Yesterday, 1/24, Albany hi=16@1638{farm=12.2@1600}, lo=m1@0400{farm=m7.2@0100};96%PPS; windy.
1-26-03: This day, 2002, NWS high temp was 52. Yesterday,1/25, NWS hi=25@1621{farm=23.1@1400}, lo=one @0134{farm=3.8@0100}. Sunny AM, increasg overcast PM w/ 46% sunshine. Little wind. Damp air.
1-27-03: This day, 1974, NWS hi=62 for record; 1987, m15 record lo; 1994, m23 for new record lo, with m26 at the farm; 2002, hi @ Albany=53.Yesterday, 1/26, NWS hi=25@1746{farm=24.3@1200}, lo=14@0127
{farm=14.5@0300}. Heavy cld cover all day with light, fine snow 0800 into PM. No wind, but a "raw" day.
1-28-03: This day, 1977, NWS record lo=m15; 2002, Albany hi=55, one degree below record set in 1916. Yesterday, 1/27, NWS hi=18@0027{farm=17.0@0100}, lo=m5@2324{farm=m9.6@2400; 93%PPS; btfl day.
1-29-03: This day, 1966, "Blizzard of 1966" began with a 'noreaster followed by 'lake effect' squalls for three days; Oswego had 75-80" snow and Rome 41". 2002, NWS hi=54 for record, farm=49. Yesterday, 1/28, NWS
hi=12@2400{farm=9.2@1500}, lo=m12@0219{farm=m12.9@0400}; no sunshine, little wind, odd temp patrn.
1-30-03: This day, 1974, record hi set @ 54. Yesterday, 1/29, NWS hi=26@1649{farm=23.1@1500}, lo=12@
0049{farm=7.0@0100}.Low clouds, no sunshine, a few AM snowflakes, no wind so comfy PM. Cold air enrte
1-31-03: Going back a ways to 1948, my freshman year at Union College, when a record low of minus 26 was
set.Yesterday, 1/30, NWS hi=29@1626{farm=26.5@1600}, lo=m1@0651{farm=m2.1@0700}.Btfl day-86PPS
2-1-03: This day, 1980, "Ground hardly covered by snow; virtually no snowfall in Jan.";1989, new NWS record hi @65. Yesterday, 1/31, NWS hi=30{farm=29.9@1300}, lo=5{farm=4.5@0500}; 16PPS; sunnyAM; incr clds
2-02-03: This day, 1976, "'quickie blizzard'; 69mph wind at Albany; 0001 temp=49, 1030=one; a real cold front!
1981, 53 for record hi at Albany. Yesterday, 2/1, NWS hi=35@2355{farm=34.6@1500}, lo=29@0716{farm=
28.1@0100}. No sunshine; overcast gray and warm. Few snow falkes early AM.
Catching up on recording info after computer was down, but no 'farm' data for a while. CGS, 2/15.
2-03-03: This day, 1991, 56 degree record hi at Albany-"gorgeous sunny day." {Today normal daily average temperature begins to rise, with 22 for yesterday and 23 today.} Yesterday, 2/2, NWS hi=37, lo=34. Warm but windy and damp, nasty day. No sunshine. Dusting of snow before 0600.
2-04-03: This day, 1978, minus 13 record lo at Albany; 1991, 61 for record hi; 1995, 16-18" snow at farm- first real storm of the season. Yesterday, NWS hi=40@1440, lo=28@0722. 67% sunshine.
2-05-03: This day, 1995, "Extreme W/NW winds all day; 4 degree hi at farm; much drifting in area." Yesterday,
2/4, NWS hi=40@1348, lo=30@2353. Warm, dark, rain on and off, with a few snow flakes 1600.
2-06-03: This day, 1983, 16.7" snow at Albany airport with blizzard conditions; 1991, record hi=55; 1995, m11
NWS lo, with m12 at farm and hi 0-2; another windy day. Yesterday, 2/5, NWS hi=31@0043, lo=16@1306.
2-07-03: This day, 1995, new NWS record lo= m18, with m14 at farm and hi= 10. Yesterday, 2/6, NWS hi=27
@1736, lo=10@0731. 92% sunshine for a btfl, blue sky day.
2-08-03: No historical info. Yesterday, 2/7, NWS hi=31@1625, lo=15@2400. 9% sunshine; light snow in AM.
2-09-03: This day, 1934, lowest reorded NYS temp of minus 52 at Stillwater Resevoir (see 2/18 below), with minus 14 in NYC for all time record low. Yesterday, 2/8, NWS hi=27, lo=5. 94% sunshine, pleasant PM.
2-10-03: This day 1979, minus 18 at farm, m13 at Albany. Yesterday, 2/9, NWS hi=34@1516, lo=13@2246.
2-11-03: This day, 1979, minus 20 at farm; 1981, record hi at Albany=59. Yesterday, 2/10, Albany hi=33
@1400, lo=16@0334. 8% sunshine, 1" snow before dawn, plesantly warm, clearing in evening.
2-12-03: This day, 1979, minus 16 record lo, with m20 at farm; 1981, all time high barometer= 30.9 (see 13th
below). Yesterday, 2/11, NWS hi=24@0045, lo=2@0851{note times}. 79% sunshine; brief,heavy snow squall.
2-13-03: This day, 1979, minus 14 at farm; 1981, new all time high barometer= 31.12. Yesterday, 2/12, NWS
hi=24@1036, lo=9@0242. 49% sunshine, several snow squalls in AM & early PM, windy.
2-14-03: This day, 1979, minus 18 at farm; 1987, NWS record low= m10. Special note- 1976, "dug mulched carrots." Yesterday, 2/13, NWS hi=16@1459, lo=3@0735. 81% sunshine, some snow before 0500+squalls.
2-15-03:This day, 1979, minus 12 at farm; 2002, thru this day "heating degree days" are 19.5% below normal.
Yesterday, 2/14, NWS hi=18@1509, lo=m6@0716. 68% sunshine; cold, windy somewhat sunny; clr,cld,nite.
2-16-03: This day, 1979, minus 5 at farm; 1981, hit 52 at farm; 1992, robins in front yard. Yesterday, 2/15,
NWS hi=10@1622, lo=m2@2400. 84% sunshine, btfl day w/ little wind, fortunately. Bright, almost full moon.
2-17-03: This day, 1973, record low at Albany=m16; 1979, minus 18 at the farm; 1981, record hi at Albany=63
Yesterday, 2/16, NWS hi=4@1717, lo=m5@0847 (normal daily avg is 25!). No sun; fortunately little wind.