Why hasnt it snowed yet in new york

The jet stream is likely to dip into the Southeast later this month, allowing cold air to spill into Upstate New York. That could bring heavy snow, especially downwind of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. The cold air could be aided by a dip in the polar vortex, the bitterly cold air that swirls around the north pole but often breaks off into chunks that dip into the northern latitudes of North America, Asia and Europe.

It looks like another warm winter for Upstate NY. Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission. All rights reserved About Us. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. This screen grab of the Whiteface Summit camera shows a bleak scene at the summit but no evidence of snow sticking, at least not on October On the morning of October 18, temperatures had tumbled into the 20s, and the Whiteface summit camera was blanketed in a fresh coating of snow.

Sub-freezing temperatures continued into October 19, allowing the snow to stick around as those temperatures dipped into the mids. To give you a sense of just how localized of an event this was, this view captured at the Wild Center showed that the snow was confined to just the top of Whiteface Mountain with an elevation of 4, feet. By the end of the day on October 19, temperatures recovered into the upper 30s, the snow began to melt and we had a better picture of the summit.

This was the beginning of the end for the snow, and with warmer air working in, it quickly melted into the morning hours of October Since then, the cold temperatures have returned to the summit of Whiteface Mountain but the snow hasn't. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Learn More. It's probably not hard to believe, but February was a very wet and snowy month.

It was tough to string together more than just three days of dry weather. With a new month comes a new weather pattern. It has been a few days now without any precipitation.