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Scene on residential street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. 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 storm helped make the winter of 1959-60 the snowiest in local history. NOTE : Unofficial records show a one-day snowfall of 30 inches on Feb. 15, 1837, and multi-day storms totaling 30 inches ...
The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York, Central NY, Northern NY, and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year. Daily peak wind gusts ranging from 46 to 69 mph (74 to 111 km/h) were recorded by the National Weather Service in Buffalo , with snowfall as high as 100 in (254 cm) recorded in areas, [ 1 ] and the high winds blew ...
The blizzard's intense wind gusts blowing over the warm waters of Lake Erie [6] triggered record lake-effect snow to Buffalo, New York, which at first fell as rain but later converted to snow and accumulated to 56.5 in (144 cm) over 5 days in Snyder adjacent to Buffalo, ending on December 27.
Blizzard dumps 2 feet of snow on Rochester NY (1999) On March 3 and 4, 1999 , a blizzard dumped nearly 2 feet of snow on Rochester. It was followed by another 18.4 inches of snow on March 6.
The nor'easter increased tides across the northeastern United States for several days due to its slow movement. In New York City, tides reached 8.04 ft (2.45 m) at Battery Park, which flooded Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive. Along Long Island, the nor'easter destroyed over 130 homes and left 454,000 people without power. In New England ...
Rochester faced a relentless onslaught of winter weather in March 1999 as a powerful blizzard blanketed the city with nearly 2 feet of snow on March 3 and 4. The storm, accompanied by fierce winds ...
At Central Park in New York, 11.4 inches (29 cm) of snow was recorded, while other parts of the city accumulated as much as 16 inches (41 cm). Much of Long Island was hit with over 2 feet (61 cm) of snow, with snowfall as high as 33.5 inches (85 cm) being recorded in Medford, in Suffolk County. [83]