By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
December 28,2014; 10:13PM,EST
While colder air will flow into the Northeast this week, there is some bad news for snow enthusiasts the lack of snow will continue through the end of December and the start of 2015.
The weather will turn progressively colder over the Midwest and Northeast through the middle of the week.
Temperatures will dip to slightly below average for a couple of days, but will generally not be enough to cause December, as a whole to finish below normal.
In most cases, temperatures this month from the Midwest to the Northeast will finish between 2 and 5 degrees F above average.
However, on a somewhat more significant note, December 2014 will finish with well-below average snowfall for the month.
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Some typically very snowy spots have only managed a few flakes of snow to a few inches.
This includes locations such as Pittsburgh and Erie, Pennsylvania, Boston and Chicago.
According to AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines, "In some cases the lack of snow this month in parts of the Midwest and Northeast is on par with some of the least snowiest Decembers on record."
December 1889, had very lean snowfall in this area with no snow reported in Pittsburgh, Detroit and Philadelphia. During the same month, a few snowflakes were observed in Chicago.
In December 1943, only a few tenths of an inch or less were observed in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and Flint, Michigan. This December has delivered 0.4 and 0.6 of an inch of snow respectively in Ft. Wayne and Flint.
More recently, December 2011 was void of snow in Philadelphia and New York City and only delivered a non-measurable amount of snow in Boston. Philadelphia only received few non-accumulating snowflakes during the entire winter of 1972.
While the track and nature of a potential new storm for the Midwest and Northeast is being monitored, that storm would not affect the region until the first weekend of 2015. Updates on that storm and the plunge of cold air and snow into the Southwest will continue on AccuWeather.com this week.
On Social Media
- David Colantuono · Top Commenter · Works at UnemployedThat figures. It's too bad I can't use profanity here because I can think of MANY profane words in my mind with how I feel about the lack of snow and abnormally warm temperatures. Just know that I am thinking of many R rated words for this Winter so far.
Andrew Nagy · Top Commenter · Villanova UniversityI Hope we get extended period of winter this Year lasting all the way through march. I Also hope next summer will be much cooler than Average.
Cory Morrison · Follow · Top Commenter · Oakville, OntarioI don't think I ever smiled at an Accuweather headline the entire year until today.- Andrew Nagy · Top Commenter · Villanova Universityoh well. we still have 3 months of winter left. No big deal.
Philip Wexler · Top Commenter · University of Rhode IslandI guess you can say that people who plowed snow in the Northeast didn't make any money to use the funds to buy Christmas gifts..... plenty of winter left though.. If it does get cold even without much snow - ski areas can make it.
Brian Huffman · Top Commenter · Muncie Southside High SchoolYou folks need to remember last winter was TERRIBLE and 90% of snow and cold came AFTER Christmas/New Years.............so it AIn't done yet..........
William Smith · Top Commenter · Inventory at Rem BarActually that happens most years around here.If you check out the records of past winters here in the NYC area,most of the snow and cold really doesn't get started until after New Year's.In fact,some of the coldest and snowiest months around here occur in the months of January and February.Heck,we don't usually even get the first snowfall around here until December 10,or there-abouts.This winter is only 7 or 8 days old,so everyone has to calm down and realize that the 2014-15 winter season has only just begun.Heck,2 or 3 winters ago,the snow and cold really didn't get started until Ground Hog's Day, February 2
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