Now that the month of February is in the rear-view mirror, it's time to take a look at just how snowy and cold the month actually was.
Nearly two feet (22.7") of snow fell at the Bridgeport climate station, making it the second snowiest February on record, trailing only the unforgettable February of 2013, which featured the 30-inch blizzard of February 8 & 9, 2013.
This year's blizzard of February 22 & 23 delivered exactly 20" of snow, including a 15" total Monday, February 23. That Winter storm tied the February 17 & 18, 2003, Presidents' Day storm for the second highest two-day total in the city's history. In fact, there were six days with measured snow and five days with a trace of snow for the month.
February was also brutally cold. The average monthly temperature was 28.7 degrees, which is 4.4 degrees colder-than-normal.
Eighteen days featured a colder-than-normal average temperature, including five days with an average temperature at least 10 degrees below normal. The range was 48 degrees (February 28) and two degrees (February 8).
Twenty-five days produced a low temperature of 32 degrees or colder, and five days featured a high temperature of 32 degrees or colder.
Paul
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