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The North American blizzard of 1996 was a severe nor'easter that paralyzed the United States East Coast with up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of wind-driven snow from January 6 to January 8, 1996. The City University of New York reported that the storm "dropped 20 inches of snow, had wind gusts of 50 mph and snow drifts up to 8 feet high."
Commuters walk down the middle of a street through blowing snow to a subway station in the Park Slope section of the Brooklyn borough of New York Monday, Jan. 8, 1996. ‘A memorable experience'
On Jan. 6, 1996, 29 years ago today, one of the strongest such snowstorms, known as the "Blizzard of 1996," began its siege in the East. ... Baltimore picked up 22.5 inches of snow and New York ...
Some might remember the Blizzard of 1996, when more than two feet of snow fell, closing businesses for a week and costing the City of York $30,000 a day to remove it.
According to the Köppen climate classification, the climate of New York City is humid subtropical (Cfa), with parts of the city transitioning into a humid continental climate. (Dfa). [1] The city experiences long, hot, humid summers with frequent late day thundershowers, and moderately cold winters, with occasional snow or a mix of snow and rain.
Most of Western New York, Central New York, the mid-Hudson Valley and the Catskills have moderate temperatures but are usually humid, with average maximum temperatures ranging 80 °F–85 °F (26–29 °C). [3] Nights in central New York state are often muggy, minimums averaging between 61 °F–67 °F (16–19 °C).
In fact, this was New York City's 3rd October snowfall on record. [29] Hartford, Connecticut's state capital, observed a record 12.3 in (31 cm), [25] and the highest total in the state was 24.0 in (61 cm) in Farmington southwest of Hartford; this, too, broke the state record for an October snowfall. [30]
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