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The norfolk and long island hurricane, 1821 granted, none of us were around when this hurricane took place, but it still managed to make history books as one of the worst storms to have ever landed in new jersey. See historical weather data for a location and date. New jersey northern nj central nj southern nj tristate neighborhood conditions feels like wind. The greatest 24hour snowfalls in all 50 states the weather. The severe thunderstorm watch for most of new jersey lasts until 5 p. A history of blizzards devastating new jersey march 1888s blizzard buried trains and created a state of emergency in new york city. Our latest blast from mother nature tuesday morning brings the season snowfall total in philadelphia above 56 and it is now officially our third.

The seasons first major winter storm blanketed parts of new jersey with snow, but missed the forecasted mark in some parts of the state with an initial range of 4. Blizzard warnings issued as major winter storm looms for springs. New jersey is positioned so that when midlatitude cyclones in the northern hemisphere low pressure systems take a certain track in the colder months, they result in major new jersey snow storms. Connecticut is the most recent state to rewrite the record books when a. December marks the 70th anniversary of the blizzard of 1947. Top 10 worst jersey snow storms asbury park press nj. One of the most catastrophic storms in winter weather history was the blizzard of 1978. The 10 worst blizzards in us history winter weather live science. A storm on april 9, 1982, dropped 2 inches of snow on atlantic city and a storm on april 9, 1996 dumped 5. Weather history for places in new jersey old farmers. Remembering the blizzard of 1947, the epic snowstorm that took new jersey by surprise. At the same time, the storm will unleash wintry weather from colorado to the upper midwest. Snow is coming down hard in new jersey where a blizzard warning is in effect for some areas. This map illustrates the largest 24hour snowfall records across the.

Forecast details, maps and more news 12 new jersey. Friday snow totals, predictions for saturday storm on thursday night, the first of two snow storms brought a dusting of snow to most of new jersey. Here are the biggest snowstorms in north jersey history. Or will it write itself into the history books as one of the all time greats, at least for march. Bob laymon wrote saturday mornings snow didnt throw most of southern new jersey. The storm which was bad enough to get its own website, struck new england, new york and new jersey from february 57, 1978. Elizabeth, new jersey also reported 32 inches 81 cm of snow.

The storm that hit in september 1821, also known as the cape may hurricane, is the only one in history that retained its tropical eye structure while passing over new jersey, according to ludlum. Great storms of the jersey shore also touches upon the mythic nature of storms, with excerpts from literature, the meteorology of. Newark, the states largest city, received a recordsetting 27. Latest snowfall puts us in the record books cbs philly. Hyperlocal weather, live radar, dual doppler and more. It started with a string of small snowstorms in december, followed by a. The great blizzard of 1947 was a recordbreaking snowfall that began on christmas without. The storm created 45 tornadoes, dropped over two feet of snow and killed more than 60 people. The storm was recorded to be a category 4 hurricane one of the only cat 4s. These are the worst march and april snowstorms in n. Residents of dover dig out after a snowstorm hit new jersey in early march 2009. Our history books teach us that washington crossed the delaware that stormy.

That certain track generally spans from the outer banks in north carolina to the area known as the benchmark just south of e. A history of new york city snowstorms since 1900 typepad. Heres a look back in time at the top five biggest snowstorms to greet the. More than 12 inches of snow fell in nj on monday and tuesday. Snow in april is no fool, here are the top 5 biggest april storms. The dramatic history of major coastal storms which have hit the east coast and new jersey shore is graphically illustrated with nearly two hundred historic photographs, engravings, and maps in an oversize book. Almost all of northern and central new jersey was hit with 10 to 20 inches of snow during this storm, with some northern towns getting as much as 20 to 30 inches.