The Great Blizzard of March 11-14th, 1888 was the most damaging and severe blizzard in recorded history. A widespread 30-50" of snow fell in Southern New England and throughout the capital district of New York. The highest report was in Saratoga Springs with a mind boggling 58". Drifts average 30-40 feet across a large area and maxed out around 52 feet. The storm lasted nearly four days and cost the equivalent of nearly a billion dollars in damages. Storm History Very late in

Winter 2025-2026 is finally completed and in the rear view mirror. Cold, snowy, stormy, are all adjectives that can be used to describe this past brutal winter here in the Northeast. Something we haven't experienced in several years, at least since 2020-2021. Across the board we've seen above average snowfall for all of the record keeping sites and in some cases well above normal. Meteorological winter (Dec 1-Feb 28) also had below normal temperatures for all of the sites fro