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New England snowstorm memories.


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On 12/23/2019 at 8:13 PM, The 4 Seasons said:

My #2 all time favorite. An event that lasted Sunday afternoon until almost midnight on Tuesday. Forecast was a bust and we still got about 12-18 statewide.

I remember watching NBC30 while in VT when watches just went up. I believe Bob Maxon had 24-36" in the NW hills, 18-24" for central CT and 12-18" for southern and SE CT.

I also remember Paul Kocin talking about this is likely going to be the biggest storm in over 50 years (prob a ref. to the blizzard 1947).

This was a huge bust for the cities, Central Park only received 3.5" and Boston received 9.8". Both those cities i believe were in the 1-2 foot range maybe 3 feet. This was a huge interior event with southern NH, VT and NY getting up to 3 feet.

My #1 all time coming soon...

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One of the cleaner, esthetically speaking, looking maps I've made.

One of the all time greats in interior MA. Had around 27” in ORH but officially I think the airport reported 22”...but that was during their ASOS outage snow disaster years...their final report came like 12 hours before the snow ended. Lol. 

Despite that, it was actually a mild underperformer if that’s possible. Mets were going 3 feet plus here. Still, can’t complain about a storm that breaks 2 feet. 

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3 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

One of the all time greats in interior MA. Had around 27” in ORH but officially I think the airport reported 22”...but that was during their ASOS outage snow disaster years...their final report came like 12 hours before the snow ended. Lol. 

Despite that, it was actually a mild underperformer if that’s possible. Mets were going 3 feet plus here. Still, can’t complain about a storm that breaks 2 feet. 

That event may be Methuen's #1....Feb 1969 was more, but longer duration.

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On 12/20/2019 at 3:17 PM, Hoth said:

Worst storm ever. One of several awful busts that month. No way I got close to 5". More like 2.5 or 3 that washed away while Ray was doing naked cartwheels in 30" of pow. May it live in infamy with Boxing Day.

That was up there with 4-1-97 for me...absolutely, positively #epic.

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1 hour ago, HalloweenGale said:

How good was the winter of 1957-58 for SNE? According to my dad, the snowstorm that happened on his birthday (3/14/58) knocked out the power to Richardson House.

Boston

1957-10 T 0
1957-11 0.1 0
1957-12 T 0
1958-01 6.6 0
1958-02 23.9 0
1958-03 12.0 0
1958-04 2.1
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1 hour ago, HalloweenGale said:

About average it seems

57058 for NYC metro was much AN:
              NYC     Oak Ridge Reservoir (35 miles NW from NYC)
DEC       8.7       14.0
JAN       9.2         6.9
FEB      10.7      25.5   Cold storm of 16-17:  7.9" NYC, 19.0" Oak R
MAR    15.9      42.0   Paste bomb 20-21:  11.8" NYC, 28.0" Oak R  (Pastie on the 14th: 4.1 and 13.0 respectively)
APR       0.2        4.5
TOT     44.7      92.9
% Avg  155%   215%   
                          3rd of 63
Rank   27th of 151   (and easily tops for the futile '50s; only 55-56 had more than half as much.)
Had some family drama resulting from the equinoctial storm, but that's another story.
         

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With the possibility of snow upcoming, coincidentally on May 9th, i thought id post some stuff about that historic '77 storm. If anyone has any personal experiences and lived through it, i'd like to hear about it. This storm happened way before i was born. Some snowfall totals at some sites.

Norfolk, CT: 20

KORH: 12.7

Blue Hills, MA: 7.8

KPVD: 7.0

KBDL: 1.3

KDXR: 1.0

KBOS: 0.5

KBDR: T

KNYC: T

 

 

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