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32-Year Winter Storm Archive


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4 hours ago, dendrite said:

Ray would like this storm even though he only got 15” to Kevin’s 40” since you had an inch of glop.

he does. he has the book "Blizzard!"

anyway, multiple more new snowstorms from the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s have been added recently. Latest one was Mar 3-5, 1960, next im working on Feb 9-10th, 1969. 

i am working on more and will have a full update soon...for now every storm in the historic snowstorms archive has been updated with new maps. 

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

I have a met friend in SNH that hates when I get snow as well. I've never seen such little d*ck syndrome as that.

kinda sounds like dendie, though i dont think he actually really cares but just poking the bear. 

3 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Absolutely disgusting storm. 

best of the best round here.

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1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

I have a met friend in SNH that hates when I get snow as well. I've never seen such little d*ck syndrome as that.

Real nice of you to call out wx2fish like that

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3 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Closest screw job i can think of like that would be Feb 2021 or the 3 big storms of the 00-01 season, pretty brutal there. 

 

December 92 was a rough one. But yeah Feb 2021 was brutal. March 01 was ok here. The month at least produced. We don’t talk about Dec 00 and Feb 01.

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10 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

December 92 was a rough one. But yeah Feb 2021 was brutal. March 01 was ok here. The month at least produced. We don’t talk about Dec 00 and Feb 01.

Dec 92 was a whiff at Gardiner, where we then lived - clouds, wind (thousands of white ash seedlings that spring) but no flakes.  March 01 is the 2nd snowiest (55.5") of any month I've measured, trailing only the 61.5" of Dec 1976 in Fort Kent.  The early month big dog was almost 20 hours of steady 0.5"/hr snow on 20-30 mph wind, but the capper was the pair of post-equinox storms that totaled 35" and boosted the pack to 48" on the 31st, deepest I've seen that late in the season.  Another even stronger storm had been forecast for 4/1, but it went east and crushed Newfoundland.

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On 6/9/2026 at 4:19 PM, CoastalWx said:

I have a met friend in SNH that hates when I get snow as well. I've never seen such little d*ck syndrome as that.

Pot calling kettle!  This is coming from the same person who just said to me in an email "SNE SUCKS!" when I sent him pix and video of the possible spinner in Thornton NH on 6/6.  He got a spinner in his city a few years ago -- but not gouud enough  -- "I WANT IT EVERY YEAR!"  :P

Nothing short of 2014-15 winter will ever make him content at this rate!

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On 6/9/2026 at 5:31 PM, The 4 Seasons said:

he does. he has the book "Blizzard!"

anyway, multiple more new snowstorms from the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s have been added recently. Latest one was Mar 3-5, 1960, next im working on Feb 9-10th, 1969. 

i am working on more and will have a full update soon...for now every storm in the historic snowstorms archive has been updated with new maps. 

kinda sounds like dendie, though i dont think he actually really cares but just poking the bear. 

best of the best round here.

March 1960 was epic, and so was Feb 1969 for different reasons.

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On 6/9/2026 at 9:15 PM, CoastalWx said:

December 92 was a rough one. But yeah Feb 2021 was brutal. March 01 was ok here. The month at least produced. We don’t talk about Dec 00 and Feb 01.

Scott HATES Dec 11-12, 1992.  Just 5 mi away over a foot while Brockton got shafted.  Even Logan got more (9") than Brockton.  I got 18" in Woburn -- that officially ended the snow drought and it was my first foot plus over 8 years.  Then the "good years" followed.

What about March 2001?  22" In Woburn and Logan was MEH, so Scott really got stiffed in GHG!

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7 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Pot calling kettle!  This is coming from the same person who just said to me in an email "SNE SUCKS!" when I sent him pix and video of the possible spinner in Thornton NH on 6/6.  He got a spinner in his city a few years ago -- but not gouud enough  -- "I WANT IT EVERY YEAR!"  :P

Nothing short of 2014-15 winter will ever make him content at this rate!

We suck for tstms . That’s why nobody here cares about convection. 

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10 hours ago, vortex95 said:

March 1960 was epic, and so was Feb 1969 for different reasons.

Two notable storms in Feb 1969.  The late month "100-hour" storm was a New England event; we had 4" of mush at our NNJ home.  The storm of 9-10 was the "Mayor Lindsey" snow.  The NYC forecast had been heavy cold rain, but the 15.3" of heavy wet snow that paralyzed the city as the sanitation crews (plows on garbage trucks) were not alerted.  The head of the sanitation union said of Lindsey, "He played it by ear but was stone deaf!"
Our scout troop was at Allamuchy Scout Camp in NW NJ that weekend, but my 1962 Beetle had no problems even though there was 8-9" new by the time we got home that Sunday.

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13 hours ago, vortex95 said:

Indeedsnow SEZ otherwise!  Just ignore the NW flow supercell in CT today.  How about that 5.47" in Albany NH ydy?

Beats my 0.07".  June has brought rain on 6-7 days but we're still under 1". 
Last year we had only 5 days with thunder, about 1/3 of the average and only the 2nd (of 28 years) that failed to get at least 10 - 2010 had only 8.

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On 6/9/2026 at 9:15 PM, CoastalWx said:

December 92 was a rough one. But yeah Feb 2021 was brutal. March 01 was ok here. The month at least produced. We don’t talk about Dec 00 and Feb 01.

 

On 6/11/2026 at 10:05 AM, tamarack said:

Two notable storms in Feb 1969.  The late month "100-hour" storm was a New England event; we had 4" of mush at our NNJ home.  The storm of 9-10 was the "Mayor Lindsey" snow.  The NYC forecast had been heavy cold rain, but the 15.3" of heavy wet snow that paralyzed the city as the sanitation crews (plows on garbage trucks) were not alerted.  The head of the sanitation union said of Lindsey, "He played it by ear but was stone deaf!"
Our scout troop was at Allamuchy Scout Camp in NW NJ that weekend, but my 1962 Beetle had no problems even though there was 8-9" new by the time we got home that Sunday.

 

On 6/10/2026 at 11:40 PM, vortex95 said:

March 1960 was epic, and so was Feb 1969 for different reasons.

I recently did maps and updated the site for all these storms. March 1960, two Feb 1969 storms, Dec 1992, Apr 1983 and others. Just finished Boxing Day Dec 1947 snowstorm last night.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/historic-storms

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Big update coming soon is adding ERA5 analysis GIF loops for SFC/P-type/Thickness for all storms in the winter storm archive. 

This will be a major addition to the site and will take several months to complete but some will be up shortly.

Most likely these will be dark mode with a northeast and US view.

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50 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

 

 

I recently did maps and updated the site for all these storms. March 1960, two Feb 1969 storms, Dec 1992, Apr 1983 and others. Just finished Boxing Day Dec 1947 snowstorm last night.

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/historic-storms

12_26.47_jdj_v3_lower_northeast_hi_res_snowfall_totals.thumb.jpg.be0128c7c08cac16739d4558820b332f.jpg

 

Though it's now #3, that 1947 storm might've been Central Park's biggest, exceeded due to measurement changes.  My opinion is based on snow depth.  The 12/47 event pushed the pack from 2" to 26" (NYC's tallest on record), while #2 - Feb 2006 - only reached 17" and #1 - Jan 2016 - brought the depth from zero to 22". 
I think that Central Park records depth at noon, or why the 26th only reported 4" despite nearly all the snow fell before midnight, and that 26" pack was measured about 10 hours after accumulation had stopped.  The numbers:
12/25   33   19       0         0        2"
12/26   31   25   2.36"   26.1"     4"
12/27   35   29   0.04"    0.3"   26"

We'll never know for sure.

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