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The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 [1] [2] was a catastrophic, historic nor'easter that struck New England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the New York metropolitan area. The Blizzard of '78 formed on Sunday, February 5, 1978 and broke up on February 7. [3]
6 lut 2023 · Forty five years later, the Northeast Blizzard of 1978 continues to live on in infamy as one of the most intense winter storms to ever strike New England, bringing with it hurricane-force winds and towering snowfall totals, which left the region paralyzed for over a week.
7 lut 2024 · Forty-six years ago, the Blizzard of '78 was exiting New England, concluding 36 hours of aggressive snow, wind and rounds of coastal flooding that left a lasting impact on the region. Beyond its status as a significant snowstorm, the event fundamentally altered the way an entire generation interpreted major snow forecasts.
7 lut 2018 · Snowdrifts trapped 3,000 cars and 500 trucks along eight miles of Rte. 128 alone. Fourteen people died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in their snowbound vehicles. In New England’s cities, the 1978 blizzard stranded thousands more cars that took days to dig out.
12 sty 2023 · The Blizzard of '78 began as an ordinary low pressure system off the coast of North Carolina on February 5th. It intensified as it tracked northward along the coast, made a small loop off the New Jersey coast, then passed slowly south of New England on February 6th and 7th.
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.
5 lut 2021 · For those who lived through it, the Blizzard of ’78 has been a touchstone for more than four decades. A slow-moving storm walloped the region fast falling, wind-blown sheets of snow.
