No sign of snow in New York City- Is climate change to blame?

 “Climate Change isn’t something people get to choose to believe or not: it’s happening.”

Climate crisis has intensified in recent years with the collapse of the global economy. As the world becomes more and more vulnerable to global warming, we tend to experience the uncertainty of the future consequences. Yet there are various factors impacting climate change on human life that are unresolved and contradictory to the fundamental principles.

It’s a matter of time before our generation is ready to leave the earth and pass on the earth to the next generations, now it’s a wake up call to humanity and the planet. During the past centuries, humanity has evolved into a harm zone for the environment, human activities have drastically influenced agriculture, temperature, and the ocean itself. 

Now here we are in 2023, New York City is about to set a snow free winter for the first time since the 19th Century. As New York States such as Buffalo, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire are prone to Blizzard conditions, on January 29, 2023, snow finally came which struck the less snoweiest record in New York City. Eyewitness reports that snow has been coming in from no higher than 3 inches, which is below average for the past decades.

Research says; “Flakes have fallen from the sky several times this winter in Central Park, home to the city’s official weather observations, but none have accumulated — or totaled at least 0.1 inches. The previous latest first measurable snowfall was on Jan. 29 in 1973.” 

However, Monday marked the 327th day in a row without measurable snow, and the city could surpass the longest period on record if nothing accumulates in the next five days. The record of 332 consecutive days ended Dec. 15, 2020. Of the 10 longest streaks without accumulation, six have occurred since the winter of 1999-2000.

Moreover New York is far from the only city lacking snow in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Much of the Interstate 95 corridor south to Washington, including Philadelphia and Baltimore, has seen little to none of it this winter. Even Boston has seen only 7.6 inches so far this winter, compared with an average of 23.5 inches. The last time the city saw snowfall was on March 9, 2022, when 0.4 inches were recorded now the record for the latest snow in a season now stands as Feb. 1, 2023.

Many believed that New York City could make up its “snow deficit” in February or March; however according to the weather forecast, there is no chance of snow or temperatures below mid 40 is expected in February. The forecast leaves many people interrogating the suspect for global positioning in the City since everywhere else is exposed to blizzards. Moreover there’s more people who seem to enjoy the weather than the locals who are susceptible to the heat in the winter months.

NEW YORK CITY — New York City’s snowless streak is finally over! Woohoo!

February 27, ending a 328-day snowless streak that dated back to March 2022. While there had already been a few occasional sightings of snowflakes in Manhattan this winter, the official measuring station in Central Park hadn’t observed at least 0.1 inches of snow until Monday, which is needed to be considered “measurable” snow and counted as a snowy day in the record books. 

• Snow lovers also expect this winter to see snow in new areas of the city, however don’t get too excited yet! Though: predictions roughly calculated New York will only see 3 to 5 inches of snow, mixed with sleet and rain. So, to answer your question, no, we’re not about to witness a major snow storm now or even anytime soon.

Enjoy some Hilarious tweets from New Yorkers regarding the snow!

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