February 2026 OBS & Discussion

[jm1220]

19 minutes ago, RU848789 said:

I thought these streaks were temps at or below 32F, so streak wouldn't be over yet.  Not that it really matters.  If we get 2 days this week of 33 and 34 F and it then stays below 32F thru 2/10, that's still 18 days straight below 34F, which is still way below normal and just as impressive as the record of 16 days at or below 32F.  

35 now. 

[Violentweatherfan]

6 hours ago, bluewave said:

Unfortunately, 2-5-10 was one of our worst cases of suppression as the record snows went just to our south. 
 

Oh man, that must have felt awful 

[snowman19]

6 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Almost always ends up warmer with full sun and lack of CAA.

If this was a couple of weeks from now, today’s temps would have overperformed by even more. Post 2/20 is when full sun and lack of CAA really starts to have an effect

[Prue11]

33.2 can see water dripping out of the gutters 

[winterwx21]

36 here. Temps overperforming a little bit. 

The models in the long range look mild for mid February. Quite a change. I think most people will welcome a warmer period after the very cold December, January and first third of February. I do want to see another snowstorm though, so hopefully winter will come back for later February or early March. 

[jm1220]

9 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

36 here. Temps overperforming a little bit. 

The models in the long range look mild for mid February. Quite a change. I think most people will welcome a warmer period after the very cold December, January and first third of February. I do want to see another snowstorm though, so hopefully winter will come back for later February or early March. 

The sun is getting a little stronger which helps. Might be a little warmer tomorrow. Streak is over for Boston and Hartford too. 

[eduggs]

Normals at NYC on Feb 28 are 45/32. Spring is coming fast.

[eduggs]

It's really a shame to waste 3 weeks of peak winter climo to drought. By the time the longwave suppression eases we'll be fighting climo norms.

[ILoveWinter]

CPK is at 34

[Astoriaweather]

3 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

CPK is at 34

Yup. Was just going to say that today is the first day in more than a week that I see signs of some melting in Manhattan.  But we desperately need a snowpack whitener.  Snow banks getting very nasty.

[ILoveWinter]

2 minutes ago, Astoriaweather said:

Yup. Was just going to say that today is the first day in more than a week that I see signs of some melting in Manhattan.  But we desperately need a snowpack whitener.  Snow banks getting very nasty.

Yea nice combo of black, grey and yellow!

[psv88]

2 hours ago, the_other_guy said:

all I said smarty was had we not had that warm period It would be much colder for the average.

 

Check yourself please

 

 

And if we hadn’t had the colder period that month would have been warmer than average, works both ways hombre 

[psv88]

45 minutes ago, jm1220 said:

35 now. 

35 here as well. Melt melt melt 

[MJO812]

26 minutes ago, eduggs said:

It's really a shame to waste 3 weeks of peak winter climo to drought. By the time the longwave suppression eases we'll be fighting climo norms.

Who said we are going to waste it ?

[mob1]

25 minutes ago, eduggs said:

It's really a shame to waste 3 weeks of peak winter climo to drought. By the time the longwave suppression eases we'll be fighting climo norms.

At this point we all at least experienced a solid period of real winter with a decent snowstorm and sustained cold.

Would have been nice if a couple of additional snow events panned out? Absolutely! But at this point all I'm looking for is one more solid storm to bookend an acceptable winter. 

[NEG NAO]

why is Newark 36 and Millville 30 at 2 PM ?

RWR from KOKX

[ag3]

My home weather station is up to 38.1 degrees.

Melt!!!!

[nycsnow]

12 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Who said we are going to waste it ?

All the models are dry and then 2 rainstorms Valentine’s Day weekend… plenty of time for they to change though hopefully it does 

[ag3]

1 minute ago, nycsnow said:

All the models are dry and then 2 rainstorms Valentine’s Day weekend… plenty of time for they to change though hopefully it does 

SE ridge develops on most models. 

[nycwinter]

you cant trust models this far out they change day to day..

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

1 hour ago, eduggs said:

Normals at NYC on Feb 28 are 45/32. Spring is coming fast.

But many of us don't live in NYC.

The normals in Orange County today are 35/15, on Feb 28 they are 41/20 a big difference from the UHI. Bring on a snowy February and March and let's stop talking about Spring on Feb 2. We're in the middle of a decent winter for the first time in four years, can't we just enjoy it.

[SACRUS]

 

38 / 11 

[coastalplainsnowman]

2 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

But many of us don't live in NYC.

The normals in Orange County on Feb 28 are 41/20 big difference. Bring on a snowy March and let's stop talking about Spring on Feb 2. We're in the middle of a decent winter for the first time in four years, can't we just enjoy it.

Narrator:  They can not.

[rclab]

8 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

But many of us don't live in NYC.

The normals in Orange County today are 35/15, on Feb 28 they are 41/20 a big difference from the UHI. Bring on a snowy February and March and let's stop talking about Spring on Feb 2. We're in the middle of a decent winter for the first time in four years, can't we just enjoy it.

Absolutely agree CP …. But how often in February does this happen, I believe it was a 3 pm Accu Weather reading.

 

[MANDA]

This is what you call a bad day.

https://x.com/i/status/2017986769208152519

https://x.com/i/status/2018358294356635855

 

[jm1220]

1 hour ago, psv88 said:

35 here as well. Melt melt melt 

Air is very dry so melting is limited but the sun doing its work too. 

[NEG NAO]

Euro snow hole

[JustinRP37]

23 minutes ago, CPcantmeasuresnow said:

But many of us don't live in NYC.

The normals in Orange County today are 35/15, on Feb 28 they are 41/20 a big difference from the UHI. Bring on a snowy February and March and let's stop talking about Spring on Feb 2. We're in the middle of a decent winter for the first time in four years, can't we just enjoy it.

It is amazing. People who start talking about fall on August 2nd would be chewed up and spit out of here. Then again this winter has already been longer than the past several . It is absolutely wild how on February 2nd, people see a relaxation in the pattern and immediately it is time for spring. 

[Intensewind002]

2 hours ago, Violentweatherfan said:

Oh man, that must have felt awful 

I was 9 years old at the time of this storm. I definitely cried lol

[NEG NAO]

7 minutes ago, JustinRP37 said:

It is amazing. People who start talking about fall on August 2nd would be chewed up and spit out of here. Then again this winter has already been longer than the past several . It is absolutely wild how on February 2nd, people see a relaxation in the pattern and immediately it is time for spring. 

relaxing from an extreme cold period and just going back to closer to normal for a few days before the next shorter extreme cold period beginning later this week. After that is anyone's guess IMO