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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:
Snow drifts made travel difficult in parts of New York (February 7, 1977) A house almost completely buried in snow in Tonawanda, New York (January 30, 1977). The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York, Central NY, Northern NY, and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year.
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 ...
It also ranged widely throughout the state. Columbus saw just 4.7 inches , according to the National Weather Service. Cincinnati received 6.9 inches, and Dayton was blanketed under 12.9 inches.
Piles of snow were stacked higher than horses in New York City following the Great Blizzard of 1899. ... from central Virginia to western Connecticut, including 20.5 inches in the nation's capital ...
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Wind chills across the plains fell to between −70 and −80 °F (−56.7 and −62.2 °C). Severe cold pounded from the Plains states to the Eastern seaboard, where frequent frontal storms caused record snowfall and extreme blizzards, [2] which caused some areas to declare a state of emergency. Schools and business were closed when pipelines ...