UPDATED:
The calendar says the so-called “meteorological winter” ends March 1, but Mother Nature has other designs for cold-addled New Yorkers.
On Sunday, the city will see intermittent snow, which will be a rehearsal for the full-blown storm expected overnight into Monday. While the forecasts are still iffy, there’s no doubt it will be a cold one: Monday’s high will be a nippy 22 degrees.
A winter weather advisory is in effect from Sunday afternoon through Monday afternoon and the Natinal Weather Service forecasts up to six inches of snow. If it pans out, we’ll be close to the winter snowfall total record for a season. So far we’re at 57 inches, and the record of 75.6 inches of snow was set in the winter of 1995-1996.
Snowiest winters in New York City (Central Park)
Inches Season
75.6 1995-96
63.2 1947-48
61.9 2010-11
60.4 1922-23
60.3 1872-73
57.8 1874-75
57.3 2013-14
55.9 1898-99
54.7 1960-61
53.4 1993-94
53.2 1906-07
Snowiest months in New York City (Central Park)
Inches Month
36.9 Feb 2010
36.0 Jan 2011
30.5 Mar 1896
29.6 Dec 1947
29.0 Feb. 2014
27.9 Feb 1934
27.4 Jan 1925
27.0 Dec 1872
26.9 Feb 2006
26.4 Feb 1994
26.3 Feb 1926
26.1 Feb 2003 & Jan 1996
25.5 Mar 1916
