July 5th Update Our heat wave of 2026 has come to an end with four straight days of 90-100+ degrees in most locations. Here is a graphic of all the high temperatures and records for the past three days. July 4th Update Another extremely hot day yesterday with highs topping out in the upper 90s and low 100s. The records for July 3rd were pretty extreme and a high bar to clear. Even with temperatures near 100F most sites did not break any records, except for Providence, RI. Her

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

The March 4-6th, 2001 Blizzard lives in infamy as a major and crippling snowstorm for some and one of the most brutal busts of all time for others. 25 years ago this storm gripped the media and was predicted to be the worst blizzard since 1978 or possibly worse. Everyone was on alert to a storm that could be measured in feet, not inches. Schools and businesses closed down for days in preparation for the storm. However, warmer air and track farther north cut back snowfall amou