Let's start February by taking a quick look back at last month's weather. It won't come as any surprise to learn that January was warm. Just how warm is anybody's guess! The weather instruments located near Belvedere Castle suffered a power failure over the weekend so the Weather Service missed out on several days worth of temperature readings. Looking at surrounding stations our best guess is that Central Park was five degrees warmer than normal. While that's not warm enough to crack January's top ten it is the eleventh straight month that's been warmer than average. more ›

Let's do a quick forecast before delving into a review of last year's weather. Today: cold. Lots of radiational cooling last night dropped the temperature down to 13 degrees overnight. It won't warm up much today. Upper 20s at best. Warmer air will arrive tomorrow, after a slight chance of flurries tonight. Thursday's high should be in the low 40s as the center of the cold air mass moves to the east of the city. Friday will be warmer still and Saturday's high looks like it will return to near 50. It's too soon to worry but some sort of storm looks like it will affect us on Sunday. more ›

Despite a cold front tonight we are going to have another dry weekend. High pressure overhead means a sunny day with a high in the lower 50s. A cold front that stretches all the way from Quebec down into Mexico is going the pass through the city tonight. It's a dry front so all that's going to happen is the wind is going to become gusty and northerly and Saturday will be cooler with a high in the upper 40s. The temperature should rebound to the mid 50s on Sunday afternoon. more ›

Yesterday was an anniversary of sorts. On October 17th, 1938 the temperature in Central Park managed to rise up to 90 degrees. That's the latest in a year that 90 degrees has been observed in New York. There's no indication that we'll be getting that warm anytime soon, so 2010 finishes with thirty-seven 90-degree days; tying with 1944 for third place on the list (1991 and 1993 both had 39 days). The earliest 90-degree day? April 7th of this year. more ›

Dear local media, please stop saying that New York just had a record cold winter! Where in the world did you get that idea, Gray Lady and Soterios? 2009-2010 was about as middling as possible—79th coolest out of 141 winters. The record cold winter of 1917-18 was more than eight degrees colder than this past season. One can hardly imagine the level of whining should a winter that cold happen again. The last time a record cold month occurred was February 1934 and the most recent record cold day was January 16th, 2004. Sorry, we just had to vent! more ›

It should not come as a surprise to anyone, but thanks to El Niño this past climatological winter (Dec-Feb) was cooler and wetter than normal in the city. Since daily minimums were about average the cooler weather was largely due to lower than normal high temperatures. Globally, however, preliminary satellite data indicate that this past winter was one of the warmest ever recorded. more ›

We've got two more cold days to contend with before a mid-week warming. Today will see a mix of sun and clouds and a high near freezing. An Alberta Clipper clips the region tonight. With little moisture this system won't bring anything stronger than clouds and an occasional flurry late tonight and tomorrow morning. Behind the clipper Tuesday will be breezy and again have a high near 32. more ›

According to a recent survey, 50% of the workforce says their working environment is too cold or too hot, with 1/3 saying the uncontrollable climate makes it hard to concentrate. more ›

The summer solstice was a month ago, but around these parts it takes about a month for the annual temperature curve to reach a peak. July 23rd, on average, is a degree cooler than today. We're on our way to winter! Individual years don't necessarily follow that curve too closely and this year is no exception. The thermometer reached 90 degrees twice in late April and has failed to repeat that acheivement since then. more ›