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

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, andyhb said:

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

37.9 inches at PVD!!

Just barely beat me to it. Really impressive. 

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

That's awesome will you please measure your Dad wont

I’ll figure it out 

[eyewall]

Waiting to see if someone in RI will post a 40.

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, Masswx said:

We don’t have a yardstick

Use a tape measure.

[McHenrySnow]

Just now, eyewall said:

Waiting to see if someone in RI will post a 40.

Someone SE of Providence MUST have gotten 40". 

[dryslot]

Just now, CoastalWx said:

I’ll figure it out 

I would say use the shovel you beat the snowblower up with but i'm sure that's long gone.

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

@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 

Thank you so much for letting me know I'll clear it out

[tavwtby]

2 minutes ago, andyhb said:

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

37.9 inches at PVD!!

wow, they blew past that record huh, can't imagine that being surpassed in my life, it's held for almost 40 years, and now it's an insane total, what a storm for them, fairly well modeled with that area getting the goods 

[Johnno]

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

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

Yea we had 21” in that, I  was hoping for 18 or so here but the 12 was a nice refresher at least for the pack 

[andyhb]

I may be wrong, but for the official stations of the major cities (BDL, PVD, BOS, ORH, etc), is that the highest storm total ever recorded in SNE?

[powderfreak]

5 minutes ago, Masswx said:

We don’t have a yardstick

Tape measure?

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, andyhb said:

I may be wrong, but for the official stations of the major cities (BDL, PVD, BOS, ORH, etc), is that the highest storm total ever recorded in SNE?

I think so

[mob1]

3 minutes ago, andyhb said:

I may be wrong, but for the official stations of the major cities (BDL, PVD, BOS, ORH, etc), is that the highest storm total ever recorded in SNE?

By a lot, and not just SNE, just any major east coast city.

I believe the previous record was Philadelphia at around 31. Unless you're counting cities like Syracuse. 

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Tape measure?

He may not know what that is............

[ScituateMA]

It just doesnt want to give up. Picked up 3 inches in the last 2 hours or so. 

[Go Kart Mozart]

24 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

first...how do the let someone clear and measure every hour? That's like um, just wrong, dont do that, why has no one told her not to do that? Thats how you get 13.9 in Boxing Day. 

second...what do you think about BDR ob? I cant believe im saying this...but seems high, they are usually too low and now have a measurement that seems a bit too high for them. 

Here in Trumbull, I didn't use a snow board.  I would say the greatest depth at any time during the storm was 11"*.  So with 6 hour measurements, given the the density of the snow, maybe 15"?

20" is hard to believe, unless the airport was stuck in this morning's band for a couple of hours more than me.  EastonWx is a very reliable measurer a couple of miles from me...has he checked in?

*I really believe this is how storms should be measured.  This is why being at ground zero for the Cleveland Super Bomb was so amazing.  The airport at SBN measured 41" on the ground, which included 6" of crud that was already in place.  

[JKEisMan]

@Four Seasons

21“ storm total 68.5“ on the season. Location on the New Fairfield/Sherman border all the way in the NW part of New Fairfield near the CT/NY state line. 850‘ ASL

[dendrite]

Do you have a can of Campbell’s soup? That’s about 4” tall. 
 

[dan11295]

logan had 16.9 at 7 pm btw

[40/70 Benchmark]

Well, congrats to those who got the goods. I obviously can't control the storm , but I can control how I react to it. I at least had the courtesy to remove myself from the thread and sleep in to spare you all the incessant bitching that I'm sure you subjected to by Cory.

This was a rare shot not only to experience a 3 foot+ event, which I had never done, but with an antecedent pack of over foot.

Sucks-

[HIPPYVALLEY]

12 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? 

You got 4x more than Northampton to Brattleboro corridor!  So that’s something. 
 

 

[dryslot]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

Do you have a can of Campbell’s soup? That’s about 4” tall. 
 

Take a stick, Push it into the ground, Mark the height with a sharpie and go in moms sewing kit and use the cloth tape to measure.

[40/70 Benchmark]

3 minutes ago, ScituateMA said:

It just doesnt want to give up. Picked up 3 inches in the last 2 hours or so. 

RAD shows it snowing here, but it isn't...fitting way to end.

[dryslot]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, congrats to those who got the goods. I obviously can't control the storm , but I can control how I react to it. I at least had the courtesy to remove myself from the thread and sleep in to spare you all the incessant bitching that I'm sure you subjected to by Cory.

This was a rare shot not only to experience a 3 foot+ event, which I had never done, but with an antecedent pack of over foot.

Sucks-

I bailed friday, It is what it was.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, congrats to those who got the goods. I obviously can't control the storm , but I can control how I react to it. I at least had the courtesy to remove myself from the thread and sleep in to spare you all the incessant bitching that I'm sure you subjected to by Cory.

This was a rare shot not only to experience a 3 foot+ event, which I had never done, but with an antecedent pack of over foot.

Sucks-

If it makes you feel better, the 3”-4” of sand here may have compressed the pack enough to give me a net loss of otg snow.  

[Go Kart Mozart]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Well, congrats to those who got the goods. I obviously can't control the storm , but I can control how I react to it. I at least had the courtesy to remove myself from the thread and sleep in to spare you all the incessant bitching that I'm sure you subjected to by Cory.

This was a rare shot not only to experience a 3 foot+ event, which I had never done, but with an antecedent pack of over foot.

Sucks-

I can commiserate.  CCB to the right of me, deform to the left, here I am stuck in the middle with....

Are the kid's Tonka trucks OK?

[SouthCoastMA]

I have relatives in Warren RI and they are saying at least 3ft

[mahk_webstah]

55 minutes ago, karmac said:

As my wife says. Adding sparkle dust!


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 Classic weenie shot

[TheSnowman]

TF GREEN AIRPORT - 37.9!!!!!!!!!

 

 BIGGEST STORM OF ANY MAJOR CITY NOW IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND and it was Done In 1 DAY!!!!!!!! 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

A lot of places are just waking up to carnage tomorrow morning.
There has to be a slew of school cancellations, etc.

What a storm, especially considering everybody was writing it off four days out.