Re: Severe Arctic Blast / Flash Freeze 1/6-1/7

by **Dtone** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:05 am

CPK down to 5* First record low temp set since 1996.

by **Scullybutcher** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:06 am

7.2 here and windy. Just in case the cold wasn't bad enough they had to throw in the wind

by colosa4 Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:08 am

10.4 before I left my house

by **Dunnzoo** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:10 am

5.2*, had a few wind chill readings about -10*. Thankfully the wind gusts don't seem to be coming that often....

by **SNOW MAN** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:16 am

-6* Wind gusts up to 25 mph.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:41 am

0.3. Temperature not impressive here but the wind chill is. 5 degrees in CPK is impressive. Almost 20 years since the last record low shows that winter cold ain't what it use to be.

by **cooladi** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:43 am

Holy Moly it's frigid cold and windy out there. Batten down the hatches, everything is blowing around. Hope Long Island and other power lines hold up in this wind. Can't imagine anyone on this board would have any pets outside, but still have to say it, bring pets in. Not fit for man nor beast out there...
I opened up the cabinet doors under my sinks at home to allow heat to circulate around pipes. If you're driving, bring along a blanket just in case and wear your warmest coat, hat, gloves, layers and layers. Not warming up much today and going down a little colder tonight with winds expected to gust through this evening.

by **amugs** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:50 am

5.0* was the lowest my thermometer got last night - left the house at 7AM and it was 5.6* - FRRRIIGGGGIDDDDDDD!!

by **Radz** Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:51 am

5.9 for me... winds were brutal between midnight and 2am...

by nofoboater Tue Jan 07, 2014 7:52 am

I was 7* with a howling wind at 6:00am.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:08 am

Looks like CPK hit 4 above, the lowest there since January 2004 when it hit 1 on two separate days, 2 on another all a week apart. Now that was a cold spell, people in the news media have very short weather memories.

It takes the high winds to offset the heat island effect of the city, tomorrow morning will be colder for suburbs, lower if we had a snow cover, but city won't approach 4 tomorrow morning.

by **Frank_Wx** Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:09 am

Severe Arctic Blast / Flash Freeze 1/6-1/7 - Page 5 Post-40-0-77458200-1389100074

Do you all have your 'polar vortex' gear on?

by **dad4twoboys** Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:14 am

0* @ 8:00am

by **oldtimer** Tue Jan 07, 2014 8:22 am

5* PV is moving out and wont return for 2 weeks according to local met Craig Allen,much respected at cbs radio in ny

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:24 am

0.9 after a low of 0.2.

I'll be expecting sub zero tonight,in many suburbs. Similar to what we had last Saturday

by **SNOW MAN** Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:03 am

-3* I can't believe it's below zero still. Wow ! Wind is still gusting up to 25 mph.

by **RJB8525** Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:12 am

Here in S.I at 6 am it was 5* with a wind chill of -17 with 23mph winds

Currently at 10:12 am its still 6 -13 wind chill of 20mph now

All i know is my car door handles and door itself was frozen solid shut without any precip and when i took my dog for a walk even he was basically like screw this

by **mako460** Tue Jan 07, 2014 11:21 am

What a waste of good Arctic air. I work outside all day usually dont mind the cold, but...if it's goint to be this damn cold I want to see some snow falling.

by **bloc1357** Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:39 pm

As of right now still @ 7* and wind chill of -5

by jbnyy224 Tue Jan 07, 2014 1:52 pm

Still only 8 degrees in midtown. But the high for the day will be listed as the temp at midnight right? So 29 i think. That stinks!

by **HectorO** Tue Jan 07, 2014 2:31 pm

jbnyy224 wrote:Still only 8 degrees in midtown. But the high for the day will be listed as the temp at midnight right? So 29 i think. That stinks!

12 at midnight not 29.

by jbnyy224 Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:12 pm

HectorO wrote:
jbnyy224 wrote:Still only 8 degrees in midtown. But the high for the day will be listed as the temp at midnight right? So 29 i think. That stinks!

12 at midnight not 29.

It was 20 degrees at 11:51 pm last night.

http://w1.weather.gov/obhistory/KNYC.html

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:16 pm

To bad about the midnight temps. NYC might not have made it out of single digits today. I can't remember the last time that happened. I don't think it did in 2004 not even sure about 1994. I'll have to check the records tonight.

by **docstox12** Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:29 pm

I think there was a week in the '93-'94 winter where temps were constantly below 15 degrees.They ran out of road salt and even if they had it, it wouldn't work.I think I remember them using sand.

8 degrees here in Mahwah now.Yes, it has been a long time with cold like this.40 degrees will feel like Jersey Shore weather after this,LOL!

by **aiannone** Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:43 pm

9* here on the North Shore of LI. Hit 10 briefly today, but was mainly in the single digits.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:47 pm

I know there were several days here during 93-94 that it never made it above 5 here , Orange County, I wasn't sure if NYC had any. During the Jan 2004 stretch when NYC had lows of 1, 1 and 2 during a one week span there may have been a day there. The 2004 records I have at home and will check tonight.

by **Dtone** Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:58 pm

I can't remember any time with a high in the single digits. I barely remember many highs below 20. Even if the day is that cold usually at some point it was milder, like today's midnight temp. Overall today is the coldest day I remember in NYC. In 94 I dont think it was so windy, and temps rebounded a little more from that below zero low.

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