NYC - No Snow In November Or December For The First Time Since 1877 - NYT

[hatrack]

No children screeching on toboggans. No thwack against a friend’s head. No melting on tongues. No snow. November. December, too.

For the last two months, no snow has fallen on Central Park, and it probably won’t fall anytime soon, forecasters say. Indeed, not since April 8 has there been even a flurry.

The National Weather Service said that last month appeared to be the first December without a snowflake here since 1877, when Rutherford B. Hayes was president.

Moreover, New York City is not alone. Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, Vienna and Stockholm report little or no snow this season. It has been so warm in Yaroslavl, a city about 150 miles northeast of Moscow, that Masha the bear, a resident of the city zoo, woke up last month from his hibernation after only a week.

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[Cha]

1. And we're 4 1/2 hours north of

NYC and we are sittin' here snowless, too. All went to Denver!

[Quakerfriend]

2. yeah, my sisters all went to our families favorite skiing spot in

North Creek, NY- Gore Mt. last week. 4 trails were open and only because it was all man made. :cry:

[Bitwit1234]

3. Other than a dusting

yesterday was the first day in ages that the Range area in Minnesota, had gone this long before they had measurable snow. We had about 5 inches.

[dflprincess]

4. The same is true in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area

It started raining Saturday night and switched over to snow about 2:30 Sunday afternoon, I didn't hear how much actually fell, but there can't be more than a couple inches on the ground and that should melt by the end of the week.

Last week I heard Paul Douglas (local weatherman) say that, except for a couple spots around the Great Lakes there was no snow east of the Rockies.

[msongs]

5. if it happened in 1877, was there global warming then?

eivdently this lack of snowfall is nothing new because it has happened long ago also, therefore, it cannot be attributed to global warming, eh?

now if it happens EVERY year from now on, it will not be just a fluke.

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[Dead_Parrot]

6. Christ, what rock are you living under?

It IS happening every year. It has been for some time.

Hottest years (global):

[phantom power]

9. There's a pattern there... I can *feel* it...

[bananas]

7. You are a fluke of the universe

you have no right to be here
...

[progressivebydesign]

8. And here near Seattle, ANOTHER soaking tropical storm today!

53 degrees here and pouring rain? In January? SOmething is very wrong.

[Channel Locks]

10. We recieved record snowfall in NM

2 feet worth. I've never seen that much combined in the 18 years that I lived there.

[NMDemDist2]

11. hi Channel Locks, Welcome to DU!

:hi:

since I live in the SE corner of the state I didn't get any snow, but you guys have a mess on your hands I know