And It's Snowing Right NOW Too
After yesterday's storm, it's hard to believe there's any snow left in the sky, yet as I write this on Tuesday morning it's snowing hard in NYC. Doesn't seem to be sticking, though. Here's what the National Weather Service's Forecast Discussion Page has to say about yesterday's snow totals. Breaking records right and left. And there's still ten days left in February.
EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE STORM! PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT WITH FINAL
TOTAL FROM STORM WAS ISSUED AT 1221 AM FEB 18. MANY THANKS TO OUR
SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
NOTABLE AMOUNTS:
JFK AIRPORT........ 25.6 INCHES
EWR AIRPORT........ 22.1 INCHES
CENTRAL PARK....... 19.8 INCHES
LGA AIRPORT........ 16.5 INCHES
NWS UPTON OFFICE... 15.7 INCHES
HIGHEST REPORT FROM...
CT... 24 INCHES NEW FAIRFIELD (FAIRFIELD COUNTY)
NJ... 26 INCHES WEST MILFORD (PASSAIC COUNTY)
NY... 30 INCHES MONROE (ORANGE COUNTY)
CENTRAL PARK CLIMATE RECORDS BROKEN...
THIS STORM CAME IN AS THE 4TH LARGEST IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL SINCE
RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT SINCE 1869.
THE TOP THREE ARE AS FOLLOWS...
1) 26.4 INCHES ON DECEMBER 26-27, 1947
2) 21.0 INCHES ON MARCH 12-14, 1888
3) 20.2 INCHES ON JANUARY 6-7, 1996
THE DAILY SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 17 REACHED 16.3 INCHES. THIS BREAKS
THE OLD RECORD OF 10.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1902.
FEBRUARY 2003 STANDS AS THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WITH 29.6
INCHES. OLD RECORD WAS 27.9 INCHES SET BACK IN 1934.
ALSO AS OF RIGHT NOW...FEBRUARY 2003 WITH ITS 29.6 INCHES IS TIED
FOR THE SECOND SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR CENTRAL PARK. IT IS TIED
WITH DECEMBER 1947. THE SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD IS MARCH 1896 WITH
30.5 INCHES.
10:06:40 AM 
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