January 2026 OBS and Discussion

[eduggs]

The RGEM is showing a little snow north of NYC on Wed. night. There is virtually no support... maybe a dusting shown on the NAM3km or a few other mesos... so it's probably not real. But sometimes with cold air in place a surprise minor impulse can produce a quick inch here or there.

[Roger Smith]

Another historical note to add to the Kennedy inaugural snowstorm (1961) ... NYC had 16 consecutive days with maxima below freezing from Jan 19 to Feb 3. Another large snowfall happened at the end of the cold spell, 17" fell Feb 3-4 1961. There was also a rare below zero not a daily record event (-2F on Feb 2, 1961, the record being -3F 1881). The warmest reading in the 16-day interval was 29F. The second half of Feb 1961 turned very mild. I recall this sequence from my own location west of Toronto (as a kid) and ice-jam flooding that took place on a small river covering the main street of a nearby village. This was before I started to observe as a high school student. 

[Volcanic Winter]

10F atm, truly impressive cold. 

[psv88]

17/2, high was 26. Not crazy for late January. 

[SACRUS]

 

QUickly down to 10 here.

 

[ForestHillWx]

@psv88i think it’s fair to agree it’s cold; no one said historic cold. 

It’s frozen lung cold out this way; just came in with the dog. 8/-3; colder than last night already.