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Part of the 2009–10 North American winter. The February 5–6, 2010 North American blizzard, commonly referred to as Snowmageddon, [ 1] was a blizzard that had major and widespread impact in the Northeastern United States. The storm's center tracked from Baja California Sur on February 2, 2010, to the east coast on February 6, 2010, before ...
Great Blizzard of 1888. The Great Blizzard of 1888, also known as the Great Blizzard of '88 or the Great White Hurricane (March 11–14, 1888), was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. The storm paralyzed the East Coast from the Chesapeake Bay to Maine, [ 1][ 2] as well as the Atlantic provinces of Canada. [ 3]
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 storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following ...
A house almost completely buried in snow in Tonawanda, New York (January 30, 1977) The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year. Daily peak wind gusts ranging from 46 to 69 mph (74 to 111 km/h) were recorded by the National Weather Service in Buffalo, with snowfall as high as 100 in ...
The Snow Train Rolling Stock, located in Railroad Heritage Park in Laramie, Wyoming, consists of five pieces of Union Pacific Railroad rolling stock. The five vehicles, which are a snow plow , locomotive , tender , bunk car, and caboose , form a snow train, a type of train used to clear snow from rail lines.
Areas affected. Mid-Atlantic coastal states. The North American blizzard of 1947 (also known as the Great Blizzard of 1947) was a record-breaking snowfall that began without prediction on Christmas and brought the northeastern United States to a standstill. The snowstorm was described as the worst blizzard in the region after that of 1888. [1]
New York snow storm totals. Here are updated inch counts in New York: Albany County. Albany: 4.5. Rensselaerville: 12.0. Allegany County. Wellsville: 15.0
Snowbound jeep, Baltimore, Maryland. The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts ...