1870 (Tuesday)
A snowfall of eight inches was the only measurable snow in February (until the last day of the month when 1.1" fell). This was the biggest snow of the winter.
1886 (Monday)
This was the 34th consecutive day with a high temperature colder than 40°. Twenty-one of these days had highs of 32° or colder. Nearly 19" of snow fell from six snowfalls during this period. This would be the longest streak of its kind until 1945 when there was a streak that was one day longer, ending on the same day as 1886's streak (Jan. 5-Feb. 8).
1933 (Wednesday)
The temperature fell from 60° in the early afternoon to 21° by midnight (on the way down to 12° at daybreak on 2/9).
1958 (Saturday)
Today's high was 32°, the first of twelve days in a row in which the high was 32° or colder (today's high would be the "warmest" reading during the streak).
1963 (Friday)
Arctic air swooped in overnight, dropping the temperature from 25° shortly after midnight to -2° at 9 AM - the coldest reading of the winter. Winds gusting between 20-30 mph produced wind chills as low as 25° below zero.
1974 (Friday)
Today saw the biggest snowfall of the winter, as six inches fell between 1-10 PM. This storm followed a bout of sleet and freezing rain over five of the previous six days. Today's high/low was 25°/20°.
1979 (Thursday)
Today's high was 34°; it would be the only day between Feb. 5 and Feb. 19 with a temperature above freezing. Temperatures during these fifteen days were seventeen degrees below average, with an average high/low of 23°/10°. Additionally, 20.1" of snow fell during this period, which accounted for much of the winter's 28.9" of accumulation.
1994 (Tuesday)
After seeing large amounts of sleet and freezing rain during January, the City finally got a storm that brought snow, as 7.2" fell. It came down especially heavy between 9 AM and 1 PM, but snow that was predicted for the rest of the day didn't materialize, coming down as sleet instead. After midnight on 2/9 an additional 1.8" of snow fell to bring the 24-hour total to nine inches.
1997 (Saturday)
2.6" of snow fell during the afternoon and evening, the second largest accumulation in a winter that had just ten inches in total.
2013 (Friday)
An intense winter storm developed off the Delmarva Peninsula during the day, and by nightfall near-blizzard conditions were common in New York and points north and east. An icy mix of light snow and wind blown sleet began at daybreak and fell throughout the day, becoming steadier and heavier after dark. By midnight, 6.3" had fallen in Central Park; by the time the snow ended shortly before daybreak on 2/9, 11.4" had piled up.
The City's total was manageable compared to Suffolk County and New England, where accumulations of two to two-and-a-half feet were common. Today's 1.15" of liquid precipitation was a record for the date, and was the first time an inch or more of precipitation fell on this date.
Looking north from Christopher St. in Greenwich Village
2020 (Saturday)
The day's low of 30° was the first time this month the mercury was 32° or colder. This February joined Feb. 1877 as the only other February with no low of 32° or colder in the first seven days of the month. A typical February has five of these days in the first week (and more than 40% of the years have had everyday with a low of 32° or colder).
2026 (Sunday)
Clear skies, windy and frigid with a high/low of 18°/3° (24 degrees below average). Beginning yesterday evening the temperature was in the single digits for 15 hours through late this morning Wind chills were in the -10° to -15° range during the morning. (Going back to 1990, February's coldest reading has averaged 13°).
Today was Super Bowl Sunday and the day dawned with the coldest low temperature on the day of this event, one degree colder than Central Park's low on Super Bowl Sunday in 1985 (when it was played on 1/20). However, based on the mean temperature, Super Bowl Sunday 1972 continued as the coldest (high/low of 15°/5°).
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