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Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more) by year and decade at Central Park

1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Number of Warning Criteria Snowstorms by Decade
Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more) by year at Central Park
1869 to 1879
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1869:
January 1
January 19
February 26


9.0
6.0
6.0

1870:
February 8
March 6-7


8.0
6.0

1871:
January 26-27
February 14


9.0
7.0

1872:
December 26


18.0

1873:
January 27
December 27-28


6.0
6.0

1874:
January 14
February 6-7
February 25-26


6.5
6.5
7.5

1875:
April 12-14


10.0

1876:
February 3-4


11.0

1877:
January 1-2


13.0

1878:
none

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1879:
January 15-16


13.0

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1880 to 1889
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1880 & 1881:
none

--

1882:
January 31
February 4-5
November 29-30


8.0
9.0
9.0

1883:
February 10-11
December 23-24


8.0
7.5

1884:
none

--

1885:
February 25


6.5

1886:
December 5


8.1

1887:
none

--

1888:
March 12-14


21.0

1889:
none

--

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1890 to 1899
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1890:
March 19
December 26


6.0
7.0

1891:
January 25


8.0

1892:
January 15
March 17-18


6.0
8.0

1893:
January 5-6
February 17-18
March 4


6.0
9.1
6.0

1894:
January 26-27
February 12-13
February 25-26


6.5
7.0
8.0

1895:
none

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1896:
March 2
March 15-16
December 15-16
December 22-23


10.0
12.0
7.0
6.0

1897:
January 27-28
February 12


10.0
8.5

1898:
November 26-27
November 29-30


10.0
6.0

1899:
February 7-8
February 12-13


6.5
16.0

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1900 to 1909
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1900:
February 17-18


6.0

1901:
none

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1902:
February 17
March 5
December 12-14
December 25


10.0
6.5
6.2
6.5

1903:
February 15-17


9.8

1904:
January 2-3
December 12-13
December 17-18


8.0
7.0
6.0

1905:
January 3-4
January 24-25


7.0
11.0

1906:
February 8-9
March 15


6.0
6.0

1907:
January 17
February 4-5
February 24
March 10


6.0
11.0
6.0
6.0

1908:
January 23-24
February 5-6


10.0
8.0

1909:
December 25-26



8.0

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1910 to 1919
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1910:
January 14-15


10.0

1911:
December 3-4


7.0

1912:
December 24


11.4

1913:
none

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1914:
February 13-14
March 1-2


9.7
14.5

1915:
March 6-7
April 3-4
December 13-14


7.7
10.2
6.0

1916:
March 6
December 15


7.4
12.7

1917:
March 4-5
April 8-9
December 13-14


6.7
6.5
9.1

1918 & 1919:
none

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Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1920 to 1929
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1920:
February 4-7


17.5

1921:
February 20


12.5

1922:
January 28-29


6.5

1923:
January 3-4
January 14
February 6-7
March 6-7


9.0
7.8
6.3
7.3

1924:
April 1


8.5

1925:
January 2
January 20


11.5
7.0

1926:
February 3-4
February 9-10
December 5


10.4
12.0
7.9

1927 & 1928:
none

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1929:
February 21


8.0

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1930 to 1939
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1930 & 1931:
none

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1932:
December 17-18


7.2

1933:
February 11
December 26


10.0
11.2

1934:
February 1
February 19-20
February 25-26


9.8
7.6
9.3

1935:
January 23-34


13.0

1936:
January 19


9.0

1937:
none

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1938:
April 6-7
November 24-25


6.4
8.8

1939:
January 13-14


8.8

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1940 to 1949
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1940:
February 14-15


9.0

1941:
March 7-8


18.1

1942:
none

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1943:
January 28


7.1

1944:
February 11-12
April 5


7.3
6.5

1945:
January 15-16
December 19-20


6.7
8.3

1946:
February 19-20


7.5

1947:
February 20-21
December 26-27


10.7
26.4

1948:
December 19-20


16.0

1949:
February 28


9.0

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1950 to 1959
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1950, 1951, 1952 & 1953:
none

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1954:
January 10-12


8.6

1955:
none

--

1956:
March 16-17
March 18-19


6.7
11.6

1957:
February 1
December 3-4


6.3
8.0

1958:
February 15-16
March 20-21


7.9
11.8

1959:
December 21-22


13.7

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1960 to 1969
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1960:
March 3-4
December 11-12


14.5
15.2

1961:
January 19-20
February 3-4


9.9
17.4

1962:
none

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1963:
December 23-24


6.6

1964:
January 12-13
February 19-20


12.5
6.8

1965:
January 10


6.3

1966:
January 29-30
February 24-25
December 24-25


6.8
6.3
7.1

1967:
February 7
February 21-22
March 22


12.5
9.8
9.0

1968:
March 1


6.6

1969:
February 9-10
December 25-26


15.3
6.8

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1970 to 1979
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1970:
none

--

1971:
January 1


6.4

1972 & 1973:
none

--

1974:
February 8-9


6.0

1975:
February 12


7.8

1976 & 1977:
none

--

1978:
January 19-20
February 5-7


13.6
17.7

1979:
February 19


12.7

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1980 to 1989
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1980:
none

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1981:
March 5


8.6

1982:
April 6


9.6

1983:
February 11-12


17.6

1984:
March 8-9


6.9

1985 & 1986:
none

--

1987:
January 22


8.1

1988 & 1989:
none

--

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
1990 to 1999
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

1990:
December 27-28


7.2

1991:
February 26-27


8.9

1992:
March 19


6.2

1993:
March 13-14


10.6

1994:
February 8-9
February 11


9.0
12.8

1995:
February 4
December 19-20


10.8
7.7

1996:
January 7-8
February 2-3
February 16-17


20.2
7.1
10.7

1997, 1998 & 1999:
none

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Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more)by year at Central Park
2000 to Present
Year & Date(s)
Amount (inches)

2000:
December 30


12.0

2001:
January 21


6.0

2002:
December 5


6.0

2003:
February 16-17
December 5-7


19.8
14.0

2004:
January 28


10.3

2005:
January 22-23
February 24-25
February 28-March 1


13.8
6.0
7.5

2006:
February 11-12


26.9 *

2007:
none

--

2008:
February 22


6.0

2009:
March 1-2
December 19-20th


8.0
10.9

2010:
February 10
February 25-26


10.0
20.9

* all time record

Warning Criteria Snowstorms (6 inches or more) by decade at Central Park
1869 to Present
Decade
Numer of Times of Occurrence
1869
3
1870's
14
1880's
8
1890's
21
1900's
20
1910's
13
1920's
14
1930's
11
1940's
12
1950's
8
1960's
16
1970's
6
1980's
5
1990's
11
2000's
13
2010's
2

Updated February 26, 2010