A historic historical Nor Easter for record books, only parts of the Northeast and New England are buried under a record of ice.
The heaviest snow was a tie between two cities, New York Valley, New York and Creedon, New Hampshire, with a total of 44 inches of snow.
Thanks to snowfall rates that were as intense as 5 to 7 inches per hour at the time, more than 160 reported locations created 30 inches of snow, while parts of at least 6 states saw snow or more feet.
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The snow was so intense in places that two new state records would have been set for most of the snow in a 24-hour period.
Binghamton, New York, with significant 40 inches of snow finally topping Norris Easter for the biggest snowfall on record on December 16th.
Albany had the eighth-largest snowfall on record at 22.7 inches, and Boston’s 13.1 “that record was the city’s fourth-largest December snowfall.
New York City took 10.5 inches of snow, creating glowing and magical scenes in the surrounding city.
In fact, with total, the big Apple Pal has now seen more snow so far this season than infamous snowy cities like Buffalo, Chicago and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The hurricane system will move from the Rockies to the East Coast over the weekend from Friday to Sunday, but these hurricanes will not be as strong as the other recent ones.
On Friday the storm system will produce 6 to 12 inches of snow in parts of the Rockies. On Saturday, there will be little snowfall in the Great Lakes while heavy rain and storms will hit the south. On Sunday, there could be some scattered rainstorms in northeast and Florida before the Atlantic coast hurricane.
Rain and snow are expected to have relatively low and minimal impact.
In addition to this week’s storm, forecast models are pointing to other possible storms affecting the Midwest and Northeast next Thursday and Friday (Christmas Eve and Christmas Day). The storm is far from being able to say with confidence who gets rain or snow, but meteorologists, as well as some holiday snow lovers, will be watching the storm system to see if it is more wet or white.
Even if next week’s storm doesn’t bear fruit or produce snow, millions of people can expect a white Christmas.
With 10 to 40 inches of snow falling on Earth, expected to be surrounded by powerful northerly and cold temperatures, many people in the North East and New England will still get enough snow on the ground to enjoy a white Christmas. Near 2020.
