SXUS99 KNYC 182323 CCA
RERNYC

RECORD REPORT...CORRECTION TO SNOWIEST FEBRUARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
612 PM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 

...RECORD SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR CENTRAL PARK...

THE FINAL SNOWFALL TOTAL FOR THE PRESIDENTS DAY STORM OF FEBRUARY 
16-17, 2003 AT CENTRAL PARK WAS 19.8 INCHES. THAT MAKES THIS STORM 
THE 4TH LARGEST IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL SINCE RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT 
SINCE 1869. 

THE TOP THREE ARE AS FOLLOWS...
1) 26.4 INCHES ON DECEMBER 26-27, 1947
2) 21.0 INCHES ON MARCH 12-14, 1888
3) 20.2 INCHES ON JANUARY 6-7, 1996

THE DAILY SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 17 REACHED 16.3 INCHES. THIS BREAKS 
THE OLD RECORD OF 10.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1902. 

FEBRUARY 2003 STANDS AS THE 4TH SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD WITH 
26.1 INCHES. THE SNOWIEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD STILL STANDS AT 27.9 
INCHES SET BACK IN 1934.

ALSO AS OF RIGHT NOW...FEBRUARY 2003 WITH ITS 26.1 INCHES IS TIED 
FOR THE 8TH SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD FOR CENTRAL PARK. IT IS TIED 
WITH JANUARY 1996. THE SNOWIEST MONTH ON RECORD IS MARCH 1896 WITH 
30.5 INCHES. 

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SXUS99 KNYC 180710
RERNYC

RECORD REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
200 AM EST TUE FEB 18 2003 

...RECORD PRECIPITATION BROKEN FOR CENTRAL PARK...

IN ADDITION TO THE RECORD SNOWFALL AT CENTRAL PARK OF 16.3 INCHES 
FOR YESTERDAY, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2003, BREAKING THE OLD RECORD 
OF 10.0 INCHES SET BACK IN 1902, THE RECORD PRECIPITATION OF 1.05 
INCHES SET BACK IN 1884 WAS BROKEN WITH A NEW RECORD OF 1.49 INCHES.