BLIZZARD!!!
History has had many historic blizzards
in the northeast with severe storms in
1778, 1811, 1857 (COLD STORMS),
GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1888 (50"
snow and 20 foot drifts NY), 1899 The
Great Eastern Blizzard from South to
North....
In the 20th Century there were Blizzards
in 1905, 1910, and 1935 at NYC. In 1920
a GREAT SNOW AND SLEET STORM
struck with 17" of mixed precipitation
that defied removal and caused the army
to tackle it with flame throwers. In March
1941 a blizzard occurred in the east on the
7th-9th period.
In DECEMBER 1947 a snowstorm blitzed
NYC with a crushing 26.4" snow and 32"
in suburbs as the Christmas season was in
progress..
In the late 50s and early 60s there were
a series of Blizzards including the
Pre-December Storm of 1960 which
dumped 20" at Newark, Nj with 50mph
gales...followed by the JFK storm in 1961
and a month later by a mega-snow...
There was also a January blizzard in 1964,
a widespread storm; A Blizzard in 1967 that
hammered the after Ground hog day, and
the Lindsday Snowstorm of 1969 that
brought 15"-25" of paralysis to the big
apple...it was a suprise..
In the late 70s there was a January near-
blizzard in the east that also brought
heavy snow unexpectedly to NYC, with
17" in places..FOLLOWED BY THE
FAMOUS GREAT BLIZZARD
OF 1978
in February that year...2 to 4 feet of snow!
In February 1979 the President's Day
Storm struck and DC to Boston had 1'-3'
of snow...also a suprise of sorts..
The 1980s featured the rare April 1982
Blizzard, and the Megapolitan Storm of 83'
that brought 1'-3' snow and thunder to
the big cities...breaking records...
The 1990s featured the MARCH 1993
Superstorm a combination of BLIZZARD
and ICESTORM that dumped 12"-24"
in the east...IN JANUARY 1996 a HUGE
BLIZZARD DUMPED 20" on NYC and
30" on the suburbs...worst since 1947..
The Millenium Blizzard of Late December
2000 brought 12"-25" snow to NYC/NJ,
and the PRESIDENT'S DAY 2003
BLIZZARD brought as much as 20" to
NYC and close to 30" in Boston, the
equal to 1996!!
A recent December 2003 blizzard dumped
15"-20" in a two-day stretch in early
December....
