Snow blasted: Nor'easter sets records in unlikely places
USA TODAY
This weekend's blizzard dropped more than 36 inches of snow in some areas that haven't seen this much snow in decades
Powerful Nor'easter. Bomb cyclone. Blizzard.
No matter which name you choose, the storm that blew up in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend of Feb. 22, spawned a conveyor belt of snow that left widespread totals of 20 to 30 inches across the Northeast by the evening of Feb. 23.
Its location and combination of intensity and winds was "perfectly situated for the best production of snow," said Zach Taylor, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center. At points in the storm, it was pumping out snow at more than 2 or 3 inches an hour.
In some cases, such as Providence, Rhode Island and Islip, New York, the storm broke records for snowfall, according to records from the weather service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Rhode Island recorded the highest snowfall, with a few locations reporting more than 36 inches, based on preliminary, unofficial totals provided by NOAA.
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