Re: February 2015 Obs. & Discussions Thread

by **NjWeatherGuy** Thu Feb 26, 2015 11:57 am

Ice in Delaware bay forced closure of Cape May-Delaware Ferry. I never recall this happening.

by **aiannone** Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:25 pm

by **amugs** Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:31 pm

Nice coating of snow - pack refresher this morning - snowed moderately for a coupel of hours.

Low of 18* this morning - balmy!! Laughing

by **docstox12** Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:23 pm

aiannone wrote:

Great chart.

It would be interesting to know that very long stretch at CPK from late Dec 1947 to Feb 1948 was due to extremely cold temps preserving that snowpack or just many snowfalls.That Dec 1947 was around 26 inches I think, so that started the ball rolling that season.This current season is way behind '47-'48.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:51 am

Morning low this morning of an even 0.0.

No fanfare since it's now the 13th morning this month of 0 or below.

The ice in the lakes must three feet thick by now.

by **amugs** Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:26 am

Morning low of 11.3*

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:31 am

amugs wrote:Morning low of 11.3*

Pathetic.

by **Radz** Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:46 pm

Lee says now 3rd coldest February in NYC - Also tied for 9th coldest month...

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:24 pm

13.1

I'm not sure now if we go below zero by morning.

by **rb924119** Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:23 am

-10* this morning.

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:06 am

Bottomed out at -3.8, up to -0.8 now.

14 sub zero days this month or 1 of every 2 days. It's become very routine and may I add enjoyable.

by **docstox12** Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:09 am

Low of -2.9 here CP.First time in my life I ever experienced so many sub zero days.In Mahwah, it was pretty rare.That heat island effect you talk about is dead on accurate, Man!!

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:11 am

Radz wrote:Lee says now 3rd coldest February in NYC - Also tied for 9th coldest month...

Lees is having a little trouble counting, as is everyone else on TV.

Actually it's tied for 10th coldest month. Even the mets on TV can't get through their heads that 2 times in January the average was 23.7 in two separate years, 1912 & 1893, they keep counting its as one year. I'm still waiting for a genius on TV to figure that out, this isn't difficult stuff, it's pretty sad actually. Does anyone fact check anymore?

The average for the month right now is 24.1 which ties it for 10th coldest month ever and tied for 3rd coldest February. Today should drop the average for the month to 24.0 which will put it alone at 3rd coldest February and 10th coldest month. A very impressive stretch and all done without a monumental cold period like January 1994.

Still no subzero reading in NYC since 1994. From 1870 to 1994 there was a subzero reading in NYC one out of every three winters, now they haven't had one in 21 years. That doesn't speak to global warming or anything else but too how severe the heat island effect has become there.

by **amugs** Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:54 am

Low of 5*.
CP absolutely talks to the heat island and the amount of urban sprawl in the city and surrounding lands. In college had a class called urban geography and our prof showed us maps of the city and surrounding areas from 1900 to then 1990 amazing how much farmland and rural land is now cement and blacktop. Excellent point there professor CP.

by **Math23x7** Sat Feb 28, 2015 10:14 am

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:
Radz wrote:Lee says now 3rd coldest February in NYC - Also tied for 9th coldest month...

Lees is having a little trouble counting, as is everyone else on TV.

Actually it's tied for 10th coldest month. Even the mets on TV can't get through their heads that 2 times in January the average was 23.7 in two separate years, 1912 & 1893, they keep counting its as one year. I'm still waiting for a genius on TV to figure that out, this isn't difficult stuff, it's pretty sad actually. Does anyone fact check anymore?

The average for the month right now is 24.1 which ties it for 10th coldest month on record and tied for 3rd coldest February on record. Today should drop the average for the month to 24.0 which will put it alone at 3rd coldest February and 10th coldest month. A very impressive stretch and all done without a monumental cold period like January 1994.

Still no subzero reading in NYC since 1994. From 1870 to 1994 there was a subzero reading in NYC one out of every three winters, now they haven't had one in 21 years. That doesn't speak to global warming or anything else but too how severe the heat island effect has become there.

CP, I put in the high/low temperatures for the first 27 days of February onto Excel and multiplied them by 54 (27*2). I then put in the equation 24.05*56 and I got 1,346.8. I put in the sum of all 27 highs/low AND the (what I think) was this morning's low in NYC (14) and got 1,313. And 1346.8 - 1313 = 33.8. So if today's high is 33 or less, then CPK would have sole possession of 3rd coldest February and 10th coldest month.

Also, I looked at what is the 10th coldest February on record (25.9) and I put in the equation 25.85*56 and got 1,447.6. And 1,447.6 - 1313 = 134.6. Unless CPK somehow gets higher than 134 degrees today ( Laughing

) then February 2015 is officially one of the 10 coldest Februarys on record.

by **Frank_Wx** Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:42 pm

Just so everyone is aware...rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. May start as ice. 1--2 inches of rain expected. Temps in thr 40's

by **CPcantmeasuresnow** Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:14 pm

amugs wrote:Low of 5*.
CP absolutely talks to the heat island and the amount of urban sprawl in the city and surrounding lands. In college had a class called urban geography and our prof showed us maps of the city and surrounding areas from 1900 to then 1990 amazing how much farmland and rural land is now cement and blacktop. Excellent point there professor CP.

Thank you my good man. Hop along is here to inform when he can.

by **snow247** Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:07 pm

Frank_Wx wrote:Just so everyone is aware...rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. May start as ice. 1--2 inches of rain expected. Temps in thr 40's

Thanks for ruining the mood haha just kidding.

by **aiannone** Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:14 pm

Down to 11.9* already here on NLI

by **aiannone** Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:26 pm

25* in Central Park, 11.9* here on the North Shore of LI!
#urbanheatisland

by **amugs** Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:28 pm

so far the high was 29 in Central Park...the low 13...If this stands NYC will average 23.9 for the month...third lowest on record...

Put it in the books peeps! We just made history!

by **skinsfan1177** Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:29 pm

18° down here at the shore

by **algae888** Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:04 am

mugs plus the -11.3 temp departure is lowest ever recorded in cpk

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