If the dearth of snow this winter is alarming to you, you are not alone.
As New York Metropolis is about to interrupt a report for the most recent recorded measurable snowfall on report (Jan. 29 is the present report, set again in 1973), it is necessary to notice that the dearth of snow is way from regular. Solely six instances prior to now 50 years has town gotten lower than 10 inches of snow for a season, according to the National Weather Service.
It will be February earlier than the 5 boroughs see any reliable snowfall in any way, so breaking the double digit mark at this level would probably require a number of snow occasions, or one actually huge storm.
The latter may be very uncommon: Solely 20 times since 1869 has it snowed greater than a foot in at some point within the metropolis. Although to be honest, two of those days were in the past decade: 14.8 inches fell on Feb. 1, 2021, and the all-time report each day snowfall was 27.3 inches on Jan. 23, 2016.
Whereas it is not possible to foretell if we’re in retailer for an enormous storm throughout the ultimate month and a half of the season, as of now we will very safely say NYC is on tempo for certainly one of its least snowy winters of the previous 150 years. The town has not seen a really snowless winter in recorded historical past, so the present complete would instantly be a report.
This is an inventory of the ten least snowiest seasons for Central Park, in line with the Nationwide Climate Service:
| Snowfall Whole for Season (in inches) | Years | |
| 1 | 2.8 | 1972-1973 |
| 2 | 3.5 | 2001-2002 |
| 3 | 3.8 | 1918-1919 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 2019-2020 |
| 5 | 5.1 | 1900-1901 |
| 6 | 5.3 | 1931-1932 |
| 7 | 5.5 | 1997-1998 |
| 8 | 7.4 | 2011-2012 |
| 9 | 8.1 | (tie) 1988-1989 and 1877-1888 |
| 10 | 9.3 | 1950-1951 |