Meteorological Winter 2010-2011: Where does it stand? Over the next few weeks, we will be taking a look at this past meteorological winter (2010-2011) in several different aspects. From storms, to precipitation, temperature and high and low days, we will analyze it from beginning to end. After all, for many people it was a historic winter from December through February. Since that point, the significant snowstorms have ended as the pattern change occurred. That being said, this week we will take a gander at the temperatures from this past winter. With the help of our friendly and reliable graph guy Yehuda Hyman, taking a look at this past winter becomes a whole lot easier. The featured image at the top of this post shows the temperatures for every day this season, and the normal average temperature for those days as well.

Feel like breaking it down even further? To your left is a chart showing the daily low, high, and average temperatures for each day as well as the normal, low, high and departure for that day from normal. You can easily see the coldest (1/24) and warmest (2/18) days of the season. These days were also surrounded by specifically volatile patterns and weather changes. It's also cool to check out the days where a cold front may have passed--where the temperatures spike the prior day, and are much lower the day afterwards. This winter featured a tremendous amount of cold air at the start of the year, and through the middle of the year, but once the global pattern broke down, and favored less cold, air area returned to normal and eventually above normal temperatures by the end of meteorological winter this March 1st. Calendar winter continues through March 20th, so don't rule out the chance of cold and snow just yet, but we don't have any snowstorm threats to report on the horizon. Remember, check back next week for precipitation overview from this meteorological winter recap.


Article by John Homenuk, with assistance and graphics by Yehuda Hyman. Written March 2nd 2011 at 9:05pm. Looking for a forecast? See New York Metro Weather's Long Range Forecast for the upcoming week, or view our Technical Forecast Discussion for the more serious weather enthusiasts. Also, check out our new Forecast Overview tab. For up to the minute details on forecasts, watches, warnings, and alerts, follow us on Twitter and Facebook.