1948 (Wednesday)
After having back-to-back days with highs in the mid-50s, there was no snow cover in Central Park for the first time since the evening of 12/23. (But snow would be back on the ground four days from now after a snowfall of 5.7".)
1979 (Sunday)
This morning's low of 0° was the coldest reading in February since 1943 (until a low of -1° on Feb. 14, 2016). It was also the eighth day of the past ten with a low in the single digits. During these ten days the low averaged a brutally cold 6°, twenty-two degrees colder than average.
1981 (Wednesday)
Today's balmy high of 68° was a record for the date, twenty-six degrees above the average. This was four weeks after the Hudson and East Rivers around Manhattan were largely ice covered.
2000 (Friday)
A slushy three inches of snow fell, in addition to freezing rain and sleet. This was the last significant snowfall of the winter. In total, 16.3" fell, which was about nine inches below average.
2003 (Tuesday)
Eight of the past thirteen days had highs at freezing or colder, twenty-six inches of snow fell and temperatures were nine degrees below average (high/low of 32°/20°).
Mailboxes hemmed in by mounds of plowed snow on Park Ave. at 46th St.
2006 (Saturday)
Although today turned sharply colder, temperatures in the upper 50s the previous three days completely melted away the record-setting 26.9" of snow that fell less than a week ago (Feb. 11-12).
2011 (Friday)
The spring-like high of 67°, the mildest reading since late October, melted away the last of the snow that covered Central Park since 12/26.
2012 (Saturday)
Although precipitation fell on eight of the past eleven days, it amounted to only 0.37".
2014 (Tuesday)
A quick shot of snow between 5-10 AM accumulated 1.5". This brought the total snowfall in the past 30 days (since Jan. 20) to 42.1" - the most ever in a 30-day period. Today's snowfall was the eighth of one-inch or more in this time frame.
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