"Don’t do it" 2026 Blizzard obs, updates and pictures.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Hope I can catch that PVD band as it swings through 

[40/70 Benchmark]

10" Final

Depth ranges from 18-36" in the yard.

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Hope I can catch that PVD band as it swings through 

I'll be praying for you

[CoastalWx]

Ripping . Fatties. 

[kdxken]

17 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

We're trying to limp our way to a 20-burger....I'm calling it a shade over 19" right now using snow board and 2 alternate measurements in relatively sheltered areas. I could prob get away with calling it 20 given the wind/drifting, but I think that would be slightly steep. 

IF we can get another weenie band to intensity for an hour or two, then we can make it. 

Maybe we'll get a January 2022 LES type band....lol. At the end of that storm, I picked up nearly 5" during the evening in those backlash bands on NW winds....not easy to do, but it was like LES blower powder. 

I'm in the same boat. Don't think I'm going to pull 20. Close . The last storm was about the same. Not bad though nearly 40 inches in two storms. 

[mob1]

Insane pictures, congrats to all! That band still persisting over Providence is wild, insane day for them. 

Locally, I got a little over 27 inches, great widespread event (poor DC though). 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

5 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Hope I can catch that PVD band as it swings through 

What a letdown if it doesn’t…

[Masswx]

 

[Boston Bulldog]

14 minutes ago, RI Rob said:

Underwhelming in Boston for some reason! 

Yeah light-moderate. Goods are just east.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Back under that PVD band as well. Moderate snows.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I'll be praying for you

All kidding aside, I’m stunned you didn’t do that well. I thought when this had the late slide SE you were in the cross hairs for the deform band.

Sucks. I feel for everyone who was left with a bad taste from this

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

What a letdown if it doesn’t…

What did you end up with out there?

[ORH_wxman]

Just now, Boston Bulldog said:

Yeah light-moderate. Goods are just east.

Might pick up there in a few. That band is trying to backbuild a bit into Middlesex county

[Johnno]

1 minute ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

What a letdown if it doesn’t…

What was your total? About 12” here

[40/70 Benchmark]

Just now, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

All kidding aside, I’m stunned you didn’t do that well. I thought when this had the late slide SE you were in the cross hairs for the deform band.

Sucks. I feel for everyone who was left with a bad taste from this

Funny....when the QPF is south of me, I get fucked.....but when I'm in the QPF bullseye, the band ends up over Dendrite. I just can't win...should just stop hoping.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

What did you end up with out there?

18

sick that it was doubled by you guys…

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Feel pretty let down for sure seeing many people with double what we got but we are used to it.  Also our blizzard conditions were all during the dark and we never had more than light snow today after sunrise.  So it was pretty meh because we couldn’t see the goods, but we always take a good 16” storm! 
 

What was the highest total in ENE? 

[40/70 Benchmark]

I'm not sure what weather god I need to service to get a March 5, 2001...

[ORH_wxman]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Funny....when the QPF is south of me, I get fucked.....but when I'm in the QPF bullseye, the band ends up over Dendrite. I just can't win...should just stop hoping.

I def thought you might get deformed like Mar 2018 when this was shifting a bit east. But luck of the draw sometimes in strong coastals. Too bad the ULL didn’t stay further west under E LI because then nobody gets slotted or exhaust in SNE. 

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Funny....when the QPF is south of me, I get fucked.....but when I'm in the QPF bullseye, the band ends up over Dendrite. I just can't win...should just stop hoping.

How many 20-24”+ storms have you had since these forums started?

[Ginx snewx]

4 minutes ago, Masswx said:

 

That's awesome will you please measure your Dad wont

[radarman]

Does anyone know what Boston is reporting?

[Spanks45]

1 hour ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

We just need the same storm again, a tic colder, and have it tuck into the tip of LI. Easy…

Maybe the coastals are back....just needed a 150 miles north and we would have had Long Island numbers.....

[40/70 Benchmark]

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

I def thought you might get deformed like Mar 2018 when this was shifting a bit east. But luck of the draw sometimes in strong coastals. Too bad the ULL didn’t stay further west under E LI because then nobody gets spotted or exhaust in SNE. 

Me, too....I just can't win....and it has nothing to do with any geographical limitations of my locale...it's just absolute buzzard's luck.

That CT band I though could translate here, and it just redeveloped se of me.

[andyhb]

https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=RERPVD&e=202602240000

37.9 inches at PVD!!

Quote

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOSTON/NORTON, MA 
700 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026

...RECORD SNOWSTORM FOR PROVIDENCE RI...

THE BLIZZARD OF 2026 BROKE SEVERAL SNOWFALL RECORDS AT RHODE 
ISLAND T.F. GREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN PROVIDENCE:

- STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 37.9 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE 
GREATEST SINGLE SNOWSTORM ON RECORD, WHICH WAS 28.6 INCHES SET 
DURING THE BLIZZARD OF '78, ON FEBRUARY 6-7, 1978.

- DAILY SNOWFALL OF 35.5 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD ONE-DAY SNOWFALL, 
WHICH WAS 19.0 INCHES SET DURING THE BLIZZARD OF '96, ON JANUARY 8, 
1996.

- FINALLY, THE DAILY SNOWFALL OF 35.5 INCHES BROKE THE RECORD 
SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 23, WHICH WAS JUST 3.8 INCHES IN 1967.

A FINAL UPDATE WILL BE SENT JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

[Masswx]

1 minute ago, Ginx snewx said:

That's awesome will you please measure your Dad wont

We don’t have a yardstick

[tavwtby]

19 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

@The 4 Seasons….so I measured the best I could, and got 13”.  On the news tonight channel 3 Eye witness news said southington had 15”….so you can use either one pal. 

@The 4 SeasonsI tried to send you a message but it said you couldn't receive them? anyway there's a 15.6 ob on the NWS site and mine was 15.2, use whichever in this instance as well, also I'm about 71" on the season, haven't updated the forum total in a while 

[Ginx snewx]

20 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Also you don't want that..see here. Death. 

Just NW of the BM instead of just southeast would be just fine...like 2013. 

27 here but still snowing again 

[Baroclinic Zone]

3 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Feel pretty let down for sure seeing many people with double what we got but we are used to it.  Also our blizzard conditions were all during the dark and we never had more than light snow today after sunrise.  So it was pretty meh because we couldn’t see the goods, but we always take a good 16” storm! 
 

What was the highest total in ENE? 

Think that PVD # is one of the tops.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

4 minutes ago, Johnno said:

What was your total? About 12” here

18”. Practically the same as the Jan event but this had alot more meat in it.