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The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [3] The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there. [4] Snow fell mostly from Monday morning, February 6 to the evening of Tuesday ...
The cooperative observer station at the Bennetts Bridge power plant, near Altmar, New York, established an official all-time New York State monthly snowfall record with 192 inches (16.0 ft; 4.9 m) of snowfall in January 1978. [16] Long-term New York weather stations that established all-time monthly snowfall records in January 1978 include:
After a lull at Watertown, the storm restarted at 2:30 am on January 29, and lasted until 10:00 pm. This portion of the storm included gusts to 50 mph (80 km/h) and heavy snow. [174] The storm then abated at Watertown, but at 2:00 pm on Sunday, visibility returned to zero.
An unusually strong and long-duration lake-effect snow event starting on Christmas Eve in 2001 dumped over 5 feet of snow on the Buffalo, New York, area, over the next few days, with more than 100 ...
The ice storm struck late afternoon on Sunday, March 3, 1991. In total, more than 200,000 homes and businesses in western New York lost power, and it took 14 days to restore electricity for most ...
On Long Island, 250,000 residents lost power, some for up to several days. Ice on the third rail of the Long Island Railroad left passengers marooned on trains for seven to ten hours. [1] The 1994 novel The Ice Storm takes place over Thanksgiving weekend 1973, during a dangerous ice storm.
A four-day ice storm from November 26-29, 1921 battered central Massachusetts. [1] 1940s ... Twin North Carolina Ice Storms of January 12–13 and 19-20, 1978 [4]
A blizzard that buried parts of the Northeast in more than a foot of snow was followed Friday by icy temperatures that left roads as slick as skating rinks.