YEAR DATE "NAME" TOTAL NESIS 3 COMMENTS

2011 January 26 th -27 th TBD 19.0" 1 Snowfall rates of over 3 inches per hour; NYC public schools closed

2010 December 26 th -27 th Blizzard of 2010 20.0" 3 Massive disruptions to transit systems; wind gusts to 70mph in Suffolk County; over 30" of snow in parts of NJ

2010 February 25 th -26 th N/A 20.9" 3 Extensive damage & power outages from wet snow North; dry snow South & heavy rains East; 3 rd major Eastern snowstorm in February

2006 February 11 th -12 th Blizzard of 2006 26.9" 3 Largest snowstorm in NYC history, surpassing Dec. 26-27, 1947 (26.4"); rare thundersnow reported

2003 February 16 th -17 th Presidents' Day Snowstorm II 19.8" 4 25.6" of snow recorded at JFK Airport; "Presidents' Day Snowstorm I" brought 12.7" on Feb. 19, 1979

1996 January 7 th -8 th Blizzard of '96 20.2" 5 Areas of more than 30" across portions of New Jersey; NYC schools closed, first time since Blizzard of '78

1983 February 11 th -12 th Megalopolitan Snowstorm 17.6" 4 Occurred during one of the strongest El Niño's of the 20 th Century

1978 February 5 th -7 th Blizzard of '78 17.7" 3 Long Island & New England hardest hit, near hurricane strength winds, thundersnow, 36-hour storm duration

1969 February 9 th -10 th Lindsay Storm 15.3" 2 Mayor John Lindsay took the heat after sections of NYC remained unplowed for a week

1967 February 6 th -7 th N/A 15.2" 2 Blizzard conditions produced totals of over 20" in parts of New Jersey

1961 February 3 rd -4 th N/A 17.4" 4 Storm followed prolonged cold period (16 days of teens and 20's); JFK Airport recorded 24.0"

1960 December 11 th -12 th N/A 15.2" 3 20.4" recorded at Newark and 17.0" at The Battery

1948 December 19 th -20 th N/A 16.0" - 20-hour duration; Widespread totals of 12-18" across the Metropolitan Area

1947 December 26 th -27 th Big Snow 25.8" 2 The worst blizzard since 1888, and record holder until 2006

1941 March 7 th -8 th N/A 18.1" - Quick drop-off towards the coast as parts of New Jersey and Eastern Suffolk reported less than 10" of snow

1935 January 22 th -24 th N/A 18.1" - Snows from Gulf Coast to Maine

1920 February 4 th -7 th N/A 17.5" - Parts of Westchester received over 20" of snow

1899 February 12 th -13 th The Blizzard of 1899 16.0" 4 Temperatures in the single digits for most of the storm

1894 February 25 th -27 th N/A 15.2" - Before the storm, temperatures started out around 0°F, before rising to just above freezing.

1893 February 17 th -18 th N/A 17.8" - Followed a warm spell when temperatures reached as high as 54°F

1892 March 16 th -18 th St. Patrick's Day Snowstorm 15.4" - Largest snowstorm on record for many areas in the South

1888 March 12 th -14 th The Blizzard of '88 21.0" 4 Extreme blizzard conditions left behind over 50" of snow in some areas of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley

1872 December 26 th The Great Snow-Storm ~18" - Snow fell from Virginia to Maine and West to Mississippi River

1836 January 8 th -10 th The Big Snow ~15" - Interior sections saw widepread 30-40" tallies

1831 January 14 th -16 th The Great Snowstorm ~15" - Rivals Superstorm of 1993 for expansiveness of coverage

1805 January 26 th -28 th N/A ~24" - 48 hours of continous snow