Although I didn’t live in New England at the time, I actually stayed up here during the Feb 2013 storm, not so far from where I’m now located.
And I could’ve sworn the snow was supposed to last until midday, but I remember it ending early morning, maybe mid morning at the latest. Can’t complaint though, it was around 27” or so.
I think there’s a reason why Feb 1978 is considered one of a kind… you got 50” totals in northern RI.
That kind of thing just doesn’t happen in non-LES, non-alpine areas. I think March 2001 was also expected to do the loop between NJ and SNE and bring some astonishing totals to a few lucky spots.