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Feb. 6-7 '78 (only true, textbook "blizzard" I've ever experienced)

Dec. 19-20 '09

April 6-7 '82

Dec. 26-27 '10

Feb. 16-17 '03 (highest snowfall total I'd ever experienced, but had a horrible stomach virus as well as a 3 month old baby crying constantly, so that knocks it down a bit)

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Feb. 6-7 '78 (only true, textbook "blizzard" I've ever experienced)

Dec. 19-20 '09

April 6-7 '82

Dec. 26-27 '10

Feb. 16-17 '03 (highest snowfall total I'd ever experienced, but had a horrible stomach virus as well as a 3 month old baby crying constantly, so that knocks it down a bit)

I had a stomach virus during the Boxing Day storm... Certainly hurt it a bit for me...

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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 *

I recall many of those months as good winter months...but January 2011 was about 10 trillion times better a winter month than Feb. '79...out where I'm at...I'd rank it right up there with February 1934.

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I recall many of those months as good winter months...but January 2011 was about 10 trillion times better a winter month than Feb. '79....

it's about snow and cold...February 1979 is the third coldest on the list and had one of the coldest weeks in NYC weather history...20" of snow with a KU event...

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Feb. 6-7 '78 (only true, textbook "blizzard" I've ever experienced)

Dec. 19-20 '09

April 6-7 '82

Dec. 26-27 '10

Feb. 16-17 '03 (highest snowfall total I'd ever experienced, but had a horrible stomach virus as well as a 3 month old baby crying constantly, so that knocks it down a bit)

were you not here for 95-96?

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No, I was still up in Mass. until '98.

Jan. '96 was a tough call... it would definitely be #6 on my list. It was just that that whole winter was so epic up there, it didn't stand out as much as the other storms I listed.

well, the ranks were for NYC metro, so i guess if you weren't there, that storm wouldn't be on the list because it was totally different up there.

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it's about snow and cold...February 1979 is the third coldest on the list and had one of the coldest weeks in NYC weather history...20" of snow with a KU event...

The #'s don't tell the story...the big storm was PD 1...which was great in Mid atlantic but falling apart as it got to NYC...I've been through a lot of winter months...Feb '79 doesn't make any of my great or even near great lists...

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The #'s don't tell the story...the big storm was PD 1...which was great in Mid atlantic but falling apart as it got to NYC...I've been through a lot of winter months...Feb '79 doesn't make any of my great or even near great lists...

I was surprised when it came in first...I'd rather have half the other months over that one...February 1979 wasn't chop liver in Brooklyn but I'd take many of the other months over it...

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I think the Feb 2006 storm has to be the most disappointing 18"+ storm in the past 20 years just based on what everyone here says. It's definitely at the bottom of my list of great storms, even storms like that big cold clipper storm of January 2005 is much better than Feb 2006.

Alpha likes it because its the first storm his parents let him stay up for, thats the only reason he always brings it up.

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Alpha likes it because its the first storm his parents let him stay up for, thats the only reason he always brings it up.

I remember 2003, but I like 2006 because it remains to this day, the only storm that truly destroyed my area with the deform.......

1947 was a huge hit at HPN as well, but I wasnt around back then

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If anyone is interested, as part of my research project that I'm doing at the state climate office I needed a ranking of top snowstorms in NJ, and other workers at the office compiled that list by averaging and then ranking the four-day snowfall accumulation data at weather stations all over NJ. Here are the top 20 storms that we got (only going back to 1978), with the number next to each storm being that storm's average 4-day snow accumulation across the entire state:

1.) PDII (February 16-17, 2003); 21.936''

2.) Blizzard of 1996; 20.396''

3.) PDI (February 18-19, 1979); 15.920''

4.) February 11-12, 1983; 15.378''

5.) February 5-7, 1978; 14.820''

6.) January 19-20, 1978; 13.917''

7.) February 9-12, 1994 (really two separate storms); 12.618''

8.) December 30, 2000; 12.543''

9.) Boxing Day 2010; 12.540''

10.) January 23-26, 1987 (once again two separate storms); 12.114''

11.) February 9-10, 2010; 12.110''

12.) February 11-12, 2006; 12.045''

13.) March 1993 Superstorm; 11.884''

14.) January 27-28, 2011; 11.550''

15.) January 22-23, 2005; 11.145''

16.) February 25-26, 2010 Snowicane; 10.590''

17.) February 5-6, 2010; 10.000''

18.) December 19-20, 2009; 9.710''

19.) December 5-6, 2003; 9.104''

20.) January 25, 2000; 8.701''

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If anyone is interested, as part of my research project that I'm doing at the state climate office I needed a ranking of top snowstorms in NJ, and other workers at the office compiled that list by averaging and then ranking the four-day snowfall accumulation data at weather stations all over NJ. Here are the top 20 storms that we got (only going back to 1978), with the number next to each storm being that storm's average 4-day snow accumulation across the entire state:

1.) PDII (February 16-17, 2003); 21.936''

2.) Blizzard of 1996; 20.396''

3.) PDI (February 18-19, 1979); 15.920''

4.) February 11-12, 1983; 15.378''

5.) February 5-7, 1978; 14.820''

6.) January 19-20, 1978; 13.917''

7.) February 9-12, 1994 (really two separate storms); 12.618''

8.) December 30, 2000; 12.543''

9.) Boxing Day 2010; 12.540''

10.) January 23-26, 1987 (once again two separate storms); 12.114''

11.) February 9-10, 2010; 12.110''

12.) February 11-12, 2006; 12.045''

13.) March 1993 Superstorm; 11.884''

14.) January 27-28, 2011; 11.550''

15.) January 22-23, 2005; 11.145''

16.) February 25-26, 2010 Snowicane; 10.590''

17.) February 5-6, 2010; 10.000''

18.) December 19-20, 2009; 9.710''

19.) December 5-6, 2003; 9.104''

20.) January 25, 2000; 8.701''

good list.

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My favorite winter remains 1993-94 for its consistent snowcover and mostly a cold pattern.The warmup in FEB 1994 after the 2 snowstorms was just a brief thaw,then it was back into the deep freeze for march.DEC,JAN,FEB and March each saw at least a 4 inch snowfall that winter.The 2010-11 winter was in reality a 32 day wonder.On either side of 12-26/1-27,it was benign.It had a chance to be the greatest of all time iut the +NAO ruined that idea.

I so strongly agree with that! It was an amazing five week stretch where we had fifty five inches of snow in five weeks but ended up with 70 inches for the whole season which is two feet above normal for us. A snowy winter overall with depths of up to 30 inches on the level at one point but after the last storm around the first of Feb, the rest of winter was nothing extraordinary. Before the boxing day storm there was little snow. The boxing day storm for us only produced five or six inches but the winds were ferocious!

The 95-96 winter I lived in central Ct and that winter will remain forever etched in my mind. Just over 100 inches of snow for the season. The 96 blizzard only produced 15-16 inches of snow where I lived but there were just so many six to ten inch storms and snow depths after the blizzard that approached 2 feet on the level. Areas just southwest of me had depths that approached three feet after the blizzard or even more! The frigid cold the morning before the blizzard will forever be etched in my mind as well. -10s and a dull lead grey overcast with the first flakes falling with temps around 7 above.

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Old topic, but new pic. A visitor to my website sent me a couple of photos from the Blizzard of 78, which remains my number 1 lifelist storm and I've added them to the corresponding web page. The photos are of two buildings across the street from each other in a Syosset industrial park.

http://www.northshorewx.com/19780207.asp

I really like this one:

AlBauer1978Syosset2AerialWay-2e2.jpg

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