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Snow drifts made travel difficult in parts of New York (February 7, 1977) A house almost completely buried in snow in Tonawanda, New York (January 30, 1977). The blizzard of 1977 hit Western New York, Central NY, Northern NY, and Southern Ontario from January 28 to February 1 of that year.
A high-pressure area north of New York State, developing in the wake of another system on March 15–16, provided cold air for the snowfall. [2] It was among a series of snowstorms to affect the region during the month. [3] The initial low pressure center moved southeastward into the Ohio Valley as a weak cyclone between March and March 17.
The following is a list of major snow and ice events in the United States that have caused noteworthy damage and destruction in their wake. The categories presented below are not used to measure the strength of a storm, but are rather indicators of how severely the snowfall affected the population in the storm's path.
These massive storms made their mark on history and tragically claimed the lives of many people.
3 1950s. 4 1970s. 5 1990s. 6 2000s. 7 2010s. ... Western and Northern NY Ice Storm of March 3 ... Considered one of the worst ice storms in US History. January 1998 ...
These are the five worst snowstorms ever to hit New York City, according to the National Weather Service.
Road and utility crews faced the task on Monday of digging out and restoring some normalcy around Buffalo, New York, where a blizzard considered the area's worst in 45 years buried snow plows ...
The snowstorm was described as the worst blizzard in the region after that of 1888. [1] The storm was not accompanied by high winds, but the snow fell silently and steadily. By the time it stopped on December 26, accumulation had reached 26.4 inches (67.1 cm) in Central Park in Manhattan. [2]