YEAR |
DATE |
"NAME" |
TOTAL |
NESIS3 |
COMMENTS |
2011 |
January 26th-27th |
TBD |
19.0" |
1 |
Snowfall rates of over 3 inches per hour; NYC public schools closed |
2010 |
December 26th-27th |
Blizzard of 2010 |
20.0" |
3 |
Massive disruptions to transit systems; wind gusts to 70mph in Suffolk County; over 30" of snow in parts of NJ |
2010 |
February 25th-26th |
N/A |
20.9" |
3 |
Extensive damage & power outages from wet snow North; dry snow South & heavy rains East; 3rd major Eastern snowstorm in February |
2006 |
February 11th-12th |
Blizzard of 2006 |
26.9" |
3 |
Largest snowstorm in NYC history, surpassing Dec. 26-27, 1947 (26.4"); rare thundersnow reported |
2003 |
February 16th-17th |
Presidents' Day Snowstorm II |
19.8" |
4 |
25.6" of snow recorded at JFK Airport; "Presidents' Day Snowstorm I" brought 12.7" on Feb. 19, 1979 |
1996 |
January 7th-8th |
Blizzard of '96 |
20.2" |
5 |
Areas of more than 30" across portions of New Jersey; NYC schools closed, first time since Blizzard of '78 |
1983 |
February 11th-12th |
Megalopolitan Snowstorm |
17.6" |
4 |
Occurred during one of the strongest El Niño's of the 20th Century |
1978 |
February 5th-7th |
Blizzard of '78 |
17.7" |
3 |
Long Island & New England hardest hit, near hurricane strength winds, thundersnow, 36-hour storm duration |
1969 |
February 9th-10th |
Lindsay Storm |
15.3" |
2 |
Mayor John Lindsay took the heat after sections of NYC remained unplowed for a week |
1967 |
February 6th-7th |
N/A |
15.2" |
2 |
Blizzard conditions produced totals of over 20" in parts of New Jersey |
1961 |
February 3rd-4th |
N/A |
17.4" |
4 |
Storm followed prolonged cold period (16 days of teens and 20's); JFK Airport recorded 24.0" |
1960 |
December 11th-12th |
N/A |
15.2" |
3 |
20.4" recorded at Newark and 17.0" at The Battery |
1948 |
December 19th-20th |
N/A |
16.0" |
- |
20-hour duration; Widespread totals of 12-18" across the Metropolitan Area |
1947 |
December 26th-27th |
Big Snow |
26.4" |
2 |
The worst blizzard since 1888, and record holder until 2006 |
1941 |
March 7th-8th |
N/A |
18.1" |
- |
Quick drop-off towards the coast as parts of New Jersey and Eastern Suffolk reported less than 10" of snow |
1935 |
January 22th-24th |
N/A |
17.5" |
- |
Snows from Gulf Coast to Maine |
1920 |
February 4th-7th |
N/A |
17.5" |
- |
Parts of Westchester received over 20" of snow |
1899 |
February 12th-13th |
The Blizzard of 1899 |
16.0" |
4 |
Temperatures in the single digits for most of the storm |
1894 |
February 25th-27th |
N/A |
15.2" |
- |
Before the storm, temperatures started out around 0°F, before rising to just above freezing. |
1893 |
February 17th-18th |
N/A |
17.8" |
- |
Followed a warm spell when temperatures reached as high as 54°F |
1892 |
March 16th-18th |
St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm |
15.4" |
- |
Largest snowstorm on record for many areas in the South |
1888 |
March 12th-14th |
The Blizzard of '88 |
21.0" |
4 |
Extreme blizzard conditions left behind over 50" of snow in some areas of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley |
1872 |
December 26th |
The Great Snow-Storm |
~18" |
- |
Snow fell from Virginia to Maine and West to Mississippi River |
1836 |
January 8th-10th |
The Big Snow |
~15" |
- |
Interior sections saw widepread 30-40" tallies |
1831 |
January 14th-16th |
The Great Snowstorm |
~15" |
- |
Rivals Superstorm of 1993 for expansiveness of coverage |
1805 |
January 26th-28th |
N/A |
~24" |
- |
48 hours of continous snow |
1798 |
November 19th-21th |
The Long Storm |
~18" |
- |
Snow from Maryland to Maine
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