Top Snowstorm Records in Jeopardy
By Stephen Gode on February 8, 2013, 7:20pm Last modified: February 23, 2013, 3:22am
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Update:
Top Five Snowstorms All-time
- Portland, Maine: All-time record snowstorm (31.9"); Old record from Jan. 17-18, 1979 (27.1")
- Hartford, Conn.: (Bradley International Airport): Second-heaviest snowfall on record (22.3)"; record is from Jan. 12, 2011 (24").
- Worcester, Mass.: Third heaviest snowstorm all-time (28.7"); Record is 33" from "April Fools' 1997".
- Concord, N.H.: Second heaviest snowstorm all-time (24").
- Boston (Logan Airport): Fifth heaviest snowstorm on record (24.9").
Peak snow total came from a report in Hamden, Connecticut of 40 inches.
Some of the highest wind gusts over 60 mph during the winter storm:
- Nova Scotia: just east of Yarmouth (102 mph)
- Maine: Mount Desert Rock (89 mph)
- Maine: Appledore Island, Isle of Shoals, a small group of islands off the New Hampshire/Maine coast (87 mph)
- Massachusetts: near Cuttyhunk (83 mph)
- Connecticut: Westport (82 mph; elevation 139')
- New Hampshire: Mt. Washington (81 mph; elevation 6262')
- New York: near Plum Island (75 mph)
- Maine: Bangor International Airport (75 mph)
- Rhode Island: Jamestown (68 mph)
Additional peak wind gusts:
- Hyannis, Mass.: 77 mph
- Boston (Logan Airport): 76 mph
- Buzzard's Bay, Mass.: 74 mph
- Scituate, Mass.: 68 mph
- Plymouth, Mass: 63 mph
There were over 664,000 customers without power with the most in Massachusetts.
Boston experienced a storm surge of about 4.2 ft (1.3 m), its fourth-highest.
Ralph Fato has additional records from this storm in his article, "Records from the Blizzard of 13'."
Original article:
Total snow amounts are still potentially 10-26+ inches. Certainly, this potential historic winter storm could easily fall into the top ten snowstorms for some cities since records were kept by the NOAA. This information was provided by Glenn Field from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). These are just some of the cities records:
Some NOWData records to monitor snow/precipitation for CT:
Hartford Area
Daily Almanac
Date: Feb 8, 2013
Daily Values Observed Normal Record/Year Prev Year
Max Temperature - 37 63 in 1933 38
Min Temperature - 20 -13 in 1967 20
Avg Temperature - 28 45.0 in 1965 29.0
Precipitation - 0.10 1.39 in 1945 0.00
New Snowfall - 0.4 13.4 in 1945 0.0
Snow Depth - - 21 in 1978 -
HDD (base 65) - 37 64 in 1934 36
CDD (base 65) - 0 0 in 2012+ 0
Month-To-Date Observed Normal Record/Year Prev Year
Avg Max Temperature 32.4 36.1 51.5 in 1991 45.9
Avg Min Temperature 18.1 19.1 -1.4 in 1961 26.5
Avg Temperature 25.3 27.7 40.8 in 1991 36.2
Total Precipitation 0.02 0.82 3.43 in 2008 0.00
Total Snowfall 0.4 3.5 19.4 in 1926 0.0
Avg Snow Depth - - 20 in 1961 -
Total HDD 276 299 413 in 1961 228
Total CDD 0 0 0 in 2013 0
Bridgeport Area
Daily Almanac
Date: Feb 8, 2013
Daily Values Observed Normal Record/Year Prev Year
Max Temperature - 38 57 in 1965 36
Min Temperature - 24 -5 in 1963 29
Avg Temperature - 31 47.0 in 1965 32.5
Precipitation - 0.08 1.19 in 1971 0.00
New Snowfall - 0.3 7.0 in 2003 0.0
Snow Depth - - 16 in 1961 0
HDD (base 65) - 34 56 in 1963 32
CDD (base 65) - 0 0 in 2012+ 0
Month-To-Date Observed Normal Record/Year Prev Year
Avg Max Temperature 33.0 38.0 49.0 in 1991 46.4
Avg Min Temperature 23.3 23.9 10.6 in 1961 30.8
Avg Temperature 28.1 30.9 41.5 in 1991 38.6
Total Precipitation 0.04 0.72 2.75 in 1973 0.09
Total Snowfall 0.3 2.2 15.5 in 1967 0.0
Avg Snow Depth 0 - 18 in 2011 0
Total HDD 257 273 366 in 1996 209
Total CDD 0 0 0 in 2013 0
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