By West Side Rag
As of 1 p.m. on Monday, 19.7 inches of snow have fallen in Central Park, according to the New York Times.
The worst of the storm has seemingly passed the city as of 4 p.m., but not before the blizzard dumped two feet of snow in some parts of the five boroughs.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani lifted the travel ban on New York City at noon, and also announced that public schools will be open for in-person instruction on Tuesday.
Here are photos of the snow on the Upper West Side. If you have great shots of the flakes in the neighborhood, please send them to info@westsiderag.com, and we’ll try our best to include them in this roundup.
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Oh, Snow you di’inn’t!
Some nice pics, but the snow has already turned vile and fetid.
Fetid? That means it smells bad. I mean, sure, in a week it will, when all the unpicked-up dog poop spreads out all over the sidewalks, but for now the snow is nose-friendly.
Kudos to all the hard working staff on West End Avenue! They cleared the snow and made it safe for us to walk !
stunning pictures, i wish i were there – i am stuck in Florida – can’t get a flight home – i would rather be in the snow, truly – it’s 40 degrees here
Hi. How so I email you photos?
If you have great shots of the flakes in the neighborhood, please send them to info@westsiderag.com, and we’ll try our best to include them in this roundup.
actually I luv it! Our Park is glorious !
Natures gift if u eill. Our kids having a ball!!
There is an inherent fallacy in the numbers given for the amount of snowfall for NYC. The numbers are derived from how much snow falls “into” the “measuring device” at Belvedere Castle in Central Park (the same is true for rainfall). But this number can be wildly inaccurate, as it almost certainly was for the most recent snowfall.
This is because it measures ALL snow that falls, not just how much actually sticks. For example, it began snowing at ~12 noon on Sunday – but not a single flake stuck for well over 4 hours. It did not start actually sticking to the ground (and cars) until after 4 pm. However, whatever amount of snow fell in that initial 4-5 hours was counted toward the “total” snowfall – even though not one flake had stuck yet. And NYers “measure” snowfall by how much they have to walk through or remove form their cars – NOT by how much may have fallen that had zero impact on them.
So if 2″-4″ “fell” in that first 4 hours, it is “counted” as “snowfall” because it fell in the “measuring device” in Central Park. But to paraphrase the old “tree falling in an empty forest,” if snow falls but it doesn’t stick, and has no effect on people, should it still count as part of the “snowfall?”
For me (and many others), the amount of snow that “fell” is more accurately determined by taking a ruler and putting it into the snow on the hood of a car, and seeing how deep it is. Or simply doing that with the snow on the ground.
This means the ACTUAL (sticking) snowfall was closer to 12″-13″ than to the 18″-19″ claimed by the City via its measuring device in Central Park. Of course, measurements may vary throughout the City. But here on the UWS, it was ~13″(I measured it in three places) – just an inch or two more than the previous snowfall.
Killjoy AND pedant. WOW!
Knowledge — EWWW!
They measure snow using a snowboard. That is the measuring device for snow. The total precipitation is separate. Of course the snow depth will be lower because snow compacts immediately. Snow is measured about once every 6 hours.
Thank you for these beautiful and fun photos.
There was a huge,beautiful tree outside that almost touched my window. Looked forward to watch the green leaves happen each Spring. Three parts of the tree snapped off because of the snow. Feeling very,very sad.
Thank you for the beautiful photos! I especially liked the one of the RiversidePark benches. <3
great photos
Great issue. Wally
There definitely was more than 19.7 inches. That report was at 1 pm on the day of the storm and it snowed for another hour after that which the Central Park reporting station failed to factor in.