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February 2026 OBS & Discussion


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Colder air will move back into the region tonight. As a result, tomorrow and Friday will see highs in the upper 20s and lows in the teens.

An even stronger surge of Arctic air will likely arrive for the weekend, possibly accompanied by some snow flurries or snow showers. Some areas could pick up a heavier snow squall. Highs on Sunday could be in the teens in New York City with lows in the single digits. 

The persistent and often severely cold pattern could break near February 10th. However, exceptional warmth appears unlikely through at least mid-February.

So far, January 20-February 2 has been the coldest two-week period this winter with a mean temperature of 21.0° in New York city. January 17-30 with 13.4" of snow has been the snowiest two-week stretch.

The ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly was +0.1°C and the Region 3.4 anomaly was -0.4°C for the week centered around January 28. For the past six weeks, the ENSO Region 1+2 anomaly has averaged -0.38°C and the ENSO Region 3.4 anomaly has averaged -0.57°C. La Niña conditions will likely continue into at least late winter.

The SOI was +31.22 today. 

The preliminary Arctic Oscillation (AO) was -3.454 today. 

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A very icy New Haven Harbor today. You can see the ice getting pushed up against the Pardee Seawall Park on the east shore. This is the most ice on the area waterways during the 2020s and will peak early next week. Ice shoves could become a concern in areas that get strong winds directly into the shore. 
 

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18 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Looks like we head into warmer and rainy next weekend per euro and gfs though still cold

Hopefully not. We'd be dealing with a lot of pot holes and even ice jams 

Not sure how bad the overall icing situation is though compared to 2015

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32 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Looks like we head into warmer and rainy next weekend per euro and gfs though still cold

its impossible to determine the exact setup that will be in place the middle and end of next week - models are inaccurate at that range

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7 minutes ago, nycsnow said:

Models trended wetter and warmer for next week, will obviously keep changing but regardless strong signals of next week being active 

Models shifting wildly run to run. I would tread lightly with any solution this far out. 

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3 minutes ago, SnoSki14 said:

Models shifting wildly run to run. I would tread lightly with any solution this far out. 

Agree I’m more focused on signal…. One thing starting to pop up and is getting closer is a possible light event 11th

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We’ll see if the guidance is correct that we will finally end the under 40° streak by later next week as we are currently in 18th place.

 

Number of Consecutive Days Max Temperature < 40 
for NY CITY CENTRAL PARK, NY
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1 35 1945-01-05 through 1945-02-08
2 34 1886-01-06 through 1886-02-08
3 33 1948-01-10 through 1948-02-11
4 26 1878-12-23 through 1879-01-17
5 25 1881-01-15 through 1881-02-08
6 23 1939-12-22 through 1940-01-13
- 23 1936-01-23 through 1936-02-14
- 23 1885-01-18 through 1885-02-09
9 22 1967-12-27 through 1968-01-17
- 22 1924-02-04 through 1924-02-25
- 22 1918-01-16 through 1918-02-06
- 22 1912-01-25 through 1912-02-15
- 22 1893-01-03 through 1893-01-24
- 22 1882-12-27 through 1883-01-17
- 22 1880-12-16 through 1881-01-06
10 21 2004-01-14 through 2004-02-03
- 21 2000-01-17 through 2000-02-06
- 21 1978-01-27 through 1978-02-16
- 21 1940-01-16 through 1940-02-05
- 21 1901-01-26 through 1901-02-15
- 21 1895-01-27 through 1895-02-16
- 21 1876-12-17 through 1877-01-06
11 20 1905-01-23 through 1905-02-11
- 20 1902-02-03 through 1902-02-22
- 20 1888-01-15 through 1888-02-03
12 19 2003-01-14 through 2003-02-01
- 19 1980-12-31 through 1981-01-18
- 19 1976-12-22 through 1977-01-09
13 18 1969-12-30 through 1970-01-16
- 18 1914-02-08 through 1914-02-25
- 18 1903-12-26 through 1904-01-12
- 18 1886-12-26 through 1887-01-12
14 17 2005-01-15 through 2005-01-31
- 17 2000-12-20 through 2001-01-05
- 17 1977-01-11 through 1977-01-27
- 17 1966-01-22 through 1966-02-07
- 17 1961-01-19 through 1961-02-04
- 17 1947-12-23 through 1948-01-08
- 17 1934-01-29 through 1934-02-14
- 17 1917-12-26 through 1918-01-11
- 17 1909-12-16 through 1910-01-01
- 17 1875-01-05 through 1875-01-21
15 16 2011-01-20 through 2011-02-04
- 16 1963-12-10 through 1963-12-25
- 16 1884-01-15 through 1884-01-30
- 16 1870-02-22 through 1870-03-09
16 15 2017-12-25 through 2018-01-08
- 15 1989-12-16 through 1989-12-30
- 15 1982-01-08 through 1982-01-22
- 15 1980-01-24 through 1980-02-07
- 15 1979-02-05 through 1979-02-19
- 15 1978-01-10 through 1978-01-24
- 15 1969-12-14 through 1969-12-28
- 15 1960-02-29 through 1960-03-14
- 15 1910-01-03 through 1910-01-17
- 15 1874-01-29 through 1874-02-12
17 14 2007-01-29 through 2007-02-11
- 14 2003-02-05 through 2003-02-18
- 14 1958-02-07 through 1958-02-20
- 14 1945-12-11 through 1945-12-24
- 14 1938-01-09 through 1938-01-22
- 14 1929-01-24 through 1929-02-06
- 14 1897-01-23 through 1897-02-05
18 13 2026-01-23 through 2026-02-04

 

 

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1 hour ago, SnoSki14 said:

Hopefully not. We'd be dealing with a lot of pot holes and even ice jams 

Not sure how bad the overall icing situation is though compared to 2015

Its been a while since we had to be concerned with ice jams but depending on how all of this thaws, this could be the year ice jams are an issue. Low of -2 this morning, making 8 below zero readings this season, my average is 3. This season is solidy in third for below zero lows IMBY, 2013-2014 had 11 and 2014-2015 had 15, my records here go back to 2005-2006. 12" at the stake.

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