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The 31.9 inches (81 cm) of snow in Portland, Maine, set a new record for the city from a single snowstorm, and Gorham, Maine set a record for the state of 35.5 inches (90 cm). It was the second highest total in Hartford, Connecticut , with 22.8 inches (58 cm); Concord, New Hampshire , received 24 inches (61 cm) of snow.
Central Park reported 1.2 in (3.0 cm) of snow on January 16, their first inch of snow in a single day since February 13, 2022. [a] The storm total there was 1.6 in (4.1 cm). [31] The winter storm led to ground stops at John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport, where snow totals were slightly higher than Central Park.
In addition, 736 records for the highest snow depth were broken and 138 were tied during the same period. [73] Over a large portion of New England, February 2015 was the most extreme winter month observed in modern record keeping. Eastport, Maine was one of many places also seeing record snowfall, with 132.5 inches (337 cm) over five weeks.
Recent rounds of winter weather have been impacting portions of the Northeast and New England, but residents in one Maine town were greeted with a peculiar sight on Tuesday -- brown snow.
In the northeastern U.S., snowfall totals were as much as 8.1 in (21 cm) in Pennsylvania, 5.1 in (13 cm) in Maryland, 8.5 in (22 cm) in Massachusetts, 10.6 in (27 cm) in Vermont and 7.1 in (18 cm) in New Hampshire. [1] As the storm began to exit the United States, it brought the fourth-highest high tide on record to Portland, Maine. [40]
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Officials in Rumford, Maine urge the public to avoid allowing "brown snow" to come into contact with skin. The town said the mill has agreed to cover costs of third party testing of the snow.
The January 2015 North American blizzard was a powerful and severe blizzard that dumped up to 3 feet (910 mm) of snowfall in parts of New England.Originating from a disturbance just off the coast of the Northwestern United States on January 23, it initially produced a light swath of snow as it traveled southeastwards into the Midwest as an Alberta clipper on January 24–25.