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Interior Mid-Atlantic Cities (North-South):
Rochester, NY - 92 inches
Syracuse, NY - 115 inches
Buffalo, NY - 93 inches
Albany, NY - 63 inches
Allentown, PA - 32 inches
Pittsburgh, PA - 43 inches
Harrisburg, PA - 34 inches
Coastal Mid-Atlantic Cities (North-South):
New York, NY (CP) - 28 inches
New York, NY (LGA) - 26 inches
Newark, NJ - 27 inches
New York, NY (JFK) - 22 inches
Philadelphia, PA - 20 inches
Baltimore, MD - 20 inches
Atlantic City, NJ - 15 inches
Washington, DC (Dulles) - 22 inches
Washington, DC (National) - 16 inches
I was going to include the average temperature for December, January, & February but I'm tired and they'd come out very wrong lol.
I know that kind of snowfall is rare for those cities and I know NYC/Philly can and do see more than a coating.
Indeed. The city farthest south on the east coast that on average receives at least a foot of snow per winter is Richmond, Virginia (discounting the mountains further south).
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I was going to include the average temperature for December, January, & February but I'm tired and they'd come out very wrong lol.
NYC benefits a LOT from the heat island effect. As soon as you get away from the built up areas, temperatures, especially the lows, can get a lot lower. Morristown NJ for example, which is a stones throw away from NYC, has a January low of 18.4F.
Within an hour's drive on NYC you can reach a place that has a yearly average 5-6F colder. Sussex, NJ is pretty much as cold as Toronto and it at less than 500 feet elevation.
NYC benefits a LOT from the heat island effect. As soon as you get away from the built up areas, temperatures, especially the lows, can get a lot lower. Morristown NJ for example, which is a stones throw away from NYC, has a January low of 18.4F.
Within an hour's drive on NYC you can reach a place that has a yearly average 5-6F colder. Sussex, NJ is pretty much as cold as Toronto and it at less than 500 feet elevation.
I live in NW New Jersey. Highest elevation I believe is 1300 ft. Lowest average low is 14 F.
NYC benefits a LOT from the heat island effect. As soon as you get away from the built up areas, temperatures, especially the lows, can get a lot lower. Morristown NJ for example, which is a stones throw away from NYC, has a January low of 18.4F.
Within an hour's drive on NYC you can reach a place that has a yearly average 5-6F colder. Sussex, NJ is pretty much as cold as Toronto and it at less than 500 feet elevation.
A large part of the difference is coastal influence. In Long Island, an hour to two east of NYC, lows are in the mid 20s.
When I used to come back to upstate New York after winter break in late January, it felt like I was coming back to a cold version of hell. Completely cloudy, windy and blowing snow and temperatures in the teens. After a few weeks it seemed almost bearable.
When I used to come back to upstate New York after winter break in late January, it felt like I was coming back to a cold version of hell. Completely cloudy, windy and blowing snow and temperatures in the teens. After a few weeks it seemed almost bearable.
New York State is a funny bird:
Much of the state is rather high in elevation, gets a lot of snow in winter, and the far northern ends are very cold. Yet NYC and Long Island, are low, close to the coast, get far less snow in winter, and lows even out of the urban areas are much warmer. Upstate/Western NY (near the lakes) is not for the faint of heart when it comes to winter and snow/cold. Although the Midwest is colder and parts of the Great Lakes/Western States get more snow…northern NY combines the two in a long and tough winter.
People in NYC/Long Island have no idea what real winter is - lol (just kidding NYers).
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