Citing the Northeast Snowfall Impact Scale -- which ranks storms according to inches of snowfall, the size of the area affected, and the number of people affected – the pbs.org story said the Saturday, Jan. 23, blizzard was a “Category 4,” or “crippling” storm.
The scale covers weather data going back to 1950.
The top five whoppers (so far), according to NESIS, were: March 12-14, 1993, Category 5 (extreme); Jan. 6-8,1996, Category 5 (extreme); March 2-5, 1960, Category 4 (crippling); Jan. 22-24, 2016, Category 4 (crippling), and Feb. 15-18. 2003, Category 4 (crippling).
To see other snowfall numbers, visit the National Centers for Environmental Information site by clicking here.
To read pbs.org’s article, click here.
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