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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.
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.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories remain in effect from western Pennsylvania and West Virginia to far western Maryland, where snow totals of at least 6 inches are expected.
The heaviest snow will fall in areas near and just west of the Interstate 95 corridor from the mid-Atlantic to New England. Storm totals in these areas through Sunday night could be 3 to 8 inches.
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.
Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol said they responded to about 150 weather-related incidents on Christmas Day, according to a news release. Nebraska first responders work along a slick I-80 ...