New York saw its first measurable snowfall of the season on Wednesday morning.
Just a few days prior, the city broke a 50-year-old record, in the midst of what has been an unseasonable winter.
On Jan. 29, 1973, over 50 years ago, Central Park saw its latest measurable snowfall of the season. With no snow in sight today, that record is about to fall.
On that day in 1973, Central Park got 1.8 inches of snow.
The city did see some flurries last week, but the snow needs to be at least a tenth of an inch for it to count as measurable. A trace — which is what we received — doesn’t cut it.
The longest the city went without snow is 332 days, and that streak ended with a snow storm on Dec. 15, 2020.
If Central Park remained free of snow through Feb. 4, the city would have broken that record, as well.
