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While there is no well-agreed-upon date used to indicate the start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, there are two definitions of winter which may be used. Based on the astronomical definition, winter begins at the winter solstice, which in 2016 occurred on December 21, and ends at the March equinox, which in 2017 occurred on March 20. [4]
Snow at Central Park, winter 2011. New York City averages 49.9 in (1,267 mm) annually. Spring is the wettest season. February is the driest month. Every single month in the city's recorded history has reported some rainfall, showing the variability of the climate. On occasion, tropical systems can drop heavy rainfall.
In 2017, Watertown, New York and Buffalo, New York each had it coldest final week on record for the year. [10] In St. Louis, Missouri temperatures dropped to −6 °F (−21 °C) on New Year's Day. On January 2, a daily record low in Sioux City, Iowa was set at −28 °F (−33 °C).
After a lull in activity, winter weather resumed on February 9, which caused a man to die in Manhattan. [5] New York City had record warmth the day before. [6] Then, another winter storm rode up the East Coast a few days later, killing two. [7] [8] Six thousand power outages occur in Nova Scotia. [9] A month later, a giant blizzard rode up the ...
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
As the weather pattern transitions to La Niña this fall, warm weather is predicted across much of the eastern United States. 2016 US fall forecast: Northeast to dodge season's chill; Severe ...
Wet weather may dampen New Year's Eve festivities along the Gulf Coast The areas most likely at risk for wet weather to dampen the end of 2017 will occur along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The annual average temperature across the state ranges from around 39 °F (4 °C) over the Adirondack Mountains to near 53 °F (12 °C) across the Hudson Valley and Long Island, to around 56 °F (13 °C) within New York City. [2] Weather in New York is heavily influenced by two air masses: a warm, humid one from the southwest and a cold, dry ...