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Elizabeth, New Jersey, also reported 32 inches (81 cm) of snow. Newark, the state's largest city, received a record-setting 27.8 inches (71 cm), while Trenton, the capital, received 24.6 inches (62.5 cm). [11] All roads in the state were closed, including the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike for the first time in that road's history ...
In Connecticut, the Stamford Historical Society site has a photograph of the 1947 snowfall at the end of its discussion of the blizzard of 1888 for comparison. [5] In the book entitled, Disaster!, by Ben Kartman and Leonard Brown, the introduction to an article by Stephen Turkel describes the 1947 storm and its disastrous effects in detail.
The list of snowiest places in the United States by state shows average annual snowfall totals for the period from mid-1985 to mid-2015. Only places in the official climate database of the National Weather Service, a service of NOAA, are included in this list. Some ski resorts and unofficial weather stations report higher amounts of snowfall ...
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
The snow has led to hundreds of deaths, disruption in transportation and millions of dollars in damage. The Buffalo region of New York… Here are the biggest snowfalls in US history
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 highest totals were recorded in Sussex County, according to Bob Ziff of the North Jersey Weather Observers. Wantage received 10.7 inches as of 9:30 a.m., while 8 inches fell in Sparta by 8 a.m.
Winter weather advisory in NJ. The National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories for Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren counties from 7 p.m. Thursday through 10 a.m. Friday.