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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 ...
Tree damage caused by the North American Ice Storm of 1998. Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3–4, 1991 [5] Ice Storm of 1994 [6] Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. January 1998 North American ice storm; January 1999 North American ice storm
An ice storm, also known as a glaze event or a silver storm, is a type of winter storm characterized by freezing rain. [1] The U.S. National Weather Service defines an ice storm as a storm which results in the accumulation of at least 0.25-inch (6.4 mm) of ice on exposed surfaces.
While this was a major snow event for southern New England, the Blizzard of 1996 was not as intense as other recent events, notably the Blizzard of 1978 and the March 1993 Superstorm. Snowfall amounts decreased sharply as one moved further north, with northern Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine receiving little more than snow flurries from this ...
A historic ice storm in New England. A cluster of deadly tornadoes in the South. ... A coastal storm that unleashed more than an inch of rain and peak wind gusts of 63 mph in New York City ...
The December 2008 Northeastern United States ice storm was a damaging ice storm that took out power for millions of people in the Northeastern United States. The storm was deemed the worst ice storm in a decade for New England [ 2 ] and the most severe ice storm in 21 years for Upstate New York . [ 3 ]
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The extratropical low off the East Coast can be seen, and would later develop into the 1991 Perfect Storm. The 1991 Halloween Blizzard developed from a strong arctic cold front that pushed south and east through the central United States several days prior. On October 28, temperatures to the east of the cold front were above normal.