Blizzard of 2026 Storm Totals

[dendrite]

I joked last night, but all of those Fall River roofs were blown almost clean. It has to go somewhere.

But yeah…it’s like rainfall totals in a legit hurricane. Good freakin luck.

If you really want to get serious and have the space…NWS GRR once experimented with automated snow measuring and put concentric snow fences around it to cut down on drifting.

 

https://www.weather.gov/grr/snowsensor

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

If you have a very windy storm like this one and you measure downwind from a roof, you definitely can get inflated totals. These are always so hard to get measurements in. You are essentially reporting a measurement with a legit 10% error bar. 

I measure on my back deck before I clear it (sometimes every 2-3hrs depending on storm) and I have a steeply pitched roof so not an exact science for sure.  Sure felt like an 16-18” storm when the kids and dogs played in it yesterday though…

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

how did my map do?

Pretty damn good dude.

[WeatherGeek2025]

Just now, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Pretty damn good dude.

how much did Boston get?

[The 4 Seasons]

21 minutes ago, WeatherGeek2025 said:

how much did Boston get?

16.9

Edit: 17.1" is the correct amount

[WeatherGeek2025]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

16.9

niceeee 

[Go Kart Mozart]

52 minutes ago, mreaves said:

Ooh, maybe @Chrisrotary12and I can get a tee time for sometime next week.

This might be the snootiest club in Fairfield County.  Very small membership.  Jack Nicklaus played it, and called it one of the "hidden gems of US courses".

So sure, show up any time and drop my name.  Shouldn't be a problem.

[donsutherland1]

9 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

16.9

Wasn’t the final amount 17.1”?

[The 4 Seasons]

5 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Wasn’t the final amount 17.1”?

you are correct, they never updated the plot on the interactive map, i assumed it was right since they are very good about that (BOX).

Yes 17.1" is the updated amount

Let me know when you hear about NYC, very curious

[donsutherland1]

1 minute ago, The 4 Seasons said:

you are correct, they never updated the plot on the interactive map, i assumed it was right since they are very good about that (BOX).

Yes 17.1" is the updated amount

Let me know when you hear about NYC, very curious

Thanks. I will do so. Usually, it takes a few days. 

[dendrite]

What’s the problem with NYC?

[The 4 Seasons]

This is a first pass - initial snowfall totals for CT only. Will be working on SNE/Tri-State for the next couple days, it's going to be quite a project to say the least.

Thanks to everyone who sent reports, i tried to use most of them if i could fit them in. 

This CT one will get updated with different ranges but used the original ones for verification purposes. Overall feel very good about the final call forecast, at least for Connecticut. Some higher amounts greater than 2 feet occurred in SE New London and eastern Windham counties. Feeling an A- for the grade for CT. 

 

 

[The 4 Seasons]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

What’s the problem with NYC?

Don can explain in more depth than me but from what i understand they reported 19.7" at 1PM when it was still snowing for a couple hours after that and never updated the snowfall total. Apparently there was an additional 0.15" qpf after the report. This is what i saw on the NYC forums anyway. 

[dendrite]

5 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Don can explain in more depth than me but from what i understand they reported 19.7" at 1PM when it was still snowing for a couple hours after that and never updated the snowfall total. Apparently there was an additional 0.15" qpf after the report. This is what i saw on the NYC forums anyway. 

If they cleared for the 18z ob (idk what they do there but I assume there’s a contract observer) they may have lost any additional due to melting/melting on contact by the time they measured again. I think the temp climbed from 31-33 in that period and eventually to 34 by 00z. 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

If they cleared for the 18z ob (idk what they do there but I assume there’s a contract observer) they may have lost any additional due to melting/melting on contact by the time they measured again. I think the temp climbed from 31-33 in that period and eventually to 34 by 00z. 

That's the speculation, when they measured again at 7PM there was no measurable. But they did get additional snowfall from say 1-3PM or so and it melted. If they measured after it stopped snowing they could have reported it and should be above 20". Kind of important to do that since its a top 7 storm of all time. They can add an estimated additional amount in like they did in 2016 when the amount changed from 26.8 to 27.5 nearly 2-3 months later. 

[dendrite]

Does someone actually hang around CPK all day to measure? 

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Does someone actually hang around CPK all day to measure? 

metfan patrols the area and arrests those who dont measure immediately after it stops snowing

[BombsAway1288]

1 hour ago, TowsonWeather said:

Just wanted to drop in from the Mid Atlantic forum to say congrats to all on these amazing totals and an epic storm. 
 

We got shafted yet again here in Baltimore (been a miserable decade for the North Central Maryland specifically), but I’m trying not to be TOO big of a bitter bitch about it. I’m super jealous of y’all, but I really am happy for fellow weenies that got to enjoy such a historic event. 

Unlike a certain musician who whines and moans about getting 20” instead of 30”?   Thanks for keeping it real and in perspective 

[donsutherland1]

32 minutes ago, dendrite said:

What’s the problem with NYC?

The question concerns whether Central Park measured when the snow stopped falling or measured at 7 pm when a possible small amount of snow had melted due to the temperature's rising above freezing for several hours.

According to OKX's 2 pm PNS, Central Park reported 19.7" at 1 pm.

There were several hours of additional measurable precipitation:

Although the amount of additional snowfall (probably a few tenths of an inch to just over an inch was relatively small, it would be large in terms of storm ranking implications:

 

[The 4 Seasons]

FYI i updated the first post on this topic with the latest interactive map, 48hr snowfall analysis and maps from the 3 local climo sites (OKX, BOX, ALY)

[Prismshine Productions]

Bad news: only 4"
Good news: it gave me seasonal (56.7 ots vs 56.5 seasonal avg)

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[CCHurricane]

2 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Going with 21" 

forgotten yardstick in backyard was @ 30", but slightly slanted from the wind (lol). Also started at 7" from previous depth.

ESandwich Coop was 18", but my locale was in the death band eastern fringes more frequently. 8-10 miles to my west and north had close to 30". Forestdale reported over 20", to my SE.

Depth and drifts with this well exceed Jan 22. I feel confident in my estimate within 1 or 2"

Although a bit disappointed I missed out on the extra 9-10" by only a few miles, still a top 5'er personally

Agree with your assessment. Your measurement lines up with common sense.

You can tell vs. the January storm this year (that was just around a foot), that this was a different animal. You don't see front end loaders out for a 1 foot storm.

I question the ~14" report from Falmouth, especially with numerous +14" reports that came in yesterday afternoon mid-storm. 

[codfishsnowman]

21 hours ago, CT Valley Snowman said:

Yes not surprised.  I only got 9" here in the Connecticut River Valley just south of the MA border in CT and she's even further north.  

I'm only 3 miles from the CT border and I only got 6 inches.

[JACKASS]

15 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

I'm only 3 miles from the CT border and I only got 6 inches.

And yet you held your composure posting here like most of us that got less than expected.

Then there's "that guy".

[CT Valley Snowman]

23 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

I'm only 3 miles from the CT border and I only got 6 inches.

I'm about 2.5 miles south of the border.  It was a tough storm to measure for sure but I did my best. According to the map from JD, Suffield reported 8.8, BDL reported 11.8, which was surprising, and Somers reported 11.8, which also suprised me, although Somers has some pretty high elevations on the eastern side. Either way,  it was a run of the mill event here besides the wind.  It was frustrating for sure sucking exhaust for most of the daylight hours.