solidly above normal snowfall to this point. 

Yeah it's at least double where we should be

[forkyfork]

ouch

[SnowGoose69]

1 minute ago, forkyfork said:

ouch

IMO it never made sense with the EPO spike which many of the individual members showed and the GEPS/GEFS had.  

[Neblizzard]

11 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

ouch

Hopefully it verifies.. it’s been too cold. 

[EastonSN+]

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

This morning's snow squall brought Central Park its first measurable snowfall on New Year's Day since 1987. All amounts are preliminary and the final amounts at some of the locations could be higher.

Thanks Don. Last year and this year so far have reminded me a lot of the 80s growing up. Figures.

2018/2019 through 2023/2024 a good representation of the 90s.

[The 4 Seasons]

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

This morning's snow squall brought Central Park its first measurable snowfall on New Year's Day since 1987. All amounts are preliminary and the final amounts at some of the locations could be higher.

Thats just from midnight-7AM or the whole event? looks like its just the calendar day, BDR should def be higher. 

Also, where did you get that from? i was looking for climo sites snowfall totals this morning but the CLI wasn't out yet

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

1 hour ago, donsutherland1 said:

This morning's snow squall brought Central Park its first measurable snowfall on New Year's Day since 1987. All amounts are preliminary and the final amounts at some of the locations could be higher.

The LGA number is a little suspect, especially when looking at the radar.

It's nice to see the Park getting two measurements in a row correct. They have been especially bad the last 4-5 years on the under 1 inch amounts, often times ignoring them or recording a T.

[steve392]

Was very surprised by how much snow fell in a short amount of time.  Looked like  half to 3/4 of an inch.  Enough to make my boxer go insane and not want to come back inside.

These dam winds though... Ooofaa

[donsutherland1]

While some might be tempted to cancel winter with the 12z guidance having few, if any, snow threats beyond mid-January, a snowy December typically favors more snow during January-April than when December is not snowy. I'd take my chances given where things stand.

[donsutherland1]

2 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Thats just from midnight-7AM or the whole event? looks like its just the calendar day, BDR should def be higher. 

Also, where did you get that from? i was looking for climo sites snowfall totals this morning but the CLI wasn't out yet

Just midnight through 7 am. As noted some locations were still receiving snowfall. A subsequent update should cover the final amounts. Moreover, since I was showing only snowfall from the squall, that omitted the 0.1" that fell at Newark yesterday.

[donsutherland1]

3 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

The LGA number is a little suspect, especially when looking at the radar.

It's nice to see the Park getting two measurements in a row correct. They have been especially bad the last 4-5 years on the under 1 inch amounts, often times ignoring them or recording a T.

That's only through 7 am. I suspect that the final number will show measurable snowfall at LaGuardia.

[greenmtnwx]

55 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

ouch

Euro went much colder. Short warmup but repeated tendency to drive western ridge and east trough. 

[EastonSN+]

10 minutes ago, greenmtnwx said:

Euro went much colder. Short warmup but repeated tendency to drive western ridge and east trough. 

He's just trying to get a rise out of us.