Memory Lane

[IrishRob17]

2 hours ago, NorthShoreWx said:

Same here, except that most of the additional area was well away from the Northeast.

I hadn't seen your follow up post when you mentioned those states outside the northeast. Tis odd to call the scale what they did then. 

[coastalplainsnowman]

I am really surprised that there wasn't more discussion on the Blizzard of '96 here today!  30 years ago, so maybe it's just that a lot of posters on here are too young to remember it.  Check out the NESIS score on this bad boy: 11.78.

 

While there were quite a few big storms between 2000-2018 which were similar enough to it around here, it stands out for me if for no other reason that it was the first foot+ storm for most of us in the city on south / east since the Blizzard of '83 nearly 13 years prior (1993 "Storm of the Century" was ruined by sleet for us.)   For many of us who barely remember 1978, there was 1978 and 1983, and that was it, til 1996.

 

I think the last foot+ around here was what, 2018?  Imagine if we didn't have another one til 2031 what this place would be like when it happens.  Seeing >20" snow - and the things that it covered, like Christmas decorations that neighbors had ill-advisedly not taken down -- "the soldiers are covered!!" was unreal.

 

Stuff like that is why I'm here.  Ok that's all I got.

 

[Krs4Lfe]

9 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

I am really surprised that there wasn't more discussion on the Blizzard of '96 here today!  30 years ago, so maybe it's just that a lot of posters on here are too young to remember it.  Check out the NESIS score on this bad boy: 11.78.

 

While there were quite a few big storms between 2000-2018 which were similar enough to it around here, it stands out for me if for no other reason that it was the first foot+ storm for most of us in the city on south / east since the Blizzard of '83 nearly 13 years prior (1993 "Storm of the Century" was ruined by sleet for us.)   For many of us who barely remember 1978, there was 1978 and 1983, and that was it, til 1996.

 

I think the last foot+ around here was what, 2018?  Imagine if we didn't have another one til 2031 what this place would be like when it happens.  Seeing >20" snow - and the things that it covered, like Christmas decorations that neighbors had ill-advisedly not taken down -- "the soldiers are covered!!" was unreal.

 

Stuff like that is why I'm here.  Ok that's all I got.

 

1/31-2/1/21 was great too. 18” in NYC. Last time we had any storm over 12”. Solid 9-12” during 1/29/22 blizzard though 

[WestBabylonWeather]

What were the temperatures in the city and Long Island during blizzard 96?

[Brian5671]

1 minute ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

What were the temperatures in the city and Long Island during blizzard 96?

Bitter Cold.  The night before had single digit cold.   Temps were b/w 15-20 degrees for most of the storm.

[Rjay]

35 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

What were the temperatures in the city and Long Island during blizzard 96?

Was a very cold morning as the storm moved in. Temps rose from the single digits into the teens when the snow started. Then rose into the 20s at the height of the storm. 

[Prue11]

February 2013 was epic out here in Suffolk. I had 28”. Medford had 33” Somewhere in Connecticut had 40”.weather channel named the storm Nemo. Probably my favorite storm. It started as rain and turned to all snow by 2-3pm.

reminiscing about this one 

[WestBabylonWeather]

11 minutes ago, Prue11 said:

February 2013 was epic out here in Suffolk. I had 28”. Medford had 33” Somewhere in Connecticut had 40”.weather channel named the storm Nemo. Probably my favorite storm. It started as rain and turned to all snow by 2-3pm.

reminiscing about this one 

24” here in the Babylon area where I live now. I was living in Nassau at the time but don’t fully remember it. How did Nassau do 

[coastalplainsnowman]

On 1/6/2026 at 6:22 PM, NorthShoreWx said:

Same here, except that most of the additional area was well away from the Northeast.

Guys I just found this, which you may already be aware of.  Is the score actually calculated as shown below?  If so, it looks like it is calculated based strictly on the depth of the snow, the area of the land it covers, and the population inhabiting said land, and without regard to whether the location is within the 'northeast.'

 

Edit:  It does look like this is how the score is calculated. ChatGPT does a great job explaining this with examples.  It mentions that it calibrates to account for population growth as well.

 

[Prue11]

2 hours ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

24” here in the Babylon area where I live now. I was living in Nassau at the time but don’t fully remember it. How did Nassau do 

[BxEngine]

That map for 96 is atrociously wrong btw.

 

The KU map is much better. 

[coastalplainsnowman]

3 hours ago, Prue11 said:

February 2013 was epic out here in Suffolk. I had 28”. Medford had 33” Somewhere in Connecticut had 40”.weather channel named the storm Nemo. Probably my favorite storm. It started as rain and turned to all snow by 2-3pm.

reminiscing about this one 

I remember being out in Stony Brook a few days after this storm.  While I thought I got crushed at home, when I got out there it was like 150% of what I'd gotten, just crazy.  And that was a day or two afterwards.  Some crazy gradients, right?