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!