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The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 [1] [2] was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [ 3 ]
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:
46 years ago today: Deadly blizzard of '78 piled snowdrifts 10 feet high, led to 51 deaths. Gannett. Bailey Gallion, Columbus Dispatch. January 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM. ... In Other News.
On Jan. 30, 1977, 48 years ago today, parts of New York and southern Ontario were in the midst of one of the region's worst blizzards in memory. In Buffalo's case, this storm was a bit unusual in ...
As temperatures dropped amid the deadly New York winter storm and many people were left stranded outside, one New York man took action.
New York was spared the worst of the storm. The state's southeast area received five to ten inches of snow; its north, six to twelve inches; and central New York received ten to eighteen inches. On Long Island, 250,000 residents lost power, some for up to several days.
New York City experienced its 5th largest snowstorm on record, 4th at the time. [21] This, combined with a winter storm earlier in the month resulted in February 2010 becoming the snowiest month on record in New York City. [22] Several private schools and institutions cancelled classes on Friday, February 26, due to the storm.
A monster nor'easter continued its slow crawl up the Eastern Seaboard of the United States on Monday night, pounding the region with heavy snow and high winds, snarling travel, canceling flights ...