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I have lived in both. It is obviously colder in Albany because it is 150 miles due north of NYC and inland and I've always noticed it either snowing simultaneously in both or raining simultaneously in both or rain in NYC while it's snowing in Albany (like yesterday/today), or snow/rain in one but not the other (because the storm did not cover the whole region in between), but never the situation in the above question.
What made me think of this is tomorrow's strange storm forecast where the rain/snow line is expected to be west/east instead of the usual north/south and right along the Hudson River. The forecast for Albany says rain tomorrow while that for NY City says strictly snow (at least in Manhattan). A local NYC radio station noted this and also thought it would be unprecedented. Though I'll believe it when I see it.
So it may seem like a weird question but I'm wondering if any "weather history geeks" out there know of an instance where this actually occurred, that is, a report of snow in NY City at the same as a report of (non-freezing) rain in Albany, as I would think it would almost be physically impossible. Thanks.
That is kind of weird. Not sure about the statistics but a low pressure just north of NYC could create such conditions. (Low pressure makes air circulate counterclockwise). In that case cold air would come down to NYC and new Jersey while relatively warm Atlantic air would move west towards NE and eastern NY state.
Well, it is snowing in NYC and raining in Albany now.
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