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The storm ranked as a Category 5 "extreme" event for the Northeast on the Regional Snowfall Index, and a Category 4 event for the Southeast. [4] [5] It is the most recent winter storm to rank as a Category 5 winter storm, and the first to do so since the 2011 Groundhog Day blizzard.
Out of the nearly 600 historical winter storms assessed since 1900, only 74 storms have been given a category 4 or above ranking, 48 of which were category 4 storms. The highest ranking category 4 winter storm is the March 2–8, 1915 United States blizzard, which had an RSI of 17.67. The most recent storm to receive a category 4 ranking is the ...
4 total: Major storms (RSI) (Cat. 3+) 1 total: Maximum snowfall accumulation: 58 in (150 cm) at Bolton Valley, Vermont (March 11–15, 2017) Total fatalities: 34-37 total: Total damage: Unknown: Related articles; 2016–17 UK and Ireland windstorm season; North American winters. 2015–16; 2016–17; 2017–18
A winter storm moves through the Midwest, on March 23.. The winter of 2015–16 was quite unusual and historic in terms of winter weather. First, around the end of November near Black Friday, a crippling ice storm hit the Southern and Central Plains with as much as 1.5 inches (38 mm) of ice accumulation in some areas, knocking out power to over 100,000 residents. [5]
The U.S. record is 12 inches in a single hour. That happened in a lake-effect snow band east of Lake Ontario in Copenhagen, New York, on Dec. 2, 1966, according to a list of record snowfall rates ...
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There were several feet of packed snow already on the ground, and the blizzard brought with it enough snow to reach Buffalo's record for the most snow in one season – 199.4 inches (506 cm). [14] Great Blizzard of 1978 also called the "Cleveland Superbomb". January 25–27, 1978. Was one of the worst snowstorms the Midwest has ever seen.
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