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Damn, I wish I was a weather fan back in 1978...all I recall with the 2nd one was the snow was waist-deep in Nassau...though, being 11 years old at the time, it's not quite as impressive... IIRC, the January one was the night of Super Bowl XII..(Dallas / Denver)...or thereabouts...it was Doomsday for the Broncos and Craig Morton...

Doublechecking, I remember incorrectly...the Super Bowl was 5 nights earlier....the evening of the greatest Long Island ice storm since that date.

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Damn, I wish I was a weather fan back in 1978...all I recall with the 2nd one was the snow was waist-deep in Nassau...though, being 11 years old at the time, it's not quite as impressive... IIRC, the January one was the night of Super Bowl XII..(Dallas / Denver)...or thereabouts...it was Doomsday for the Broncos and Craig Morton... Doublechecking, I remember incorrectly...the Super Bowl was 5 nights earlier....the evening of the greatest Long Island ice storm since that date.

The worst ice storm here in Queens was DEC 16-17 1973.The 1978 one the heaviest freezing rain missed us I believe.JAN 1994 has been the standard in my adult life.

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1) Jan 2005 (was on S. Shore of Mass and had 28" with gusts to 70)

2) Jan 1996 - hate to put this 2nd, but rates never broke 2"/hr. in hometown of Ridgefield, Ct... but first time seeing 24" ever

3/4) TIE... 12/26/10 and 1/12/11 ... first one was an absolute beast here on S. tip of Manhattan... so windy, so delicious, so much drifting the next day. You guys know what happened! 1/12 event was amazing in Ridgefield... 22" of pure, beautiful fluff but the most amazing synoptic rates I've ever seen in my life. Legit 4-5"/hr. of gorgeous dendrites

5) 2/5/01 ... was in college at the time as a forecaster for the Yale Daily News... have had storms give more snow but have lasting memories with friends ... we got 16" on campus, turned to sleet for a time, but the backside was glorious

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<a href='http://www.northshorewx.com/19780113.asp' class='bbc_url' title='External link' rel='external'>http://www.northshor...om/19780113.asp</a>

Oh Ok,I actually remember that storm and oddly enough the storm that hit that Tuesday was supposed to be "The big one" when it was first forecast but it changed to rain which was forecast.I was dissapointed to say the least so when the next storm came in and was orecast to change to rain and it was snowing that night,I just went to bed dissapointed and lo and behold I will never forget waking up to the 14 inches we got.My eyes literally popped out of my head.

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The worst ice storm here in Queens was DEC 16-17 1973.The 1978 one the heaviest freezing rain missed us I believe.JAN 1994 has been the standard in my adult life.

I remember seeing my dad breaking the inch plus layer of ice in January 94 and seeing these giant slabs of ice break off and slide around on the sidewalk. I could have sworn I saw the storm start as moderate snow the night before but it literally flipped to ice within minutes. I have a clear memory of that despite being 10 years old at the time.

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Good memory but there were actually 2 storms that week. The first one earlier in the week was supposed to be mostly snow but then they changed it to snow to mix to rain. We had a period of heavy wet snow with huge flakes which quickly covered the ground and changed over to sleet and freezing rain. Later in the week (Friday) it was almost a total ice event as I remember getting freezing rain with temps in the low 20s and watch it go up about a degree and hour thinking how long it would take to get to freezing.

http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/1994/04-Jan-94.html

http://www.njfreeways.com/weather/1994/07-Jan-94.html

I remember seeing my dad breaking the inch plus layer of ice in January 94 and seeing these giant slabs of ice break off and slide around on the sidewalk. I could have sworn I saw the storm start as moderate snow the night before but it literally flipped to ice within minutes. I have a clear memory of that despite being 10 years old at the time.

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I remember seeing my dad breaking the inch plus layer of ice in January 94 and seeing these giant slabs of ice break off and slide around on the sidewalk. I could have sworn I saw the storm start as moderate snow the night before but it literally flipped to ice within minutes. I have a clear memory of that despite being 10 years old at the time.

WOW!! Good memory I am impressed and yes,thats exactly what it did.An area of Moderate to heavy snow moved in and within about 8-10 minutes,it switched to sleet,and when it did,it was not gradual,it was snowing and 10 seconds later it was pure sleet.

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February 10-11, 2010 would have been the #1. It had it all, seriously, it was going to rival Jan 1996 in terms of the snow totals, we all saw what happened when the sfc low bombed and gave BWI-PHL another 20-30" of snow. The problem was, I believe, the CCB took a while to get going up here.... Some of the reports near PHL had 7-10" of snow in 3 hours.... then... well,, some issues with bands missing the area.. What could have been

Those crazy colors in South Jersey gave absurd snow rates....

That is one of the coolest radar loops I've seen. To watch the overrunnig precip transform in to a more convective pattern and then classic banding all on the same regional view is awesome. Unlike the mid-Atlantic, we just putzed around all day with the overrunning stuff, but wound up with 15" thanks to the banding later in the event.

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That is one of the coolest radar loops I've seen. To watch the overrunnig precip transform in to a more convective pattern and then classic banding all on the same regional view is awesome. Unlike the mid-Atlantic, we just putzed around all day with the overrunning stuff, but wound up with 15" thanks to the banding later in the event.

there are better loops on that site. This storm doesnt even rank in my top 200. It was a soft storm with warm temps, light winds, and very little coastal flooding.

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January 13-14th 1978 started as snow during the day and accumulated about 3" around my house in Brooklyn...But it changed to sleet and freezing rain in the afternoon...I remember being surprised by it...I think it wasn't forecast well...That night the temperature was 32 to 33 where I lived and there wasn't much ice on trees and power lines...My 1977 Dodge Ram Van could not get out of the parking space I was parked in...It was terrible in the icey slush...There wasn't a big storm since 1969...I was hoping this storm was going to be major but it wasn't...A week later we finially got one and then a real blizzard in February...In one month NYC got six major storms with heavy rain or snow...

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January 13-14th 1978 started as snow during the day and accumulated about 3" around my house in Brooklyn...But it changed to sleet and freezing rain in the afternoon...I remember being surprised by it...I think it wasn't forecast well...That night the temperature was 32 to 33 where I lived and there wasn't much ice on trees and power lines...My 1977 Dodge Ram Van could not get out of the parking space I was parked in...It was terrible in the icey slush...There wasn't a big storm since 1969...I was hoping this storm was going to be major but it wasn't...A week later we finially got one and then a real blizzard in February...In one month NYC got six major storms with heavy rain or snow...

I remember the Ohio Valley Blizzard after the 1st big storm was a huge wind/heavy rain event for us here.2.5 to over 3 inches of rain and 50MPH winds were common in that storm.

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Please be mindful of your usage of adjectives to describe storms, especially when they include sexist remarks, it makes you come off as narrow-minded, and more importantly can be offensive. Unless your intent was to be a chauvinist, it doesn't really add anything to value and deters any meaning of your post.

ok, i fixed it, better you unquote my post so it doesnt offend anyone els.e

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January 13-14th 1978 started as snow during the day and accumulated about 3" around my house in Brooklyn...But it changed to sleet and freezing rain in the afternoon...I remember being surprised by it...I think it wasn't forecast well...That night the temperature was 32 to 33 where I lived and there wasn't much ice on trees and power lines...My 1977 Dodge Ram Van could not get out of the parking space I was parked in...It was terrible in the icey slush...There wasn't a big storm since 1969...I was hoping this storm was going to be major but it wasn't...A week later we finially got one and then a real blizzard in February...In one month NYC got six major storms with heavy rain or snow...

Great 30 to 45 day period, sort of like the winter of 10-11..snowcover was great

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Damn, I wish I was a weather fan back in 1978...all I recall with the 2nd one was the snow was waist-deep in Nassau...though, being 11 years old at the time, it's not quite as impressive... IIRC, the January one was the night of Super Bowl XII..(Dallas / Denver)...or thereabouts...it was Doomsday for the Broncos and Craig Morton...

Doublechecking, I remember incorrectly...the Super Bowl was 5 nights earlier....the evening of the greatest Long Island ice storm since that date.

January 1978 snow storm was a Thursday night into Friday..forecast was 1-3 inches of snow turning to a windswept rain..I remember Elliot Abrams WINS report on that Thurdsay afternoon..it finally did changeover after over a foot had fallin on Friday afternoon..Blizzard of 78 was late Sunday night thru Tuesday morning..that was well forecasted..1-2 feet of snow was the forecast Sunday afternoon

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I remember the Ohio Valley Blizzard after the 1st big storm was a huge wind/heavy rain event for us here.2.5 to over 3 inches of rain and 50MPH winds were common in that storm.

that storm brought heavy rain but it was the fog and 58 degrees that killed most of the snow...

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deepest snow depths in Central Park...Last year had two different times with 20" of snow depth...

26" ...12/27/1947

24" ...02/04/1961 Maybe 25" at storms end...

22" ...02/11/1994

21" ...03/12/1888 estimated

21" ...02/27/2010

20" ...02/10/1926

20" ...01/08/1996 estimated

20" ...02/12/2006 estimated at storms end

20" ...12/27/2010

20" ...01/27/2011

20" ...02/13/1899 estimated

19" ...02/17/2003 estimated

19" ...02/12/1983

18" ...02/07/1978

18" ...12/26/1872 estimated

17" ...01/25/1935

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deepest snow depths in Central Park...Last year had two different times with 20" of snow depth...

26" ...12/27/1947

24" ...02/04/1961 Maybe 25" at storms end...

22" ...02/11/1994

21" ...03/12/1888 estimated

21" ...02/27/2010

20" ...02/10/1926

20" ...01/08/1996 estimated

20" ...02/12/2006 estimated at storms end

20" ...12/27/2010

20" ...01/27/2011

20" ...02/13/1899 estimated

19" ...02/17/2003 estimated

19" ...02/12/1983

18" ...02/07/1978

18" ...12/26/1872 estimated

17" ...01/25/1935

why is 2006 so low, that was our biggest storm....

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I compared 26 months that were the coldest and snowiest ...They are ranked by average temperature and snowfall...Ties are broken by KU snowstorms *...

1.....Feb 1979 *

2.....Jan 2011 *

2.....Feb 1978 * tie

4.....Feb 1967 *

4.....Jan 2004

6.....Jan 1978 *

7.....Jan 1996 *

7.....Feb 2003 * tie

7.....Feb 1994 * tie

10...Jan 1961 *

11...Jan 1977

12...Feb 2010 *

13...Jan 1982

14...Dec 1960 *

15...Jan 1965

16...Jan 1988

17...Jan 1971

18...Feb 1972

19...Jan 2005 *

20...Jan 1966

21...Dec 2000 *

21...Feb 1969 * tie

23...Jan 1984

24...Mar 1960 *

25...Feb 1964

26...Dec 1963

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1. 1996 January Blizzard

2. 2003 February snowstorm (Tie)

2. Dec 26, 2010 (Tie)

4. Feb 2010 (all storms that month made it the best February ever)

5. January 26-27, 2011

Tough call between 2 and 3, Dec 26, 2010 was a lot better to experience overall because of the winds, thundersnow, and snowfall intensity but Feb 2003 had duration and the very high widespread snowfall amounts. So in the end it was more or less a tie between those two.

Maybe we'll see an even better storm this winter, who knows. I can't wait until we see a storm better than Jan 1996 with intensity, winds, and snowfall amounts. I would love to get that crazy, historical 3 foot snowstorm. I nearly had 3 feet in 1996, (31-32") but I want that 36" historical blizzard in my lifetime.

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