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

[DomNH]

23 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

I would still take 1978's storm over the incredible amounts from the 2015 blitz.  40-45" of snow in one storm vs 115" seasonal...I can't remember what I had before the blitz.  Skiing in May at Wachusett was amazing... so it is close.  That was epic but the power of 78 and the impacts it had on my life were higher.

I do wish I had pics etc from that storm.  

Wasn't alive for 1978 but that's how I feel about October 2011 and why it's my favorite "winter" event of all time. The impacts and rarity are unlike any snow event I've experienced since. January 2015 blitz is a close second, especially since it coincided with senior year meteorology classes. Everything else kind of blends in. 

[BRSno]

30 minutes ago, Coach McGuirk said:

I only got two inches in VA today, I didn't even bother taking a pic. 

And I got 87º  

[TheSnowman]

The Other Strange thing - I Shoveled a path at 11am.  In the 9 Hours SINCE 11am, I have 1.25” on that path.  And that’s with help from the winds giving it fake measurements with snow from the side.  

To Confirm it, My Snow Depth went from 22” to 23.5” (Again, 10” OTG was before the storm with a hard crust that is in tact).  13.75” Compact Total at best, which is Confirmed again by what I see.  That’s not29, and The 6 hour measurements weren’t 20 either.  

Does it just Refuse to Snow over me?  It’s been going on since 2020.  

So I know everyone is saying “CORY YOU HAD to get 24”!  Smithfield and Attleboro and Pawtucket got 26-30!”

But I have Zero Proof that I got more than maybe 19”.  You guess shouldn’t be Furious with me; you should be Happy I’m not saying “I got 30”!!  Woo Look at Me!  I’m Awesome!” LYING to you all.  

I know @JACKASS and @bristolri_wx will think I’m “An Insufferable D-Bag” whether I Lie or I complain about the truth of 60% of My Tiny State having The #1 Storm All-Time and it being blah 3 Miles away, even If I go give them a free concert in their driveway.  

Now a storm like this Very well may Never happen again in my lifetime, And I couldn’t even pull 20 in it.  MEANING the next time I Do get 24”, it’ll be a more Normal storm duran where everyone from Will to Kevin to Ray gets 36+.  This storm JUST 10 miles north would have completed and fixed Every Gripe I have had the past 11 years.  And it euros have been years before I complained hard again.  Now I better just live in Northern Japan next winter.  

Oh Right, and there’s chance I get a criminal record tonight when I go out driving.  Because EVERYONE ELSE got 24”-36” and we have a Communist Government “No Civilians Allowed On Roads!” apparently even though the Governor is a long time friend.  But Insurance worry is Insurance worry.  Not to mention making sure to look like We’re in Need of Help to the Feds.  

Again; here’s the video from 11am, and it’s almost Unchanged since then.  

 

 

[Damage In Tolland]

6 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Yeah its up there. I'm sure 14-15 has gotta be #1 for you or close, maybe 10-11 and 95-96 as well. 

I thought you got 30.5 in Nemo, thats what i have for Tolland on the final PNS from BOX its listed as 30.5

Yes that’s correct . I’ve never seen 36. I have a picture of my truck in that I can dig up

[Coach McGuirk]

5 minutes ago, BRSno said:

And I got 87º  

Honestly, I'm sure so many people want to go to Florida to not deal with the cold and snow.  Plus, no state income tax. 

[rnaude241]

Still freaking snowing. This is probably 1 of 1 for me as well. Holy cow. 

[ORH_wxman]

37 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

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. 

ORH was also the previous record 33.0” in the 3/31-4/1 ‘97 storm and then 32.9” in the Dec 1992 storm before that. Ironically, I think the previous 14 years, the record holder was PVD again with that 28.6 in 1978. 

[TheSnowman]

5 hours ago, CT Rain said:

Looks like RI and MA will break their all-time state 24-hour snowfall records.

Rhode Island - 30.0" Woonsocket (1978) 

Massachusetts - 29.0" Natick (1997)

Oh Right, I Forgot This Indignation.  Even though I’m very confident, 50” fell here in Woonsocket / Cumberland, the Official Record talked about is that 30” in 24H in Woonsocket.  So my Area just lost that here too to the WORST and LOWEST measuring place in SNE - TF Green.  Literally Famous for How Low they Measure in every storm in my life.  They now are the King of not just RI, but All of SNE…. which is Gross.  Truly Gross.  

5 hours ago, ORH_wxman said:

Yep.

They still want every 6 hours at first order sites...

Is there a way to Sign Up to Be the guy who measures?  I would LOVE that job.  Though my Music Career would be an issue haha.  But I want to know!  

 

3 hours ago, JACKASS said:

Yet, being a d-bag Rhode Islander gets you the shaft (apparently).

Go figure.

Amazing how text communication makes the people of the 21st century angry and offended.  I miss the old days when you had to Punch someone or at Least Scream at them in Public to get them mad.  Now I scream in Text NOT at people but at the Clouds… and I’m the insufferable D-Bag     What a World.  

[Coach McGuirk]

8 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

The Other Strange thing - I Shoveled a path at 11am.  In the 9 Hours SINCE 11am, I have 1.25” on that path.  And that’s with help from the winds giving it fake measurements with snow from the side.  

To Confirm it, My Snow Depth went from 22” to 23.5” (Again, 10” OTG was before the storm with a hard crust that is in tact).  13.75” Compact Total at best, which is Confirmed again by what I see.  That’s not29, and The 6 hour measurements weren’t 20 either.  

Does it just Refuse to Snow over me?  It’s been going on since 2020.  

So I know everyone is saying “CORY YOU HAD to get 24”!  Smithfield and Attleboro and Pawtucket got 26-30!”

But I have Zero Proof that I got more than maybe 19”.  You guess shouldn’t be Furious with me; you should be Happy I’m not saying “I got 30”!!  Woo Look at Me!  I’m Awesome!” LYING to you all.  

I know @JACKASS and @bristolri_wx will think I’m “An Insufferable D-Bag” whether I Lie or I complain about the truth of 60% of My Tiny State having The #1 Storm All-Time and it being blah 3 Miles away, even If I go give them a free concert in their driveway.  

Now a storm like this Very well may Never happen again in my lifetime, And I couldn’t even pull 20 in it.  MEANING the next time I Do get 24”, it’ll be a more Normal storm duran where everyone from Will to Kevin to Ray gets 36+.  This storm JUST 10 miles north would have completed and fixed Every Gripe I have had the past 11 years.  And it euros have been years before I complained hard again.  Now I better just live in Northern Japan next winter.  

Oh Right, and there’s chance I get a criminal record tonight when I go out driving.  Because EVERYONE ELSE got 24”-36” and we have a Communist Government “No Civilians Allowed On Roads!” apparently even though the Governor is a long time friend.  But Insurance worry is Insurance worry.  Not to mention making sure to look like We’re in Need of Help to the Feds.  

Again; here’s the video from 11am, and it’s almost Unchanged since then.  

 

 

I can't speak for you but my sister only measured 6 inches in Easthampton, MA. There was a huge cut off. 

[BRSno]

6 minutes ago, Coach McGuirk said:

Honestly, I'm sure so many people want to go to Florida to not deal with the cold and snow.  Plus, no state income tax. 

Yeah it isn't all bad (although I'm already trying to gtfo of here soon). At least had a fun pool day with the nieces yesterday, and my mortgage is pretty darn affordable by NE standards.

Still, I miss Boston like crazy! Glad I was at least but there for 2013 & 2015 winters. 

[Cold Miser]

32 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

really?? and Ginx just to your SSE had 27" or so? That's a wild gradient 

Well if you go to the NWS point and click snowfall map there's a 3" reading from Pomfret this morning at around 10:30.  And there's a reading of 12" just to the left. These are about 5 miles from me.

 

[kdxken]

9 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

ORH was also the previous record 33.0” in the 3/31-4/1 ‘97 storm and then 32.9” in the Dec 1992 storm before that. Ironically, I think the previous 14 years, the record holder was PVD again with that 28.6 in 1978. 

Will never really know official measurements from 78 in small towns. It was a s*** ton.

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Yes that’s correct . I’ve never seen 36. I have a picture of my truck in that I can dig up

 

2 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

Oh Right, I Forgot This Indignation.  Even though I’m very confident, 50” fell here in Woonsocket / Cumberland, the Official Record talked about is that 30” in 24H in Woonsocket.  So my Area just lost that here too to the WORST and LOWEST measuring place in SNE - TF Green.  Literally Famous for How Low they Measure in every storm in my life.  They now are the King of not just RI, but All of SNE…. which is Gross.  Truly Gross.  

Is there a way to Sign Up to Be the guy who measures?  I would LOVE that job.  Though my Music Career would be an issue haha.  But I want to know!  

 

Amazing how text communication makes the people of the 21st century angry and offended.  I miss the old days when you had to Punch someone or at Least Scream at them in Public to get them mad.  Now I scream in Text NOT at people but at the Clouds… and I’m the insufferable D-Bag     What a World.  

"Comparison is the thief of joy"

You actually don't care about the snow and a good winter, you care about winning.

I bet you were pretty pissed during the 14-15 winter and rated that an F too. 

[Coach McGuirk]

2 minutes ago, BRSno said:

Yeah it isn't all bad (although I'm already trying to gtfo of here soon). At least had a fun pool day with the nieces yesterday, and my mortgage is pretty darn affordable by NE standards.

Still, I miss Boston like crazy! Glad I was at least but there for 2013 & 2015 winters. 

My extentended family moved to Pine Island, They keep getting hit with hurricanes but like it.  Hurricane Charlie was the worst, they said. 

[bristolri_wx]

21 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

The Other Strange thing - I Shoveled a path at 11am.  In the 9 Hours SINCE 11am, I have 1.25” on that path.  And that’s with help from the winds giving it fake measurements with snow from the side.  

To Confirm it, My Snow Depth went from 22” to 23.5” (Again, 10” OTG was before the storm with a hard crust that is in tact).  13.75” Compact Total at best, which is Confirmed again by what I see.  That’s not29, and The 6 hour measurements weren’t 20 either.  

Does it just Refuse to Snow over me?  It’s been going on since 2020.  

So I know everyone is saying “CORY YOU HAD to get 24”!  Smithfield and Attleboro and Pawtucket got 26-30!”

But I have Zero Proof that I got more than maybe 19”.  You guess shouldn’t be Furious with me; you should be Happy I’m not saying “I got 30”!!  Woo Look at Me!  I’m Awesome!” LYING to you all.  

I know @JACKASS and @bristolri_wx will think I’m “An Insufferable D-Bag” whether I Lie or I complain about the truth of 60% of My Tiny State having The #1 Storm All-Time and it being blah 3 Miles away, even If I go give them a free concert in their driveway.  

Now a storm like this Very well may Never happen again in my lifetime, And I couldn’t even pull 20 in it.  MEANING the next time I Do get 24”, it’ll be a more Normal storm duran where everyone from Will to Kevin to Ray gets 36+.  This storm JUST 10 miles north would have completed and fixed Every Gripe I have had the past 11 years.  And it euros have been years before I complained hard again.  Now I better just live in Northern Japan next winter.  

Oh Right, and there’s chance I get a criminal record tonight when I go out driving.  Because EVERYONE ELSE got 24”-36” and we have a Communist Government “No Civilians Allowed On Roads!” apparently even though the Governor is a long time friend.  But Insurance worry is Insurance worry.  Not to mention making sure to look like We’re in Need of Help to the Feds.  

Again; here’s the video from 11am, and it’s almost Unchanged since then.  

 

 

 

[Coach McGuirk]

5 minutes ago, kdxken said:

Will never really know official measurements from 78 in small towns. It was a s*** ton.

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[burann]

Checking in from Plymouth, south of downtown on 3A. 6’ drifts, impossible to measure. No state plows all day. Lost half a dozen shingles on my new roof. No power since 7am. Wood stove cranking, kids asleep. Making memories.  

[bristolri_wx]

To paraphrase Jim Morrison - just broke on through to the other side.

Going with 31”. Hard to gauge but measured a few spots and subtracted some pack.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

28 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

Guessing our final total was around 35-37”. 40+ on the ground in some spots.

 

Still snowing, but accums appear done 

Wow congrats thats amazing! 

[wxsniss]

1 hour 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.

 

1 hour 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...

Every time.

Funny how random strangers can share the same intense emotions, and conversely feel estranged from people immediately around them who don't get it.

The chase, the exhilaration as the unlikely breaks our way, the thrill of the event, the sleep deprivation... then it's over and mundane reality returns. I jokingly warned my wife earlier tonight that I'm having post-storm dopamine withdrawal.

Part of what keeps us coming back every year.

[Coach McGuirk]

2 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

To paraphrase Jim Morrison - just broke on through to the other side.

Going with 31”. Hard to gauge but measured a few spots and subtracted some pack.

That is amazing. 

[CoastalWx]

Going  with 24.1” 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Going  with 24.1” 

PVD got 37.9"

F

[wxsniss]

1 hour ago, BRSno said:

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

Yeah I was sure we'd hit 18. We were close... got a little robbed with subsidence in the closing hours while adjacent south shore was a 1-2"/hr assembly line. Obviously not complaining... there were much bigger losers in this storm.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

4 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Going  with 24.1” 

Nice! How many times have you had 2: 24” storms in a season. 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Nice! How many times have you had 2: 24” storms in a season. 

considering it SEMA, probably like 10

[metagraphica]

21” Final. 24” depth including the 6.5” pack. Great storm overall.

Now, can we get this shit to melt? I can’t get elevations done for a new septic system with this damn snow everywhere.

Oh, and the power is still out. 2 to 6 days per Neversource.


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[andyhb]

Next level/biblical stuff out of Fall River MA.

[Hoth]

5 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Nice! How many times have you had 2: 24” storms in a season. 

He definitely did in '15. Maybe '13 as well? I think his area got slammed by the March fujiwara after the big one in Feb.

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, andyhb said:

Next level/biblical stuff out of Fall River MA.

If that's legit and just not another drift or close to one then its probably jackpot. 

Also doing 41" depth final and not 6hrly measurements combined is way more impressive. 

Doing 6hr clearing like the airports would probably be near 50.