This May Become Binghamton’s Coldest Month

There appears to be a good chance this month will wind up as the coldest month ever recorded by the Binghamton National Weather Service office.

David Nicosia, the office's warning coordination meteorologist, said forecasters have been discussing the possibility that this February will wind up in the record books.

Speaking on WNBF Radio's Binghamton Now program, Nicosia said the average temperature so far this month is 14.4 degrees, a little more than nine degrees below normal. That's cold enough to make it the second-coldest February for Binghamton since the start of records going back to 1950.

This February now ranks as the fifth-coldest month on record. The coldest month recorded for Binghamton was January 1977 when the average temperature was 12.

Nicosia said "there's a lot more cold air coming." That means the current local record for coldest month could be in jeopardy.

Daytime high temperatures in Binghamton are expected to be in the single digits Thursday and Friday.

The current forecast suggests the local temperature could jump to 24 on Saturday and even reach freezing on Sunday. But that moderating trend is expected to run through the end of the weekend.

Nicosia said the duration of the cold in the region this month has been "remarkable."

As for snowfall, Nicosia said people in the Southern Tier should be prepared for a busy March. He said the region often gets its biggest snowstorms in March and he could see that scenario happening this year.