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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."
Prior to the 1995-1996 snow season, during which the infamous storm occurred, Philadelphia had never seen a snowier season. Nearly half of the 65.5 inches of snow that fell in the 1995-1996 snow ...
The Blizzard of 1996 is remembered as one of the most devastating snowstorms to affect the northeastern United States in history. Blizzard of 1996: Remembering the deadly eastern US snowstorm ...
Satellite image of the 1993 Storm of the Century, the highest-ranking NESIS storm Snow drifts from the North American blizzard of 1996 A car almost completely buried in snow following the January 2016 United States blizzard Surface weather analysis of the Great Blizzard of 1888 on March 12 Snowfall from the North American blizzard of 2007 in Vermont
At Burlington, Vermont, 16.8 in (430 mm) of snow fell, beating the daily record of 8.7 in (220 mm) set in 1988. [6] Overall, the event ranks as a category 2 on the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale. [2] In Pennsylvania, the heaviest snow fell in Bucks County. Throughout the state, the number of traffic accidents was minimized due to the storm's ...
A dramatic sunrise rolling a 1996 snow storm seen from the NC 86 bridge over I-40 in Orange County. With his toboggan pulled down over his face, Evan Thompson tries to catch some of Monday’s ...
Philadelphia's 28.5" ranked the storm as the city's 2nd greatest on record (since 1872), falling not far behind the Blizzard of 1996's 30.7". This made for Philadelphia's first winter with multiple 20"+ storms, following the 23.2" from the North American blizzard of 2009. Wilmington, DE's 25.8" was their greatest storm total of all-time (since ...
Ahead of the film’s release, the Star-Telegram spoke with three North Texas-based meteorologists and storm chasers about the 1996 original’s enduring legacy, plus their thoughts on the 2024 ...