A historic East Coast blizzard, named Winter Storm Hernando by The Weather Channel, is bringing heavy snow and high winds to the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, with some areas potentially seeing record-breaking snowfall.
The blizzard has already brought significant snowfall to many areas, with some locations receiving over a foot of snow. The highest snow total so far is 33.5 inches in East Providence and North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Other notable snowfall totals include 29.5 inches in Babylon, New York, and 27.9 inches in Carlstadt, New Jersey.
Snowfall
Snowfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour have been observed on Long Island, and blizzard conditions have been confirmed by the National Weather Service in multiple locations, including Boston and Newark, New Jersey. The snow has been accompanied by lightning strikes in some areas.
The peak snow totals by state are:
- Connecticut: 26.5 inches in N. Stonington
- Delaware: 20.5 inches in Woodside
- Maryland: 14 inches in Ocean Pines
- Maine: 3.4 inches in Saco
- Massachusetts: 27.1 inches in Dighton
- New Hampshire: 8.6 inches in Portsmouth
- New Jersey: 27.9 inches in Carlstadt
- New York: 29.5 inches in Babylon
- North Carolina: 7.5 inches on Grandfather Mountain
- Pennsylvania: 22.1 inches in Lower Makefield Township
- Rhode Island: 33.5 inches in East Providence and North Kingstown
- Vermont: 4.2 inches near Guilford Center
- Virginia: 15 inches in Wintergreen
- West Virginia: 15 inches in Camden on Gauley
Some cities have seen significant snowfall, including New York City, which has received 15.1 inches of snow, making it the heaviest snowstorm since January 31 – February 3, 2021. Philadelphia has received 13.7 inches of snow, making it the heaviest two-day snowfall since Winter Storm Jonas in late January 2016.
State Snowstorm Records In Jeopardy
Hernando could flirt with, if not break, all-time snowstorm records in a few states. The standing records, according to NOAA, are:
- Connecticut: 50 inches in Middletown March 12-14, 1888
- Delaware: 29 inches near Greenwood Feb. 6-7, 2010
- Massachusetts: 43.9 inches in Ipswich Feb. 6-8, 1978
- New Jersey: 34 inches in Oak Ridge Reservoir (Dec. 26-27, 1947) and Cape May (Feb. 12-14, 1899)
- New York: 86.5 inches in E. Aurora Nov. 18-20, 2014
- Rhode Island: 38 inches in Woonsocket from Feb. 7-8, 1978
Peak Winds
The peak reliable wind gust so far is a 98 mph gust in northern Cape Cod at a weather station 88 feet above the ground in Wellfleet. At least a dozen other locations have clocked at least 60 mph wind gusts, including Boston’s Logan Airport, New York’s JFK Airport, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Other peak gusts over 70 mph include:
- Montauk, Long Island: 84 mph
- Marshfield, Massachusetts: 83 mph
- Dennis, Massachusetts: 82 mph
- Nantucket, Massachusetts: 78 mph
- Stony Brook, New York: 74 mph
- Chatham, Massachusetts; Nantucket, Massachusetts; N. Kingstown, Rhode Island: 73 mph
- Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts: 71 mph
- Barnegat Light, New Jersey: 70 mph
Gusts to at least 50 mph were recorded at LaGuardia Airport and Newark-Liberty Airport. Blizzard conditions were confirmed at dozens of locations along the Northeast coast, including Boston, Providence, Rhode Island; New Haven, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Islip, New York; and New Haven, Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service.
The low-pressure system has intensified rapidly enough to be deemed a bomb cyclone, with its central pressure plunging 41 millibars in 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. ET Monday morning, according to analyses from NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center, as reported by The Weather Channel.
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