New England snowstorm memories.

[ncforecaster89]

Hope everyone is, and has been, doing well.   Just finished a short write-up on this 11th anniversary of the 2015 Valentine’s Day Blizzard—last of the four major SNE snowstorms that buried the region.  
 

https://x.com/tbrite89/status/2022830263093395652

[The 4 Seasons]

19 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Awesome snow maps.  On your site, how many have you done, and how far back?

The main archive with each season goes back to 1994. Individual historic level storms back to 1888 and being filled in. 

Theres 295 storms on the main archive page. I list it near the top.

How many maps have i done? I was curious, so i just checked, 1,199. Thats how many are up on the site right now including seasonal snowfall maps. 

 

[The 4 Seasons]

PD II updated maps coming next. Oddly, i just check the list of all historic storms i have on the website right now and theres almost nothing from Feb 15th to the end of Feb other than PD2 and 1999/2010 for big ones. 

Tons in March though. 

[Ginx snewx]

12 hours ago, ncforecaster89 said:

Hope everyone is, and has been, doing well.   Just finished a short write-up on this 11th anniversary of the 2015 Valentine’s Day Blizzard—last of the four major SNE snowstorms that buried the region.  
 

https://x.com/tbrite89/status/2022830263093395652

Epic storm

Classic pictures

[dendrite]

That top pic is clearly AI lol

[The 4 Seasons]

27 minutes ago, dendrite said:

That top pic is clearly AI lol

lol the signs, dead giveaway..

 

[The 4 Seasons]

39 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Epic storm

Classic pictures

would you happen to have a number for PD2?

[Ginx snewx]

16 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

would you happen to have a number for PD2?

What was the date again? 

[Ginx snewx]

47 minutes ago, dendrite said:

That top pic is clearly AI lol

@ncforecaster89

[The 4 Seasons]

5 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

What was the date again? 

Feb 16-17, 2003

 

[dendrite]

10 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

@ncforecaster89

I think he knows. I read his twitter post comments later. It happens. 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I think he knows. I read his twitter post comments later. It happens. 

brutal. im surprised how many people noticed it. i mean once you pointed it out it was very clear after zooming in, but just glancing at it i could have easily missed it

[ORH_wxman]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

brutal. im surprised how many people noticed it. i mean once you pointed it out it was very clear after zooming in, but just glancing at it i could have easily missed it

The funny part is the real pics in many cases are more impressive than AI for that stretch. A lot of the pics from 2015 in Boston look not credible. 

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

brutal. im surprised how many people noticed it. i mean once you pointed it out it was very clear after zooming in, but just glancing at it i could have easily missed it

The person on the bottom right was the first thing I noticed. A shovel with like a 5+ foot handle where it looks like the shovel portion should be below the surface. But yeah, people in similar positions and the signs. And who uses those flat shovels anymore and shovels into blue buckets that you won’t be able to move?

[The 4 Seasons]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The person on the bottom right was the first thing I noticed. A shovel with like a 5+ foot handle where it looks like the shovel portion should be below the surface. But yeah, people in similar positions and the signs. And who uses those flat shovels anymore and shovels into blue buckets that you won’t be able to move?

the guy just buried in like 8 feet of snow in all directions with half his body popping out, just chillin there 

[Ginx snewx]

23 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Feb 16-17, 2003

 

17.5 on 1.44

[vortex95]

2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

The main archive with each season goes back to 1994. Individual historic level storms back to 1888 and being filled in. 

Theres 295 storms on the main archive page. I list it near the top.

How many maps have i done? I was curious, so i just checked, 1,199. Thats how many are up on the site right now including seasonal snowfall maps. 

 

Awesome.  Will share w/ other mets I know!

[vortex95]

3 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

The main archive with each season goes back to 1994. Individual historic level storms back to 1888 and being filled in. 

Theres 295 storms on the main archive page. I list it near the top.

How many maps have i done? I was curious, so i just checked, 1,199. Thats how many are up on the site right now including seasonal snowfall maps. 

 

Ok, looked it over.  I realize getting data for events long ago is not as easy, but here's a list of the "biggies" in the 80s (not that there were many!) that you could add when you have time.

Dec 5-6. 1981 -  big bust as the storm was fcst OTS

April 6-7, 1982 - powder blizzard in April!

Mar 29, 1984 - nasty wet paste bliz, among the worst power outages for SNE on record for a snowstorm, G108 mph MQE and tons of TS+

Jan 2, 1987 - the "syzygy storm" w/ big storm tides that breached the barrier island in Chatham

Jan 22, 1987 - worst traffic gridlock in SNE since 1978

Jan 26, 1987 - Cape Cod bliz only #1

Feb 9-10, 1987 - Cape Cod bliz only #2

Apr 28-29, 1987 - poorly fcst late season crushing

Nov 23, 1989 - big surprise Thanksgiving snowstorm

Others:

Feb 24-28, 1969 - "100 hr snowstorm"

Jan 20, 1978 - bliz #1 w/ 24 hr snowfall record for BOS to date

Dec 11-12, 1992 - the blockbuster that started the epic snow period 1992-93 to 2015-16

May 18, 2002 - latest accumulating snow on record for many locations in SNE

Oct 30, 2020 - BOS biggest Oct snowstorm and also many other areas far E/SE MA