and particularly New York City mayors, for generations. But the Blizzard of 1888 is legendary. Looking back at the newspaper headlines of March 1888, the impact of that storm is clear. The New ...

The Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the most severe storms in ... ago and continued unabated for a full day and a half. New York City was buried under 40 inches of snow with sustained winds of ...

In contrast, the Blizzard of 2006, which I remember well, had the highest amount of snowfall in New York City history — 26.9 inches of wet packed snow. That storm shut down the city for days. But it ...

An 1888 engraving shows people digging out following a blizzard in New York City. The 1888 storm maintains the third-highest snow accumulation recorded in New York City at 21 inches. The Great ...

The Great Blizzard of 1888 was a memorable ... The old timers’ comments on the city’s biggest storm in eleven years, which deposited 14.2 inches of snow on New York, ranges from “pipsqueak ...

On March 13, 1888, the temperature in New York fell to 6°F during the storm—still the coldest ... fatalities attributed to the blizzard outside of New York City consisted of passengers and ...

As New York braces for the upcoming winter storm, take a look back at some of the worst storms in history to hit New York City. The Great Blizzard of 1888 remains one of the worst storms in U.S ...

Overnight a blizzard dumped several feet of snow on…not New York City, despite forecasts predicting ... After all that hype we get a run-of-the-mill snow storm. NJ closed.

A blizzard warning will be in effect for New York City and parts of New York ... it could actually be the biggest March storm in the city since 1888. —Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) March 13 ...

The Great Blizzard of 1888, one of the most severe storms in recorded history, formed shortly after midnight on this day and continued unabated for a full day and a half. New York City was buried ...