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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 storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following ...
Great Blizzard of 1978: New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York metropolitan area: US February 5–7, 1978 5 Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978: Northern Illinois, northwest Indiana: US January 13–14, 1979 4 1979 Chicago blizzard: Upper Midwest of the United States US October 31–November 3, 1991 5 1991 Halloween blizzard
The Northeast snowfall impact scale (NESIS) is a scale used to categorize winter storms in the Northeast United States. [1] The scale was developed by meteorologists Paul Kocin and Louis Uccellini, and ranks snowstorms from category 1 ("notable") to category 5 ("extreme"). Only two historical blizzards, the 1993 Storm of the Century and the ...
Satellite image by NASA of the storm on March 13, 1993, at 10:01 UTC. The 1993 Storm of the Century (also known as the 93 Superstorm, The No Name Storm, or the Great Blizzard of '93/1993) was a cyclonic storm that formed over the Gulf of Mexico on March 12, 1993. The cold weather, heavy snowfall, high winds and storm surges that the storm ...
Connellsville, Pennsylvania: 64 1983 1983 United States embassy bombing: Terrorism Beirut, Lebanon: 63 ... 1983 February 1983 North American blizzard: Winter storm
New England, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey. The 1997 April Fool's Day blizzard[1][3][4] was a major winter storm in the Northeastern United States on March 31 and April 1, 1997. The storm dumped rain, sleet, and snow from Maryland to Maine leaving hundreds of thousands without power and as much as three feet of snow on the ground.
1985 North American cold wave. The 1985 North America cold wave[1] was a meteorological event which occurred in January 1985 as a result of the shifting of the polar vortex farther south than is normally seen. [1] Blocked from its normal movement, polar air from the north pushed into nearly every section of the central and eastern half of the ...
Blizzard — 1922 January 27–29 — — Blizzard Category 5 1940 November 10–12: 27 inches (69 cm) 971 hPa (28.7 inHg) Blizzard — 1944 December 10-13: 36 inches (91 cm) — Storm Category 3 1947 December 25–26: 26.4 inches (67 cm) — Blizzard Category 3 1950 November 24–30: 57 inches (140 cm) 978 hPa (28.9 inHg) Blizzard Category 5 1952