February 2026 OBS & Discussion

[the_other_guy]

30 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

haven't needed one since 1982....

You win the thread

[Rjay]

46 minutes ago, sussexcountyobs said:

Tip for no frozen pipes. At least faucets. Leave cabinets underneath cracked open to let heat in. Let the faucet drip. It doesn't have to be much. 1 drip every 3-4 seconds.

 

I always do all of that.  My issue is everything is outside in a room with shitty insulation so I'm going to take care of that. 

[doncat]

20.1° mean temp here past 3 weeks.

[Rjay]

10 minutes ago, doncat said:

20.1° mean temp here past 3 weeks.

How many colder 3 week periods do you have in your personal records?

[doncat]

17 minutes ago, Rjay said:

How many colder 3 week periods do you have in your personal records?

Unfortunately I don't have records for various time ranges...if you use calendar months then a 20° mean would put it near my coldest on station record ... Of course that would be for 30 days .

[wthrmn654]

I've heard temperatures in Tennesse can be wild but jeez, my sister's stations all over the place with 70s tomorrow she said...

 

[wthrmn654]

Record low maximums were set at all area stations, some going way way back. 

[psv88]

20 here today 

[NyWxGuy]

Saw Flushing Bay completely frozen over. Little Neck bay too. Haven’t seen it like that since January 2018. Most bays along north and south shore are completely frozen. Been a while since there’s been that much ice out on the sound and south shore. There was some last year, 2025, during our cold late Jan- early Feb period. Same with late Jan- early Feb 2019. But haven’t seen it to this extent since 2018 and 2015

[wthrmn654]

Got to 16 today.  Not bad. 

[psv88]

Back door season is going to be absolutely brutal. Delayed spring north of Philly 

[psv88]

Ice skating allowed at Hempstead lake state park. Next at Belmont lake state park.

Hempstead Lake State Park OKs ice skating at pond, a first in decades
https://www.newsday.com/news/weather/hempstead-lake-state-park-skating-szrixdvj

[SACRUS]

00z keying in on 2/15-2/16

track key 

QPF robust


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GGEM

[ForestHillWx]

Back down to 5; winds are howling again tonight. 

[golfer67]

2 hours ago, psv88 said:

Back door season is going to be absolutely brutal. Delayed spring north of Philly 

Please please don't say this (see my username)

[JustinRP37]

5 hours ago, golfer67 said:

Please please don't say this (see my username)

I’m a skier and also love getting outside once spring gets going. However, I honestly think April is the worst month of the year. Mist, grey, warm to cold and back again, mud, and flies… better to go out to Arizona to golf in April. 

[jm1220]

8 this morning (like the 5th or 6th time this winter). Hopefully the last single digit morning. 

[bluewave]

For Newark, NJ this  was the coldest 16 day period for average temperatures since 2017-2018. This was the coldest 16 day period at Islip since the late 1970s but 5.3° warmer. At White Plains,NY this was the coldest 16 day period since 2017-2018. For Sussex NJ, it was also the coldest 16 day run since 2015. The coldest on record there was  1967-1968 and 1979.
 

Minimum 16-Day Mean Avg Temperature 
for NEWARK LIBERTY INTL AP, NJ Since 1951
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1	15.0	1979-02-05 through 1979-02-20	0
2	15.4	1979-02-04 through 1979-02-19	0
3	15.6	1979-02-06 through 1979-02-21	0
4	15.8	1961-01-19 through 1961-02-03	0
5	15.9	1979-02-03 through 1979-02-18	0
6	16.4	1982-01-08 through 1982-01-23	0
7	16.5	1961-01-20 through 1961-02-04	0
8	16.5	1982-01-10 through 1982-01-25	0
9	16.7	1982-01-09 through 1982-01-24	0
10	16.8	1961-01-18 through 1961-02-02	0
11	16.9	1981-01-03 through 1981-01-18	0
-	16.9	1979-02-07 through 1979-02-22	0
12	17.0	1982-01-07 through 1982-01-22	0
13	17.1	1979-02-02 through 1979-02-17	0
14	17.3	1980-12-31 through 1981-01-15	0
15	17.3	1981-01-02 through 1981-01-17	0
-	17.3	1961-01-21 through 1961-02-05	0
16	17.5	1982-01-11 through 1982-01-26	0
17	17.6	1980-12-30 through 1981-01-14	0
18	17.7	1981-01-01 through 1981-01-16	0
19	17.9	1979-02-08 through 1979-02-23	0
20	18.1	1979-02-01 through 1979-02-16	0
21	18.2	1981-01-04 through 1981-01-19	0
-	18.2	1977-01-16 through 1977-01-31	0
22	18.4	1977-01-08 through 1977-01-23	0
-	18.4	1961-01-22 through 1961-02-06	0
23	18.4	1982-01-12 through 1982-01-27	0
-	18.4	1961-01-17 through 1961-02-01	0
24	18.4	1982-01-06 through 1982-01-21	0
-	18.4	1977-01-09 through 1977-01-24	0
25	18.6	1977-01-17 through 1977-02-01	0
26	18.6	1980-12-29 through 1981-01-13	0
-	18.6	1977-01-11 through 1977-01-26	0
27	18.8	1977-01-07 through 1977-01-22	0
28	18.8	1977-01-15 through 1977-01-30	0
29	18.9	1979-02-09 through 1979-02-24	0
-	18.9	1977-01-10 through 1977-01-25	0
30	19.0	1977-01-12 through 1977-01-27	0
31	19.2	1979-01-31 through 1979-02-15	0
32	19.3	1977-01-14 through 1977-01-29	0
-	19.3	1977-01-06 through 1977-01-21	0
33	19.4	1967-12-29 through 1968-01-13	0
34	19.4	1982-01-05 through 1982-01-20	0
35	19.5	1961-01-16 through 1961-01-31	0
36	19.5	1961-01-23 through 1961-02-07	0
37	19.6	1977-01-05 through 1977-01-20	0
38	19.6	1968-01-01 through 1968-01-16	0
39	19.6	1982-01-13 through 1982-01-28	0
40	19.7	2017-12-26 through 2018-01-10	0
41	19.7	2017-12-25 through 2018-01-09	0
-	19.7	1985-01-08 through 1985-01-23	0
42	19.8	2015-02-13 through 2015-02-28	0
-	19.8	1967-12-30 through 1968-01-14	0
43	19.8	2004-01-14 through 2004-01-29	0
44	19.8	1977-01-13 through 1977-01-28	0
45	19.8	2004-01-10 through 2004-01-25	0
-	19.8	1968-01-02 through 1968-01-17	0
46	19.9	2005-01-17 through 2005-02-01	0
-	19.9	2005-01-16 through 2005-01-31	0
47	19.9	1985-01-09 through 1985-01-24	0
48	20.0	2005-01-15 through 2005-01-30	0
-	20.0	1980-12-28 through 1981-01-12	0
-	20.0	1970-01-08 through 1970-01-23	0
49	20.0	1977-01-18 through 1977-02-02	0
-	20.0	1977-01-04 through 1977-01-19	0
50	20.0	1981-01-05 through 1981-01-20	0
51	20.1	2026-01-24 through 2026-02-08	0
-	20.1	2017-12-24 through 2018-01-08	0
-	20.1	1967-12-31 through 1968-01-15	0
52	20.1	2015-02-12 through 2015-02-27	0
-	20.1	1967-12-28 through 1968-01-12	0

 

Minimum 16-Day Mean Avg Temperature 
for ISLIP-LI MACARTHUR AP, NY
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1	12.7	1979-02-05 through 1979-02-20	0
2	13.2	1979-02-04 through 1979-02-19	0
3	13.3	1979-02-06 through 1979-02-21	0
4	13.8	1979-02-03 through 1979-02-18	0
5	14.6	1979-02-07 through 1979-02-22	0
6	15.0	1979-02-02 through 1979-02-17	0
7	15.8	1979-02-08 through 1979-02-23	0
8	16.0	1967-12-29 through 1968-01-13	0
9	16.2	1979-02-01 through 1979-02-16	0
10	16.4	1967-12-30 through 1968-01-14	0
11	16.6	1968-01-01 through 1968-01-16	0
12	16.7	1968-01-02 through 1968-01-17	0
13	16.8	1967-12-31 through 1968-01-15	0
14	16.9	1967-12-28 through 1968-01-12	0
15	16.9	1979-02-09 through 1979-02-24	0
16	17.4	1979-01-31 through 1979-02-15	0
17	17.5	1967-12-27 through 1968-01-11	0
18	17.7	1968-01-03 through 1968-01-18	0
19	18.0	2026-01-24 through 2026-02-08	0
20	18.2	1981-01-03 through 1981-01-18	0

 

Minimum 16-Day Mean Avg Temperature 
for WESTCHESTER CO AP, NY
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1	9.3	1979-02-05 through 1979-02-20	0
2	9.7	1979-02-04 through 1979-02-19	0
3	10.3	1979-02-06 through 1979-02-21	0
-	10.3	1979-02-03 through 1979-02-18	0
4	10.7	1961-01-19 through 1961-02-03	0
5	11.3	1961-01-20 through 1961-02-04	0
6	11.4	1979-02-02 through 1979-02-17	0
7	11.8	1961-01-18 through 1961-02-02	0
8	11.9	1979-02-07 through 1979-02-22	0
9	11.9	1961-01-21 through 1961-02-05	0
10	12.5	1979-02-01 through 1979-02-16	0
11	12.7	1982-01-08 through 1982-01-23	0
12	12.8	1982-01-10 through 1982-01-25	0
13	12.8	1982-01-09 through 1982-01-24	0
14	12.9	1961-01-22 through 1961-02-06	0
15	13.2	1979-02-08 through 1979-02-23	0
16	13.3	1982-01-07 through 1982-01-22	0
17	13.5	1961-01-17 through 1961-02-01	0
18	13.6	1982-01-11 through 1982-01-26	0
19	13.6	1979-01-31 through 1979-02-15	0
20	13.9	1961-01-23 through 1961-02-07	0
21	14.3	1982-01-12 through 1982-01-27	0
22	14.4	1979-02-09 through 1979-02-24	0
23	14.6	1982-01-06 through 1982-01-21	0
24	14.7	1961-01-24 through 1961-02-08	0
25	14.8	1961-01-16 through 1961-01-31	0
26	14.9	1979-01-30 through 1979-02-14	0
27	15.2	1982-01-13 through 1982-01-28	0
-	15.2	1977-01-16 through 1977-01-31	0
28	15.4	1977-01-08 through 1977-01-23	0
29	15.5	1977-01-09 through 1977-01-24	0
30	15.6	1977-01-15 through 1977-01-30	0
31	15.6	1977-01-17 through 1977-02-01	0
32	15.7	2015-02-13 through 2015-02-28	0
33	15.8	1977-01-11 through 1977-01-26	0
34	15.8	1961-01-15 through 1961-01-30	0
35	16.0	1977-01-10 through 1977-01-25	0
36	16.1	2015-02-14 through 2015-03-01	0
-	16.1	1977-01-07 through 1977-01-22	0
-	16.1	1961-01-25 through 1961-02-09	0
37	16.2	1977-01-12 through 1977-01-27	0
38	16.2	1977-01-14 through 1977-01-29	0
39	16.3	2005-01-17 through 2005-02-01	0
40	16.3	2015-02-12 through 2015-02-27	0
41	16.3	2005-01-16 through 2005-01-31	0
-	16.3	2005-01-15 through 2005-01-30	0
42	16.4	1982-01-14 through 1982-01-29	0
-	16.4	1968-01-02 through 1968-01-17	0
-	16.4	1967-12-30 through 1968-01-14	0
43	16.4	1979-02-10 through 1979-02-25	0
44	16.4	1977-01-06 through 1977-01-21	0
45	16.5	1977-01-05 through 1977-01-20	0
46	16.6	2015-02-11 through 2015-02-26	0
47	16.7	1977-01-04 through 1977-01-19	0
48	16.8	2017-12-26 through 2018-01-10	0
-	16.8	2004-01-10 through 2004-01-25	0
-	16.8	1994-01-06 through 1994-01-21	0
49	16.8	2005-01-18 through 2005-02-02	0
50	16.8	1977-01-13 through 1977-01-28	0
51	16.9	2015-02-15 through 2015-03-02	0
-	16.9	2004-01-14 through 2004-01-29	0
-	16.9	1982-01-15 through 1982-01-30	0
-	16.9	1977-01-18 through 1977-02-02	0
52	16.9	2004-01-09 through 2004-01-24	0
-	16.9	1979-01-29 through 1979-02-13	0
53	16.9	2017-12-25 through 2018-01-09	0
54	17.0	1968-01-01 through 1968-01-16	0
-	17.0	1967-12-31 through 1968-01-15	0
55	17.0	1967-12-29 through 1968-01-13	0
56	17.0	1994-01-07 through 1994-01-22	0
-	17.0	1968-01-03 through 1968-01-18	0
57	17.1	1977-01-03 through 1977-01-18	0
58	17.1	2017-12-24 through 2018-01-08	0
59	17.1	1994-01-08 through 1994-01-23	0
60	17.2	2026-01-24 through 2026-02-08	0
61	17.2	2015-02-10 through 2015-02-25	0
-	17.2	2005-01-14 through 2005-01-29	0

 

Minimum 16-Day Mean Avg Temperature 
for SUSSEX AIRPORT, NJ
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1	12.5	2015-02-13 through 2015-02-28	0
2	12.6	2005-01-18 through 2005-02-02	0
3	12.6	2005-01-17 through 2005-02-01	0
4	12.8	2015-02-14 through 2015-03-01	0
5	12.9	2005-01-16 through 2005-01-31	0
6	13.1	2015-02-12 through 2015-02-27	0
7	13.1	2005-01-15 through 2005-01-30	0
8	13.5	2005-01-19 through 2005-02-03	0
9	13.6	2015-02-11 through 2015-02-26	0
10	14.1	2026-01-24 through 2026-02-08	0

Minimum 16-Day Mean Avg Temperature 
for SUSSEX 1 NW, NJ
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1	6.2	1967-12-30 through 1968-01-14	0
2	6.5	1961-01-20 through 1961-02-04	0
3	6.7	1979-02-06 through 1979-02-21	0
4	6.8	1961-01-21 through 1961-02-05	0
5	6.9	1968-01-02 through 1968-01-17	0
-	6.9	1967-12-31 through 1968-01-15	0
6	7.1	1979-02-05 through 1979-02-20	0

 

 

 

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

Morning low of -7°. My low for the season.

[jm1220]

9 hours ago, psv88 said:

Ice skating allowed at Hempstead lake state park. Next at Belmont lake state park.

Hempstead Lake State Park OKs ice skating at pond, a first in decades
https://www.newsday.com/news/weather/hempstead-lake-state-park-skating-szrixdvj

Really cool to see all the young kids playing hockey on the ponds.

[hudsonvalley21]

-6 was the low here, currently-4.

[SACRUS]

12 / -1 off a low of 4 here.  Back near - to or above freezing for highs today , a tad warmer Tuesday and Wed many will breach 40 (last time was 1/22).   Brief reinforcing shot of cold Thu/Fri but moderated.  Weekend looking dry with the storm now focused on later Sunday - the 16th.  Track key and most overnight forecasts had mainly a mix to rain but the QPF could be robust.  Way beyond looks near normal.

 

[NEG NAO]

[bluewave]

Wednesday looks our first chance at ending the under 40° day streak at some spots. 
 

 

[ForestHillWx]

Back up to 9 degrees currently. 

[NEG NAO]

Get ready folks !