December 2017 - January 2018 Arctic Outbreak (thunderstorms, maximum, Alaska, Pittsburgh)
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Some stats:: Impossible to list them all. If you want me to check any for your area, just ask...
NYC has 13 days in a row staying below freezing. 3rd most! (should end today).
Only 1961 & 1881 had more. 146 yrs of records. Impressive. So nobody younger than 56yrs old experienced this streak.
Bridgeport, CT 13 days in a row staying below freezing breaks the record and ended the minimum temp staying below 13°F with 7 in a row. (3rd most)
Hartford has 2nd most days staying under 28°F and 5th most with minimum under 13°F.
Yesterday I started the long process of taking down all my exterior Christmas lights and decorations, and when I pulled the stakes out of the ground for the inflatable items, chunks of dirt came up with them, frozen to the stakes. Even in my corner of northeast Georgia, the ground is frozen solid, and we've spent more time below freezing than above.
Five of the first seven days of January had morning low temperatures in the 10s in Athens. This is also the eighth time since 1995-1996 that Athens has had at least three consecutive days with morning lows in the 10s. The longest period is four consecutive days in January 2015, but there have also been periods of three consecutive days in February 1996, December 1996, January 1999 and January 2010, and two such periods in January 2014, which had nine total days with morning lows in the 10s. (January 2014 has the most extreme cold of any month since I've lived here.)
All of the NYC metro area's NWS stations are currently running more than 15F below avg for the month. ISP for instance has an avg high/low of 22/9 so far.
NYC just recorded 3 consecutive days below 20F (-7C) and 13 consecutive days below 32F (0C). No station has reached freezing yet.
All NYC stations have above-avg snowfall for the entire month of January.
The Average Temp from Christmas Day to January 7th is 18.5°F (-7.5C).
Only 1 other year was colder and that was 100 yrs ago.
So unless you're 100 yrs old in NYC, you haven't experienced this cold for the 2 week period.
So Many Stats to check. Haven't even touched other states or areas.
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Couple more years like this and I'll be back to Hardiness zone 5
