26"? I thought Islip measured 18" in that, like they did for the Jan 1978 surprise blizzard?
At JFK we had 12 straight hours of true blizzard conditions in Jan 2016, which is why I'll always rank that far ahead of every other snowstorm and over 30 inches of snow, more than twice what they got in February 1978.
We do best here in strong el ninos (Feb 1983, PD2, Jan 2016)....Jan 1996 being the exception of course (we also do well in la ninas that come after el ninos).