Winter storms from February 8 through 13 February 14, 2025

From the night of February 8 through the morning of February 13, Long Island dealt with three winter storms. Each storm left less wet snow on the ground. As I type on the morning of February 14 (Valentine’s Day), less than an inch of snow is expected on the front and back end of weekend rain.

As has been the case lately, I went to sleep early on the night of February 8, around 8PM, and didn’t take any photos until I woke up early the next morning, February 9. Using the same purple plastic 12-inch ruler I always do, I measured 4 inches of wet snow on the front lawn and 3/4 inch on the driveway pavement.

With the help of my father, it took me 54 minutes and 21 seconds to shovel snowfall from the driveway, left side of the house, curb, and sidewalk. Since this was wet snow, it was weighty. The instant I felt resistance, I would pick up the shovel, placing what I’d gathered off the pavement and onto the grass or in front of the bushes.

You know the drill: time for the photographic timeline.

Round 2 showed up on the night of February 11. The National Weather Service initially predicted 1 to 3 inches of snow and did not issue a winter weather advisory. However, as I pessimistically expected, they bumped that up to 2 to 4 inches with said advisory. I did take a couple of photos before bedtime and all the rest on February 12.

The NWS should have stuck with their original forecast because 2 inches of wet snow was all I measured on top of Sunday’s snowfall, and only 1/4 inch on the driveway.

Less snow meant a shorter shoveling time: 34 minutes and 3 seconds.

This photographic timeline begins with the pre-bedtime photos on Tuesday night (February 11).

Round 3 had the least snow of all: less than an inch is presumed to have fallen on the night of February 12 before changing to rain overnight. I was happy to see rain falling and snow melting when I looked out my window on the morning of February 13.

We have another month until spring and I’m in no rush to put away the shovels. If there are anymore storms, I’ll take the usual photos and post them here. Until then, thank you for reading.

3/12 UPDATE: There was an inch of snow on the front end of the February 15-16 storm, but the temperatures warmed up on the night of the 15th, changing the snow to rain and allowing for plenty of melting. Cold and windy conditions followed on the 17th, followed by a gradual warming trend. By now, low temps are no lower than the upper 30s. Spring weather is settling in and snow seems unlikely for the rest of winter. The shovels and rock salt back are going back in the garage. We didn’t even need to use the snow blower.