January 2019 Observations and Discussions

Current temp of -2 with a real feel of -23. Yep, it's brisk out there today.

Ive had a little LI Sound effect snow this am. Its like dandruff falling from the sky. Highlight of my winter snow fall this season...sad..lol

5*with an ungodly windchill. Hard to believe nws has me in mid to upper 40's with rain for Wednesday and Thursday.

Up to 3.4°, hoping for a -10° tonight. I haven't seen that since February 2016.

dkodgis wrote:CP, what is the coldest temp you have seen here in this area?

Damian:

January 19-21, 1994, I forget which morning they were all cold, got down to -23°. It was a deep snow cover, clear, and the winds were relatively calm which is ideal conditions for most inland locations.

Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Middletown were all -18° to -22° that morning. I forget which town but somewhere in LI was -16° and a town in Sussex county in NW Jersey got down to -32° .

The record in the HV is from the January 1961 cold wave. Poughkeepsie recorded their all time record of -30° that day. Some maple trees in the area actually burst from the sap freezing inside. I've read it sounded like gunshots going off.

Yes in can get that cold in these parts.

Hi of 11* today - winds have been steadily gusting between 12 - 27mph here all day - dog hates the noise LOL

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:

dkodgis wrote:CP, what is the coldest temp you have seen here in this area?

Damian:

January 19-21, 1994, I forget which morning they were all cold, got down to -23°. It was a deep snow cover, clear, and the winds were relatively calm which is ideal conditions for most inland locations.

Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Middletown were all -18° to -22° that morning. I forget which town but somewhere in LI was -16° and a town in Sussex county in NW Jersey got down to -32° .

The record in the HV is from the January 1961 cold wave. Poughkeepsie recorded their all time record of -30° that day. Some maple trees in the area actually burst from the sap freezing inside. I've read it sounded like gunshots going off.

Yes in can get that cold in these parts.

CP and Doc maybe Zoo as well - I thought Warwick hit -30 anyway that was the coldest brutal arctic snap I have ever experienced.
River Vale NJ next town over from me in 1904 winter hit - 34
I like extremes, so I checked on the lowest temperature recorded in New Jersey. That was -34 F (34 degrees below zero) in River Vale, NJ (Bergen County) on January 5, 1904!

amugs wrote:

CPcantmeasuresnow wrote:

dkodgis wrote:CP, what is the coldest temp you have seen here in this area?

Damian:

January 19-21, 1994, I forget which morning they were all cold, got down to -23°. It was a deep snow cover, clear, and the winds were relatively calm which is ideal conditions for most inland locations.

Poughkeepsie, Newburgh and Middletown were all -18° to -22° that morning. I forget which town but somewhere in LI was -16° and a town in Sussex county in NW Jersey got down to -32° .

The record in the HV is from the January 1961 cold wave. Poughkeepsie recorded their all time record of -30° that day. Some maple trees in the area actually burst from the sap freezing inside. I've read it sounded like gunshots going off.

Yes in can get that cold in these parts.

CP and Doc maybe Zoo as well - I thought Warwick hit -30 anyway that was the coldest brutal arctic snap I have ever experienced.
River Vale NJ next town over from me in 1904 winter hit - 34
I like extremes, so I checked on the lowest temperature recorded in New Jersey. That was -34 F (34 degrees below zero) in River Vale, NJ (Bergen County) on January 5, 1904!

thank you. those were interesting facts!!

..when I picked up my son from school there were a lot of kids walking.and one crazy kid in shorts..and temps at the time 11 and -5 real feel...I know kids need to toughen up..but man its cold out I am back home and hibernating!! and I have a Heavy Spray Advisory and Low Water Advisory...those are new to me I have never seen those before.

Woohoooo! Hit 14° today!

weatherwatchermom wrote:..when I picked up my son from school there were a lot of kids walking.and one crazy kid in shorts..and temps at the time 11 and -5 real feel...I know kids need to toughen up..but man its cold out I am back home and hibernating!!  and I have a Heavy Spray Advisory and Low Water Advisory...those are new to me I have never seen those before.

I do not understand I am in the school system and never have I heard of any schools being open MLK day, your town is prolly the only one.

Dunnzoo wrote:Woohoooo! Hit 14° today!

Looks like I maxed out at 9.0°, down to 8.2° now.

Ok went out cuz I heard the wind wow!! 14 degrees. Its ripping here easily consistent 40mph gusts plus. Surprised not really any power issues. Goes to show trimming went well by coned.

jmanley32 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:..when I picked up my son from school there were a lot of kids walking.and one crazy kid in shorts..and temps at the time 11 and -5 real feel...I know kids need to toughen up..but man its cold out I am back home and hibernating!!  and I have a Heavy Spray Advisory and Low Water Advisory...those are new to me I have never seen those before.

I do not understand I am in the school system and never have I heard of any schools being open MLK day, your town is prolly the only one.

jman unfortunately we have to make up school days because school started  late this year due to update to all of our schools...they are now state of the art and we are in state of the art dept...lol.. we must meet our 180 days. We lost Columbus Day, we lost MLK day and we lost Jewish Holidays to make them up. Next year we will go back to our regular schedule. It just sucked they had school today. If today was not school conference day, they probably would have called a snow day....also today they had problems with the buses for the kids who do get a bus. 1 broke down, and 2 had sub drivers who did not know the route and forgot kids or passed right by kids..so they were out in the cold even longer...our school web page was on fire this morning and these are middle schoolers not the little one, but they were left in the cold none the less. Nightmare... at least its over and tom hopefully will be a little warmer and less windy..The winds are howling right now!!

I think the winds right now are the strongest this whole time. Car is shaking while I'm parked and a gust just came through sounded like freight train almost seemed like a straight line gust as all the trees were bending in one direction in a accession row. This is why wind fascinates me such a force we can't even see.

8 balmy degrees right now and forecast to go down to -7 tonight.

11 degrees here. Wind sounds like it’s finally dying down a bit. I started the day at the shore and the wind there was wicked. 50 mph gusts. I swear the house was moving with the wind this morning. Then got home this afternoon and was almost as windy here. Trash cans were tossed about my yard and the lamp on top of my lamp post in my yard actually blew off. Probably need to replace it.

Winds were intense today even hit 64mph on tip of LI! Here in westchester highest was 52mph in white plains, was this a NW wind? those always seem to be the winds that actually happen.

NEW JERSEY

...Bergen County...
Teterboro Airport 48 539 PM 1/20 ASOS

...Essex County...
Caldwell 41 127 PM 1/21 ASOS

...Passaic County...
3 ENE West Milford 43 124 PM 1/21 NONFEDAWOS

...Union County...
Newark Airport 45 237 PM 1/21 ASOS
Linden Airport 44 355 PM 1/21 AWOS

NEW YORK

...Bronx County...
Fordham 41 410 PM 1/21 NYSM

...Kings County...
Flatbush 50 445 PM 1/21 NYSM
2 ENE Coney Island 41 900 PM 1/20 CWOP

...Nassau County...
Bayville 57 443 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Jones Beach CG 51 323 AM 1/21 WXFLOW
1 SW East Massapequa 43 300 AM 1/21 CWOP
Wantagh 42 320 PM 1/21 NYSM

...New York County...
Midtown Manhattan 48 350 PM 1/21 NYSM

...Orange County...
2 WSW Warwick 42 445 PM 1/21 NYSM
Montgomery Airport 40 136 PM 1/21 ASOS

...Queens County...
NYC/JFK Airport 52 923 PM 1/20 ASOS
NYC/La Guardia 49 451 PM 1/21 ASOS
1 S Jackson Heights 46 501 PM 1/21 CWOP
2 NW Jamaica 46 945 PM 1/20 NYSM
Breezy Point 43 909 PM 1/20 WXFLOW

...Richmond County...
1 WSW Todt Hill 47 300 PM 1/21 NYSM

...Rockland County...
Viola 48 345 PM 1/21 NYSM

...Suffolk County...
1 E Middle Island 64 1215 PM 1/21 CWOP
Great Gull Island 60 844 AM 1/21 WXFLOW
Eatons Neck 54 435 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Shinnecock 50 1028 PM 1/20 WXFLOW
Westhampton Airport 49 826 PM 1/20 ASOS
Napeague 49 250 AM 1/21 WXFLOW
Mecox Bay 49 1102 PM 1/20 WXFLOW
Point O Woods YC 49 1245 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Shirley Airport 45 1200 PM 1/21 ASOS
Farmingdale Airport 45 1046 AM 1/21 ASOS
Fishers Island Airpo 45 755 AM 1/21 WXFLOW
Peconic 45 240 PM 1/21 NYSM
Montauk Airport 44 223 AM 1/21 ASOS
East Moriches CG 43 405 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
3 WSW Gilgo State Pa 42 931 PM 1/20 CWOP
Fire Island CG 42 416 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Islip Airport 41 259 PM 1/21 ASOS
East Hampton 40 155 PM 1/21 AWOS

...Westchester County...
White Plains Airport 52 455 PM 1/21 ASOS
Tappan Zee Light 14 48 423 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Larchmont Harbor 47 254 PM 1/21 WXFLOW
Croton-on-Hudson 46 409 PM 1/21 WXFLOW

A balmy 6* with a real feel of -9*. And to think I thought it was cold the other day when it was 25*. Right now that would feel like a heatwave.

We warmed up a bit 12* and real feel-6 winds are still whipping...

Do you guys think the cold will be bad enough to call delayed openings tomorrow? There are a few already called but further northern westchester county. I am talking yonkers which is currently 10 degrees, dunno what the real feel is.

jmanley32 wrote:Do you guys think the cold will be bad enough to call delayed openings tomorrow? There are a few already called but further northern westchester county. I am talking yonkers which is currently 10 degrees, dunno what the real feel is.

Not for you but NW NJ and more ruburbs will call it. 

9* here now with 18-27 mphnwinds still.

amugs wrote:

jmanley32 wrote:Do you guys think the cold will be bad enough to call delayed openings tomorrow? There are a few already called but further northern westchester county. I am talking yonkers which is currently 10 degrees, dunno what the real feel is.

Not for you but NW NJ and more ruburbs will call it. 

9* here now with 18-27 mphnwinds still.

I don't like you mugs lol jk, I figured

7.0°

Temperature never dropped a degree all night, after a high of only 9.0° yesterday. I figured with clear skies, a fresh snowpack and dying winds sub zero for a second night in a row was a lock.

Speaking as the spouse of an elementary school teacher, a 2 hour delay for this is absurd.

CP, my wife is a teacher's aide in Goshen, no delay there.

I figured at least 1 or 2 below but it didn't happen.

docstox12 wrote:CP, my wife is a teacher's aide in Goshen, no delay there.

I figured at least 1 or 2 below but it didn't happen.

Doc my wife is a teacher in Newburgh, they called last night with a two hour delay. I know this makes me sound old but we never had a delay for cold when I was growing up, it's actually pathetic IMO.