Winter Snow Better than Average

Geoffrey in Bklyn by Danny L. via Flickr

Five inches of snow fell on Central Park yesterday. Enough to cover a giraffe and push the seasonal total to 30.5 inches. That makes this the snowiest winter in four years and puts the city within striking distance of the magical 40-inch mark. The low that brought yesterday's snow isn't done with the city and may indirectly bring more snow today.

The storm moved up the coast and is now stalled over Nova Scotia. Haligonians can expect 2-4 cm of snow today. Back here in NYC the stalled storm will bring several days of northwesterly winds. Today that wind will carry along an upper level disturbance and a slight chance of afternoon and evening flurries. More significantly it is going to be breezy from now through Friday. Today's high will be in the mid 30s.

The Weather Channel via WNBC says the flurries may last through tomorrow but that sounds a bit fishy to us. Instead look for a mostly sunny, and slightly warmer, day. Tomorrow's high and low should be very close to their February 18th normals of 42 and 29 degrees. Sun and near-normal temperatures are expected to stick around for the weekend.

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By Joe Schumacher in News on February 17, 2010 12:40 PM

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MT

Without entering into an sort of cantankerous old man mode I would like to say get over the damn snow! When I was in college we had 108" my first winter in Boston. Granted Boston isn't anything to be compared to, but come on. 40" is kinda laughable in the face of that.

Joe Schumacher

Well, I was being a bit sarcastic with the 40" remark. I grew up north of Syracuse where the average winter snowfall is well over 100". These last two snowstorms would barely get anyone's attention up there.