Feb 24, 2015

More on our record setting February Cold

Once again another arctic blast has moved over the area. Glens Falls, NY had two record low temperatures over the past two days. Last night (Feb 23), just before midnight the temperature fell to -20° setting a record low for the date; this morning the airport bottomed out at -26° another record for today.

Through February 23, the average monthly temperature at Glens Falls is 7.6° or 13.1° BELOW normal. Digging through the climate data base from the Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) at Cornell University, I came up with the following temperature information for Glens Falls, NY (temperature and precipitation records go back to 1945 for the Glens Falls airport; also note that some data is missing including the MONTHS of January through April inclusive in 1947): For this location this will be the COLDEST February on Record. No February at Glens Falls has ever had an average temperature in the single numbers!

Below is a table of the Top 10 Coldest Months at Glens Falls. 
Rank
Month
Year
Average Temperature
1
January
1970
4.9°
2
January
1982
6.5°
3
January
1994
7.1°
4
January
1981
8.3°
5
January
2004
8.5°
6
January
1976
9.6°
7
January
1968
9.7°
8
January
1977
10.3°
9
February
1979
10.4°
10
January
1995
11.0
It is interesting to note that the month of February appears in the TOP 10 ALL time coldest months only once (#9). It also appears that this February will shatter the coldest February temperature and likely be the 4th or 5th coldest month ever in Glens Falls, well ever since 1945!

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