The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026

[WestBabylonWeather]

Babylon official reports are like 29/30

i took measurements all around my yard. They range from 15-40 lol. I don’t know how they can have an accurate reading. But whatever. It’s a lot. 

[ILoveWinter]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

Exactly

This was my 6th storm this winter. 3 Winter Weather Advisories, 2 Winter Storm Warnings and 1 Blizzard Warning. 

Grade A winter in my book

No doubt. This winter has included:

- a moderate storm in December (~5?)
- a significant storm in January (11”)
- unrelenting cold that allowed the snowpack to linger for weeks Jan into Feb
- a HECS in February (20”)
- seasonal total more than 10” above average 

Clearly an “A” winter

 

 

[ILoveWinter]

4 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

School staff and parents are pissed that the mayor is opening schools tomorrow. Many put out a petition for people to sign.  Even some members of the NYC council sent letters to the Mayors office to tell him to close the schools.

My wife also just told me that alot of teachers called out where she works.

I can’t remember NYC ever closing schools for two days in a row for snow  

[suzook]

5 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

I can’t remember NYC ever closing schools for two days in a row for snow  

It was closed for a week for the blizzard of 78. I remember that week vividly. I was 8(yes I am old). What a time!

[Dark Star]

6 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

Babylon official reports are like 29/30

i took measurements all around my yard. They range from 15-40 lol. I don’t know how they can have an accurate reading. But whatever. It’s a lot. 

The wind was blowing here, but not like on Long Island.  I was able to get some good representative areas in NJ.

[winterwx21]

9 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I knew this winter was going to be good when the warmth kept getting pushed back .

I do think March starts out cold with a PV disruption but winter should end quickly in March. 

 

I figured this winter would be good after we got the significant amount of snow in December. We know that when we get at least 4 inches of snow in a La Nina December, it usually goes on to be a snowy winter. It worked out that way again. 

Hopefully we can get some snow with the early March cold next week, before it warms up. I don't think this winter will go out without a fight in March. 

[Brian5671]

northern areas may get another 1-3 wed am

[ILoveWinter]

Just now, suzook said:

It was closed for a week for the blizzard of 78. I remember that week vividly. I was 8. What a time!

Oh wow a week?! That’s nuts. My memory goes back to the 90s so I didn’t know that!

[WestBabylonWeather]

5 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

The wind was blowing here, but not like on Long Island.  I was able to get some good representative areas in NJ.

I have completely bare spots then 40” spots. Crazy!

 

also. How to make shoveling heart attack snow not heart attack criteria - shovel small layers at a time. Takes longer. Didn’t break a sweat 

[oceanctyguy]

8 minutes ago, suzook said:

It was closed for a week for the blizzard of 78. I remember that week vividly. I was 8(yes I am old). What a time!

They were closed in for a week in NJ too. I was a senior in high school. Remember it very well.

[coastalplainsnowman]

25 minutes ago, winterwx21 said:

You sometimes get criticized for being so optimistic all the time, but your optimism certainly worked out this winter. A great job by you. 

I think he gets a bad rap.  He was optimistic when there was reason to be, and was just matter-of-fact when it wasn't great news. 

When this thing was largely written off, the comeback started with him posting some 'hey check out this model, seems to be hinting at something' type of posts.  Like Zooey Deschanel singing Santa Claus is coming to town all by herself in Central Park before everyone else joined in, he held strong until Santa's sleigh could fly again.  Well done.

[Brian5671]

8 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

Oh wow a week?! That’s nuts. My memory goes back to the 90s so I didn’t know that!

We were closed for a week here in Feb 2013.    30 inches

[EasternLI]

Schools are closed around here tomorrow again. I couldn't imagine them being open anyway after the conditions earlier today tbh.

[ILoveWinter]

2 minutes ago, Brian5671 said:

We were closed for a week here in Feb 2013.    30 inches

Yes I was referring to NYC schools specifically as they don't close nearly as often or for as long duration as suburban schools.

[patrick05]

This is from my brother in College Point, couple miles from LGA. Roads are getting plowed but the side street parking is a mess with how deep the snow has gotten.

 

[Roger Smith]

It takes the moon 29.5 days to orbit the earth (relative to Sun, it takes 27.32 days relative to the fixed star background).

These dates and times are 29.5 days apart.

Dec 26 2025 18z

Jan 25 2026 06z

Feb 23 2026 18z

Hmm.

- - - -

Contest scoring will be available about an hour from now, I am awaiting final totals as posted in today's 5 p.m. climate summaries. Scoring is backed up on an excel file so it won't take long to recalculate from some estimates already made.

[the_other_guy]

24 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

School staff and parents are pissed that the mayor is opening schools tomorrow. Many put out a petition for people to sign.  Even some members of the NYC council sent letters to the Mayors office to tell him to close the schools.

My wife also just told me that alot of teachers called out where she works.

No reason it cant be open. Look at your street. This is a quick melter on blacktop.

If they were a normal, smaller district, a 2 hour delay would be appropriate

[Snowpsycho]

19 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

I can’t remember NYC ever closing schools for two days in a row for snow  

1996 schools were closed 2 consecutive days. Monday and Tuesday.

[binbisso]

About 20" in mt vernon was hard to get accurate measurements. 49" for the season.  Grade a

[Brian5671]

Just now, the_other_guy said:

No reason it cant be open. Look at your street. This is a quick melter on blacktop.

If they were a normal, smaller district, a 2 hour delay would be appropriate

depends on other things-bus yards street width after plowing-sidewalks for walkers etc.

[the_other_guy]

3 minutes ago, Snowpsycho said:

1996 schools were closed 2 consecutive days. Monday and Tuesday.

Sun thru tues storm

[Snowpsycho]

2 minutes ago, the_other_guy said:

No reason it cant be open. Look at your street. This is a quick melter on blacktop.

If they were a normal, smaller district, a 2 hour delay would be appropriate

Many streets in the city have only been plowed once or twice. Still a lot of covered streets. I have family in the Bronx and they are livid all the time.

[dWave]

11 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

School staff and parents are pissed that the mayor is opening schools tomorrow. Many put out a petition for people to sign.  Even some members of the NYC council sent letters to the Mayors office to tell him to close the schools.

My wife also just told me that alot of teachers called out where she works.

I get wanting school closed, but people shouldn't be surprised it isn't, unless they are new here. NYC schools are very stingy with school closings. Once the actual storm is over and hours of plowing has occurred, it takes a near complete failure of the subway system to close schools. Or something like 2010 with stranded cars, plows, and buses all over the city. Also there is no extra time baked into the schedule, so it has to be made up somewhere else. Spring break, extra day in late June?

If school is open but hardly anyone shows up it still counts as an instruction day. Id rather that than losing a holiday later on or delayed summer vacation.  I don't think they like to do remote learning without preparing for it in the days prior, but this is coming off of mid winter recess plus the forecast of an actual blizzard developed fast.

[Rjay]

Public Information Statement

National Weather Service New York NY

200 PM EST Mon Feb 23 2026

 

...SNOWFALL REPORTS SO FAR...

 

Location Amount Time/Date Provider

 

...Connecticut...

 

...Fairfield County...

4 NNW New Fairfield 19.5 in 1210 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Danbury 18.0 in 1130 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

Bethel 17.0 in 1225 PM 02/23 Emergency Mngr

4 S Greenwich 16.0 in 1207 PM 02/23 Public

2 ENE New Canaan 15.0 in 0841 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

3 WSW Shelton 14.8 in 1026 AM 02/23

Bethel 12.5 in 0850 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...Middlesex County...

1 WSW Westbrook 19.0 in 1206 PM 02/23 Public

1 SW Westbrook 17.0 in 1228 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

 

...New Haven County...

Madison 19.9 in 1000 AM 02/23 Public

3 ENE Branford 18.5 in 1155 AM 02/23 Public

2 WNW Oxford 16.5 in 1131 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

New Haven 16.1 in 0130 PM 02/23 Broadcast Media

4 ENE North Branford 16.0 in 1058 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 NW Ansonia 13.0 in 1005 AM 02/23 Public

Waterbury 12.0 in 0945 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...New London County...

1 SSE North Stonington 26.5 in 1129 AM 02/23 Public

4 ESE Mystic 24.0 in 1145 AM 02/23 Broadcast Media

Stonington 20.0 in 0930 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

2 ENE Ledyard Center 20.0 in 0858 AM 02/23 Public

Ledyard 2.8 NNE 20.0 in 0857 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

2 SSE Pawcatuck 18.3 in 1012 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

 

...New Jersey...

 

...Bergen County...

Carlstadt 27.9 in 1159 AM 02/23 Public

1 WNW Englewood 27.5 in 1230 PM 02/23 Public

Bogota 27.4 in 1225 PM 02/23 Public

Ridgefield 27.1 in 1149 AM 02/23 Public

1 NW Lyndhurst 25.5 in 1129 AM 02/23 Public

Moonachie 24.3 in 1018 AM 02/23 Public

Tenafly 24.2 in 1212 PM 02/23

1 NNE Bergenfield 23.8 in 1205 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Harrington Park 23.0 in 1216 PM 02/23 Public

1 NNE Closter 22.4 in 1213 PM 02/23 Public

1 ESE Oakland 22.0 in 0118 PM 02/23 Public

Palisades Park 21.8 in 0945 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

Haworth 21.3 in 1010 AM 02/23 Public

Cresskill 19.5 in 0920 AM 02/23 Public

Northvale 19.0 in 0102 PM 02/23 Public

1 SSW River Edge 17.5 in 0125 PM 02/23 Cocorahs

1 N River Vale 17.0 in 0124 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 SE Fair Lawn 17.0 in 0104 PM 02/23 Public

1 ESE Westwood 17.0 in 0930 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

River Vale 16.0 in 1257 PM 02/23 Public

Fair Lawn 15.2 in 0902 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Montvale 15.0 in 1148 AM 02/23 Emergency Mngr

Mahwah 15.0 in 1130 AM 02/23 Public

Park Ridge 14.8 in 0950 AM 02/23 Broadcast Media

1 SSW Oradell 14.5 in 0100 PM 02/23 Cocorahs

North Arlington 11.0 in 1015 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...Essex County...

1 NW Newark 25.8 in 0130 PM 02/23 Public

Orange 24.0 in 1000 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 WSW Glen Ridge 19.0 in 1230 PM 02/23 Public

North Caldwell 18.8 in 1000 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 W Essex Fells 18.5 in 1217 PM 02/23 Public

1 SSE Nutley 17.0 in 0958 AM 02/23 Public

1 SSW West Orange 16.0 in 1100 AM 02/23 Public

Millburn 16.0 in 1000 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

Verona 14.2 in 1030 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...Hudson County...

Hoboken 20.0 in 1130 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Kearny 19.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

 

...Passaic County...

2 NE Wayne 18.5 in 1057 AM 02/23 Public

West Paterson 15.0 in 1141 AM 02/23 Public

Wayne 14.1 in 1145 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...Union County...

Newark Airport 27.1 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

1 SSW Westfield 20.0 in 0114 PM 02/23 Public

Cranford 18.6 in 0827 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Clark 18.5 in 0900 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...New York...

 

...Bronx County...

1 SSW Co-Op City 14.8 in 1015 AM 02/23 Public

 

...Kings County...

Sheepshead Bay 22.5 in 1257 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 SSE Williamsburg 21.1 in 0139 PM 02/23 Public

Crown Heights 21.0 in 1239 PM 02/23 Public

1 N Bay Ridge 19.7 in 1135 AM 02/23 Public

1 SE Battery Park 19.1 in 0115 PM 02/23 Emergency Mngr

1 ESE Coney Island 18.0 in 0935 AM 02/23 Public

 

...Nassau County...

Lynbrook 24.0 in 1247 PM 02/23 Amateur Radio

Plainview 23.8 in 1045 AM 02/23 Public

1 NE East Meadow 23.7 in 1237 PM 02/23 Emergency Mngr

1 SE Plainview 23.2 in 1040 AM 02/23 Public

1 WNW Plainview 23.0 in 1252 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 SSW South Massapequa 22.4 in 1013 AM 02/23 Cocorahs

East Massapequa 22.2 in 1145 AM 02/23 Public

1 W Wantagh 22.0 in 1251 PM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 SSE Bellmore 21.0 in 1038 AM 02/23 Public

1 NNW Bethpage 21.0 in 0945 AM 02/23 Public

1 WSW Levittown 19.0 in 1205 PM 02/23 NWS Employee

1 SE Malverne 18.5 in 1230 PM 02/23 Public

1 W Westbury 18.0 in 1244 PM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 ENE Glen Cove 18.0 in 1034 AM 02/23 Public

East Williston 16.9 in 1019 AM 02/23 Public

1 N Syosset 16.2 in 0100 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 ESE Jericho 15.2 in 0920 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

 

...New York (Manhattan) County...

Washington Heights 22.1 in 0130 PM 02/23 Public

Central Park 19.7 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

1 WNW Williamsburg 18.5 in 0932 AM 02/23 Public

 

...Orange County...

1 SW Greenwood Lake 16.5 in 1024 AM 02/23 Public

1 WNW Monroe 15.3 in 0100 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

2 SW Greenwood Lake 14.9 in 1257 PM 02/23 Public

2 E Highland Mills 14.4 in 1000 AM 02/23 Public

Monroe 13.5 in 0900 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Greenwood Lake 13.5 in 0800 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

1 SW Washingtonville 13.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 Public

3 WNW Warwick 10.8 in 1202 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

2 SSW Stewart Airport 9.0 in 1145 AM 02/23 Public

Goshen 6.0 in 1015 AM 02/23 Public

1 SSW Middletown 4.0 in 0830 AM 02/23 Public

 

...Putnam County...

3 N Putnam Valley 12.1 in 1000 AM 02/23 Broadcast Media

 

...Queens County...

NYC/La Guardia 22.2 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

1 S Jamaica 21.0 in 1007 AM 02/23 Public

Jackson Heights 20.2 in 1250 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

NYC/JFK 19.8 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

2 S Astoria 18.0 in 1210 PM 02/23 Public

1 S Jackson Heights 17.0 in 1030 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 SW Russell Gardens 13.5 in 1124 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

 

...Richmond County...

Grasmere 24.1 in 1030 AM 02/23 Public

1 ESE Heartland Village 21.3 in 1220 PM 02/23 Public

 

...Rockland County...

Spring Valley 18.0 in 1200 PM 02/23 Public

Nyack 16.0 in 1115 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 ENE Viola 16.0 in 1023 AM 02/23 Public

1 SSW Pearl River 13.9 in 1200 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

New Square 12.9 in 1233 PM 02/23 Public

 

...Suffolk County...

1 SW Babylon 29.5 in 1124 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

Islip 29.1 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

1 W Nesconset 28.8 in 1243 PM 02/23

North Patchogue 28.6 in 1201 PM 02/23 Public

Bay Shore 28.2 in 1200 PM 02/23 NWS Employee

Montauk 28.1 in 1230 PM 02/23 Public

Remsenburg-Speonk 27.5 in 1013 AM 02/23 Public

Orient 26.5 in 1130 AM 02/23 CO-OP Observer

1 SSE Quogue 26.0 in 0934 AM 02/23 Public

2 NNW Lindenhurst 25.0 in 1139 AM 02/23 Fire Dept/Rescue

2 ENE Shinnecock Hills 25.0 in 1114 AM 02/23

Babylon 24.0 in 1242 PM 02/23 Amateur Radio

2 NNW Ridge 24.0 in 1000 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

2 NW Southampton 24.0 in 0911 AM 02/23 Public

Mattituck 23.3 in 0130 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

2 E Flanders 23.0 in 0137 PM 02/23 Public

1 S Islip Terrace 23.0 in 1130 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 NE Lake Ronkonkoma 23.0 in 1104 AM 02/23 NWS Employee

2 SW Middle Island 23.0 in 1014 AM 02/23

Islip Terrace 0.5 W 23.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

2 WNW Riverhead 22.5 in 0858 AM 02/23 Public

2 NNW Islip 22.3 in 1109 AM 02/23 Public

1 SW Shelter Island 21.1 in 1000 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

2 ENE Ridge 20.7 in 0124 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Copiague 20.0 in 1230 PM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Nesconset 20.0 in 0940 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

Upton (NWS Office) 19.8 in 0100 PM 02/23 Official NWS Obs

3 WNW Riverhead 19.7 in 0943 AM 02/23 Cocorahs

2 SE Ridge 19.6 in 1145 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 ENE Commack 19.0 in 1041 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Amityville 19.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

North Bellport 18.0 in 0843 AM 02/23 Public

Port Jefferson Station 18.0 in 0830 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

1 N Smithtown 17.1 in 1155 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 NW Rocky Point 17.0 in 0930 AM 02/23 Public

Oakdale 17.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 WNW Jamesport 16.6 in 0900 AM 02/23 Public

1 S Centerport 16.0 in 1253 PM 02/23 CO-OP Observer

Islip Terrace 15.0 in 1132 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Amityville 14.0 in 1008 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

1 NE Greenlawn 11.3 in 1012 AM 02/23 Public

Huntington 2.0 NNE 7.2 in 0830 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

 

...Westchester County...

2 NNE Ossining 23.2 in 0135 PM 02/23 Public

1 NE Irvington 23.0 in 0125 PM 02/23 Public

1 ENE Yorktown Heights 23.0 in 1215 PM 02/23 Public

1 SE Yorktown Heights 22.0 in 1249 PM 02/23 Public

Croton-on-Hudson 21.5 in 0135 PM 02/23 Public

Ossining 21.3 in 1100 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 SSW Greenville 21.2 in 1037 AM 02/23 Public

1 S Valhalla 21.2 in 0948 AM 02/23 Public

2 E Ossining 20.5 in 1039 AM 02/23 Public

2 NW Woodlawn 20.0 in 0936 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Mount Vernon 18.8 in 1250 PM 02/23 Public

1 NNW Yorktown Heights 18.0 in 1208 PM 02/23 Public

3 ESE Peekskill 18.0 in 1153 AM 02/23 Public

2 NNE Mamaroneck 18.0 in 0949 AM 02/23 Public

1 NNW White Plains 18.0 in 0938 AM 02/23 Public

1 NE Eastchester 18.0 in 0910 AM 02/23 Public

1 NNE Sleepy Hollow 18.0 in 0900 AM 02/23 Public

2 NNE White Plains 17.0 in 1019 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 N Yorktown Heights 17.0 in 1000 AM 02/23 Public

1 S Peekskill 16.6 in 1113 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Mamaroneck 16.5 in 1130 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 E Yonkers 16.0 in 1154 AM 02/23 Public

1 E Pelham Manor 16.0 in 1045 AM 02/23

1 SE Croton-on-Hudson 16.0 in 1030 AM 02/23 Public

New Rochelle 15.6 in 1140 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

White Plains 15.0 in 1130 AM 02/23 Amateur Radio

1 ESE White Plains 14.7 in 0916 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

1 E Scarsdale 14.5 in 0800 AM 02/23 Public

1 SSW Peekskill 14.0 in 0750 AM 02/23 Trained Spotter

Peekskill 2.8 NNE 12.0 in 0800 AM 02/23 COCORAHS

&&

[dWave]

25 minutes ago, ILoveWinter said:

I can’t remember NYC ever closing schools for two days in a row for snow  

Blizzard of 96. I think 3 days. Only snow days of my life. That was a way more impactful storm though, and the transit system didn't hold up nearly as well as now. A lot of current policies stem from avoiding that happening again.

Also I suspect the Central Park total for that storm was undercounted. Or they just avoiding some heavy banding. Because that didn't look or feel like 20" of snow. A lot of places must of been 30"

[SnowGoose69]

10 minutes ago, Snowpsycho said:

1996 schools were closed 2 consecutive days. Monday and Tuesday.

NYC schools never closed til the 2/11/94 debacle.  After that they more or less close for any major snow event.  

[Metasequoia]

CP meaaured 1.89 liquid. Impressive storm.

I can't recall when the 19.7 total was reported, but 0.15 liquid was reported from 1 PM to 4 PM and 0.09 liquid from 2 PM to 4 PM

CP should definitely be over 20...

[Parsley]

2 hours ago, psv88 said:

Why? Lots of reports nearby are in line with its number 

 

2 hours ago, Rjay said:

It was visibly more than 2022

My family got smoked in East Islip/Islip Terrace. Easily over 2'. Amazing the bulk of that fell in 12 hours too. What a storm for Long Island.

[MJO812]

22 5 inches in Sheepshead Bay is impressive. 

Brings my total for the winter at 46 inches.

[Rjay]

2 minutes ago, Parsley said:

 

My family got smoked in East Islip/Islip Terrace. Easily over 2'. Amazing the bulk of that fell in 12 hours too. What a storm for Long Island.