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The Forgotten Blizzard of 1886 - Are our climate records better today?

The Forgotten Blizzard of 1886 - Are our climate records better today?. Tim Morrin Jeffrey Tongue NWS New York, NY. Gilda - 1946. January 9, 1886. March 13, 1888 ??. NCDC. High 25 Low 15 Pcpn 0.30” Snow ???

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The Forgotten Blizzard of 1886 - Are our climate records better today?

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  1. The Forgotten Blizzard of 1886 - Are our climate records better today? Tim Morrin Jeffrey Tongue NWS New York, NY

  2. Gilda - 1946 January 9, 1886

  3. March 13, 1888 ??

  4. NCDC • High 25 • Low 15 • Pcpn 0.30” • Snow ??? • Check of The Applied Climate Information System (ACIS), NOAA Regional Climate Centers. • SAME RESULT. Record of 4.3” in 1974

  5. NWS Web Page

  6. Records • Dr. Daniel Draper • 1841-1931 • Director of the New York Meteorological Observatory 1869-1911 • Records are in the Library of Congress

  7. Where??

  8. What Did Dr. Draper Report??

  9. 5”

  10. How?? • The Draper self-recording pluviometer.

  11. U.S. Signal Service: Daily Journal • 28.719” Hg (972 mb) • Anemometer Cups Blown Away. • 44 miles in velocity. • Street and RR Travel almost entirely suspended. • Many Marine Disasters Reported. • TOTAL SNOWFALL: • 11.90”

  12. Today

  13. ASOS ZOO

  14. Central Park Zoo

  15. The correct way to measure snow Measuring snow Sometimes not a “no-brainer”!

  16. You will need two SNOW BOARDS. Approx. 3 ft X 3 ft and painted white. • One board never gets swept (this one is for continuous snow depth) • The other board gets swept during snow event every 6 hours. Wiggle room here!! • The total snowfall for event is the Summation of all 6 hourly measurements

  17. First order climate locations • At airports—MANY challenges • Poor siting-NWS has no say where they are. • Too many obstructions • Too few acceptable locations to measure. • CENTRAL PARK BETTER—open sky, natural terrain, 24/7 coverage, yearly training. • Doing it here since winter of 1996-97

  18. QUESTIONS ?????

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