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

[ScituateMA]

17 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

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

Sorry you mostly missed out on this one. I thought I was in for a similar fate when we didnt even have flakes until nearly midnight last night.

 

South shore is typically feast or famine so I doubly relate. 

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, Hoth said:

I don't know about you guys, but I always feel a little melancholy when a big storm is coming to an end. You just know it could be many years before you experience something like it again.

It remember looking at my 34” 5 years ago and thinking that was the peak for my lifetime. 

[BRSno]

18 minutes ago, dan11295 said:

logan had 16.9 at 7 pm btw

Really thought BOS was gonna easily pass 24". But not too shabby at all.

[EastonSN+]

1 minute ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Easton, how frequently did you measure?

I measured when I woke up approx. 630am then approx every couple hours.

How much did you get?

[Hoth]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Especially when you miss out.

Oh, well in that case I'm melancholy and furious well before the storm exits

[ScituateMA]

3 minutes ago, Hoth said:

I don't know about you guys, but I always feel a little melancholy when a big storm is coming to an end. You just know it could be many years before you experience something like it again.

100% I felt that way just last month and then we get this. What a winter even so, 2015 will always be the benchmark for me.

 

 

[Hoth]

2 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I definitely feel that way at times.  The build up is amazing... sometimes almost as good as the actual event.

And then... withdrawal...

Withdrawal is definitely the word for it. You just find yourself randomly scrolling through model runs on Tropical Tidbits looking for another dopamine hit, but alas...

[Hoth]

1 minute ago, ScituateMA said:

100% I felt that way just last month and then we get this. What a winter even so, 2015 will always be the benchmark for me.

 

 

Nothing will ever touch that. Nothing will come close.

[EastonSN+]

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, Hoth said:

Nothing will ever touch that. Nothing will come close.

It's still #2 for me... 1978 is still king, although my memories of that are fading

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, EastonSN+ said:

Ok... and I though ineedsnow's ensemble images were hard to see

[ScituateMA]

3 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Withdrawal is definitely the word for it. You just find yourself randomly scrolling through model runs on Tropical Tidbits looking for another dopamine hit, but alas...

Take lots of pics. I still look at these 2015 pics from hull. It just blows my mind what we lived through that year. I think we got 10 feet in 45 days.

[donsutherland1]

706
SXUS71 KBOX 240003
RERPVD

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.

$$

JWD/KJC

[Damage In Tolland]

Just finished driveway. Gonna roll with 15.5” final . There’s 27-28” otg with bullet proof pack under today’s . I don’t need to Jack . I’m very happy 

[eyewall]

It is still going in Providence. They obliterated 1978.

[Dan76]

4 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

It's still #2 for me... 1978 is still king, although my memories of that are fading

How about 93-94?

[Henry's Weather]

13 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I definitely feel that way at times.  The build up is amazing... sometimes almost as good as the actual event.

And then... withdrawal...

I hate when the build-up is better and I am drawn more to radar returns than actually being outside

[wx2fish]

36 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?

I wanna say ORH was 34ish in Jan 2015?  Cant recall the exact number. I think that would be the next closest. 

[The 4 Seasons]

8 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It remember looking at my 34” 5 years ago and thinking that was the peak for my lifetime. 

Dec 2020 epic death band

 

7 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Withdrawal is definitely the word for it. You just find yourself randomly scrolling through model runs on Tropical Tidbits looking for another dopamine hit, but alas...

I think the majority of us feel the same way. Post storm depression. Happens toward the end of the storm when its just winding down, even if it was a good one, even if it was great. It's a very bizarre and indescribable feeling, almost like a high is wearing off. You got what you wanted, but yet somehow feel depressed, it's very odd. 

[andyhb]

Just now, wx2fish said:

I wanna say ORH was 34ish in Jan 2015?  Cant recall the exact number. I think that would be the next closest. 

Yeah it was 34.5", that's the highest I can think of for second place.

[mcglups]

No tracks on many side streets in Newport, a great storm for all!

 

[The 4 Seasons]

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just finished driveway. Gonna roll with 15.5” final . There’s 27-28” otg with bullet proof pack under today’s . I don’t need to Jack . I’m very happy 

I don't either, just a little disappointed i missed out on 20" possibility, oh well. Still a great storm. Most insane conditions ive ever seen in my life with regards to visibility/blizzard. 

[dendrite]

Blue Hill record is 38.7” from Feb 69. 

[Coach McGuirk]

...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.

And it is still snowing. 

[JACKASS]

1 minute ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Dec 2020 epic death band

 

I think the majority of us feel the same way. Post storm depression. Happens toward the end of the storm when its just winding down, even if it was a good one, even if it was great. It's a very bizarre and indescribable feeling, almost like a high is wearing off. You got what you wanted, but yet somehow feel depressed, it's very odd. 

Like the day after Christmas.

[HoarfrostHubb]

4 minutes ago, Dan76 said:

How about 93-94?

I don't recall that winter very well.  I think I as living in an apartment in Lowell at the time and remember having to constantly move my car so the landlord could plow the driveway... I think?

 

[HoarfrostHubb]

3 minutes ago, mcglups said:

No tracks on many side streets in Newport, a great storm for all!

Amazing shot

[EastonSN+]

17 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

I measured when I woke up approx. 630am then approx every couple hours.

How much did you get?

Sorry 830 not 630

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, andyhb said:

Yeah it was 34.5", that's the highest I can think of for second place.

Definitely. BOS never broke 30. PVD never broke 30 and BDL never got over 2 feet. 

2015 ORH was the previous record holder for BOX CWA. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

4 minutes ago, JACKASS said:

Like the day after Christmas.

I love the day after Christmas.  One of my favorite days of the year,  an entire fridge stocked with cheese and wine and eggnog that didn't get finished