When the jetstream in the Pacific Ocean strengthens and extends, it typically brings mild air and lots of moisture with it. Since then, the pattern has been dominated by a strong Pacific jet. The weather pattern around that cold air mass didn’t cooperate to produce a storm system, and as a result we left that air mass without any snow to show for it. In December, the city observed several days of impressive cold as temperatures plummeted 20 degrees below normal. Instead, there are plenty of reasons to go around. Still, there’s no specific weather phenomena that can be identified as the root cause. This year, the city continues to cruise toward February with a brown landscape and a seemingly endless parade of rainfall events.įrom a meteorological perspective, the snowless drought grows more impressive by the day. That year was the least snowy winter in city history, with just 2.8” of total accumulation. The last time it took so long for snow to arrive was more than 50 years ago on January 29th, 1973. The snowless drought has stretched on for the longest period since record keeping began.
In fact, KNYC - as the National Weather Service refers to Central Park weather observation station - has reported zero measurable snowfall since March 9th, 2022. Snow has been almost completely absent in New York City since winter began almost a month ago. Our boots, shovels and snowblowers have seen a different kind of accumulation on them so far this winter - dust.
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