1 hour ago, Andrew said:

March 21 2018. My first winter living in Suffolk County and this was a 4 inch per hour band. Biggest March snowstorm in my life, I ended up with 18 inches from this. 

14 here 

 

 

that one was an example of classic Monmouth up sloping 

 

Would love a repeat of March 2018, 4-5 storms with heavy wet snow for most of them

5 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

Would love a repeat of March 2018, 4-5 storms with heavy wet snow for most of them

 

Most of them crapped out over me, only the last one gave me 10 inches or so

I had 12" for the 3/22/2018 storm on Staten Island...melted fast but they all do that time of year...I've lived thru a few storms around the first day of Spring...

3/22 storms since 1950...Central Park...

1.9" in 1960...

4.9" in 1964...

9.8" in 1967...

3.2" in 1992...

5.0" in 1998...

8.4" in 2018...

2017-18 ended big.  23" in March then 6.75 more in April.

18 minutes ago, FrankPizz said:

2017-18 ended big.  23" in March then 6.75 more in April.

 

The April system was gorgeous and cold too. 

 

12 minutes ago, jdarzinikas said:

Up and down temperatures haven't been the issue this winter. Lack of precipitation has. When it stays cold you get use to it unless you're just soft. I'm 72 and I'll take this winter anytime over the last 2.

In your experience , what is the best snowstorm have you seen in your life?

10 minutes ago, Chris L said:

In your experience , what is the best snowstorm have you seen in your life?

March 2nd-3rd 2018. Insane snow growth all day with blizzard conditions in the afternoon. Finished with over 4ft.

40 minutes ago, Chris L said:

In your experience , what is the best snowstorm have you seen in your life?

2-09-1969

1 minute ago, VIRGAMAN said:

2-09-1969

Yes and was missed by John Lindsay.

Feb 22 2008 would be the kind of snow to look out for in the February pattern

 

6 minutes ago, SnowMiser123 said:

Feb 22 2008 would be the kind of snow to look out for in the February pattern

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, Chris L said:

In your experience , what is the best snowstorm have you seen in your life?

 

20 hours ago, StatenWx said:

March 2nd-3rd 2018. Insane snow growth all day with blizzard conditions in the afternoon. Finished with over 4ft.

#1: 1996 (the king)

#2: 1993 (March Superstorm, I mean how can you not put in the top 3, my backyard had like 8 inches of snow that I could ice skate on the next morning and that crazy wind overnight!)

#3: 1/26/11-1/27/11 Blizzard (I felt that it was just more interesting to me than Boxing Day exactly 1 month earlier)

#4: Boxing Day Blizzard 2010

#5: 12/30/2000 2nd most snow totals I actually remember witnessing in my hometown of Howell, NJ just behind 1996. For my Howell, NJ experiences growing up, 1996, 1993 and 12/30/00 are my top 3 in that order.

 

Special Mention January 21-23 1987. The only snowstorm in my hometown of Howell, NJ that I can actually remember taking place when I was under 10 years old so I could really enjoy a true childhood dream snowstorm. Also 2 days later the NY Giants won their 1st ever Super Bowl. One of the best week's ever in my childhood 

19 hours ago, dbc said:

 

#1: 1996 (the king)

#2: 1993 (March Superstorm, I mean how can you not put in the top 3, my backyard had like 8 inches of snow that I could ice skate on the next morning and that crazy wind overnight!)

#3: 1/26/11-1/27/11 Blizzard (I felt that it was just more interesting to me than Boxing Day exactly 1 month earlier)

#4: Boxing Day Blizzard 2010

#5: 12/30/2000 2nd most snow totals I actually remember witnessing in my hometown of Howell, NJ just behind 1996. For my Howell, NJ experiences growing up, 1996, 1993 and 12/30/00 are my top 3 in that order.

 

Special Mention January 21-23 1987. The only snowstorm in my hometown of Howell, NJ that I can actually remember taking place when I was under 10 years old so I could really enjoy a true childhood dream snowstorm.

12/19/00?? are you sure you do not mean 12/30?

51 minutes ago, Analog1888 said:

12/19/00?? are you sure you do not mean 12/30?

Lol yup. Will edit.

Feb 78 and Jan 96 were phenomenal storms but Feb 83 was the only storm in my lifetime that had S+ and S++  the entire duration of the storm. There were no lulls at all   And you have to throw in some thunder snow that Cantore would have been proud of. Ended with 23” in 14 hours.  My brother in Freehold had 5” before LI saw a flake. The storm crawled in and crawled out thanks to a 1040 High anchored right in the sweet spot.  I remember that the strength of the high was supposed to suppress much of the heavy stuff to our south.  Morning forecasts of 3-6 turned into 1-2ft in a matter of hours.  It was just a great storm.  I’m 67 and it gives me chills just thinking about it

2 hours ago, lindywx said:

Feb 78 and Jan 96 were phenomenal storms but Feb 83 was the only storm in my lifetime that had S+ and S++  the entire duration of the storm. There were no lulls at all   And you have to throw in some thunder snow that Cantore would have been proud of. Ended with 23” in 14 hours.  My brother in Freehold had 5” before LI saw a flake. The storm crawled in and crawled out thanks to a 1040 High anchored right in the sweet spot.  I remember that the strength of the high was supposed to suppress much of the heavy stuff to our south.  Morning forecasts of 3-6 turned into 1-2ft in a matter of hours.  It was just a great storm.  I’m 67 and it gives me chills just thinking about it

I hate to even think it, but I was born 9 months after the 78 storm....yuck

2 hours ago, lindywx said:

Feb 78 and Jan 96 were phenomenal storms but Feb 83 was the only storm in my lifetime that had S+ and S++  the entire duration of the storm. There were no lulls at all   And you have to throw in some thunder snow that Cantore would have been proud of. Ended with 23” in 14 hours.  My brother in Freehold had 5” before LI saw a flake. The storm crawled in and crawled out thanks to a 1040 High anchored right in the sweet spot.  I remember that the strength of the high was supposed to suppress much of the heavy stuff to our south.  Morning forecasts of 3-6 turned into 1-2ft in a matter of hours.  It was just a great storm.  I’m 67 and it gives me chills just thinking about it

This!! Definitely my favorite storm of all time. I have never seen it go from sun shining through a thin overcast to a wall of thunderstorm like darkness to the south move and within 20 minutes it started snowing like a snow squall with and it just kept getting heavier and heavier and heavier. 
 

cars were trapped on all the highways and in the Lincoln, Holland and midtown tunnels as most cars were still only rear wheel drive back then. 
 

this is still the only storm where I could visibly see cloud to cloud to ground lightning. 
 

what made that storm even more sweet was the fact that January 1983 had a storm that was supposed to give us over a foot of snow and I ended up with an inch of slush. That was a terrible bust but February 83 made up for it in a big way. 

April 6, 1982 is another storm that will probably never happen again in our lifetime. To get dry pottery blowing drifting snow with blizzard conditions in the middle of the day and temperatures dropping through the mid 20s on April 6 was just incredible. That storm had more powdery snow than the majority of all of the storms I have seen in March for crying out loud.

38 minutes ago, Andrew said:

April 6, 1982 is another storm that will probably never happen again in our lifetime. To get dry pottery blowing drifting snow with blizzard conditions in the middle of the day and temperatures dropping through the mid 20s on April 6 was just incredible. That storm had more powdery snow than the majority of all of the storms I have seen in March for crying out loud.

Yes, we could definitely see Apr 6 amounts on Apr 6 again, but to get such a cold snow in April and teens the next morning in Manhattan is incredible.

However, it DID happen once prior.  March 22, 1967 had 9" of snow and dropped to 8 degrees the next morning.

I'd argue that March 22 being 8 degrees is equivalent to being 16 on April 7.