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Great Blizzard of 1888
The Great Blizzard of 1888 or Great Blizzard of '88 (March 11 – March 14, 1888) was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the United States of America. Snowfalls of fell in parts of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, and sustained winds of more than produced snowdrifts in excess of . Railroads were shut down and people were confined to their houses for up to a week.
==Storm details==
The weather preceding the blizzard was unseasonably mild with heavy rains that turned to snow as temperatures dropped rapidly.〔
The storm began in earnest shortly after midnight on March 12, and continued unabated for a full day and a half. The National Weather Service estimated this Nor'easter dumped as much as of snow in parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts, while parts of New Jersey and New York had up to . Most of northern Vermont received from to in this storm.
Drifts were reported to average , over the tops of houses from New York to New England, with reports of drifts covering three-story houses. The highest drift () was recorded in Gravesend, New York. It was reported that of snow fell in Saratoga Springs, New York; in Albany, New York; of snow in New Haven, Connecticut; and of snow in New York City. The storm also produced severe winds; wind gusts were reported, although the highest official report in New York City was , with a gust reported at Block Island.〔 New York's Central Park Observatory reported a minimum temperature of , and a daytime average of on March 13, the coldest ever for March.〔
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