March 1st - Meteorological Spring is Here

Today marks the start of meteorological Spring! Good riddance to February, too. Thank goodness this year wasn't a leap year!!

Anyway here is a quick summary of February 2015 for the area in the table below

Location	Avg. Temperature For February	Departure From Normal	Rank for Coldest February	Rank for Coldest All Months	Minimum Temps  at or Below Zero
Albany	12.7°	- 13.2°	Tied for 4th	4th	12
Glens Falls	7.3°	- 14.0°	1st	4th	20
Poughkeepsie	15.6°	- 13.0°	1st	2nd	12
Bennington	10.3°	- 14.7°	N/A	N/A	19
Pittsfield	11.2°	- 12.6°	N/A	N/A	16

Region wide this past February was one of the coldest months since January of 1994. In some places it was one of the coldest Februaries ever and one of the Top 10 coldest months observed.

In addition to the record cold, the monthly snowfall total of 30.6 inches for Albany made it the 5th snowiest February on record.

The snowfall records for Albany go back to 1885 while temperature records go back to 1820.

The period of  records for Glens Falls goes back to 1945 with some months of data missing in 1945 and 1947.

Poughkeepsie's records go back to 1949 with data missing from January 1993 through July 2000.

I'll have a recap of the winter weather for the area later today along with a preview of meteorological Spring.

Credits:
National Climate Data Center Asheville, NC
NWS Albany, NY
Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC) Cornell College