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The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [3] The storm was initially known as "Storm Larry" in Connecticut, following the local convention promoted by the Travelers Weather Service on television and radio stations there. [4] Snow fell mostly from Monday morning, February 6 to the evening of Tuesday ...
7 lut 2018 · In New England’s cities, the 1978 blizzard stranded thousands more cars that took days to dig out. Connecticut Gov. Ella Grasso abandoned her car on the highway and walked to the Hartford Armory.
45 years ago, the Blizzard of ’78 hit New England. That storm dropped more than 27 inches of snow over the course of 30 hours — no one expected it to be as bad as it was. ...more. That storm...
Low pressure at the surface and aloft moved out of the Great Lakes to the mid Atlantic coast. Cold Canadian air to the north, low pressure to the south and relatively warm ocean air mixed together to form “The Blizzard”, which stalled off southern New England for nearly 36 hours.
The Blizzard of '78 hit New England like a ton of bricks. In a region where inclement weather is a regular occurrence, this storm still stands out in the minds of locals as the most memorable,...
5 lut 2018 · Forty years ago one of the biggest blizzards to strike Connecticut dropped nearly 2 feet of snow along with wind gusts of near hurricane force. At Bradley Airport only 16.9 inches of snow was...
6 lut 2024 · The snowstorm arrived suddenly, as a full-forced blizzard late in the morning with snowfall at times exceeding three inches per hour and wind gusts of over 50 mph. Traffic was almost instantly paralyzed across the state as snow-covered roads and white-out visibility made movement all but impossible.
